Victoria Cougars (WHL)

The Victoria Cougars were a major junior 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 2003.
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.
==Season-by-season Record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Points	Finish 	Playoffs
1967–68	40	11	23	6 	146	198	28 	6th BCJHL	DNQ
1968–69	40	22	12	6 	223	150	50 	1st BCJHL	Won League, Won Mowat Cup
1969–70	48	31	12	5 	238	155	67 	2nd BCJHL	Lost Final
1970–71	60	40	12	8 	348	187	88 	1st BCJHL	Lost Quarter-final
1971–72	68	18	48	2 	215	321	38 	5th West 	Out of playoffs
1972–73	68	13	51	4 	231	390	30 	5th West 	Out of playoffs
1973–74	68	22	40	6 	259	336	50 	5th West 	Out of playoffs
1974–75	70	47	18	5 	416	257	99 	1st West 	Lost semi-final
1975–76	72	37	28	7 	343	320	81 	4th West 	Lost semi-final
1976–77	72	27	32	13	299	301	67 	4th West 	Lost quarter-final
1977–78	72	34	29	9 	365	333	77 	2nd West 	Lost West Division final
1978–79	72	34	27	11	318	295	79 	2nd West 	Lost West Division final
1979–80	72	51	21	0 	349	226	102 	2nd West 	Lost final
1980–81	72	60	11	1 	462	217	121 	1st West 	Won championship
1981–82	72	43	28	1 	398	314	87 	2nd West 	Lost West Division semi-final
1982–83	72	47	24	1 	444	335	95 	2nd West 	Lost West Division final
1983–84	72	32	40	0 	340	338	64 	5th West 	Out of playoffs
1984–85	72	24	43	4 	314	385	52 	6th West 	Out of playoffs
1985–86	72	22	49	1 	346	439	45 	6th West 	Out of playoffs
1986–87	72	30	41	1 	334	412	61 	4th West 	Lost West Division semi-final
1987–88	72	37	34	1 	326	335	75 	3rd West 	Lost West Division semi-final
1988–89	72	36	32	4 	341	351	76 	2nd West 	Lost West Division semi-final
1989–90	72	5 	65	2 	221	565	12 	6th West 	Out of playoffs
1990–91	72	10	59	3 	201	437	23 	6th West 	Out of playoffs
1991–92	72	15	52	5 	231	372	35 	7th West 	Out of playoffs
1992–93	72	20	49	3 	217	326	43 	7th West 	Out of playoffs
1993–94	72	18	51	3 	222	393	39 	7th West 	Out of playoffs
==NHL Alumni==
There were 58 alumni of the Victoria Cougars who graduated from junior hockey to play in the National Hockey League. Goaltender Grant Fuhr was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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==References==
*hockeydb.com
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Category:Western Hockey League (junior) team
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