The Lake Cowichan Kraken are a Junior ice hockey team in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League based in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. The team debuted as an expansion franchise in the 2021âÂÂ22 VIJHL season.
The name "Kraken" refers to the mythical sea monster said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland. The team chose its name as an homage to the sea monster of local folklore called the StinâÂÂQua â which was said to dwell in Lake Cowichan â and to the NHL Seattle Kraken, which debuted in the 2021âÂÂ22 NHL season.
The teams plays its home games at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena which opened in 1970. The team set an attendance record of 352 on 5 February 2023 during its home game against the Saanich Predators. A new team dressing room was added in 2023.
The team failed to qualify for the post-season during its first three years. In 2024âÂÂ25, the team finished the regular season in fourth place in their division and were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the first-place Campbell River Storm.
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#50B57F 5px solid; border-bottom:#50B57F 5px solid"|Season-by-season record |- ! style=width:4em |Season ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout Losses">SOL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Ties">T</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> ! style=width:10em | Finish ! style=width:15em | Playoffs |- align="right" | align="left"|2021âÂÂ22 || 51 || 19 || 30 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 40 || align="left"|<small>5th in division<br>9th overall</small> || align="left"|<small>Did not qualify</small> |- align="right" | align="left"|2022âÂÂ23 || 48 || 16 || 28 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 36 || align="left"|<small>5th in division<br>9th overall</small> || align="left"|<small>Did not qualify</small> |- align="right" | align="left"|2023âÂÂ24 || 48 || 15 || 31 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 32 || align="left"|<small>4th in division<br>9th overall</small> || align="left"|<small>Did not qualify</small> |- align="right" | align="left"|2024âÂÂ25 || 48 || 19 || 25 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 42|| align="left"|<small>4th in division<br>8th overall</small> || align="left"|<small>Lost first round against Campbell River (4:0)</small> |-