Penticton V's

The Penticton V's are a defunct senior men's ice hockey 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 where they won Canada's 16th world championship title.

They were named after three varieties of peaches whose names all began with "V".

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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 to win the Allan Cup, 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. They won the tournament, 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	

Notable alumni

References

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