No Team 1979-80

Vernon Canadians 1979-1980 Season
Franchise Takes "Leave of Absence"

NEWS ITEMS

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

PLEASE, NOTE: The Vernon Museum & Archives does not have the physical copies of the following Vernon Daily News articles, after October 1976 to the end of June 11,1982. However, they do have the PDFs so, I have extracted the sports page from those as, needed. Those pages listed here may contain more articles than the one I have listed.

Pre-Season

June 4 1979: Junior teams in trouble ^(source)
June 16 1979: Junior team is in trouble ^(source)
June 22 1979: Canadians to request a leave from league ^(source)
June 25 1979: Canadians out of BCJHL ^(source)
July 10 1979: KENDALL'S KORNER: NAMES IN SPORTS ^(source)
August 17 1979: Young coaches to lead Rockets ^(source)

Season

September 21 1979: JUNIOR LEAGUE STARTS TONIGHT ^(source)
September 22 1979: BUCKS EDGE BLAZERS ^(source)
September 25 1979: League suffering ^(source)
September 26 1979: BCJHL debut ends in win for Sockeyes ^(source)
September 29 1979: Leask gets three to lead Buckaroos ^(source)
October 1 1979: Knights dumped on coast swing ^(source)
October 6 1979: Blazers stretch winning streak ^(source)
October 11 1979: Flyers, Caps suffer loses ^(source)
October 13 1979: Blazers record overtime victory ^(source)
October 15 1979: Blazers, colts tied for lead ^(source)
October 18 1979: Blazers take over top spot ^(source)
October 19 1979: Blazers trounce Chilliwack ^(source)
October 20 1979: Buckaroo rookie sinks three on Centennials ^(source)
October 22 1979: Richmond stops streaking Blazers ^(source)
October 24 1979: Flyers soar past Nanaimo Clippers ^(source)
October 26 1979: Sockeyes defeat Chilliwack ^(source)
October 27 1979: Rockets rally to defeat Caps ^(source)
October 29 1979: Blazers strengthen hold by hammering Chilliwack ^(source)
October 31 1979: Bucks suffer setback ^(source)
November 1 1979: Blazers outlast NorWes Caps 9-7 ^(source)
November 7 1979: Merritt records overtime victory ^(source)
November 9 1979: Rockets close in on Bucks ^(source)
November 10 1979: Caps end slump by beating Caps ^(source)
November 17 1979: North Van upsets leading Blazers ^(source)
November 19 1979: Sockeyes and Blazers enjoy good weekends ^(source)
November 21 1979: Rocktes blast past Buckaroos ^(source)
November 23 1979: Colts edge Blazers ^(source)
November 24 1979: Kelowna Bucks bomb Chilliwack ^(source)
November 26 1979: Clippers dump Bellingham 6-3 ^(source)
November 28 1979: Sockeyes bomb Flyers ^(source)
November 29 1979: Clippers thump North Vancouver ^(source)
November 30 1979: Kozak continues scoring heroics ^(source)
December 1 1979: Rockets misfire and fall ^(source)
December 3 1979: Streaking Blazers topple Knights 5-1 ^(source)
December 5 1979: BCJHL leaders suffer losses ^(source)
December 6 1979: Blazers, Clippers rebound ^(source)
December 8 1979: Penticton plays Kelowna 9-1 ^(source)
December 9 1979: Cents rally to tie Penticton Knights ^(source)
December 15 1979: Rockets romp past Richmond Sockeyes ^(source)
December 17 1979: Penticton post lopsided victory ^(source)
December 19 1979: Sockeyes shutout Caps 11-0 ^(source)
December 20 1979: Junior hockey team headed to Revelstoke ^(source)
December 21 1979: Nanaimo sniper is right on target ^(source)
December 29 1979: Sockeyes bomb Caps ^(source)
December 31 1979: Clippers doing well on Okangan journey ^(source)
January 2 1980: Knights edge Merritt ^(source)
January 7 1980: Clippers clobber Caps ^(source)
January 10 1980: Newberry rewriting BCJHL record book ^(source)
January 11 1980: Buckaroos hammer Sockeyes ^(source)
January 12 1980: Clippers defeat Buckaroos ^(source)
January 14 1980: Chilliwack earns split in weekend junior play ^(source)
January 17 1980: Newberry breaks record ^(source)
January 19 1980: Rockets capture junior shootout ^(source)
January 22 1980: BCJHL STANDINGS ^(source)
January 29 1980: BCJHL STANDINGS ^(source)
February 7 1980: Caps ride past Colts ^(source)
February 8 1980: Cents hammer Kelowna ^(source)
February 9 1980: Cents dump Bucks ^(source)
February 11 1980: Buckaroos hammer Sockeyes ^(source)
February 12 1980: BCJHL STANDINGS ^(source)
February 22 1980: Rockets beaten ^(source)
February 26 1980: BCJHL STANDINGS ^(source)
February 29 1980: Rockets rebound for win ^(source)
March 4 1980: BCJHL STANDINGS ^(source)

Playoffs

March 6 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 7 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 8 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 10 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 11 1980: Sockeyes take lead in series ^(source)
March 12 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 13 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 15 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 17 1980: Clippers and Knghts lead BCJHL series ^(source)
March 19 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 22 1980: ROUND-UP - B.C. Junior ^(source)
March 24 1980: Clippers advance to finals ^(source)
March 26 1980: Knights trounce Clippers ^(source)
March 27 1980: Clippers even series ^(source)
April 3 1980: Penticton wins title ^(source)

BC v Alta

April 9 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
April 10 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)

Western Final

April 21 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
April 23 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
April 25 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)

Centennial Cup

April 28 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
April 29 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
April 29 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
May 1 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
May 3 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)
May 5 1980: ROUND-UP - Centennial Cup ^(source)

Post-Season

April 17 1980: KENDALL'S KORNER: JUNIOR JOTTINGS ^(source)

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Vernon Canadians 1979-1980 Season Franchise Takes "Leave of Absence"