2010 Royal Bank Cup Recap:

After winning a record third straight Doyle Cup the Vernon Vipers will be making their record 9th trip to the Centennial Cup-Royal Bank Cup and a chance at becoming the first Junior hockey team in history to win three straight National Championships.

Over the next few days and leading up to the 2011 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 eight trip's to the National Championship starting with the Vernon Vipers eighth appearence at the 2010 Royal Bank Cup wich was hosted by the Dauphin Kings.

The Vernon Vipers finished with with a record of 51-6-0-3 top spots in the Interior Division & #1 overall in the BCHL. Here’s a rundown on how the Vipers did through out the BCHL’s Playoffs to advance to the teams record eighth National Championship.

1st Round Bye
Second Round: Defeated Quesnel 4-2
Interior Conference Finals: Defeated Penticton 4-2
Fred Page Cup: (BCHL Finals) Defeated Powell River 4-3
Doyle Cup: Defeated Spruce Grove 4-3
Royal Bank Cup (Went 3-1 In Round Robin)
Defeated Dauphin 8-1 In Final

The 2010 Royal Bank Cup was the Junior "A" 2010 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The 2010 Royal Bank Cup marked the 40th consecutive year a national championship has been awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970.

The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host city, the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

The tournament was hosted by the Dauphin Kings and ran from May 1 to May 9 of 2010 with games played at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba.[1] Charlie Major will be appearing as a special guest the night before the opening game.[2]

In the end, the defending 2009 Royal Bank Cup champion Vernon Vipers were too much for the hometown Dauphin Kings, crushing them 8-1 in the final.[3] In another lopsided results, during the round robin, the Brockville Braves crushed the Oakville Blades 11-2 to tie two different tournament records (goal by a winning team in one game, one game spread).[4]

Teams

Dauphin Kings (Host)

Regular Season: 50-11-1-0 (1st Overall in MJHL)
Playoffs: Defeated Neepawa Natives 4-0, Defeated Swan Valley Stampeders 4-1, Defeated Winnipeg Saints 4-0, Defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-1 for Anavet Cup.

Brockville Braves (East)

Regular Season: 52-8-0-2 (1st Overall in CJHL)
Playoffs: Defeated Kemptville 73's 4-0, Defeated Ottawa Jr. Senators 4-0, Lost to Pembroke Lumber Kings 1-4, Won Fred Page Cup (4-0).

La Ronge Ice Wolves (West)

Regular Season: 29-21-3-5 (7th Overall in SJHL)
Playoffs: Defeated Humboldt Broncos 3-0, Defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-2, Defeated Battlefords North Stars 4-2, Defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-2, Lost to Dauphin Kings 1-4 for Anavet Cup.

Oakville Blades (Central)

Regular Season: 46-9-0-1 (2nd Overall in OJAHL)
Playoffs: Defeated Aurora Tigers 4-1, Defeated Georgetown Raiders 4-1, Defeated Kingston Voyageurs 4-3, Defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4-2 for Buckland Cup, Won Dudley Hewitt Cup (4-0).

Vernon Vipers (Pacific)

Regular Season: 51-6-0-3 (1st Overall in BCHL)
Playoffs: Defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-2, Defeated Penticton Vees 4-2, Defeated Powell River Kings 4-3, Defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-3 for Doyle Cup.

Tournament

Round Robin

Royal Bank Cup Round Robin

Rank Team League Ticket W–L GF GA

1 x-Dauphin Kings MJHL Host 4–0 17 13
2 x-Vernon Vipers BCHL Doyle Cup 3–1 18 13
3 x-Brockville Braves CJHL Fred Page Cup 2–2 21 12
4 x-La Ronge Ice Wolves SJHL Anavet Cup finalist 1–3 10 15
5 Oakville Blades OJAHL Dudley Hewitt Cup 0–4 11 24

(x-) denotes Semi-final berth.

Results

Game Home Team Score Away Team Score Notes

Saturday, May 1, 2010

1 Oakville Blades 2 La Ronge Ice Wolves 3 OT Final - Shots: 45-29 Oak
2 Vernon Vipers 5 Dauphin Kings 6 OT Final - Shots: 35-33 Dau
Sunday, May 2, 2010
3 Brockville Braves 11 Oakville Blades 2 Final - Shots: 44-29 Bro
4 La Ronge Ice Wolves 2 Vernon Vipers 4 Final - Shots: 35-26 Ver

Monday, May 3, 2010

5 Dauphin Kings 3 Brockville Braves 2 Final - Shots: 36-35 Dau

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

6 Oakville Blades 3 Vernon Vipers 5 Final - Shots: 26-22 Oak
7 La Ronge Ice Wolves 2 Dauphin Kings 3 Final - Shots: 47-35 Dau

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

8 Vernon Vipers 4 Brockville Braves 2 Final - Shots: 44-27 Ver
9 Dauphin Kings 5 Oakville Blades 4 Final - Shots: 33-32 Oak

Thursday, May 6, 2010

10 Brockville Braves 6 La Ronge Ice Wolves 3 Final - Shots: 44-33 Bro

Semi-final Game

Home Team Score Away Team Score Notes

Saturday, May 8, 2010

11 Vernon Vipers 2 Brockville Braves 0 Final - Shots: 35-20 Ver
12 Dauphin Kings 6 La Ronge Ice Wolves 2 Final - Shots: 40-35 Dau

Final Game Home

Team Score Away Team Score Notes

Sunday, May 9, 2010

13 Dauphin Kings 1 Vernon Vipers 8 Final - Shots: 36-24 Ver

Awards

Roland Mercier Trophy (Tournament MVP): Shane Luke (Dauphin Kings)
Top Forward: Scott Arnold (Brockville Braves)
Top Defencemen: Dustin Stevenson (La Ronge Ice Wolves)
Top Goaltender: Justin Gilbert (Brockville Braves)
Tubby Smaltz Trophy (Sportsmanship): Kellen Jones (Vernon Vipers)

Role of League ChampionsAJHL - Spruce Grove Saints
BCHL - Vernon Vipers
CCHL - Newmarket Hurricanes
CJHL - Pembroke Lumber Kings
MJAHL - Woodstock Slammers
MJHL - Dauphin Kings
NOJHL - Abitibi Eskimos
OJAHL - Oakville Blades
QJAAAHL - Terrebonne Cobras
SIJHL - Fort William North Stars
SJHL - La Ronge Ice Wolves

Vernon Vipers Roster:

Kevin Kraus
Mike Collins
Connor Jones
Cory Kane
Cole Ikkala
Braden Pimm
Jonathan Milhouse
Dan Nycholat
David Robinson
Garrett Noonan
Curtis Gedig
Dylan Walchuk
Darrin Robak
Kellen Jones
Sahir Gill
Rob Short
Steve Weinstein
Bryce Kakoske
Adam Thompson
Graeme Gordon
Blake Voth

Owner & President Duncan Wray
GM & Head Coach Mark Ferner
Assistant Coach Jason Williamson

For stats & rosters on Vernon Junior Hockey History, Check out Paul's Vernon Franchise website

http://members.shaw.ca/vernonfranchise/index.html