Vernon Blades 1965-1966 Season

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Pre-season

  • April 26, 1965; OJHL Iron Out Kinks Tonight (source)
  • April 29, 1965; North Kamloops Entry May Expand Jr. League (source)
  • June 21, 1965; OJHL Vetoes North Kamloops Entry (source)
  • July 29, 1965; Rival WHL Managers To Coach At Kelowna (source)
  • August 2, 1965; Tickets Selling Briskly For Hockey Spectacular (source)
  • August 5, 1965; OJHL Well Represented In Hockey Spectacular (source)
  • August 9, 1965; OJHL Meeting Held Last Week (source)
  • August 30, 1965; Workouts Start For Junior Blades (source)
  • October 4, 1965; Blades Lock Horns With Calgary Buffaloes (source)
  • October 7, 1965; Blades Face Tough Opener With Bisons / Junior 'A' Hockey Schedule Released (source)
  • October 14, 1965; Penticton to Provide First Okanagan Test / Moose Jaw Invades Vernon For Two Exhibition Tilts (source)

Season

  • October 18, 1965; Broncos Spoil Blades' 1965 League Opener (source)
  • October 28, 1965; Blades Eye Kamloops As Way Out Of Cellar (source)
  • November 4, 1965; Blades Tackle Kelwona Friday (source)
  • November 10, 1965; Blades-Broncos Here Tomorrow (source)
  • November 18, 1965; Blades Need More Fan Support To Beat Kamloops Tomorrow (source)
  • November 26, 1965; Broncos Here Saturday To Test Hapless Blades (source)
  • December 1 1965; Blades Host Kelowna In Effor To Win One (source)
  • December 3 1965; Blades Out To Show They Can Win Games (source)
  • December 10 1965; Blades Face Kamloops In Crucial Twin Bill (source)
  • December 15 1965; Minor Hockey Buys Out Vernon Blades (source) / (source)
  • December 17 1965; Blades To Rebuild In Try For Playoffs (source)
  • December 24 1965; Blades Plan Give-Away For December 27 Game (source)
  • January 6 1966; Blades Face Aduous Task On The Weekend (source)
  • January 13 1966; Haves-Have Nots Tangle Saturday (source)
  • January 20 1966; Schiman...Tough Test (source)

Playoffs

  • February 3, 1966; Blades' Hour At Hand (source)
  • February 7, 1966; Blues Put Three In High Fifteen (source)

Post Season

  • February 14, 1966; Kelowna-Kamloops In Omjaha Finale (source)
  • February 24, 1966; Buckaroos Place Fjour On Junior Dream Team (source)
  • March 3, 1966; Blades Host Penticton Saturday (source)
  • March 24, 1966; Blades Host Aces Tonight (source) / (source 2)

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
- G Allen, Jerry 1 0 0 0 0
- RW Bilodeau, Neil - - - - -
- D Blackburn, Wayne - - - - -
- RW Cam, King cu - - - - -
- - Clark, D'arcy - - - - -
- - Clark, Gord - - - - -
- - Colley, Vern - - - - -
- - Elliott, Graham cu - - - - -
- D Frey, Greg - - - - -
D Gamble, Abby - - - - -
- - Inouye, Kaz - - - - -
- RW Maier 'Marv', Marvin 25 13 18 31 54
LW Malinosky, Ivan - - - - -
F Morrow, Gil - - - - -
F Nixon, Bill - - - - -
- - Palm, Ted - - - - -
- - Phillips, Patty - - - - -
F Reilly, Rick cu - - - - -
F Scott, Smith - - - - -
- G Schiman, Norm 29 0 - 0 0
- D Smith, Scott - - - - -
10 C Stein, Bob 'C' 29 17 22 39 59
6 C Sorochuk, Dale 22 16 16 32 35
- LW Southward, 'Al' Allan cu - - - - -
- LW Wernicke, Maurice - - - - -
- C Williamson, Tom cu - - - - -

cu = juvenile call-up

NOTE: A team consisted of 15 players, one goalie, four defence men, 10 forwards.

