Will honour 1925 champion Victoria Cougars
The Stanley Cup is coming to B.C. in March. Whether it returns later is up to the Vancouver Canucks, but hockey’s holy grail will be in the provincial capital March 29-30 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Victoria Cougars winning it in 1925.
The Cougars beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 in the best-of-five 1925 Stanley Cup final. The dates for the Century Celebration were chosen because the Stanley Cup was presented to the Cougars after Game 4 on March 30. “We went right to the top and asked NHL commissioner Gary Bettman,” said John Wilson, president of the Victoria Hockey Legacy Society.
The presenting sponsor is author Helen Edwards, whose book History of Professional Hockey in Victoria 1911-2011 chronicles every pro hockey team in the capital up to the Salmon Kings.
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