Vernon Blades 1962-1963 Season

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NEWS ITEMS

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

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Pre-season

  • July 07, 1962; Corky Agar Will Try Local Hockey (source)
  • Septermber 17, 1962; Junior Hockey Tickets Go On Sale Weekend (source)
  • September 20, 1962; Hockey Season Ticket Sale Opens This Weekend (source)
  • October 1, 1962; L.A. Blades To Help Out Vernon Juniors This Season (source)
  • October 4, 1962; Junior Hockey Squad Has New Look-Brown (source)
  • October 11, 1962; Junior Hockey Squad Shapes Up For Season (source)

Season

  • October 18, 1962; Vernon Visits Kelwona For Jr. Hockey Opener (source)
  • November 1, 1962; Jr. Blades Getting Hungry, Seek First Victory Via Vees (source)
  • November 5, 1962; Blades Gain Three Points On Buckaroos (source)
  • November 18, 1962; Four Players Miss Lineup, Blades Miss Fourth Time / Lowe, Kashuba Suspended From Refereeing Chores (source)
  • November 22, 1962; Blades, Buccos Play Friday Due To Skating Competition (source)
  • November 26, 1962; New Referee System Arises From OJHL Meet (source)
  • November 29, 1962; Blades Ice 3 Revamped Front Lines (source)
  • December 3, 1962; Rockets Hit Triple Figures In Goalgetting (source)
  • December 12, 1962; Rockets, Bucks Soaring Higher In OJHL Loop (source)
  • December 14, 1962; Penticton Junior Hockey Club Gets Shot Of Life (source)
  • December 17, 1962; Buccos Sitting Prettin Beside Cooled Rockets (source)
  • January 7, 1963; Rockets, Buccos Remain Tied For OJHL Lead (source)
  • January 14, 1963; Blades Win Shootin Match But Outscsored (source)
  • January 17, 1963; Coach Brown Resigns, Not Fired By Players / OJHL Leaders Locked Together (source)
  • January 24, 1963; Longer OJHL Playoff Series For Hockey Fans This Year (source)
  • January 28, 1963; Bucks' Grip On OJHL Tightens (source)
  • January 31, 1963; Bladews Versus Bucks In OJHL Season Finish (source)
  • February 4, 1963; Vees Must Ice 12 Or Quit OJHL Playoffs (source)
  • February 7, 1963; Final OJHL Statistics Dominated By Buckaroos (source)

Post Season

  • February 21, 1963; Blades Host Quesnel Jrs. In Exhibition Tilt Here (source)
  • February 28, 1963; Local Blades Criboo-Bound For 2 Games With Quesnel (source)
  • May 6, 1963; Nuyens, Holland Lone Blades On All-Stars (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 r - - - - -
- - Brown, Gord - - - - -
13 F Coulter, Ike ('C'?) v - - - - -
- F Groenhausen, Dave - - - - -
1 G HOLLAND, Gary - - - - -
15 - KAPAK, Pete - - - - -
12 F KINESHANKO, Gord "Gordie" v - 16 13 29 101
14 RW LITZENBERGER, Ralph - - - - -
2 D MACKAY Jr., Dave 'C' v - - - - -
5 - MACKO, John - - - - -
9 - MCNEIL, Howie - - - - -
3 D NUYENS, Gord 'Gordie' v - - - - -
- F PALM, Ted cu 2 1 2 2 -
- G Pirnak, Larry v - - - - -
- F ROGAN, Al - - - - -
4 F ROLAND, Gary v q - - - - -
11 F SHERK, 'Buck' Bruce v - - - - -
6 F SOROCHUK, Dale v - - - - -
10 F STEIN, Bob "Bobby" v - 20 16 36 21
8 F STEPHEN (Stephens?), Jim v - - - - -
- G TAYLOR, Dennis - - - - -
- - Turanski, John q - - - - -

REGULAR SEASON GOALIE STATS

# GOALIE GP MIN GA AVG W L T SVS SA% PIM
1 HOLLAND, Gary 10 - 51 5.10 - - - - - 0
1 Pirnak, Larry v - - - - - - - - - -
- TAYLOR, Dennis - - - - - - - - - -

NOTE: A team consisted of 15 players, one goalie, four defence men, 10 forwards and had to be from the local area. Overtime was a none-sudden-death 10 minute period.

