1922–23 PCHA season

The 1922–23 PCHA season was the twelfth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 13, 1922 until March 2, 1923. The Vancouver Maroons club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and won the play-off with Victoria Aristocrats.

League business

The league finally dropped the position of rover, adopting the six-man hockey of the National Hockey League (NHL), eleven years after the National Hockey Association (NHA) dropped it.[1]

The Vancouver Millionaires were renamed the Maroons, and the Victoria Aristocrats were renamed the Cougars. The season was increased to 30 games per team, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams.[2]

Vancouver acquired Corbett Denneny from Toronto for Jack Adams and signed Frank Boucher from Ottawa.

Frank Fredrickson had an outstanding season, scoring 41 goals in thirty games.[3]

Regular season

Cyclone Taylor made the final appearance of his career on December 8 at Victoria.[4]

Final standings

The standings include the interlocking games. 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 Maroons 30 17 12 1 116 88
Victoria Cougars 30 16 14 0 94 85
Seattle Metropolitans 30 15 15 0 100 106

Playoffs

The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Victoria 3-0, 2-3 (5-3)

The Maroons then played against the National Hockey League champion Ottawa in a best-of-five series for the right to play the WCHL champion for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the series 1-0, 1-4, 3-2, 5-1 (3-1).

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Nov 13 Seattle 8 Vancouver 2
15 Victoria 0 Seattle 4
17 Vancouver 3 Victoria 5
20 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3
22 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2
24 Seattle 6 Victoria 4
27 Seattle 8 Vancouver 4
29 Victoria 4 Seattle 5 (16:47 OT)
Dec 8 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3
11 Victoria 1 Vancouver 2
13 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 (10:00 OT)
15 Seattle 1 Victoria 2
18 Regina 3 Vancouver 10
20 Regina 6 Seattle 5 (9:00 OT)
22 Regina 3 Victoria 2
25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4
27 Vancouver 4 Seattle 3
29 Vancouver 3 Victoria 4
Jan 1 Victoria 2 Vancouver 1
3 Victoria 1 Seattle 0
3 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 (7:40 OT)
5 Seattle 1 Victoria 5
5 Vancouver 5 Edmonton 1
8 Seattle 2 Victoria 0*
8 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 0
10 Calgary 0 Seattle 4
10 Vancouver 2 Regina 6
12 Calgary 0 Victoria 4
15 Calgary 0 Vancouver 4
17 Vancouver 2 Seattle 1
19 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (8:00 OT)
19 Seattle 4 Calgary 3 (2:35 OT)
22 Victoria 1 Vancouver 4
22 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2
24 Victoria 4 Vancouver 8‡
24 Seattle 4 Saskatoon 2
26 Seattle 2 Regina 6
27 Saskatoon 2 Victoria 5
29 Saskatoon 6 Vancouver 6 (20:00 OT)
31 Saskatoon 1 Seattle 7
Feb 2 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (11:00 OT)
5 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4
7 Victoria 2 Seattle 5
9 Seattle 1 Victoria 6
12 Victoria 3 Vancouver 5
15 Edmonton 4 Seattle 3
16 Edmonton 0 Victoria 4
19 Edmonton 2 Vancouver 1
19 Victoria 2 Regina 1
21 Vancouver 3 Seattle 6
21 Victoria 1 Saskatoon 0
23 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4†
23 Victoria 5 Edmonton 4
26 Seattle 3 Vancouver 12
26 Victoria 2 Calgary 4
28 Victoria 3 Seattle 5
Mar 2 Seattle 2 Victoria 9

‡ at Seattle.

* at Vancouver.

† at Victoria.

Source: Coleman(1966).[5]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Hugh Lehman Vancouver 25 61 4 2.4
Hec Fowler Victoria 30 85 4 2.8
Hap Holmes Seattle 30 106 3 3.5
Reid, Charlie Vancouver 5 27 5.4

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson Victoria Cougars 30 39 16 55 26
MacKay, MickeyMickey MacKay Vancouver Maroons 30 28 12 40 38
Cook, LloydLloyd Cook Vancouver Maroons 30 19 11 30 33
Foyston, FrankFrank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 30 20 8 28 21
Riley, JimJim Riley Seattle Metropolitans 30 23 4 27 70
Morris, BernieBernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 29 21 5 26 30
Meeking, HarryHarry Meeking Victoria Cougars 28 17 9 26 39
Walker, JackJack Walker Seattle Metropolitans 29 13 10 23 4
Loughlin, ClemClem Loughlin Victoria Cougars 30 12 10 22 24
Duncan, ArtArt Duncan Vancouver Maroons 25 15 6 21 8

See also

References

  1. Coleman 1966, p. 421.
  2. Coleman 1966, p. 422.
  3. Coleman 1966, p. 425.
  4. Coleman 1966, p. 423.
  5. Coleman 1966, pp. 424,427–429.

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

Preceded by
1921–22 PCHA season
PCHA seasons
1922–23
Succeeded by
1923–24 PCHA season
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