Victoria Cougars (VIJHL)
| Victoria Cougars | |
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| City | Esquimalt, British Columbia |
| League | Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League |
| Division | South |
| Founded | 1998–99 |
| Home arena | Archie Browning Arena |
| Colours | Black, gold, red, and white |
| General manager |
 Suneil Karod |
| Head coach |
Suneil Karod |
| Captain |
Nick Gomerich |
| Championships | Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy (VIJHL) – 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 Cyclone Taylor Cup – 2007 |
| Website | victoriacougars.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1998-Present | Victoria Cougars |
The Victoria Cougars are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the South Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL). The Cougars play their home games at Archie Browning Arena. Gary Boyer is the team's president and general manager, Suneil Karod is the coach and they are captained by Jake Calverley.
The Cougars joined the league in 1998 as an expansion team. In its VIJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup once, in 2007. The Cougars have won the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy Seven times in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. They have also won the Andy Hebenton Trophy seven times, as the team with the league's best regular season record in 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16.
From their inaugural year when the team won only one game all season, the Cougars have improved every season. In March 2005, the Victoria Cougars won their first Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy, and won the bronze medal at the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial championships.
They followed that up with their best regular season record in the 2006-07 season, going 39-6-0-3 for 81 points, and a winning percentage of 0.840, second best in the province. In the 2007 playoffs the Cougars won their second VIJHL playoff championship in three years. They then hosted the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial Junior "B" championships at Esquimalt’s Archie Browning Sports Centre, and won the tournament, defeating the Abbotsford Pilots 4-1 to earn the title of the best Junior "B" team in the province in their ninth year of operation.
The Cougars success on the ice continues: The Cougars have finished in the top two in the VIJHL for the last 14 straight regular seasons, capturing the regular season championship in the 2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons; they have been in the VIJHL Finals 11 of the last 13 years, capturing seven Brent Patterson Memorial Trophys. In 2012-13 they set a new league record, winning 45 of 48 games, losing one in regulation and 2 in overtime.
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