The Victoria Cougars were a minor professional

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team based in

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...

. They played in the

Pacific Coast Hockey League The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in three incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952. PCHL 1928–1931 The fir ...

from 1949 to 1952, and they played in the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...

from 1952 to 1961.

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Victoria Cougars (1949–1961)
at HockeyDB {{DEFAULTSORT:Victoria Cougars (1949-1961) 1949 establishments in British Columbia 1961 disestablishments in British Columbia Ice hockey clubs established in 1949 Cougars Western Hockey League (1952–1974) teams