Penticton Vees (senior)

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The Penticton Vees are a former senior men's ice hockey team from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They played in the Okanagan Senior League from to 1951 to 1961. They represented Canada in the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships where they won Canada's 16th world championship title. [1] [2]

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History

Ice Hockey World Championships trophy won by Penticton IIHFChampionshipTrophy19531959.jpg
Ice Hockey World Championships trophy won by Penticton

The Penticton Vees were named for the victory, valiant, and vidette varieties of peaches grown in the Okanagan Valley. [3]

The first game played by the senior Penticton Vees was opening of Penticton Memorial Arena on October 25, 1951, versus the Vernon Canadians. [4] The Vees played in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League, and in 1953, were crowned Champions of Western Canada. They almost won the Allan Cup in their second season in 1952-53, losing the final to the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen.[ citation needed ] The next season they went all the way to win the Allan Cup, beating the Sudbury Wolves in a series that went all seven games.[ citation needed ]

The Vees were chosen represent Canada at the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships in West Germany. The Canadian Press reported that Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president W. B. George requested a network to spy on the Soviet Union national team. Intelligence reported to Penticton included accounts by Canadians who played hockey in Europe and attended the Soviet Union's games. [5] Doug Grimston led a committee to oversee travel arrangements for the team to the World Championships. [6] Grimston felt that the Vees were strong enough to win without the need to add extra players, and referred to them as "the fightingest team in hockey today and can do a better job of representing this country than any all-star team". [7] After a Canadian exhibition game versus the Czechoslovakia national team, George discounted reports dispatched from Prague and printed in the Daily Worker in London as exaggerated, and denied that Penticton's style of play was "thuggery-on-ice". [8] He also criticized media in Canada for distorting the playing conditions in Europe and felt that players on Penticton had conducted themselves appropriately. [9] Penticton won the 1955 World Championships with a 5–0 victory over the Soviet Union national team in the decisive game. George felt that the final game was "played as hockey should be played" and hoped that European teams would copy the Canadian style of play. Despite the victory, the Canadian Press reported sentiments from Canadian players and spectators that "Canada should never again take part in the tournament under its present setup". [10]

The Vees won another provincial championship in 1960. Six alumni from the senior Vees, also played in the National Hockey League. They are James Bedard, Edward Diachuk, Connie Madigan, George McAvoy, Bill Warwick and his brother Grant Warwick. [11] In the 1960–61 season the team folded only a few months before the entire league collapsed.[ citation needed ]

Season-by-season record

Okanagan Senior League

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals for Goals against Standing Playoffs  1951–52 52 15 35 2 32 - - 4th out of playoffs  1952–53 54 23 24 7 53 233 211 3rd Won Final Won Province Lost Allan Cup  1953–54 64 42 20 2 86 268 225 1st Won Final Won Province Won Allan Cup  1954–55 54 31 19 4 66 228 180 1st Did not play off Won World  1955–56 56 25 30 1 51 - - 2nd Lost Semi Final  1956–57 54 21 30 3 45 214 289 4th Lost Semi Final  1957–58 54 16 36 2 34 220 263 4th Lost Semi Final  1958–59 54 16 36 2 34 189 267 4th Lost Semi Final  1959–60 46 5 40 1 11 190 382 4th Lost Semi Final  1960–61 21 11 10 0 - 117 105 - Folded Dec. 1

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaksouth/2012/11/20/former-penticton-vees-goalie/ [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Cinderella Had Nothing On Penticton V's Club". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 12, 1955. p. 21. Lock-green.svg
  4. ↑ "Penticton Valley First Vees: History". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  5. ↑ MacKenzie, Arch (February 15, 1955). "Note To Kremlin Canada's Spying At CAHA Request". St. John's Daily News. St. John's, Newfoundland. p. 10. Lock-green.svg
  6. ↑ "CAHA Chooses Penticton". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. July 19, 1954. p. 17. Lock-green.svg
  7. ↑ Sigurdson, Hal (January 10, 1955). "Slants On Sport". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19. Lock-green.svg ; "Cinderella Had Nothing On Penticton V's Club". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 12, 1955. p. 21. Lock-green.svg
  8. ↑ Harvey, Alan (February 23, 1955). "George Takes Communist Hockey Reports Lightly". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 22. Lock-green.svg ; Harvey, Alan (February 25, 1955). "C.A.H.A. Prexy Believes Red Story On Canada's Hockey Exaggerated". Medicine Hat News. Medicine Hat, Alberta. p. 5. Lock-green.svg
  9. ↑ "CAHA Will Send Olympic Team But World Play Not Certain". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 24, 1955. p. 18. Lock-green.svg
  10. ↑ MacKenzie, Arch (Mar 8, 1955). "Vees Now Relax, "Rewind" After Keyed-Up Contest". St. John's Daily News. St. John's, Newfoundland. p. 11. Lock-green.svg
  11. ↑ Penticton Vees (senior) alumni search from legendsofhockey.net
  12. ↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Penticton+Vees [ dead link ]

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