Victoria Grizzlies

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. 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.

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

NHL alumni
• Jamie Benn

• Jordie Benn

• Kyle Greentree

• Aaron Voros

• Tyler Bozak

• Ryan O'Byrne

• Greg Zanon

• Matt Pettinger

• Jesse Fibiger

• Jordan Sigalet

• Alex Newhook

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