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Victoria Grizzlies

Field	Value
team	Victoria Grizzlies
bg_colour	background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#f3b83e 5px solid; border-bottom:black 5px solid;
text_colour	black
city	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
league	British Columbia Hockey League
conference	Coastal
founded	1994
arena	The Q Centre
colours	Gold, black, white

coach	Geoff Grimwood
gm	Geoff Grimwood
website
name1	Victoria Salsa
dates1	1994–2006
name2	Victoria Grizzlies
dates2	2006–present

The Victoria Grizzlies are a junior ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal West 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.[[File:Victoria Salsa.png|100px|right|thumbnail|Victoria Salsa Logo]]

At the start of the 2006–07 season, the team was renamed as the Victoria Grizzlies under the ownership of Len Barrie who was building Bear Mountain Resort at the time (hence the name 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.

In 2011 Ron Walchuk purchased the team and remained as the owner for almost 15 years. Most notably the team fell in a Conference Final in 2016-17 to the Chilliwack Chiefs and then again in the Conference Final to the Prince George Spruce Kings in 2018-19 with Alex Newhook as the team captain.

During the summer of 2024, the team was purchased by local businessman; Jim Hartshorne. Hartshorne also owns the Victoria Shamrocks of the WLA making for the combination of both franchises playing out of The Q Centre under the umbrella of "Keycorp Sports & Entertainment". That company was named for Hartshorne's Development company (Keycorp Developments).

The team found success right away under new ownership and presidency of David Michaud, finishing fourth in the Coastal Conference with a record of 28-17-9. They defeated the Coquitlam Express in the first round in just six games before finishing their Island Rival Cowichan Valley Capitals in the second round in six games as well. They would, however, fall in the Conference Final in five games to the Chilliwack Chiefs.

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		style=width:2.2em	GP		style=width:2.2em	W		style=width:2.2em	L		style=width:2.2em	T		style=width:2.2em	OTL		style=width:2.2em	GF		style=width:2.2em	GA		style=width:2.2em	Pts		style=width:10em	Finish		style=width:18em	Playoffs
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

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
Matthew Wood

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

References

"Cowichan Valley Capitals About Us".

Wikipedia Source

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