Vernon Essos 1969-1970 Season
League Pennant / League Championship / Mowat Cup
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Pre-season

  • April 17, 1969: The Eagles are coming (source)
  • May 8, 1969: From the Sports Desk by Wes Russell (source)
  • May 22, 1969: Lowe hired for third season (source)
  • June 6, 1969: Vern Dye wins May suit draw (source)
  • July 31, 1969: Hockey trio in action Saturday (source)
  • August 18, 1969: 'Oh no!'.. not again says Vern (source)
  • August 28, 1969: Jr. Essos look strong-'69-70 (source)
  • September 2, 1969: Craig, first to sign 69-70 (source)
  • September 4, 1969: On the dotted line (source)
  • September 8, 1969: Manson, Dye get contracts (source)
  • September 11, 1969: New club starts training Sept 15 / Busy 69-70 schedule ahead for Jr. Essos (source)
  • September 15, 1969: Marsh, Inglis sign contracts (source)
  • September 18, 1969: Junior hockey starts in earnest here Friday (source)
  • September 22, 1969: Prospects look good in junior 'A' camp / Junior club signs Whitehorse star (source)
  • September 25, 1969: Junior hockey opener nears (source)
  • October 2, 1969: Season opener here Friday (source)

Season

  • October 9, 1969: Vernon out for sweet revenge (source)
  • October 16, 1969: Know your hockey / Junior A action resumes Sunday (source)
  • October 23, 1969: Junior hockey action Saturday / B.C. Jr. A standings (source)
  • October 27, 1969: Know your hockey (source)
  • October 30, 1969: Marsh-Price-Manson lead scoring stats / Junior A club bolsters roster (source)
  • November 3, 1969: Vernon back in number four spot (source)
  • November 21, 1969: B.C. Jr. A hockey / Know your hockey spot (source)
  • November 24, 1969: Leadership at stake in Junior game here spot (source)
  • November 28, 1969: B.C. Jr. A hockey spot (source)
  • December 5, 1969: B.C. junior A action Saturday / B.C. Jr A hockey spot (source)
  • December 12, 1969: Six Vernon players near top of scoring spot (source)
  • December 19, 1969: Vernon players up in standings / Two games on tap here in Junior A hockey spot (source)
  • December 24, 1969: Vernon looking for B.C. title spot (source)
  • January 5, 1970: Big test Wednesday for Vernon A club spot (source)
  • January 22, 1970: Record hockey crowd expected spot (source)
  • February 9, 1970: Crucial game here Wednesday spot (source)
  • February 12, 1970: B.C. Junior 'A' Hockey League (source)
  • February 23, 1970: Vernon moves into the league stretch / B.C. Junior A standings / Penticton here Tuesday night (source)
  • March 2, 1970: Hail to the league champs (source)

Playoffs

  • March 5, 1970: Pre-game ceremony names team winners (source)
  • March 12, 1970: Victoria here for Jr. finals (source)
  • April 2, 1970: Memorial Cup series in review (source)

Post Season

  • April 2, 1970: Junior A hockey club up for sale (source)
  • April 9, 1970: Sale of club explained / Five Vernon players named (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
- G Adair, Ted cu - 0 0 0 -
- - Becotte, Pat v - - 2 2 -
3 D Bleakley, Barry v - 3 21 24 -
4 F/D Craig, Bob '52 v - 19 23 42 -
9 LW Craig, Dale - 2 2 4 -
8 LW Dye, Wayne '53 v 41 38 46 84 107
- - Hiebert, Perry - - 1 1 -
15 D Inglis, Jim v - - - - -
1 G MacKintosh , Gordon 'Gord' i - - 1 1 -
7 C Manson, Don 'A' v 47 24 44 68 40
6 LW Marsh, Jack '50 v 45 35 25 60 24
17 D Marsh, Jim '51 - 6 15 21 -
5 D Mayer, Bob '50 'C' v 47 22 41 63 41
18 C Merritt, 'Gordie' Gordon '52 v - 7 15 23 -
- - OLSEN, Peter - - - - -
- G Osborne, Gary - - 1 1 -
12 C Osinchuk, Gordon (from Kelowna) - 12 8 20 -
13 RW Owens, Bill - 8 12 20 -
- G Pagee, Art - - - - -
- - Pentland, Dale PO - - - - -
11 C Price, John 48 26 42 68 73
14 RW Quechuk, Lawernce v '50 'A' v 47 36 43 79 101
16 F Ritchie, Bruce r - 2 0 2 -
- G Smithson, Mike cu - - - - -
- D STEWART, Dave '51 - - - - -
- - Vachon, Jerry v re 0 0 0 0 0
2 D Wahlstrom, Al - 2 8 10 -
10 LW Warner, Ken - 2 8 10 -
- - Waite, Dawson v re 0 0 0 0 0
- - Wilson, Jeff v t(Victoria) 0 0 0 0 0

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REGULAR SEASON GOALIE STATS

# GOALIE GP MIN GA AVG W L T SVS SA% PIM
1 OSBORNE, Gary - - - 3.15 - - - - - -
1 MacKintosh (McKintosh), Gordon 'Gord' - - - 2.15 - - - - - -
- PAGEE, Art - - - - - - - - - -
- Adair, Ted cu - - - - - - - - - -
- Smithson, Mike cu - - - - - - - - - -