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
- Norm Schiman 29 - 205 7.07 - - - - - -
- Jerry Allen 1 - 7 7.00 - - - - - -

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

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GAME SCORES

GAME SCORES & RECAPS

PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES
OCTOBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
8 Fri. 8:30pm v Calgary Buffaloes 0 15 EX Gm 1 (source)
18 Mon. 8;30pm v Moose Jaw Canucks 0 3 EX Gm 2 (source)
DECEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
6? - v Vernon Juveniles 5 3 EX Gm 3 (source)

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REGULAR SEASON GAMES

REGULAR SEASON GAMES
OCTOBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
16 Sat. v Penticton-Summerland El Rancho Broncos 4 7 Gm 1 (source)
22 Fri. - @ Penticton-Summerland 5 7 Gm 2 (source)
23 Sat. 8:30pm v Kelowna Buckaroos 1 2 Gm 3 (source)
30 Sat. - @ Kamloops 5 9 Gm 4 (source)
31 Sun. 2pm v Kamloops 4 5 Gm 5 (source)
NOVEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
5 Fri. - @ Kelowna Buckaroos 2 9 Gm 6 (source)
11 Thurs. 2pm v Penticton-Summerland 4 4 Gm 7 (source)
12 Fri. 8:30pm @ Penticton-Summerland 3 7 Gm 8 (source)
14 Sun. - @ Kelowna 3 4 Gm 9 (source)
19 Fri. 8:30pm v Kamloops 4 5 Gm 10 (source)
20 Sat. - @ Kamloops 5 8 Gm 11 (source)
26 Fri. - @ Kelowna 2 9 Gm 12 (source)
27 Sat. 8:30pm v Penticton-Summerland 1 15 Gm 13 (source)
DECEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
3 Fri. 830pm @ Penticton-Summerland L W Gm 14 No Recap
4 Sat. 8:30pm v Kelowna 6 2 Gm 15 (source)
11 Sat. - @ Kamloops 5 8 Gm 16 (source)
12 Sun. 2pm v Kamloops 6 7 Gm 17 (source)
17 Fri. - @ Kelowna 3 15 Gm 18 (source)
18 Sat. - @ Kamloops 3 8 Gm 19 (source)
26 Sun. 2pm @ Penticton-Summerland L W Gm 20 No Recap
27 Mon. 2pm v Kelowna 2 5 Gm 21 (source)
JANUARY TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
1 Sat. 2pm v Penticton-Summerland 4 3 Gm 22 (source)
7 Fri. 8:30pm @ Kelowna 1 17 Gm 23 (source)
8 Sat. 8:30pm v Penticton-Summerland 3 7 Gm 24 (source)
14 Fri. 8:30pm @ Penticton-Summerland 1 6 Gm 25 (source)
15 Sat. 8:30pm v Kelowna 5 3 Gm 26 (source)
21 Fri. 8:30pm v Kamloops 6 5ot Gm 27 (source)
22 Sat. - @ Kamloops 4 7 Gm 28 (source)
28 Fri. - @ Kelowna 2 5 Gm 29 (source)
29 Sat. - v Kamloops 1 6 Gm 30 (source)

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REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

GP W L T GF GA TP
30 4 25 1 100 212 9

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PLAYOFFS

PLAYOFF GAMES

DAVIES CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS "B"
DATE OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Sat Feb 5 @ Kamloops 3 6 PO 1 (source)
Sun Feb 6 v Kamloops 6 8 PO 2 (source)
Tue Feb 8 @ Kamloops 5 8 PO 3 (source)
Thu Feb 10 v Kamloops 2 11 PO 4 (source)
TOTALS   16 35  

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POST-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES
MARCH TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Fri Mar 4 @ Penticton-Summerland 4 5 - PS Gm 1 (source)
Sat Mar 5 8:30pm v Penticton-Summerland 5 4 - PS Gm 2 (source)

POST-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES

POST-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES

POST-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES
MARCH TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Fri Mar 4 @ Penticton-Summerland 4 5 PS Gm 1 (source)
Sat Mar 5 8:30pm v Penticton-Summerland 5 4 PS Gm 2 (source)
Sat/Sun? Mar 19/20? @ Salmon Arm Aces 7 7 PS Gm 3 (source)
Thu Mar 24 8:30pm v Salmon Arm Aces 5 3 PS Gm 4 (source)

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TEAM PERSONEL

TEAM PERSONEL

POSITION NAME
OWNER Bill Brown(until Dec 14,'65)
Vernon Minor Hockey Association(as of Dec 14,'65)
VMHA = Len Miller, President - Fred Worth, First Vice President - Vern Dye, Second Vice President - George Bevan, Third Vice President - Mrs. J. P. McCallum, Secretary - Bill Cumming, Treasurer - Mrs. Amy Myles, Registar
VMHA Directors = Art Moss, Chuck Reilly, Don Jakes, John Marchand, William 'Bill' Brown, Hugh Clarke, Mrs. W. Cadden, J.P. McCallum, Don McDonald, Odie Lowe
MANAGER Bill Brown(until Dec 14,'65)
Vern Dye(as of Dec 14,'65)
HEAD COACH Hap Schaefer(until Dec 14,'65)
John Zahara(as of Dec 14,'65)
DEFENCE COACH Dave McKay
GOALIE COACH Hal Gordon
TRAINER Russ Fish

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