Victoria Cougars (WHL)

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team = Victoria Cougars

city = Victoria, British Columbia
league = Western Hockey League
operated = 1971–94
arena = Victoria Memorial Arena
colours = Blue, Red, Gold & White
name1 = Victoria Cougars
dates1 = 1971–1994
name2 = Prince George Cougars
dates2 = 1994-Present
|The Victoria Cougars were a major junior ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia that played in the Western Hockey League between 1971 and 1994. Prior to 1971, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (1962–1967) and the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (1967–1971). The Cougars played their home games at the Victoria Memorial Arena, which was demolished in 2005.

They won the WHL championship in 1981. The team moved to Prince George, British Columbia in 1994 and are now the Prince George Cougars. The Cougars earned several WHL records during their time in Victoria, both for most wins (60 in 1980–81) and for fewest points (12 in 1989–90). Their five wins that season is also a WHL record for futility in a 72 game season.

eason-by-season Record

"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"

NHL Alumni

There were 58 alumni of the Victoria Cougars who graduated from junior hockey to play in the National Hockey League. [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Victoria+Cougars Source] . Goaltender Grant Fuhr was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

* Greg C. Adams * Micah Aivazoff * Murray Bannerman * Len Barrie * Fred Berry * Wayne Bianchin * Alexandre Boikov * Mel Bridgman * Don Cairns * Rick Chernomaz * Kim Clackson * Glen Cochrane * Geoff Courtnall * Russ Courtnall * Paul Cyr

* Gary Donaldson * Kevin Evans * Tony Feltrin * Wade Flaherty * Curt Fraser * Grant Fuhr * Lorry Gloeckner * Richard Hajdu * Archie Henderson * Matt Hervey * Al Hill * Garry Howatt * Brent Hughes * Stu Kulak * Rick Lapointe

* Mike Leclerc * Danny Lucas * Gary Lupul * David Mackey * Tom Martin * Chris Mason * Jeff McDill * Bob McGill * Jack McIlhargey * Jim McKenzie * John Mokosak * Mark Morrison * John Newberry * Brad Palmer

* Steve Passmore * Barry Pederson * George Pesut * Ken Priestlay * Gordie Roberts * Geordie Robertson * Torrie Robertson * Joel Savage * Greg Tebbutt * Mike Toal * Alexander Vasilevski * Terry Virtue * Simon Wheeldon * Darryl Williams

ee also

*List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

References

*2005–06 WHL Guide
* [http://www.hockeydb.com hockeydb.com]