Blades 1963-64

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

Please, submit any stats to ( admin "at" vernonjrahockey "dot" ca )

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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.

Please, submit any stats to ( admin "at" vernonjrahockey "dot" ca )

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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) / ^{(source 2)}
7 Sat.	-	@ Kelowna	3	7	X	Gm 19 ^(source)
10 Tues.	8pm	v Kelowna	4	8	X	Gm 20 ^(source) / ^{(source 2)}
18 Wed.	-	@ Kamloops	1	11	X	Gm 21 ^(source) / ^(source)
21 Sat.	9pm	v Kamloops	8	5	X	Gm 22 ^(source) / ^{(source 2)}
26 Thu.		@ Kelowna	0	11	X	Gm 23 ^(source)
JANUARY	TIME	OPPONENT	GF	GA	OT	RECAP
1 Wed.		v Kamloops	3	10	X	Gm 24 ^(source)
7 Tues.	8pm	@ Kelowna	1	5	X	Gm 25 ^(source) / ^(source)
8 Wed.	-	v Kamloops	1	4	X	Gm 26 ^(source)
11 Sat.	8pm	v Kelowna	5	4	X	Gm 27 ^(source)
14 Tue.	8pm	v Kamloops	2	5	X	Gm 28 ^(source)
18 Sat.	8pm	@ Kelowna	4	5	4-4 ✔	Gm 29 ^(source)
21 Tue.	8pm	v Kelowna	4	3	X	Gm 30 ^(source) / ^{(source 2)}
25 Sat.	-	@ Kamloops	3	6	X	Gm 31 ^(source)
28 Tues.	-	v Kamloops	2	6	X	Gm 32 ^(source)
30 Thu.	-	v Kelowna	4	7	X	Gm 33 ^(source)

NOTE: I am missing one game, for the life of me I cannot find the when, where & who! Online stats are 34GP, 7W, 27L, GF124, GA219 which would make the missing game score 12-6L.

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REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	TP
33 (missing one)	7	26	0	118	207	14

NOTE: I am missing one game, for the life of me I cannot find the when, where & who! Online stats are 34GP, 7W, 27L, GF124, GA219 which would make the missing game score 12-6L.

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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

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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Please, submit any additional information to: admin "at" vernonjrahockey "dot" ca

Page Contributers:

Andrew Hamilton (9/11/22)
Chris Heisenberg (2/19/21)
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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