Penticton Vees

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Penticton Vees
City:	Penticton, British Columbia
League:	British Columbia Hockey League
Founded:	1961
Home Arena:	Penticton Memorial Arena
Colours:	Black, Blue, and White
Head Coach:	Fred Harbinson
General Manager:	Fred Harbinson
Franchise history
1961–1963:	Penticton Junior Vees
1964–1975:	Penticton Broncos
1975–1979:	Penticton Vees
1979–1990:	Penticton Knights
1990–2004:	Penticton Panthers
2004–Present:	Penticton Vees

The Penticton Vees are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League. The junior Vees were founded in 1961, taking the name of an existing senior hockey team.

Contents 1 Senior team 2 Junior team 2.1 NHL alumni 3 Season-by-season record 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Senior team

The first game played by the senior Penticton Vees was opening of Penticton Memorial Arena on October 25, 1951, versus the Vernon Canadians.^[1] The Vees played in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League, and in 1953, were crowned Champions of Western Canada. In 1954, the Vees were National Senior Champions as winners of the Allan Cup. In 1955, the Vees represented Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Krefeld, West Germany. The Vees defeated the Soviet Union 5–0 for the gold medal. 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.^[2]

[edit] Junior team

The Vees were Mowat Cup champions in 1968, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, as well as in 1986, when they were also Centennial Cup champions.

[edit] NHL alumni

Thirty-four alumni of the junior Pentiction team have moved on the play in the National Hockey League.

Penticton Broncos (1964–1975)^[3]

• Bruce Affleck, Tony Currie, Gary Donaldson, Reg Kerr, Dave McLelland, Vic Mercredi, Grant Mulvey

Penticton Vees (1975–1979)^[4]

• Ross Fitzpatrick, Darren Jensen, Kevin Maxwell, Andy Moog, Howard Walker

Penticton Knights (1979–1990)^[5]

• Rick Boh, Jim Camazzola, Ed Cristofoli, Neil Eisenhut, Ray Ferraro, Norm Foster, Brett Hull, Ian Kidd, Scott Levins, Derek Mayer, Joe Murphy, Scott Sharples

Penticton Panthers (1990–2004)^[6]

• Mike Brown, Kyle Cumiskey, Paul Kariya, Duncan Keith, Chuck Kobasew, Rick Lanz, Brendan Morrison, Jason Podollan, Kevin Sawyer, Robbie Tallas

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	League	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1961-62	OMJHL	27	9	18	0	-	93	149	18	3rd	Lost in Semi-final
1962-63	OMJHL	31	1	30	0	-	61	300	2	4th	Lost in Semi-final
1963-64	OJHL	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did Not Participate
1964-65	OJHL	30	11	15	4	-	104	159	26	3rd	Lost in Semi-final
1965-66	OJHL	30	15	14	1	-	145	113	31	3rd	Lost in Semi-finals
1966-67	OJHL	40	33	7	0	-	-	-	66	1st	Won Final, Lost Mowat Cup
1967-68	BCJHL	40	30	8	2	-	218	123	62	1st	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Won BC/Alb Championship, Lost Abbott Cup
1968-69	BCJHL	40	23	14	3	-	209	157	49	2nd	Lost in Final
1969-70	BCJHL	48	19	23	6	-	188	202	44	5th	DNQ
1970-71	BCJHL	60	36	19	5	-	275	203	77	2nd	Did not compete in League Playoffs, Lost Doyle Cup
1971-72	BCJHL	60	33	20	7	-	-	-	73	2nd	Lost in Final
1972-73	BCJHL	62	41	18	3	-	314	232	85	2nd	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Won Doyle Cup, Lost Abbott Cup
1973-74	BCJHL	64	38	24	2	-	310	280	78	3rd	Lost in Semi-finals
1974-75	BCJHL	66	35	29	2	-	379	334	72	2nd	Lost in Quarter-finals
1975-76	BCJHL	66	27	36	3	-	302	337	57	6th	Lost in Final
1976-77	BCJHL	68	43	22	3	-	404	307	89	3rd	Lost in Final
1977-78	BCJHL	66	47	17	2	-	492	303	96	2nd	Forfeited Final
1978-79	BCJHL	62	23	37	2	-	263	310	48	10th	DNQ
1979-80	BCJHL	60	41	18	1	-	350	240	83	2nd	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Lost Doyle Cup
1980-81	BCJHL	56	35	20	1	-	267	227	71	2nd	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Lost Doyle Cup
1981-82	BCJHL	48	43	5	0	-	364	130	86	1st	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Lost Doyle Cup
1982-83	BCJHL	56	34	22	0	-	355	249	68	5th	Lost in Semi-finals
1983-84	BCJHL	60	47	13	0	-	448	197	94	1st	Lost in Final
1984-85	BCJHL	52	47	5	0	-	498	193	94	1st	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Won Doyle Cup, Won Abbott Cup, Lost Centennial Cup
1985-86	BCJHL	52	44	8	0	-	433	195	88	1st	Won Final, Won Mowat Cup, Won Doyle Cup, Won Abbott Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1986-87	BCJHL	52	30	19	3	-	284	205	63	5th	Lost in Quarter-finals
1987-88	BCJHL	52	26	26	0	-	268	252	52	6th	Lost in Semi-finals
1988-89	BCJHL	60	16	42	2	-	260	351	34	10th	DNQ
1989-90	BCJHL	27	6	21	0	-	107	174	12	10th	DNQ-Folded
1990-91	BCJHL	60	13	44	3	-	245	358	29	10th	DNQ
1991-92	BCJHL	60	38	20	2	-	321	277	78	3rd	Lost in Quarter-finals
1992-93	BCJHL	60	35	23	2	-	350	282	72	2nd	Lost in Semi-finals
1993-94	BCJHL	60	40	17	3	-	341	261	83	3rd	Lost in Quarter-finals
1994-95	BCJHL	60	42	16	2	-	321	250	86	1st in Interior	Lost in Semi-finals
1995-96	BCJHL	60	32	26	2	-	269	248	66	2nd in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
1996-97	BCHL	60	31	27	2	-	285	236	64	3rd in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
1997-98	BCHL	60	45	12	3	-	296	177	93	1st in Interior	Lost in Final
1998-99	BCHL	60	33	22	-	5	230	197	71	3rd in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
1999-00	BCHL	60	42	14	-	4	283	167	88	1st in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
2000-01	BCHL	60	48	10	-	2	280	166	98	1st in Interior	Lost in Semi-finals
2001-02	BCHL	60	32	21	-	7	222	209	71	2nd in Interior	Lost in Semi-finals
2002-03	BCHL	60	20	32	2	6	222	268	48	6th in Interior	Lost in Preliminary
2003-04	BCHL	60	22	28	1	9	178	237	54	7th in Interior	DNQ
2004-05	BCHL	60	25	26	2	7	180	193	59	5th in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
2005-06	BCHL	60	41	13	2	4	245	137	88	1st in Interior	Lost in Final
2006-07	BCHL	60	41	14	2	3	231	163	87	1st in Interior	Lost in Semi-finals
2007-08	BCHL	60	41	15	2	2	235	146	86	2nd BCHL	Won Fred Page Cup

[edit] See also

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Penticton Vees official website

Preceded by Orillia Travelways

Centennial Cup Champions 1986

Succeeded by Richmond Sockeyes

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