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

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GAME SCORES

GAME SCORES & RECAPS

EXHIBITION GAMES
SEPTEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
30 Sun. 8pm v Kelowna Buckaroos 8 6 EX Gm 1 (source)
OCTOBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
16 Thur. 8pm @ Kelowna Buckaroos 5 8 Ex Gm 2 (source)

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REGULAR SEASON GAMES

STARTING GAME TIMES
  • New Westminster - Weekdays 8pm; Sundays 3:15pm
  • Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Vancouver and Victoria - Weekdays 8:30pm; Sundays 2pm
  • Vernon - Weekdays 9pm; Saturdays 8:30pm; Sundays 2pm
REGULAR SEASON GAMES
OCTOBER OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
3 Fri. v New Westminster Royals 10 4 Gm 1 (source)
11 Sat. v Victoria Cougars 2 4 Gm 2 (source)
19 Sun. v Vancouver Centennials 6 5 Gm 3 (source)
21 Wed. @ Kelowna Buckaroos 8 2 Gm 4 (source)
24 Fri. @ Vancouver 3 3 Gm 5 (source)
25 Sat. @ Victoria 1 2 Gm 6 (source)
28 Tue. v Kelowna 6 1 Gm 7 (source)
31 Fri. v Victoria 2 3 Gm 8 (source)
NOVEMBER OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
4 Tue. v Kamloops Rockets 3 4 Gm 9 (source)
Gm 9 Under protest (source) Kamloops loses decision(points deducted) (source)
7 Fri @ Kelowna 5 3 Gm 10 (source)
9 Sun v Vancouver 1 3 Gm 11 (source)
11 Tue. @ Penticton Broncos 7 4 Gm 12 (source)
22 Sat. v New Westminster 6 2 Gm 13 (source)
21 Fri. @ Kelowna 8 9 Gm 14 (source)
22 Sat. v Victoria 5 1 Gm 15 (source)
25 Tue. v Kamloops 3 4 Gm 16 (source)
29 Sat. @ Victoria 5 3 Gm 17 (source)
30 Sun. @ New Westminster 4 0 Gm 18 (source)
DECEMBER OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
6 Sat. v New Westminster 10 5 Gm 19 (source)
12 Fri. @ Vancouver 1 5 Gm 20 (source)
14 Sun. @ New Westminster 7 3 Gm 21 (source)
19 Fri. @ Penticton 3 1 Gm 22 (source)
20 Sat. v Vancouver 5 4 Gm 23 (source)
21 Sun. v Victoria 4 1 Gm 24 (source)
27 Sat. v Penticton 9 5 Gm 25 (source)
30 Tue. v Kelowna 8 4 Gm 26 (source)
JANUARY OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
2 Fri. v New Westminster 10 3 Gm 27 (source)
7 Wed @ Kamloops 5 1 Gm 28 (source)
9 Fri. v Penticton 6 2 Gm 29 (source)
13 Tues. @ Penticton 1 1 Gm 30 (source)
14 Wed. v Kelowna 4 5 Gm 31 (source)
16 Fri. @ Vancouver 0 1 Gm 32 (source)
17 Sat. @ Victoria 4 4 Gm 33 (source)
18 Sun. @ New Westminster 7 2 Gm 34 (source)
24 Sat v Kamloops 6 3 Gm 35 (source)
28 Wed v Penticton 10 3 Gm 36 (source)
30 Fri. @ Penticton 1 2 Gm 37 (source)
31 Sat @ Kamloops 2 8 Gm 38 (source)
FEBRUARY OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
1 Sun. v Vancouver 5 4 Gm 39 (source)
4 Wed @ Kamloops 7 0 Gm 40 (source)
11 Wed v Kamloops 8 5 Gm 41 (source)
14 Sat @ Kelowna 8 4 Gm 42 (source)
15 Sun v Kelowna 5 4 Gm 43 (source)
24 Tue v Penticton 6 0 Gm 44 (source)
25 Wed @ Kamloops 5 2 Gm 45 (source)
27 Fri @ Vancouver 3 3 Gm 46 (source)
28 Sat @ Victoria 3 6 Gm 47 (source)
MARCH OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
1 Wed @ New Westminster 6 2 Gm 48 (source)

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REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

GP W L T GF GA TP
48 32 12 4 245 151 68

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PLAYOFFS PLAYER STATS (Sortable Table)

