2 - TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
VERNON LAKERS 1980-95
VERNON LAKERS (Enemark Era)
After a one years leave of absence the franchise adopted a new name, the Vernon Lakers, for the 1980-81 season. They kept that name till the end of 1982-83 season.
Carl Pedersen Enemark(and his wife Ivy), of Enemark & Campbell Realty, purchases the Lakers from Vern Dye after the 1981-82 season.
Enemark sells the Lakers to Mel Lis of Lis Equipment Rental Ltd., after the 1985-86 season.
VERNON LAKERS (Mel Lis Era) 2-Time National Champions
The second installment of the Vernon Lakers came in the 1984-85 season. They remained the Vernon Lakers through till the end of the 1994-95 season.
It was this version of the franchise that started what was to become a dominate player in junior 'A' hockey, in the league, regional and national levels.
Not once in the eleven seasons of league play did they fall under the five-hundred mark and they made the playoffs every season. The Vernon Lakers entered the regional playdowns in consecutive years and made the national tournament four years straight, culminating in two National Championships, 1990 and 1991.
The Vernon Lakers accomplishment of four National Championship appearances, 1989 - 1992, remains a Canadian junior "A" hockey record.
Mel Lis sold the Lakers to oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. James Duncan Wray after the 1991-92 season.
By the end to the 1994-95 season the Vernon Lakers brought the franchise from the negative to the positive side of the wins versus losses category. They did this in both the regular season and playoffs statistics.
VERNON LAKERS HIGHLIGHTS
In its 14 years (1980-81 to 1982-83 and 1984-85 to 1994-95), as the Lakers, the franchise has achieved the following highlights:
- 1 - League Pennant
- 1988
- 5 - Interior Division Pennants
- 1988 1989 1990 1991
- 5 - Interior Division Championships
- 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
- 4 - Nat Bailey Cups - League Championships
- 1988 1989 1991 1992
- Runners-up: 1990
- 4 - Mowat Cups - BC Championship
- 1988 1989 1991 1992
- 3 - Doyle Cups - BC vs AB Championship
- 1989 1991 1992
- Runners up: 1988
- 3 - Abbott Cups - Western Canadian Championship
- 1989 1991 1992
- 2 - Centennial Cups - National Championship
- 1990 1991
- Semi-Finalist:
1992
Appearance: 1989
SEASON BY SEASON OVERVIEW
| INTERIOR CHAMPIONSHIP |
| RYAN HATFIELD TROPHY |
| LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP |
| NAT BAILEY CUP / SUBWAY CUP / FRED PAGE CUP |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA CHAMPIONSHIP |
| MOWAT CUP |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA VS ALBERTA CHAMPION |
| DOYLE CUP (since 1985) |
| WESTERN CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP |
| ABBOTT CUP / WESTERN CANADA CUP |
| NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP |
| CENTENNIAL CUP / RBC ROYAL BANK CUP / ROYAL BANK CUP / RBC CUP |
VERNON LAKERS SEASONS (1st Edition)
| VERNON LAKERS | |||||||||||||||||
| Season |
League Division |
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| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | GP | W | L | T | PTs | GF | GA | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result / Series-Score / Opponent | ||||
| 1980-81 |
BCJHL Interior |
11th 5th |
56 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 105 | 435 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1981-82 |
BCJHL Interior |
11th 5th |
47 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 21 | 182 | 304 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1982-83 |
BCJHL Interior |
4th 2nd |
56 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 71 | 280 | 235 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |||
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Lost Div. Semifinals, 3-4 (Penticton) |
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| Team Totals | 159 | 53 | 104 | 2 | - | 564 | 974 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |||||
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VERNON LAKERS SEASONS (2nd Edition)
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| Season |
League Division |
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| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | GP | W | L | T | PTs | GF | GA | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result / Series-Score / Opponent | ||||
| 1984-85 |
BCJHL Interior |
6th 2nd |
51 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 58 | 261 | 262 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |||
| Lost Div. Semifinals, 3-4 (Merritt) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 |
BCJHL Interior |
5th 3rd |
52 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 59 | 338 | 281 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 26 | |||
| Lost Div. Semifinals, 3-4 (Kelowna) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986-87 |
BCJHL Interior |
3rd 2nd |
52 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 68 | 381 | 257 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 47 | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-0 (Penticton) Lost Div. Final, 2-4 (Kelowna) |
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| 1987-88 |
BCJHL Interior |
1st 1st |
52 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 84 | 381 | 216 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 120 | 75 | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-0 (Merritt) Won Div. Finals, 4-0 (Penticton) |
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| Won League Finals, 4-1 (Richmond) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Mowat Cup, 2-0 (Grande Prairie) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lost Doyle Cup, 0-4 (Calgary) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988-89 |
BCJHL Interior |
2nd 1st |
60 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 376 | 256 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 146 | 112 | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-1 (Kelowna) Won Div. Finals, 4-0 (Merritt) |
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| Won League Finals, 4-1 (New Westminster) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Mowat Cup, 2-0 (Williams Lake) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Doyle Cup, 4-2 (Red Deer) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Abbott Cup, 4-2 (Humboldt) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th Centennial Cup Round-robin | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989-90 |
BCJHL Interior |
3rd 1st |
58 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 71 | 330 | 229 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 92 | 73 | |||
| 1st Div. Round-robin | |||||||||||||||||
| Lost League Finals, 2-4 (New Westminster) | |||||||||||||||||
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~ HOSTS ~ 2nd Centennial Cup Round-robin Won Centennial Cup Semifinal, 11-5 (Nipawin) Won Centennial Cup, 6-5 OT (New Westminster) |
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| 1990-91 |
BCJHL Interior |
4th 3rd |
60 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 77 | 359 | 266 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 170 | 126 | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-0 (Kelowna) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Chilliwack) |
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| Won League Finals, 4-0 (Powell River) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Mowat Cup, 3-0 (Prince George) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Doyle Cup, 4-1 (Calgary) | |||||||||||||||||
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4th Centennial Cup
Round-robin Won Centennial Cup Semifinal, 7-5 (Yorkton) Won Centennial Cup, 8-4 (Sudbury) |
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| Won Abbott Cup Game, 5-4 ot(Yorkton), [RBC-RR] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991-92 |
BCJHL Interior |
4th 4th |
60 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 71 | 348 | 286 | 31 | 22 | 8 | - | - | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-2 (Kelowna) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Chilliwack) |
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| Won League Finals, 4-0 (Bellingham) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Mowat Cup, 3-0 (Prince George) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Doyle Cup, 4-3 (Olds) | |||||||||||||||||
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1st Centennial Cup
Round-robin Lost Centennial Cup Semifinal, 5-2 (Winkler) |
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| Won Abbott Cup Game, 5-3 (Winkler), [RBC-RR] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992-93 |
BCJHL Interior |
3rd 3rd |
60 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 72 | 336 | 278 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |||
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Lost Div. Semifinals, 1-4 (Penticton) |
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| 1993-94 |
BCJHL Interior |
4th 3rd |
60 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 62 | 286 | 314 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 48 | |||
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Won
Div. Semifinals, 4-1 (Penticton) Lost Div. Finals, 0-4 (Kelowna) |
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| 1994-95 |
BCJHL Interior |
8th 3rd |
60 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 297 | 284 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 37 | |||
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Won
Preliminaries, 2-0 (Bellingham) Lost Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Penticton) |
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| Team Totals | 625 | 369 | 235 | 21 | - | - | - | 177 | 115 | 62 | - | - | |||||
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