1919–20 PCHA season

The 1919–20 PCHA season was the ninth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) league. Season play ran from December 26, 1919, to March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 22 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club finished first during the regular season and then won the playoff with the Vancouver Millionaires to take the PCHA championship. The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals against the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Ottawa Senators. The Senators won the best-of-five series three games to two.

1920 Seattle Metropolitans

League business

At the league's annual meeting on November 21, 1919, Frank Patrick was re-elected as PCHA president.

Several players retired, including Si Griffis, Barney Stanley, and Mickey MacKay of Vancouver, and Ran McDonald of Seattle. Three players from Stanley Cup champion Toronto of the NHL moved to the PCHA this season: Alf Skinner, Jack Adams, and Harry Meeking.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA
Seattle Metropolitans22121005955
Vancouver Millionaires22111107565
Victoria Aristocrats22101205771

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec 26Seattle1Victoria2
29Victoria3Vancouver4 (00:24 OT)
31Vancouver2Seattle3
Jan 2Vancouver4Victoria7
5Seattle2Vancouver3
7Victoria2Seattle5
9Seattle0Victoria2
12Victoria4Vancouver3
14Vancouver3Seattle1
16Vancouver2Victoria1
19Seattle5Vancouver2
21Victoria1Seattle3
23Vancouver1Victoria4
26Victoria5Vancouver7
28Vancouver3Seattle4 (3:59 OT)
30Seattle4Victoria2
Feb 2Seattle3Vancouver4 (3:40 OT)
4Victoria0Seattle3
6Vancouver3Victoria1
9Victoria3Vancouver2
11Vancouver4Seattle2
13Seattle1Victoria6
16Seattle3Vancouver2
18Victoria0Seattle6
20Vancouver1Victoria3
23Victoria4Vancouver10
25Vancouver8Seattle0
27Seattle2Victoria3 (7:04 OT)
Mar 1Seattle2Vancouver5
3Victoria0Seattle2
5Vancouver2Victoria3
8Seattle2Vancouver0
10Victoria1Seattle5

Source: Coleman (1966)[1]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle225542.2
Lehman, Hughie Vancouver226513.0
Fowler, Hec Victoria227113.2

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Tommy DunderdaleVictoria Aristocrats222673335
Frank FoystonSeattle Metropolitans22263293
Smokey HarrisVancouver Millionaires2214112512
Eddie OatmanVictoria Aristocrats2211142538
Gordon RobertsVancouver Millionaires221631913
Alf SkinnerVancouver Millionaires221521728
Jim RileySeattle Metropolitans221141549
Charles TobinSeattle Metropolitans19104143
Lloyd CookVancouver Millionaires211041415
Art DuncanVancouver Millionaires2259143

Source: Toronto World, March 19, 1920.[2]

Playoffs

Seattle and Vancouver met for the third straight year in the playoffs to decide the PCHA championship. Vancouver won the first game 3–0 at Seattle, but Seattle struck back in Vancouver, defeating the Millionaires 6–0 to win the championship and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals in Ottawa. Gordon Roberts of Vancouver played his last professional game in the first game and scored a goal.[3]

Date Home Score Away Score
March 12Seattle1Vancouver3
March 15Vancouver0Seattle6

Source: Coleman (1966)[4]

Stanley Cup Finals

Ottawa won the first two games of the series. After Jack Darragh scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict led the Senators to a 3–0 shutout win in game two. Seattle won game three, 3–1, before the series was shifted to Toronto because of Ottawa's slushy ice conditions (the Ottawa Arena did not have artificial ice). Frank Foyston then scored twice to lead the Mets to a 5–2 victory in game four to even the series. In the fifth game, Darragh recorded a hat-trick to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
1March 22Ottawa Senators3–2Seattle MetropolitansThe Arena, Ottawa
2March 24Ottawa Senators3–0Seattle Metropolitans
3March 27Seattle Metropolitans3–1Ottawa Senators
4March 30Seattle Metropolitans5–2Ottawa SenatorsArena Gardens, Toronto
5April 1Ottawa Senators6–1Seattle Metropolitans
Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2

Source: Coleman (1966)[5]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Coleman 1966, p. 372.
  2. "Foyston is Second Best Man At Coast". Toronto World. March 19, 1920. p. 9.
  3. Coleman 1966, p. 373.
  4. Coleman 1966, pp. 373–374.
  5. Coleman 1966, pp. 375–376.

Bibliography

  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.
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