Rinkside Reading - “One Night Only - Conversations with the NHL’s One Game Wonders”
It is the dream of every kid who has ever held a hockey stick to play in a National Hockey League game. 388 individuals have achieved...
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Dec 9, 2020
Bloodlines - Hall of Fame Brothers
Did you know that Chelios and Recchi both played for the Victoria Cougars? In this edition of Bloodlines, we look at two Cougars alumni...
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Dec 1, 2020
1976-77 Season in Review - Ginnell's Last Stand
Photo: The Daily Colonist 1976-77 was a rebuilding year for the Cougars as first-year rookies made up half the roster. Even though...
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Nov 17, 2020
Cougar Profiles - Geordie Robertson
Geordie Robertson is one of the greatest Victoria-born hockey players to have ever skated for the Cougars. A gifted playmaker, he owns...
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Nov 9, 2020
1977-78 Victoria Cougars Season in Review - Beginning of the Jack Shupe Era
1977 marked a new beginning for the Victoria Cougars franchise. Pat Ginnell, Owner/Coach/GM, left the Cougars and sold his majority...
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Oct 31, 2020
Cougar Profiles: Brent Gogol - the Unbreakable Record
Brent Gogol is one of the toughest players ever to skate in the Western Hockey League (WHL). He only played 105 games over three seasons...
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Oct 21, 2020
Paul Kariya - Could he have saved the Cougars?
Paul Kariya is one of the greatest hockey players to come from British Columbia. In his 15 year playing career, he scored 989 points in...
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Jun 14, 2020
1975-76 - Victoria Cougars Season in Review
You knew it was going to be a strange year when the mayor of Victoria climbed into the Cougars bench to demand coach Pat Ginnell stop the...
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May 19, 2020
Family Bloodlines in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft: Victoria Cougars and Nanaimo Islanders
The 2020 Western Hockey League (WHL) bantam draft took place on April 22nd with 233 players selected. Two of the picks had fathers who...
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May 9, 2020
Cougar Profiles: Al Hill - Greatest Debut in NHL History
Al Hill has been involved in hockey his whole life, but will always be remembered for his first National Hockey League (NHL) game on...
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May 1, 2020
May 1, 1981 - Cougars win the Championship!
The 1980-81 championship series between the Victoria Cougars and the Calgary Wranglers is considered one of the greatest finals in...
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Apr 23, 2020
1973-74 - Victoria Cougars Season in Review
Disappointment was the best description of the Cougars' first two years in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). In 1972/73, they...
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Apr 11, 2020
Cougar Profiles: Jeff McDill - One Night Only
On March 12, 1977, Jeff McDill made his NHL debut with the Chicago Black Hawks in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. That night he...
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Apr 3, 2020
Cougar Profiles - Dan Lucas
“If a Hollywood studio was about to make a movie about professional hockey, Robert Redford wouldn’t be needed for the title role - Dan...
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Mar 30, 2020
Murray Howe could have been a Cougar
I came across this interesting column from Jim Tang on September 21, 1975, talking about Murray Howe (the youngest son of Gordie Howe)...
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Mar 19, 2020
1974-75 - Victoria Cougars Season in Review
After going through four coaches in three years, Pat Ginnell brought stability. In 1974/75, they were the surprise team in the Western...
Craig Rich
Feb 26, 2020
BCHL - March 4, 2020 - Victoria Grizzlies - Salmon Arm Silverbacks
The Victoria Grizzlies season ended Tuesday Night as they were defeated by the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 3-2 in front of a sparse crowd at...
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