100 years ago, the Victoria Cougars became the last B.C. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup [Video]

Sunday marks exactly 100 years since a hockey team from British Columbia won the Stanley Cup.

On March 30, 1925, the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League defeated the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens 6-1 to clinch their best-of-five series, becoming the last non-NHL team to raise Lord Stanley’s cup. 

Events will take place in the Victoria area over the weekend to mark the anniversary, including the display of the Stanley Cup at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre on Sunday afternoon. 

Among those in attendance will be Bob Miles, whose grand-uncle was Harry “Hap” Holmes, a goaltender who won four Stanley Cups with four different teams, including the Cougars.

Miles said Holmes’s nickname of “Happy” or “Hap” was an inside joke referring to the fact that he never smiled. 

His career began at a time when goaltenders weren’t allowed to drop to the ice to make a save. He also used pads that were small in …