Penticton Vees (senior)
The Penticton V's are a defunct senior men's ice hockey team team from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They played in the Okanagan Senior League from to 1951 to 1961. They represented Canada in the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships.
They were named after three varieties of peaches whose names all began with "V".
History
They almost won the Allan Cup in their second season in 1952-53, losing the final to the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen.
The next season they went all the way, beating the Sudbury Wolves in a series that went all seven games. This qualified them to go to the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships and avenge Canada's loss in 1954. That they did, becoming the first Canadian ice hockey team to beat the Soviet Union.
After that win the team went into the doldrums. A small city like Penticton could not really support a top-notch senior team. In 1960-61 the team folded, only a few months before the entire league collapsed.
Season-by-season record
Okanagan Senior League
Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Goals for Goals against Standing Playoffs 1951–52 52 15 35 2 32 - - 4th out of playoffs 1952–53 54 23 24 7 53 233 211 3rd Won Final Won Province Lost Allan Cup 1953–54 64 42 20 2 86 268 225 1st Won Final Won Province Won Allan Cup 1954–55 54 31 19 4 66 228 180 1st Did not play off Won World 1955–56 56 25 30 1 51 - - 2nd Lost Semi Final 1956–57 54 21 30 3 45 214 289 4th Lost Semi Final 1957–58 54 16 36 2 34 220 263 4th Lost Semi Final 1958–59 54 16 36 2 34 189 267 4th Lost Semi Final 1959–60 46 5 40 1 11 190 382 4th Lost Semi Final 1960–61 21 11 10 0 - 117 105 - Folded Dec. 1