Victoria Grizzlies

Victoria Grizzlies
Victoria Grizzlies
City	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
League	British Columbia Hockey League
Conference	Coastal
Founded	1994
Home arena	The Q Centre
Colours	Gold, black, white;
General manager	Rylan Ferster
Head coach	Rylan Ferster
Website	www.victoriagrizzlies.com/
Franchise history
1994–2006	Victoria Salsa
2006–present	Victoria Grizzlies

Last updated October 26, 2024

The Victoria Grizzlies are a junior ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. They are members of the Island Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at The Q Centre. The franchise was founded in 1994 as the Victoria Salsa.

History

The Victoria Cougars were created as a Junior A team, playing out of Victoria, British Columbia, which joined the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) as an expansion team for the start of the 1967–68 season. This brought the league to a total of six teams. After a 1971 realignment of junior hockey into "Major Junior" and "Tier II Junior A", the Cougars joined the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL), now the Western Hockey League. In 1994 the Cougars relocated to Prince George, British Columbia.

In 1990, the BCHL's Cowichan Valley Capitals relocated to Victoria from Duncan, British Columbia and became the Victoria Warriors.^[1] The Warriors returned to Duncan in 1993 and became the Cowichan Valley Capitals again, so in 1994 the Victoria Salsa joined the BCHL as an expansion team.

Victoria Salsa Logo

At the start of the 2006–07 season, the team was renamed as the Victoria Grizzlies. The Grizzlies hosted and played in the 2009 Royal Bank Cup, won by the Vernon Vipers. In the 2013–14 season they won the Island Division championship after beating Powell River 4–2 in game six.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
1994–95	60	21	35	4	—	263	338	46	4th, Coastal	did not qualify
1995–96	60	12	43	5	—	219	314	29	4th, Coastal	did not qualify
1996–97	60	24	35	1	—	213	273	49	6th, Coastal	did not qualify
1997–98	60	31	24	5	—	188	209	67	3rd, Coastal	Lost Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Chiefs)
1998–99	60	35	22	—	3	282	234	73	3rd, Coastal	Lost Div. Semifinals, 2–3 (Chiefs)
1999–00	60	36	20	—	4	282	223	76	4th, Coastal	Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Clippers)
2000–01	60	29	23	—	8	225	205	66	2nd, Coastal	Fred Page Cup Champions, 4–3 (Centennials)
2001–02	60	33	26	—	1	231	220	67	3rd, Coastal	Lost Preliminary, 1–4 (Capitals)
2002–03	60	23	31	1	5	234	281	52	5th, Coastal	did not qualify
2003–04	60	25	29	3	3	217	235	56	5th, Island	Lost Preliminary, 1–4 (Eagles)
2004–05	60	16	39	0	5	176	255	37	5th, Island	Lost Preliminary, 1–4 (Eagles)
2005–06	60	22	25	2	9	190	200	57	4th, Island	Lost Semifinals, 1–4 (Express)
2006–07	60	39	17	3	1	263	211	82	2nd, Coastal	Lost Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Capitals)
2007–08	60	30	22	3	5	204	189	68	5th, Coastal	Lost Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Chiefs)
2008–09	60	43	13	1	3	237	159	90	1st, Island	Lost Division Finals, 3–4 (Kings)
2009–10	60	34	18	2	6	220	175	76	3rd, Coastal	Lost Div. Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Clippers)
2010–11	60	33	24	0	3	218	197	69	4th, Coastal	Lost Division Semifinals, 4-3 (Kings)
2011–12	60	21	38	1	0	192	305	43	14th, BCHL	did not qualify
2012–13	56	33	13	0	10	189	162	76	1st, Island	Lost Division Finals, 2–3 (Bulldogs)
2013–14	58	37	15	3	3	212	163	80	1st, Island	Eliminated 0–3 in round-robin
2014–15	58	29	18	1	10	208	205	69	2nd, Island	Lost First Round (Kings)
2015–16	58	24	30	0	4	173	178	52	5th of 5, Island 11th of 17, BCHL	did not qualify
2016–17	58	37	12	4	5	218	143	83	1st of 5, Island 4th of 17, BCHL	Won Div. Semifinals, 4–1 (Clippers) Won Div. Finals 4–3 (Kings) Lost League Semi-finals 2–4 (Chiefs)
2017–18	58	32	18	4	4	216	187	72	1st of 5, Island 5th of 17, BCHL	Won Div. Semifinals, 4–3 (Bulldogs) Lost Div. Finals 1–4 (Kings)
2018–19	58	36	18	—	4	231	188	76	1st of 5, Island 5th of 17, BCHL	Won First Round, 4–0 (Bulldogs) Won Second Round, 4–3 (Kings) Lost Semifinals, 0–4 (Spruce Kings)
2019–20	58	24	33	0	1	163	219	49	5th of 5, Island 14th of 17, BCHL	Lost First Round, 0–4 ( Silverbacks)
2020–21	20	14	6	0	0	93	55	28	1st of 4, Alberni Val. Pod 4th of 16, BCHL	Covid-19 "pod season" - no playoffs
2021–22	54	29	25	0	0	202	174	58	5th of 9, Coastal 11th of 18, BCHL	Lost Div Quarterfinal, 4-1 (Rivermen)
2022–23	54	26	20	0	5	163	154	60	6th of 9, Coastal 12th of 18, BCHL	Lost 1st round, 4-0 (Bulldogs)
2023–24	54	29	22	0	1	176	175	61	4th of 9, Coastal 9th of 17, BCHL	Won 1st round, 4-1 (Clippers Lost quarter finals, 4-2 (Eagles)

NHL alumni

Awards and trophies

Fred Page Cup

2001

Mowat Cup

2001

Cliff McNabb Memorial Trophy

2001

Chevrolet Cup

2009

Brett Hull Trophy

Matthew Wood: 2022
Tyler Bozak: 2007
Kyle Greentree: 2004

Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy

Campbell Blair: 2000

Bob Fenton Trophy

Gary Nunn: 2007
Terry Wilson: 1999

Top Defenceman Trophy

Jordan Heywood: 2010

Vern Dye Trophy

Jordan Sigalet: 2001
Jimi St. John: 1998

Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy

Jamie Benn: 2007
Matthew Wood: 2022
Oliver Auyeung-Ashton: 2023
Chase Pirtle: 2024

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References

↑ "Cowichan Valley Capitals About Us". CowichanCapitals.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

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[1] "Cowichan Valley Capitals About Us". CowichanCapitals.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

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Baseball	WCL Victoria HarbourCats
Football	CJFL Westshore Rebels
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Lacrosse	WLA Victoria Shamrocks BCJ-A LL Victoria Shamrocks Jr. A
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