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REGULAR SEASON GAMES

GAME SCORES & RECAPS

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

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REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

GP W L T GF GA TP
31 9 22 0 114 145 18

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PLAYOFFS PLAYER STATS ( Sortable Table)

No. Pos Player GP G A TP PIM
7 F Agar, Corky '48 r - - - - -
- - Brown, Gord - - - - -
13 F Coulter, Ike 'C' v - - - - -
- F Groenhausen, Dave - - - - -
1 G HOLLAND, Gary - - - - -
15 - KAPAK, Pete - - - - -
12 F KINESHANKO, Gord "Gordie" v - - - - -
14 - LITZENBERGER, Ralph - - - - -
2 D MACKAY Jr., Dave 'C' v - - - -
5 - MACKO, John - - - - -
9 - MCNEIL, Howie - - - - -
3 D NUYENS, Gord 'Gordie' v - - - - -
- F PALM, Ted cu - - - - -
- G Pirnak, Larry v - - - - -
- F ROGAN, Al - - - - -
11 F SHERK, 'Buck' Bruce v - - - - -
6 F SOROCHUK, Dale v - - - - -
10 F STEIN, Bob "Bobby" v - - - - -
8 F STEPHEN (Stephens?), Jim v - - - - -
- G TAYLOR, Dennis - - - - -

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PLAYOFFS GOALIE STATS

# GOALIE GP MIN GA AVG W L T SVS SA% PIM
1 HOLLAND, Gary - - - - - - - - - -
1 Pirnak, Larry v - - - - - - - - - -
- TAYLOR, Dennis - - - - - - - - - -

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PLAYOFFS

PLAYOFF GAMES

DAVIES CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-Finals v Kelowna Buckaroos(1st)
Date & Location GF GA RECAP
Feb. 6 Sat. @ Kelowna 5 6 ot PO Gm 1 (source)
Feb. 12 Tue. @ Vernon 2 5 PO Gm 2 (source)
Feb. 15 Fri. @ Kelowna 2 3 PO Gm 3 (source)
Feb. 16 Sat. @ Vernon 6 3 PO Gm 4 (source)
Feb. 19 Tue. @ Kelowna 6 7 ot PO Gm 5 (source)
Totals 21 24

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PLAYOFFS TOTALS

GP W L GF GA
5 1 4 21 24

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POST SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES


EXHIBITION GAMES

QUESNEL WONGS
Date & Location GF GA RECAP
Feb. 23 Sat. @ Vernon 11 4 EX Gm 1 (source)
Mar. 02 Sat. @ Quesnel 5 6 EX Gm 2 (source 1) / (source 2)
Mar. 03 Sun. @ Quesnel 11 13 EX Gm 3 (source 2)
Totals 27 23
IN THE KOOTENAYS
Date & Location GF GA RECAP
Mar. 9 Sat. @ Cranbrook Canucks 4 4 ot EX Gm 4 (source 1) / (source 2)
Mar. 10 Sun. @ Kimberly (Unknown) 3 2 EX Gm 5 (source 1) / (source 2)
Totals 7 6

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TEAM PERSONEL


TEAM PERSONEL

POSITION NAME
Owner/President Bill Brown
GENERAL MANAGER Bill Brown
HEAD COACH Bill Brown (Resigned Jan 10-12,1963)
Hap Schaefer

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PAGE CONTRIBUTERS


PAGE CONTRIBUTERS

Page Contributer:

  • Chris Heisenberg 2/14/23 1962-63 Final Stats
  • Okanagan Regional Library - The Province Newspaper
  • British Columbia Regional Digitized History - Kelowna Daily Courier
  • Thompson-Nicloa Regional Library System - NewsHound Thompson-Nicola Region - Kamloops Daily Sentinel
  • Vernon News Articles - The Museum & Archives of Vernon via Gwyn Evans

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