In Part One, we reviewed preseason games from 1959 to 2019. The countdown included Wayne Gretzky’s debut with Los Angeles, Dale...

A total of sixty exhibition games with National Hockey League teams have been played on Vancouver Island. The first game in 1959 featured...

Sixty years ago, the Montreal Canadiens came to Victoria for their preseason training camp at Memorial Arena. Since then, Vancouver...

TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTORIA COUGARS DRAFTED From 1972 to 1994, eight-five Cougars have been selected in the National Hockey League (NHL)...

This week we profile Dan Rogers - a Vancouver Island sports legend who excelled in both hockey and baseball. He also holds two unique...

Rod Brind’Amour and Kent Manderville have a lot in common. They grew up on Vancouver Island, played for the Notre Dame Hounds, earned...

Going into the 1978/79 season, the Victoria Cougars were seen as a team on the rise. The club had a talented pool of young prospects led...

In Part One, we outlined the sequence of events in 1982 leading to the Nanaimo Clippers moving to Esquimalt. Going into the season, the...

I never planned on writing a blog about the Esquimalt Buccaneers. But I became intrigued as I looked through old papers and archives....

“He could have scored a hundred plus goals for us had he stayed” -Victoria Cougars coach Wayne Naka Tony Hand is one of the most...

The Cougars' inaugural year in 1971-72 saw a mid-season coaching change and a revolving door of new players. Thirty-nine different...

While cleaning an old drawer, I came across this 1979 Polaroid of my parents and me in a Vancouver hotel room. This picture is taken just...

We conclude our in-depth series on the Victoria Cougars at the World Juniors with Russ Courtnall as he captained the 1984 Canadian team....

Five Victoria Cougars have represented Canada at the annual IIHF World Junior Championship. Our three-part series began with Curt Fraser...

CURT FRASER AND GARY LUPUL The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship is held annually in December and...

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...

Did you know that Chelios and Recchi both played for the Victoria Cougars? In this edition of Bloodlines, we look at two Cougars alumni...

Photo: The Daily Colonist 1976-77 was a rebuilding year for the Cougars as first-year rookies made up half the roster. Even though...

Geordie Robertson is one of the greatest Victoria-born hockey players to have ever skated for the Cougars. A gifted playmaker, he owns...

1977 marked a new beginning for the Victoria Cougars franchise. Pat Ginnell, Owner/Coach/GM, left the Cougars and sold his majority...