No. Pos Player GP G A TP PIM
- G Adair, Ted cu - - - - -
- - Becotte, Pat - - - - -
3 D Bleakley, Barry v - - - - -
4 F/D Craig, Bob '52 v - - - - -
9 LW Craig, Dale - - - - -
- - Dick, Trudell (Vancouver Add-on) - - - - -
8 LW Dye, Wayne '53 v - - - - -
- - Hiebert, Perry - - - - -
15 D Inglis, Jim v - - - - -
1 G MacKintosh , Gordon 'Gord' i - - - - -
7 C Manson, Don v 'A' - - - - -
6 LW Marsh, Jack '50 v - - - - -
17 D Marsh, Jim '51 - - - - -
5 D Mayer, Bob '50 'C' - - - - -
18 C Merritt, 'Gordie' Gordon '52 - - - - -
- - Murphy, Neil (Vancouver Add-on) - - - - -
- - OLSEN, Peter - - - - -
- G Osborne, Gary - - - - -
12 C Osinchuk, Gordon - - - - -
13 RW Owens, Bill - - - - -
- G Pagee, Art - - - - -
- - Pentland, Dale (Penticton Add-on) - - - - -
11 C Price, John - - - - -
14 RW Quechuk, Lawernce v '50 'A' - - - - -
16 F Ritchie, Bruce r - - - - -
- G Smithson, Mike cu - - - - -
- D STEWART, Dave '51 - - - - -
- G Trudell, Lionel (Vancouver Add-0n) - - - - -
2 D Wahlstrom, Al - - - - -
10 LW Warner, Ken - - - - -

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PLAYOFF GOALIE STATS

# GOALIE GP MIN GA AVG W L T SVS SA% PIM
1 OSBORNE, Gary - - - 3.15 - - - - - -
1 MacKintosh (McKintosh), Gordon 'Gord' - - - 2.15 - - - - - -
- PAGEE, Art - - - - - - - - - -
- Adair, Ted cu - - - - - - - - - -
- Smithson, Mike cu - - - - - - - - - -

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PLAYOFFS

PLAYOFF GAMES

NAT BAILEY CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL 'A' (1v3)
DATE OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Tue Mar 3 8pm @ Vernon 4 5 ot2 PO 1 (source)
Wed Mar 4 8pm @ Vernon 5 9 PO 2 (source)
Fri Mar 6 @ Vancouver 6 2 PO 3 (source)
Sat Mar 7 @ Vancouver 4 0 PO 4 (source)
Sun Mar 8 8pm @ Vernon 4 2 PO 5 (source)
Mon Mar 9 @ Vancouver 1 4 PO 6 (source)
Wed Mar 11 @ Vernon 6 2 PO 7 (source)
Totals 30 24
NAT BAILEY CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
DATE OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Fri Mar 13 830pm @ Vernon 5 4 PO 8 (source)
Sat Mar 14 830pm @ Vernon 10 5 PO 9 (source)
Sun Mar 15 @ Victoria 2 3 ot2 PO 10 (source)
Mon Mar 16 @ Victoria 2 5 PO 11 (source)
Wed Mar 18 @ Vernon 3 2 PO 12 (source)
Thu Mar 19 @ Victoria 5 4 ot2 PO 13 (source)
Totals 27 23

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PLAYOFFS - REGIONAL

Mowat Cup - Provincial
Automatic Winners
B.C. vs ALTA
Not Contested by AJHL, instead the SJHL played the MJHL and BCHL respectivley for the right to play in the Abbott Cup
ABBOTT CUP - WESTERN CANADA
DATE OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
Sat Mar 21 @ Vernon 12 4 PO 14 (source)
Sun Mar 22 @ Vernon 3 2 PO 15 (source)
Tue Mar 24 @ Weyburn 1 9 PO 16 (source)
Thu Mar 26 @ Weyburn 1 11 PO 17 (source)
Thu Mar 26 @ Weyburn 0 3 PO 18 (source)
Thu Mar 26 @ Weyburn 1 11 PO 19 (source)
Totals 18 40

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PLAYOFFS TOTALS

GP W L GF GA
17 8 9 76 88

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TEAM PERSONEL

TEAM PERSONEL

POSITION NAME
Owner Vernon Minor Hockey Association
Jr. Hockey Officers President & Chairman, Dave S. MacKay; Treasurer, William "Bill" Inglis
Jr. Hockey Directors Stewart Mitchell(ex-officio), Gib Loyie, Dr. Hugh Clarke, Frank Williamson, George Bevan, Ernie Kowal, Gordon Henschke, Gerry Alexander, Odie Lowe, Ken Atwasser, Gord Nuyens, Russ Fish
Manager Vern Dye
Coach Odie Lowe
Trainer Jock Worth
Stick Boy David Myles
Minor Hockey Executive President: Stewart Mitchell; Vice Presidents: Bill Brown, Doug Simpson, Al Madden; Secretary-Registrar: Mrs. Amy E. Myles; Treasurer: Bill Inglis;
Minor Hockey Directors John Bruce, Art Davison, Frank Flasch, Reine Holland, Odie Lowe, Gib Loyie, Don MacDonald, Mickey McMahon, John Marchand, Don Myles, Gordon Nuyens, Ed Poirer, Hap Schaefer, Nick Schuck, Mrs. Marion Smithson; Ambassador: Frank Flasch.

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Page Contributers:

  • Chris Heisenberg 3/17/2021
  • Roger Knox 11/25/2020
  • Team Picture
  • 1969-70 Program Museum & Archives Vernon, Gwyn Evans (3/21/2025)
  • British Columbia Regional Digitized History - Kelowna Daily Courier
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Province
  • 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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