After being swept in the BCHL Fred Page Cup Finals by the Coquitlam Express the Vernon Vipers will be making a record 10th trip to the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011 & now 2014) as the 2014 RBC Cup hosts. This is the second time the City of Vernon will be hosts of the National Championship. In 1990 the Vernon Lakers hosted and won the Centennial Cup. The Vipers have a chance at becoming the first Junior hockey team in history to win seven National Championships.
Over the next week or two leading up to the 2014 Royal Bank Cup I thought I would take a look back and go through each of the years and give a recap on all of Vernon's previous nine trip's to the National Championship starting with the Vernon Lakers first of four straight appearences at the Centennial Cup (1989-1992). The first starting at the 1989 Centennial Cup wich was hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals in the city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
The Vernon Lakers finished first place in the Interior Division with a record of 40-19-1 good for 81 pts The Lakers finished #2 overall 10 pts behind the #1 ranked New Westminster Royals who collected 91 pts. The Lakers would finish last in the round robin at 0-3 at the 1989 Centennial Cup. Here’s a rundown on how the Lakers did through out the BCJHL’s Playoffs to advance to the teams first ever Centennial Cup.
Interior Division Semifinals: Vernon defeated Kelowna 4-1
Interior Division Final: Vernon swept Merritt 4-0
BCJHL League Finals: Vernon defeated New Westminster 4-1
Mowat Cup: Vernon defeated Williams Lake (PCJHL) 2-0
Doyle Cup: Vernon defeated Red Deer (AJHL) 4-2
Abbot Cup: Vernon defeated Humboldt (SJHL) 4-2
The Centennial Cup 1989 is the Tier II Junior "A" 1989 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Abbott Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Callaghan Cup, and a host city.
The tournament was hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals in the city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
The Playoffs: Round Robin
Rank Team League Ticket W-L GF GA
1 # Thunder Bay Flyers USHL Dudley Hewitt Cup 2-1 18 9
2 x Moncton Hawks MVJHL Callaghan Cup 2-1 13 11
3 x Summerside Western Capitals IJHL Host 2-1 13 14
4 Vernon Lakers BCJHL Abbott Cup 0-3 8 18
Note: # - denotes team advanced to the final.
Note: x - denotes teams who have advanced to the semi-final.
Results
Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Vernon Lakers 8-2
Summerside Western Capitals defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 5-4
Moncton Hawks defeated Vernon Lakers 5-2
Moncton Hawks defeated Summerside Western Capitals 6-3
Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Moncton Hawks 6-2
Summerside Western Capitals defeated Vernon Lakers 5-4 double overtime
Semifinals:
Summerside Western Capitals 3
Moncton Hawks 2
Cetennial Cup Final:
Thunder Bay Flyers 4
Summerside Western Capitals 1
Please note: Semi- Final was won in 14:51 of 3rd overtime period
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Todd Hendersen (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Top Scorer: Greg Johnson (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Cam Sylven (Vernon Lakers)
All-Star Team
Forward
Greg Johnson (Thunder Bay Flyers)
Ken Murchison (Summerside Western Capitals)
Jason Bortolussi(Thunder Bay Flyers)
Defence
Rodney Gallant (Summerside Western Capitals)
Stephane Duval (Moncton Hawks)
Goal
Darin Baker (Moncton Hawks)
Role of League Champions:
AJHL: Red Deer Rustlers
BCJHL: Vernon Lakers
CJHL: Pembroke Lumber Kings
IJHL:
MJHL: Winnipeg South Blues
MVJHL: Moncton Hawks
NOJHL: Sudbury Cubs
PCJHL: Williams Lake Mustangs
QPJHL: Longueuil College Francais
SJHL: Humboldt Broncos
Vernon Lakers Roster:
Tony Szabo
Duane Dennis
Rob Atkinson
Cory Carlson
Dave Oliver
Garth Geddes
Todd Demchuk
Bill Lindsay
Shawn Hendry
Cam Sylven
Jason Marshall
Scott Salmond
Adrian Markin
Lance West
Mike Dennis
Sandy Renwick
Dean Zayonce
Sean Stewart
Craig Daley
David Zakal
Randy Muise
Kevin Zakal
Kevin Cox
Greg Olson
Rob Shypitka
Paul Faganello
Brian Langlot
Randy McGrew
Curtis Head
Mark Shmigelsky
Jim Inkster
Bart Kuntz
Chris Fairlie
Kevin Baldridge
GM-Owner Mel Lis
Head Coach Ernie Gare
Assistant Coach George Farhger
Assistant Coach Keith Chase
For stats & rosters on Vernon Junior Hockey History, Check out Paul's Vernon Franchise website
http://members.shaw.ca/vernonfranchise/index.html
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