Vernon Blades 1963-1964 Season

NEWS ITEMS

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

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Pre-season

  • September 23, 1963; Moro will Coach & Season Set (source)
  • September 30, 1963; Junior Blade Camp (source)
  • October 03, 1963; Junior Blade's Big Year? (source)
  • October 07, 1963; 20 Tryouts Invade Camp (source)
  • October 10, 1963; Blades Ready For Rockets (source)

Season

  • October 15, 1963; Blades Draw Bead On Hot Rockets Tonight (source)
  • October 17, 1963; Buckaroos Next On List For Win-Hungry Blades (source)
  • October 24, 1963; Agar 2nd In Point-Getting (source)
  • October 31, 1963; Holland Affair Causes Uproar (source)
  • November 7, 1963; League Stats (source)
  • November 12, 1963; Brown Attacks BCAHA Over Holland Transfer & Blades 8 Back (source)
  • November 18, 1963; Blues A Distant 2nd (source)
  • November 21, 1963; Junior Blades Ask For Help (source)
  • November 28, 1963; Shishido Still Ahead (source)
  • December 02, 1963; Rocketmen Here Tuesday (source)
  • December 05, 1963; Agar Wrecks Rockets & Corky Surges To 6th (source)
  • December 13, 1963; 6 Players Battle For Top (source)
  • December 20, 1963; One Big Happy Family (source)
  • January 01, 1964; Year In Review & Rockets With Six-Point Lead (source)
  • January 06, 1964; Blade Blueliners Get Nod As OJHL's Best (source)
  • January 09, 1964; ...OJHL Scorers (source)
  • January 23, 1964; Stein Top Goalgetter, 5th In Scoring Race / 12-Game Round Robin Set For Jr. Playoffs (source)
  • January 30, 1964; Roberge Top Trigger In Junior Puck Loop (source)

Playoffs

  • February 13, 1964; Rockets' Roberge OJHL Scoring King (source)

Post Season

  • February 27, 1964; Nuyens Named OJHL's Most Valuable Player / Shishido By A Length In Playoff Scorefest (source)
  • March 19, 1964; Rockets Adding Six From OJHL For Playoff (source)
  • March 30, 1964; Oilers Too Much For Rocketeers (source)
  • April 30, 1964; Blades Holding Banquet Tonight (source)
  • May 04, 1964; Blade Gets MVP Award (source)

Note: Articles for individual games can be found beside each game score under heading 'RECAP' as Gm# (source)

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYER STATS (Sortable Table)

No. Pos Player GP G A TP PIM
7 F AGAR, Corky '48 - 22 21 43 34
13 - COULTER, Ike - 9 6 15 4
- - HARRISON, Frank - 5 9 14 2
12 - KINESHANKO, Gordie - 2 3 5 81
14 - LITZENBERGER, Ralph - 3 9 12 8
- D MACKAY Jr., Dave 'C' - 1 9 10 54
- - MANDZUIK, George - 3 2 5 9
- - MCNEIL, Howie - 2 0 2 10
3 D NUYENS, Gordie 'Gord' - 6 11 17 112
- F ROGAN, Alan 'Al' - 8 7 15 4
11 F SHERK, Bruce "Buck" - 17 16 33 69
6 F SOROCHUK, Dale - 8 12 20 16
- F SPELAY, Eddie - - - - -
10 F STEIN, 'Bob' Bobby - 28 21 49 34
8 F STEPHENS, Jim - 3 7 10 -
- - TANTRUM, Wilf - 2 1 3 10
- G TAYLOR, Dennis 8 - - - -
- G WOODWARD, Brian 28 - - - -
- - WUTZKE, Wayne - 4 1 5 2

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REGULAR SEASON GOALIE STATS

# GOALIE GP MIN GA AVG W L T SVS SA% PIM
- WOODWARD, Brian 28 - 163 5.82 - - - - - -
- TAYLOR, Dennis 8 - 56 7.00 - - - - - -

NOTE: A team consisted of 15 players, one goalie, four defence men, 10 forwards and had to be from the local area.

