Event celebrates Victoria Cougars 1925 Stanley Cup — the last time a team outside the NHL won the iconic trophy
Next year, lovers of Canada's national pastime will parade the Stanley Cup down Oak Bay Avenue to celebrate the storied history of a now-defunct Island hockey team. “Of all the many great sports moments that hockey has enjoyed on Vancouver Island, the Victoria Cougars victory over the Montreal Canadiens is the greatest,” said Victoria Hockey Legacy Society co-chair John Wilson, who announced the 2025 event at the Penny Farthing Pub on Dec. 10.
Until 1926, teams from several leagues competed against their NHL counterparts, which made the Cougars the last non-NHL team to win the prestigious trophy. A century later, no other B.C. has hoisted hockey's holy grail. In addition to spawning the original-six outfit, which would go on to win the Stanley Cup 11 times, the Cougars also changed the way hockey is played, thanks to the team’s coach Lester Patrick, who the Canadian Encyclopedia credits with helping build the world's first artificial ice rink in Victoria.
Scott added that Patrick pushed to incorporate a blue line into play, which allowed players to pass forward. Later, the NHL would adopt this rule.
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