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 inches (300 mm) in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.^[1]

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
1923–24 Pacific Coast Hockey Association
Seattle Metropolitans	Seattle, Washington	Seattle Ice Arena	4,000
Vancouver Maroons	Vancouver, British Columbia	Denman Arena	10,500
Victoria Cougars	Victoria, British Columbia	Patrick Arena	4,000

Map of teams

Metro
politans

Maroons

Cougars

PCHA Teams

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 Metropolitans	30	14	16	0	84	99
Vancouver Maroons	30	13	16	1	87	80
Victoria Cougars	30	11	18	1	78	103

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	12	Seattle	3	Vancouver	2
	14	Victoria	6	Seattle	7 (2' overtime)
	16	Vancouver	1	Victoria	5
	19	Victoria	1	Vancouver	7
	21	Vancouver	1	Seattle	3
	23	Seattle	2	Victoria	4
	26	Saskatoon	4	Vancouver	7
	30	Saskatoon	1	Victoria	7
December	3	Saskatoon	2	Vancouver	2 (20:00 OT)
	5	Calgary	7	Seattle	5
	7	Calgary	3	Victoria	1
	10	Seattle	2	Regina	3
	10	Victoria	3	Edmonton	1
	12	Seattle	1	Regina	4 (at Winnipeg)
	12	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	9
	14	Vancouver	0	Calgary	1
	14	Victoria	2	Regina	4
	14	Saskatoon	2	Seattle	1 (at Moose Jaw)
	17	Vancouver	2	Edmonton	3
	17	Victoria	1	Regina	4 (at Winnipeg)
	17	Seattle	1	Saskatoon	2
	19	Seattle	4	Edmonton	5
	19	Vancouver	1	Saskatoon	4
	21	Vancouver	4	Regina	3
	21	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	2 (1:00 OT) (at Winnipeg)
	21	Seattle	1	Calgary	3
	25	Victoria	1	Vancouver	3
	26	Vancouver	5	Seattle	2
	28	Vancouver	2	Victoria	3 (3:16OT)^[2]
January	1	Seattle	4	Vancouver	2
	2	Victoria	1	Seattle	2
	4	Seattle	2	Victoria	3 (15:32 OT)
	7	Edmonton	1	Vancouver	4
	9	Edmonton	1	Seattle	4
	11	Edmonton	4	Victoria	2
	14	Victoria	4	Vancouver	3 (:26 OT)
	16	Calgary	2	Seattle	3
	18	Calgary	7	Victoria	3
	21	Seattle	1	Regina	9
	21	Calgary	4	Vancouver	3
	23	Vancouver	4	Victoria	3 (1:44 OT) (at Seattle)^[3]
	23	Seattle	3	Saskatoon	8
	25	Vancouver	1	Victoria	2 (:25 OT)^[4]
	25	Seattle	3	Edmonton	2
	28	Regina	5	Vancouver	4 (7:35 OT)
	28	Seattle	4	Calgary	5
	30	Regina	1	Seattle	2
February	1	Regina	2	Victoria	1
	4	Regina	4	Vancouver	6
	6	Seattle	4	Vancouver	2
	7	Vancouver	2	Regina	3
	8	Seattle	4	Victoria	1
	9	Vancouver	3	Saskatoon	4
	11	Victoria	4	Seattle	1 (at Vancouver)
	11	Vancouver	3	Edmonton	1
	13	Vancouver	2	Calgary	1 (1:52 OT)
	14	Edmonton	7	Seattle	1
	15	Edmonton	2	Victoria	5
	18	Victoria	3	Calgary	4
	20	Vancouver	0	Seattle	3
	20	Victoria	1	Regina	2
	22	Seattle	4	Vancouver	2 (at Victoria)
	22	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	4
	25	Seattle	0	Vancouver	6
	25	Victoria	1	Edmonton	1 (20:00 OT)
	27	Victoria	1	Calgary	7

Source: Coleman(1966)^[5]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Hugh Lehman	Vancouver	30	80	1	2.7
Hap Holmes	Seattle	30	99	2	3.3
Hec Fowler	Victoria	30	103		3.4

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Art Duncan	Vancouver Maroons	30	21	10	31	44
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Cougars	30	19	8	27	28
Mickey MacKay	Vancouver Maroons	28	21	4	25	2
Jack Walker	Seattle Metropolitans	29	18	5	23	0
Frank Foyston	Seattle Metropolitans	30	17	6	23	8
Frank Boucher	Vancouver Maroons	28	15	5	20	10
Gord Fraser	Seattle Metropolitans	30	14	5	19	64
Smokey Harris	Seattle Metropolitans	30	8	10	18	30
Gizzy Hart	Victoria Cougars	29	15	1	16	10
Clem Loughlin	Victoria Cougars	30	10	7	17	26

References

Notes

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

Bibliography

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

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966447-1] 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).

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966449,_452–454-5] Coleman 1966, pp. 449, 452–454.

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