1923–24 PCHA season

The 1923–24 PCHA season was the 13th and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons.

League business

The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12" in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.[1]

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 Metropolitans30141608499
Vancouver Maroons30131618780
Victoria Cougars301118178103

Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.

Playoffs

The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle (4–3).

The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Finals. Calgary won the series two games to one. Vancouver then played the Montreal Canadiens in a semifinal and lost the best-of-three series two games to none.

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
November 12Seattle3Vancouver2
14Victoria6Seattle7 (2' overtime)
16Vancouver1Victoria5
19Victoria1Vancouver7
21Vancouver1Seattle3
23Seattle2Victoria4
26Saskatoon4Vancouver7
30Saskatoon1Victoria7
December 3Saskatoon2Vancouver2 (20:00 OT)
5Calgary7Seattle5
7Calgary3Victoria1
10Seattle2Regina3
10Victoria3Edmonton1
12Seattle1Regina4 (at Winnipeg)
12Victoria3Saskatoon9
14Vancouver0Calgary1
14Victoria2Regina4
14Saskatoon2Seattle1 (at Moose Jaw)
17Vancouver2Edmonton3
17Victoria1Regina4 (at Winnipeg)
17Seattle1Saskatoon2
19Seattle4Edmonton5
19Vancouver1Saskatoon4
21Vancouver4Regina3
21Victoria3Saskatoon2 (1:00 OT) (at Winnipeg)
21Seattle1Calgary3
25Victoria1Vancouver3
26Vancouver5Seattle2
28Vancouver2Victoria3 (3:16OT)[2]
January 1Seattle4Vancouver2
2Victoria1Seattle2
4Seattle2Victoria3 (15:32 OT)
7Edmonton1Vancouver4
9Edmonton1Seattle4
11Edmonton4Victoria2
14Victoria4Vancouver3 (:26 OT)
16Calgary2Seattle3
18Calgary7Victoria3
21Seattle1Regina9
21Calgary4Vancouver3
23Vancouver4Victoria3 (1:44 OT) (at Seattle)[3]
23Seattle3Saskatoon8
25Vancouver1Victoria2 (:25 OT)[4]
25Seattle3Edmonton2
28Regina5Vancouver4 (7:35 OT)
28Seattle4Calgary5
30Regina1Seattle2
February 1Regina2Victoria1
4Regina4Vancouver6
6Seattle4Vancouver2
7Vancouver2Regina3
8Seattle4Victoria1
9Vancouver3Saskatoon4
11Victoria4Seattle1 (at Vancouver)
11Vancouver3Edmonton1
13Vancouver2Calgary1 (1:52 OT)
14Edmonton7Seattle1
15Edmonton2Victoria5
18Victoria3Calgary4
20Vancouver0Seattle3
20Victoria1Regina2
22Seattle4Vancouver2 (at Victoria)
22Victoria3Saskatoon4
25Seattle0Vancouver6
25Victoria1Edmonton1 (20:00 OT)
27Victoria1Calgary7

Source: Coleman(1966)[5]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Hugh Lehman Vancouver308012.7
Hap Holmes Seattle309923.3
Hec Fowler Victoria301033.4

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Art DuncanVancouver Maroons3021103144
Frank FredricksonVictoria Cougars301982728
Mickey MacKayVancouver Maroons28214252
Jack WalkerSeattle Metropolitans29185230
Frank FoystonSeattle Metropolitans30176238
Frank BoucherVancouver Maroons281552010
Gord FraserSeattle Metropolitans301451964
Smokey HarrisSeattle Metropolitans308101830
Gizzy HartVictoria Cougars291511610
Clem LoughlinVictoria Cougars301071726

See also

References

Notes

  1. Coleman 1966, p. 447.
  2. "Harold Hart's Goal Gives Cougars Game" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Dec. 29, 1923 (pg. 10).
  3. "Frank Boucher Acts As Fly in Ointment For Lester's Crew" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 24, 1924 (pg. 10).
  4. "Archie Briden wins battle for Cougars" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 26, 1924 (pg. 10).
  5. Coleman 1966, pp. 449, 452–454.

Bibliography

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

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