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REGULAR SEASON GAMES

GAME SCORES & RECAPS

REGULAR SEASON GAMES
OCTOBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA OT RECAP
15 Tues. 8pm v Kamloops 'Central' Rockets 1 2 X Gm 1 (source)
16 Wed. - @ Kamloops 4 9 X Gm 2 (source)
18 Fri. 8pm @ Kelowna Buckaroos 1 5 X Gm 3 (source)
19 Sat. - v Kelowna 3 5 X Gm 4 (source)
22 Tue. 8pm v Kamloops 3 2 X Gm 5 (source)
26 Sat. 8pm @ Kelowna 7 8 X Gm 6 (source)
29 Tue. 8pm v Kelowna 9 4 X Gm 7 (source)
NOVEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA OT RECAP
2 Sat. 8pm @ Kamloops 3 8 X Gm 8 (source)
5 Tues. 8pm v Kelowna 5 6 X Gm 9 (source)
8 Fri. - @ Kelowna 4 7 X Gm 10 (source)
9 Sat. 9pm v Kamloops 2 6 X Gm 11 (source)
12 Tue. 8pm v Kelowna 4 6 X Gm 12 (source)
19 Tue. 8pm v Kamloops 6 3 X Gm 13 (source)
20 Wed. - @ Kamloops 2 12 X Gm 14 (source)
22 Fri. - @ Kelowna 3 5 X Gm 15 (source)
23 Sat. 9pm v Kelowna 2 4 X Gm 16 (source)
30 Sat. - @ Kamloops 5 11 X Gm 17 (source)
DECEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA OT RECAP
3 Tue. 8pm v Kamloops 9 7 7-7 ✔ Gm 18 (source)
4 Wed. 8pm @ Kamloops 6 12 X Gm 19 (source)
7 Sat. - @ Kelowna 3 7 X Gm 20 (source)
10 Tues. 8pm v Kelowna 4 8 X Gm 21 (source) / (source 2)
18 Wed. - @ Kamloops 1 11 X Gm 22 (source) / (source)
21 Sat. 9pm v Kamloops 8 5 X Gm 23 (source) / (source 2)
26 Thu. @ Kelowna 0 11 X Gm 24 (source)
JANUARY TIME OPPONENT GF GA OT RECAP
1 Wed. v Kamloops 3 10 X Gm 25 (source)
7 Tues. 8pm @ Kelowna 1 5 X Gm 26 (source) / (source)
8 Wed. - v Kamloops 1 4 X Gm 27 (source)
11 Sat. 8pm v Kelowna 5 4 X Gm 28 (source)
14 Tue. 8pm v Kamloops 2 5 X Gm 29 (source)
18 Sat. 8pm @ Kelowna 4 5 4-4 ✔ Gm 30 (source)
21 Tue. 8pm v Kelowna 4 3 X Gm 31 (source) / (source 2)
25 Sat. - @ Kamloops 3 6 X Gm 32 (source)
28 Tues. - v Kamloops 2 6 X Gm 33 (source)
30 Thu. - v Kelowna 4 7 X Gm 34 (source)

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REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

GP W L T GF GA TP
34 7 27 0 124 219 14

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PLAYOFFS

PLAYOFF GAMES

DAVIES CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Round-Robin Results GP W L
Kamloops Rockets 8 7 1
Kelowna Buckaroos 7 3 4
Vernon Blades 7 2 5
Vernon versus Round-Robin Results GP GF GA RECAP
Gm 1 Wed. Feb. 5 @ Kamloops Rockets 2 11 (source)
Gm 2 Sat. Feb. 8 @ Kelowna Buckaroos 3 9 (source)
Gm 3 Tue. Feb. 11 v Kelowna 4 3 (source)
Gm 4 Sun. Feb. 16 2pm v Kamloops 7 3 (source)
Gm 5 Tue. Feb. 18 v Kelowna 2 3 (source)
Gm 6 Wed. Feb. 19 @ Kamloops 1 15 (source)
Gm 7 Sat. Feb. 22 v Kamloops 5 1 (source)
Gm 8 Sat. Feb. 25 @ Kelowna Game Not Needed X
Total Of Round-Robin All Opponents 24 45 X

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TEAM PERSONEL


TEAM PERSONEL

POSITION NAME
OWNER Bill Brown
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Bill Brown, Hal Gordon, Carl Sorenson, Brian Willows, Bill Tait, Mrs. Betts(Honorary) - (source)
HEAD COACH & MANAGERS Hap Shaefer & Jim Moro
EQUUIPMENT MANAGER Perry Romeo

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