The Kelowna Packers were a senior ice hockey team from Kelowna , British Columbia. The team existed from 1949 to 1960, and played as members of the Okanagan Senior Hockey League from 1951 onward. They were runners-up in the 1958 Allan Cup finals, and were the first ice hockey team from Canada to play an exhibition tour in the Soviet Union .
11-826: The Kelowna Packers were established in 1949 in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Packers finished first place in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League (OSHL) during the 1957–58 season. In that year's playoffs, the Packers defeated the Kamloops Chiefs in a best-of-seven series to win the OSHL championship. In the Western Canada playoffs, the Packers defeated the Winnipeg Maroons to win the T. B. Patton Cup. The Packers qualified for
22-822: A World Championship (1955). In 1951 the Okanagan Mainline League split up into two leagues: the Pacific Coast Senior League and the Okanagan Senior League. The Okanagan Senior League ceased its operations after the 1960-61 season. The league was then replaced by the Okanagan Junior Hockey League , the precursor to the British Columbia Hockey League . In 1954, the Penticton V's of the Okanagan Senior League won
33-526: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Okanagan Senior League The Okanagan Senior Hockey League (OSHL) is a defunct Canadian ice hockey league that operated for 10 seasons (1951 to 1961) within the Okanagan region of British Columbia . This league is notable as it played hockey at the highest amateur level in North America. This league won two Allan Cups (1953–54 and 1955–56) and
44-426: Is a defunct Canadian ice hockey league that operated for 10 seasons (1951 to 1961) within the Okanagan region of British Columbia . This league is notable as it played hockey at the highest amateur level in North America. This league won two Allan Cups (1953–54 and 1955–56) and a World Championship (1955). In 1951 the Okanagan Mainline League split up into two leagues: the Pacific Coast Senior League and
55-531: The 1954 Allan Cup , as a result they were invited to represent Canada at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships . With an 8-0-0 record, the V's would become 1955 World Champions. Later, when the Vernon Canadians won the 1956 Allan Cup , they elected to not send a team to the World Championships. As of this edit , this article uses content from "Okanagan Senior League" , which is licensed in
66-807: The 1958 Allan Cup finals against the Eastern Canada champion Belleville McFarlands , but lost in seven games. In May 1958, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association approved sending its first Canadian team on an exhibition tour of the Soviet Union . The Kelowna Packers were chosen as the Allan Cup finalists. CAHA secretary-manager George Dudley arranged a five-game tour in the Soviet Union, and for three subsequent games in Sweden. Dudley hoped that
77-466: The Kelowna tour would promote future cultural exchanges with Eastern Europe . Outside Kelowna, there were critics of this decision and some predicted that the Packers would return without so much as a single win. The Packers lost their first game against the Russian Army team 4–3. They tied the next two games 1–1 against Krylya Sovetov Moscow and 2–2 against Dynamo Moscow . In the fourth game, against
88-434: The Okanagan Senior League. The Okanagan Senior League ceased its operations after the 1960-61 season. The league was then replaced by the Okanagan Junior Hockey League , the precursor to the British Columbia Hockey League . In 1954, the Penticton V's of the Okanagan Senior League won the 1954 Allan Cup , as a result they were invited to represent Canada at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships . With an 8-0-0 record,
99-569: The Soviet Juniors, the Packers won 4–3. In the final match, they faced the Moscow Selects, and won 5–1. During the Packers' exhibition tour of Sweden, they won two of three games played versus the Sweden men's national ice hockey team . Each game finished in a 5–2 score. In the 1959–60 season, the Packers again captured the OSHL title. The team folded after the season. A junior ice hockey team of
110-593: The V's would become 1955 World Champions. Later, when the Vernon Canadians won the 1956 Allan Cup , they elected to not send a team to the World Championships. As of this edit , this article uses content from "Okanagan Senior League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. This ice hockey article
121-568: The same name that played in the British Columbia Hockey League from 1986 to 1989. This junior team was renamed the Kelowna Spartans in 1989. As of this edit , this article uses content from Kelowna Packers "{{{sourcearticle}}}" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. Okanagan Senior Hockey League The Okanagan Senior Hockey League (OSHL)
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