Vernon Essos 1969-1970 Season
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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 14, 1969: Junior A's at Kelowna Thurs. (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
3 D Bleakley, Barry v - 3 21 24 -
4 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 - Inglis, Jim v - - - - -
1 G MacIntosh, Gordon 'Gord' - - 1 1 -
7 C Manson, Don 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' 47 22 41 63 41
18 C Merritt, 'Gordie' Gordon '52 - 7 15 23 -
- - OLSEN, Peter - - - - -
- G Osborne, Gary - - 1 1 -
12 C Osinchuk, Gordon - 12 8 20 -
13 RW Owens, Bill - 8 12 20 -
- G Pagee, Art - - - - -
- - Pentland, Dale - - - - -
11 C Price, John 48 26 42 68 73
14 RW Quechuk, Lawernce v '50 47 36 43 79 101
16 - RITCHIE, Bruce - 2 0 2 -
- 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 MCINTOSH, Gordon 'Gord' - - - 2.15 - - - - - -
- PAGEE, Art - - - - - - - - - -

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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)

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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 TIME 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)
16 Thur. - @ Kelowna Buckaroos - - Gm 3
19 Sun. - v Vancouver Centennials - - Gm 4 -
24 Fri. - @ Vancouver - - Gm 5 -
25 Sat. - @ Victoria - - Gm 6
28 Tue. - v Kelowna - - Gm 7
31 Fri. - v Victoria - - Gm 8 -
NOVEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
4 Tue. - v Kamloops Rockets - - Gm 9
7 Fri @ Kelowna - - Gm 10 -
9 Sun v Vancouver - - Gm 11
15 Sat. v New Westminster - - Gm 12 -
18 Tue. - @ Penticton Broncos - - Gm 13 -
21 Fri. - @ Kelowna - - Gm 14 -
22 Sat. - v Victoria - - Gm 15 -
25 Tue. - v Kamloops - - Gm 16 -
29 Sat. - @ Victoria - - Gm 17 -
30 Sun. @ New Westminster - - Gm 18
DECEMBER TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
6 Sat. - v New Westminster - - Gm 19 -
12 Fri. - @ Vancouver - - Gm 20 -
14 Sun. - @ New Westminster - - Gm 21 -
19 Fri. - @ Penticton - - Gm 22 -
20 Sat. - v Vancouver - - Gm 23 -
21 Sun. - v Victoria - - Gm 24 -
27 Sat. - v Penticton - - Gm 25 -
30 Tue. - v Kelowna - - Gm 26 -
JANUARY TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
2 Fri. - v New Westminster - - Gm 27 -
7 Wed - @ Kamloops - - Gm 28 -
9 Fri. - v Penticton - - Gm 29 -
11 Sun. - @ Penticton - - Gm 30 -
14 Wed. - v Kelowna - - Gm 31 -
16 Fri. - @ Vancouver - - Gm 32 -
17 Sat. - @ Victoria - - Gm 33 -
18 Sun. - @ New Westminster - - Gm 34 -
24 Sat - v Kamloops - - Gm 35 -
28 Wed - v Penticton - - Gm 36 -
30 Fri. - @ Penticton - - Gm 37 -
31 Sat - @ Kamloops - - Gm 38 -
FEBRUARY TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
1 Sun. v Vancouver - - Gm 39 -
4 Wed - @ Kamloops - - Gm 40 -
11 Wed - v Kamloops - - Gm 41 -
14 Sat - @ Kelowna - - Gm 42 -
15 Sun - v Kelowna - - Gm 43 -
24 Tue - v Penticton - - Gm 44 -
25 Wed - @ Kamloops - - Gm 45 -
27 Fri - @ Penticton - - Gm 46 -
28 Sat - @ Victoria - - Gm 47 -
MARCH TIME OPPONENT GF GA RECAP
1 Wed - @ New Westminster - - Gm 48 -

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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 - LEAGUE

NAT BAILEY CUP - LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-Finals GP W L
Vancouver Centennials 5 4 1
Finals GP W L
Victoria Cougars 6 4 2

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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 GP W L
Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) 4 0 4

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TEAM PERSONEL

POSITION NAME
Owner Vernon Minor Hockey Association
Jr. Hockey Officers President & Chairman, Dave S. MacKay; Treasurer, W. 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 / Doug Bulwer
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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