1919 PCHA season

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1919 PCHA season
League Pacific Coast Hockey Association
Sport Ice hockey
DurationJanuary 1–March 10, 1919
Number of teams3
Regular season
League leader Vancouver Millionaires
Top scorer Cyclone Taylor (Vancouver)
Playoffs
Champions Seattle Metropolitans
  Runners-up Vancouver Millionaires
PCHA seasons
1919 Seattle Metropolitans 1919 Seattle Metropolitans.jpg
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.

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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

The Portland franchise was suspended for the season. Victoria's Patrick Arena was again available for ice hockey use. Victoria was re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.

Regular season

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

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 AssociationGPWLTGFGA
Vancouver Millionaires 2012807255
Seattle Metropolitans 2011906646
Victoria Aristocrats 2071304481

Playoffs

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

DateAwayScoreHomeScoreNotes
March 12Vancouver Millionaires1Seattle Metropolitans6
March 14Seattle Metropolitans1Vancouver Millionaires4

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

Stanley Cup Finals

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

DateAwayScoreHomeScoreNotes
March 19Montreal Canadiens0Seattle Metropolitans7
March 22Seattle Metropolitans2Montreal Canadiens4
March 24Montreal Canadiens2Seattle Metropolitans7
March 26Seattle Metropolitans0Montreal Canadiens020:00 OT
March 30Montreal Canadiens4Seattle Metropolitans315:57 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

MonthDayVisitorScoreHomeScore
Jan1Vancouver1Seattle4
3Seattle7Victoria1
6Victoria1Vancouver6
8Victoria1Seattle0
10Vancouver4Victoria1
13Seattle3Vancouver2 (2' OT)
15Vancouver1Seattle3
17Seattle1Victoria3
20Victoria1Vancouver4
22Victoria1Seattle0
24Vancouver2Victoria3
27Seattle5Vancouver3
29Vancouver3Seattle2
31Seattle1Victoria2
Feb3Seattle2Vancouver5
5Victoria1Seattle9
7Vancouver1Victoria0
10Victoria2Vancouver1 (3'55" OT)
12Vancouver3Seattle2 (23' OT)
14Seattle8Victoria2
17Seattle1Vancouver6
19Victoria1Seattle4
21Vancouver2Victoria3 (37'20" OT)
24Victoria3Vancouver6
26Vancouver3Seattle1
28Seattle5Victoria4
Mar3Seattle5Vancouver2
5Victoria1Seattle3
7Vancouver6Victoria5 (11'4" OT)
10Victoria8Vancouver11

Source: Coleman [6]

Player statistics

Goalkeepers

NameClubGPGASOAvg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle20462.3
Lehman, Hugh Vancouver205512.6
Murray, Tommy Victoria208124.1

Source: Coleman [6]

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 2023133612
Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 202272915
Smokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires201962519
Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans18154190
Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires1799189
Barney Stanley Vancouver Millionaires201061619
Eddie Oatman Victoria Aristocrats 181151613
Cully Wilson Seattle Metropolitans181151637
Jack Walker Seattle Metropolitans2096159
Lloyd Cook Vancouver Millionaires20861422

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References

Notes

  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. 1 2 Coleman 1966, p. 357.
  5. ↑ Coleman 1966, pp. 357–358.
  6. 1 2 Coleman 1966, p. 356.

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