The franchise changed its name to the Vernon Blades for the start of the 1962-63 season. They would remain the Vernon Blades through till the end of the 1966-67 season.
                  The name change came about as a result of the Los
                  Angeles Blades sponsorship of the team.
                  The Vernon News reported, October 1, 1962, "The
                  Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League
                  will help out the Vernon junior hockey team this
                  year.
                  In a telephone conversation Sunday night the
                  Blades' coach, George Agar, told Bill Brown the
                  juniors were assured of equipment including
                  uniforms, pants, gloves.
                  The local them will now be called the Vernon
                  Blades and the intermediate squad may adopt the
                  old "Canadians" title.
                  "This will be a big help to us this season", said
                  Brown who will probably be coaching the juniors
                  again.
                  He said the Blades were not directly backing the
                  local hockey team, the tie-up being similar to
                  that between the Kelowna juniors and the Portland
                  Buckaroos."
                
NOTE: George Agar was a local senior hockey hero of Vernon Canadians in the 1950's, hence the connection between L. A. Angeles and the Vernon Blades.
 
                Bill Brown would continue his ownership of the franchise and Vern Dye would manage the team while, various coaches would guide the club through to 1966.
Bill Brown resigns as Head Coach somewhere around January 11, 1963 but continues as General Manager, he appoints Hap Schaefer as Head Coach for the remainder of the season.
Hap Schaefer took over for Bill Brown as Head Coach with the game of January 17 being his first behind the bench.
Side Note: Up untill this point, in franchise history, the club never had a winning season. As there were between three and four teams, in the league, every team made the playoffs during these years.
 
                In 1966 Dave McKay, Vern Dye, Ernie Kowal and a group(Who?) of fifteen other local business men purchase the Vernon Blades from Bill Brown at a cost of $300.00 each. This group of men would hand over ownership of the club to the Vernon Minor Hockey Association but, they would still manage it.
The Executive of the club would be the same group of men that bought the team. Vern Dye would continue to manage the team, however, Hal Gordon was appointed General Manager while the coach would still be Odie Lowe.
| VERNON BLADES | |||||||||||||||||
| Season | League | ||||||||||||||||
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | GP | W | L | T | PTs | GF | GA | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result / Series-Score / Opponent | ||||
| 1962-63 | OMJHL | 3rd | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 114 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lost Semifinals, 1-4 (Kelowna) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963-64 | OJHL | 3rd | 34 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 124 | 219 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |||
| 3rd Round-robin | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964-65 | OJHL | 4th | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 99 | 132 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lost Semifinals, 3-4 (Kelowna) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1965-66 | OJHL | 4th | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 100 | 212 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lost Semifinals, 0-4 (Kamloops) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966-67 | OJHL | 3rd | 40 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 30 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lost Semifinals, 1-4 (Penticton) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 165 | 45 | 115 | 5 | - | - | - | 28 | 7 | 21 | - | - | - | ||||