1953 - 54 Allan Cup Final Finalists . Western Canada : Penticton V ' s Eastern Canada : Sudbury Wolves Final . " Best of 7 " Penticton V ' s beat Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 3 . Penticton V ' s won the Allan Cup . Newspaper Story . From : The Nelson Daily News Monday , May 17 , 1954 V ' s Capture Allan Cup for B . C . Sudbury Wolves Beaten 3 - 2 in Final of Series Penticton , B . C . ( CP ) - - Penticton V ' s , comeback kings of Canadian hockey , won the Allan Cup Saturday night , defeating the Sudbury Wolves 3 - 2 in the seventh and deciding game of their best - of - seven senior amateur hockey title final . The long playoff trail leading to the Canadian senior hockey crown was filled with comebacks by the V ' s . The British Columbia titlists rewrote the script by racking up a 3 - nil lead , then hanging on finally to capture the Canadian senior amateur hockey championship . The Penticton club , lead by the Warwick brothers , lost out in the final last year to the Kitchener - Waterloo Dutchmen . They were faced with what seemed to be almost certain defeat when the rugged Wolves grabbed three victories in the first four games . But they came back with three straight wins to take the battered tankard . Their victory brings the battered cup to the farthest west point in playing history . Jim Fairburn , Jack McDonald and Bill Warwick fired the goals in order for Penticton . Defenceman Yogi Kraiger and Tatter McClellan replied for Sudbury . Warwick First Both teams were pressing for the first goal late in the first period , but the V ' s scored first when Fairburn deflected in Grant Warwick ' s pass in front of Al Millar at 15 : 12 . Penticton held an edge in the action packed second frame . But the Wolves only could do was to split four goals with the V ' s . Sudbury outshot Penticton 14 - 9 in the session . Bill Warwick of the fabulous Penticton brothers ' trio engineered the second Penticton goal , carrying the puck the length of the ice and then dumping it on McDonald ' s stick for the goal . Grant Warwick , a gnarled veteran of the National Hockey League , notched what proved to be the winner at 6 : 30 on a pass from McDonald . That looked like curtains for the Wolves , but they came back into contention with two quick goals late in the period , while the V ' s were shorthanded . With Doug Kilburn off two minutes for cross - checking , Kraiger struck first at 17 : 01 after grabbing a loose puck from a face - off inside the Penticton blue line . McClellan made it 3 - 2 just 20 seconds later when he slapped in a clearing puck . This set the stage for a rousing third period , in which neither team was able to score . The Wolves again had a territoral advantage , but were stopped time and again by brilliant Ivan McLelland in the Penticton cage . Game Sets Record The final game of the hard - fought series drew a crowd or more than 4 , 500 , the largest in Penticton ' s history to attend a hockey game . The teams see - sawed in the early stages of the first period . Grant Warwick was penalized at 2 : 33 for tripping , and the Wolves swarmed around the V ' s cage , without result . Just as Warwick was back into play , Baby drew a minor for cross - checking , and the V ' s had the upper hand . Kilburn went right out , catching the Sudbury netminder out of position , but he spun around and hit the goal post . King drew a boarding penalty at 10 : 45 when he crashed Dick Warwick against the Sudbury players ' bench , but the V ' s passing attack failed to click . Then Kilburn was chased for holding . King was dismissed again at 14 : 56 for cross - checking . The V ' s bottled up the puck in Sudbury ' s end and Fairburn clicked on a close - in shot from Grant Warwick and Conway . Play Gets Rougher In the second stanza play grew rougher . At the five - minute mark , Grant Warwick was dumped by Heale . Bill Warwick grabbed the puck in the Penticton end and went up the ice , and laid it to McDonald to put the V ' s ahead 2 - 0 . Things looked even grimmer for the Wolves when captain Heale was taken off after suffering an injury in a collision . Jack McDonald carried the puck up , circled behind the net and passed out to Grant Warwick , who fired the disc home . Tomiuk and Bill Warwick mixed in a high - sticking exchange soon after , but there was no damage . Then the Wolves put on the pressure . Rucks and Baby drew minors at 12 : 02 for roughing . Harrison was sent off for tripping . Millar , noted for his left - hand stops , made a beautiful save on a shot by McIntyre . Kraiger took the puck from the face - off inside the V ' s blue line to score the Wolves ' first goal of the night at 17 : 01 . Kilburn was off at the time for high sticking . With the V ' s still shorthanded , McClellan slapped in the second Sudbury counter at 17 : 21 . The Wolves still pressed in the third period and McLelland had to be fast to thwart Harrison , who staged a beautiful solo rush . The pressure on the V ' s eased when Lavell was chased at the 11 - minute mark for interference . Millar was taken off the ice in the last 30 seconds as the Wolves made one final bid to tie up the game . But the V ' s held off the attack until the final whistle .