South Island Ravens

Adaptive hockey · Greater Victoria, BC

South Island Ravens

Organized hockey for players with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Players of all ages are welcome.

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The 2024–2025 South Island Ravens team photo on the ice in front of the Home of the South Island Ravens banner
The 2024–2025 South Island Ravens
  • 2012Year founded
  • 2 teamsUnder 18 and Over 18
  • 30+Players taking part
  • SundaysSeptember to March, Juan de Fuca Arena

About the Ravens

Hockey for everyone in Greater Victoria

The South Island Ravens hockey team exists to provide the opportunity for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the Greater Victoria area to learn and play organized hockey.

It first started on a small ice surface rented by Gus and Wendy Ascroft in 2012 with a small number of players and has grown to two groups – an Under 18 team and Over 18 team with over 30 participating.

Founders Wendy and Gus Ascroft standing rinkside with Georgia, who is in full hockey gear
Our founders: Wendy, Georgia and Gus

The program

Players with developmental and intellectual disabilities of all ages are welcome

Ravens Hockey provides many benefits – the opportunity to participate in healthy physical activity, be part of a team sport, and hang out with your teammates. This leads to improvement of life skills, physical and mental health, and overall quality of life, and generally makes you feel great!

The team and players are supported by a number of volunteers – coaches and assistants on the ice, and by their parents and families. The teams practice and have games with other teams in the community. Our program strives to provide a welcoming and safe environment so that our players can learn to skate, handle the puck and have a great time.

Success is measured by smiles, sweat and laughs in the dressing room.

  • Ravens players on the bench in their black jerseys while a coach skates past
  • Three Ravens teammates in helmets with arms around each other, smiling
  • Ravens players lining up for a faceoff against a team in blue
  • A Ravens goalie laughing in the dressing room with a plate of food
  • Ravens players gathered with the referee on the ice

Tournament

Hockey on the Rock 2025

The South Island Ravens players and parents will be hosting the annual adaptive hockey tournament – Hockey on the Rock 2025 – in Victoria on March 29, 2025.

This is the first time this tournament has been hosted on the island and is the only opportunity, each year, for the teams to play against their peers from across the province. To date, we have 14 teams from all over British Columbia who have committed to attend with approximately 280 players and about 500 persons in total coming to the tournament.

Game day schedule (PDF)
Ravens players and a visiting team gathered together on the ice holding a Go Ravens Go sign

Contact us

Get in touch

Questions about joining, volunteering or supporting the team? Send us an email.

Email

southislandravens@gmail.com

Mailing address

4519 Lindholm Road
Victoria, BC V9C 4C5

South Island Ravens Hockey Society

Non-profit board

  • Gus AscroftPresident and Chair, Coach
  • Wendy AscroftVice-President
  • Scott HilderleyDirector

Coaches

  • Gus Ascroft
  • Terry Phelps
  • Ken Duncan