1919 PCHA season

1919 PCHA season
LeaguePacific Coast Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
DurationJanuary 1–March 10, 1919
Number of teams3
Regular season
League leaderVancouver Millionaires
Top scorerCyclone Taylor (Vancouver)
Playoffs
ChampionsSeattle Metropolitans
  Runners-upVancouver Millionaires
PCHA seasons
1919 Seattle Metropolitans

The 1919 PCHA season was the eighth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from January 1 to March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team.

The Vancouver Millionaires club were the regular season PCHA champions, but lost the playoff to Seattle Metropolitans. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals against the National Hockey League champion Montreal Canadiens. Due to the ongoing Spanish flu pandemic, the series was not completed; a number of players had to be hospitalized, including Canadiens defenceman Joe Hall, who died four days after the cancellation.[1]

League business

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The Portland Rosebuds were suspended for the season. With World War I having ended in November 1918, the Canadian military returned Victoria's Patrick Arena to its normal use before the January 1919 start of the season; having gone dormant for the 1917–18 season, the Victoria Aristocrats were re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.

Teams

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1919 Pacific Coast Hockey Association
Team City Arena Capacity
Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000
Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500
Victoria Aristocrats Victoria, British Columbia Patrick Arena 4,000

Map of teams

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PCHA Teams

Regular season

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Hap Holmes returned to the PCHA to Seattle from Toronto. Vancouver got Art Duncan back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay's jaw in a fight, using his stick to cross-check MacKay in the face.[2] While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14.[3] Third-place Smokey Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.[4]

Final standings

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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
Vancouver Millionaires 20 12 8 0 72 55
Seattle Metropolitans 20 11 9 0 66 46
Victoria Aristocrats 20 7 13 0 44 81

Playoffs

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In a reversal of the previous year's playoffs, the second-place Metropolitans defeated the first-place Vancouver Millionaires. Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si Griffis out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.[4]

Frank Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.[5]

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 12 Vancouver Millionaires 1 Seattle Metropolitans 6
March 14 Seattle Metropolitans 1 Vancouver Millionaires 4

Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5

Stanley Cup Finals

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The Mets then played against the NHL champions Montreal Canadiens. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, players from both teams were hospitalized, and the series was not completed.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 19 Montreal Canadiens 0 Seattle Metropolitans 7
March 22 Seattle Metropolitans 2 Montreal Canadiens 4
March 24 Montreal Canadiens 2 Seattle Metropolitans 7
March 26 Seattle Metropolitans 0 Montreal Canadiens 0 20:00 OT
March 30 Montreal Canadiens 4 Seattle Metropolitans 3 15:57 OT

Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza epidemic

All games were actually played in Seattle, but Seattle is listed as the home team for games played under PCHA rules, and Montreal is the "home" team for games played under NHL rules.

Schedule and results

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Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan 1 Vancouver 1 Seattle 4
3 Seattle 7 Victoria 1
6 Victoria 1 Vancouver 6
8 Victoria 1 Seattle 0
10 Vancouver 4 Victoria 1
13 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 (2' OT)
15 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3
17 Seattle 1 Victoria 3
20 Victoria 1 Vancouver 4
22 Victoria 1 Seattle 0
24 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3
27 Seattle 5 Vancouver 3
29 Vancouver 3 Seattle 2
31 Seattle 1 Victoria 2
Feb 3 Seattle 2 Vancouver 5
5 Victoria 1 Seattle 9
7 Vancouver 1 Victoria 0
10 Victoria 2 Vancouver 1 (3'55" OT)
12 Vancouver 3 Seattle 2 (23' OT)
14 Seattle 8 Victoria 2
17 Seattle 1 Vancouver 6
19 Victoria 1 Seattle 4
21 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (37'20" OT)
24 Victoria 3 Vancouver 6
26 Vancouver 3 Seattle 1
28 Seattle 5 Victoria 4
Mar 3 Seattle 5 Vancouver 2
5 Victoria 1 Seattle 3
7 Vancouver 6 Victoria 5 (11'4" OT)
10 Victoria 8 Vancouver 11

Source: Coleman[6]

Player statistics

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Goalkeepers

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Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle 20 46 2.3
Lehman, Hugh Vancouver 20 55 1 2.6
Murray, Tommy Victoria 20 81 2 4.1

Source: Coleman[6]

Scoring leaders

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Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 20 23 13 36 12
Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 20 22 7 29 15
Smokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires 20 19 6 25 19
Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 18 15 4 19 0
Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 17 9 9 18 9
Barney Stanley Vancouver Millionaires 20 10 6 16 19
Eddie Oatman Victoria Aristocrats 18 11 5 16 13
Cully Wilson Seattle Metropolitans 18 11 5 16 37
Jack Walker Seattle Metropolitans 20 9 6 15 9
Lloyd Cook Vancouver Millionaires 20 8 6 14 22

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Streeter, Kurt (May 25, 2020). "The Cost of Rushing Back to Sports: A Star's Life". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Hollander & Bock 1970, p. 7.
  3. ^ Coleman 1966, p. 355.
  4. ^ a b Coleman 1966, p. 357.
  5. ^ Coleman 1966, pp. 357–358.
  6. ^ a b Coleman 1966, p. 356.

Bibliography

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  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc. pp. 354–364.
  • Hollander, Zander; Bock, Hal, eds. (1970). The Complete Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey. Prentice-Hall Inc. ISBN 0-13-159905-4.