This article is about the professional Victoria Cougars in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League. For other teams see Victoria Cougars (disambiguation). The Victoria Cougars were a Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) (and after its merger with the Western Canada Hockey League, the Western Canada Hockey League) ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. The original Victoria franchise of the PCHA, the Senators, were formed in 1911, and became the Aristocrats in 1913. That incarnation is best known for defeating the Stanley Cup champion Quebec Bulldogs in a 1913 exhibition series. The Aristocrats officially challenged the Toronto Blueshirts for the Cup the following year, but lost. In 1916 the team was forced to move to Spokane, Washington af