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1921–22 PCHA season

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1921–22 PCHA season
LeaguePacific Coast Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
DurationDecember 5, 1921–February 24, 1922
Number of teams3
Regular season
League leaderSeattle Metropolitans
Top scorerJack Adams (Vancouver)
Playoffs
ChampionsVancouver Millionaires
  Runners-upSeattle Metropolitans
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The 1921–22 PCHA season was the 11th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 5, 1921, until February 24, 1922. The season was enlarged to 24 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires.

League business

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The league introduced the penalty shot rule this season to counter deliberate fouls when a player had a clear goal-scoring opportunity.[1] Three dots, 35 feet from each net were painted on the ice from which players would shoot on the goalkeeper.

Play started two weeks earlier to accommodate the playoffs against the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL).[1]

Teams

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1921–22 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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Lester Patrick twice subbed for goaltender Norman "Hec" Fowler when Fowler was sent off for fighting. His style of getting to his knees to make a save earned him the nickname of the Praying Colonel.[2]

Ernie "Moose" Johnson played the last game in his career on January 18. He scored the final goal in his career on January 13.[1]

Frank Foyston had the best one-game performance of the season, scoring five goals against Vancouver on January 11. Jack Adams though led the league in scoring with 25 goals in 24 games.[3]

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
Seattle Metropolitans 24 12 11 1 65 64
Vancouver Millionaires 24 12 12 0 77 68
Victoria Aristocrats 24 11 12 1 61 71

Source: Coleman(1966).[4]

Playoffs

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The Millionaires won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle 1-0, 1-0 (2-0)

The Millionaires then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Regina in a two-game total-goals series for the right to play the NHL champion. Vancouver won the series 1-2, 4-0 (5-2).

The Millionaires then played the Toronto St. Pats in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals. The St. Pats won the best-of-five series three games to two to win their second Stanley Cup and the only one while the team was named the St. Pats. Five years later the St. Pats were renamed as the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Schedule and results

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Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec 5 Seattle 1 Vancouver 2
7 Victoria 4 Seattle 1
9 Seattle 1 Victoria 1 (20:00 OT)
12 Victoria 2 Vancouver 0
14 Vancouver 4 Seattle 5
16 Vancouver 3 Victoria 4
19 Seattle 2 Vancouver 1
21 Victoria 1 Seattle 2
23 Seattle 3 Victoria 2 (1:15 OT)
26 Victoria 2 Vancouver 3
28 Vancouver 5 Seattle 0
30 Vancouver 5 Victoria 3
Jan 2 Seattle 0 Vancouver 5
4 Victoria 4 Seattle 3 (14:34 OT)
6 Vancouver 2 Victoria 5
9 Victoria 0 Vancouver 4
11 Vancouver 2 Seattle 5
13 Seattle 2 Victoria 5
16 Seattle 3 Vancouver 10
18 Victoria 4 Seattle 3
20 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (5:22 OT)
23 Victoria 5 Vancouver 4
25 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4
27 Seattle 4 Victoria 0
30 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 (3:03 OT)
Feb 1 Victoria 1 Seattle 3
3 Vancouver 1 Victoria 2
6 Victoria 2 Vancouver 3
8 Vancouver 0 Seattle 3
10 Seattle 2 Victoria 0
13 Seattle 0 Vancouver 2
15 Victoria 0 Seattle 7
17 Seattle 2 Victoria 3
20 Victoria 1 Vancouver 5
22 Vancouver 2 Seattle 7
24 Vancouver 4 Victoria 7

Source: Coleman(1966).[4]

Player statistics

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Victoria Aristocrats goaltender Norman "Hec" Fowler.

Goaltending averages

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Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle 24 64 4 2.7
Lehman, Hugh Vancouver 22 62 4 2.8
Fowler, Norman Victoria 24 70 2.9
Murray, Tommy Vancouver 2 6 3.0
Patrick, Lester Victoria 2 1 0.5

Source: Coleman(1966).[5]

Scoring leaders

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Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jack Adams Vancouver Millionaires 24 26 4 30 24
Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 24 14 12 26 20
Frank Fredrickson Victoria Aristocrats 24 15 10 25 26
Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 24 14 10 24 36
Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 24 16 7 23 25
Tommy Dunderdale Victoria Aristocrats 24 13 6 19 37
Jim Riley Seattle Metropolitans 24 16 2 18 27
Eddie Oatman Victoria Aristocrats 21 9 6 15 28
Smokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires 23 10 4 14 21
Art Duncan Vancouver Millionaires 24 5 9 14 25

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Coleman 1966, p. 398.
  2. ^ Coleman 1966, p. 399.
  3. ^ Coleman 1966, p. 401.
  4. ^ a b Coleman 1966, p. 400.
  5. ^ Coleman 1966, p. 404.

Bibliography

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  • Boileau, Ron; Wolf, Philip (2000), "The Pacific Coast Hockey Association", in Diamond, Dan (ed.), Total Hockey, pp. 51–54, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc.
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