1992 Centennial Cup Recap:

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 the host team of the National Championship. In 1990 the Vernon Lakers hosted and won the 1990 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 record fourth straight appearence at the 1992 Centennial Cup wich was hosted by the St. James Canadians and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Vernon Lakers finished in fourth place in the Interior Division with a record of 34-23-3 was good for 71 pts.  The Lakers fell short of becoming the first team in history to win three straight National Championships.  Vernon was the top team during the round robin with a 3-1 record but lost to Winkler in the semi-finals.  Here’s a rundown on how the Lakers did through out the BCJHL’s Playoffs to advance to the teams record fourth straight Centennial Cup.

Interior Division Semifinals: Vernon defeated Kelowna 4-2
Interior Division Final: Vernon defeated Chilliwack 4-2
BCJHL League Finals: Vernon swept Bellingham 4-0
Mowat Cup: Vernon defeated Prince George (RMJHL) 3-0
Doyle Cup: Vernon defeated Olds (AJHL) 4-3
Abbott Cup: Vernon defeated Winkler (USHL) 5-3

The Centennial Cup 1992 is the Tier II Junior "A" 1992 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Central Canadian Championship, the Eastern Canadian Champion and a host city.

The tournament was hosted by the St. James Canadians and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Playoffs: Round Robin

Rank Team League Ticket W-L GF GA

1 x-Vernon Lakers BCHL Doyle Cup 3-1 23 17
2 x-Thunder Bay Flyers USHL Dudley Hewitt Cup 2-2 23 20
3 x-Halifax Mooseheads MJAHL Callaghan Cup 2-2 22 22
4 x-Winkler Flyers MJHL Anavet Cup 2-2 18 21
5 St. James Canadians MJHL Host 1-3 21 28

Note: x- denotes teams who have advanced to the semi-final.

Results

Thunder Bay Flyers defeated St. James Canadians 7-4
Winkler Flyers defeated Halifax Mooseheads 5-3
Vernon Lakers defeated Thunder Bay Flyers 5-4 in Double Overtime
Halifax Mooseheads defeated Vernon Lakers 6-4
Winkler Flyers defeated St. James 8-4
Vernon Lakers defeated St. James 9-3
Thunder Bay Flyers defeated Winkler 9-2
St. James Canadians defeated Halifax 10-4
Halifax Mooseheads defeated Thunder Bay 9-3
Vernon Lakers defeated Winkler 5-3 for the Abbott Cup

Semifinals

Winkler Flyers 5
Vernon Lakers 2

Thunder Bay Flyers 8
Halifax Mooseheads 1

Centennial Cup Final:

Thunder Bay Flyers 10
Winkler Flyers 1

Please Note: The semi-final, Amherst vs. Chateauguay, was won in Overtime

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Scott Longstaff (Vernon Lakers)

Top Scorer: Scott Longstaff (Vernon Lakers)

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Mike Figliomeni (Thunder Bay Flyers)

All-Star Team

Forward

Scott Longstaff (Vernon Lakers)
Michal Sup (Vernon Lakers)
Glen Thornborough (Winkler Flyers)

Defence

Dane Litke (Winkler Flyers)
Jason Wright (Thunder Bay Flyers)

Goal

Chris Burns (Thunder Bay Flyers)

Role of League Champions

AJHL: Olds Grizzlys
BCHL: Vernon Lakers
CJHL: Kanata Valley Lasers
MJHL: Winkler Flyers
MJAHL: Halifax Mooseheads
NOJHL: Powassan Hawks
PCJHL: Prince George Spruce Kings
QPJHL: Joliette Nationals
SJHL: Melfort Mustangs

Vernon Lakers Roster:

Scott Longstaff
Shawn Potyok
Michale Sup
Dusty McLellean
Troy Becker
Kevan Rilcof
Greg Buchanan
Shawn Bourgeois
Jason Switzer
Chad Schraeder
Rick Eremenko
Tommi Virgunen
Sheldon Wolitski
John Morabito
Adrian Bubola
Peter Zurba
Rick Crowe
Rolan Ramoser
Murray Caton
Dave Kilduff

Owner & GM Mel Lis
Head Coach Ed Johnstone
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