1922–23 PCHA season

The 1922–23 PCHA season was the 12th 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]

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
1922–23 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

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	29	16	12	1	112	82
Victoria Cougars	29	16	13	0	89	81
Seattle Metropolitans	30	15	15	0	101	108

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 (8:20 OT)
	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)The results of this game were stricken from the record after a Victoria protest. The game was to be replayed on March 5 if it would affect the standings.^[5]
	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).^[6]

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
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Cougars	30	39	16	55	26
Mickey MacKay	Vancouver Maroons	30	28	12	40	38
Lloyd Cook	Vancouver Maroons	30	19	11	30	33
Frank Foyston	Seattle Metropolitans	30	20	8	28	21
Jim Riley	Seattle Metropolitans	30	23	4	27	70
Bernie Morris	Seattle Metropolitans	29	21	5	26	30
Harry Meeking	Victoria Cougars	28	17	9	26	39
Jack Walker	Seattle Metropolitans	29	13	10	23	4
Clem Loughlin	Victoria Cougars	30	12	10	22	24
Art Duncan	Vancouver Maroons	25	15	6	21	8

References

Notes

^ Coleman 1966, p. 421.
^ Coleman 1966, p. 422.
^ Coleman 1966, p. 425.
^ Coleman 1966, p. 423.
^ "Hockey Protest Is Successful" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Feb. 6, 1923 (pg. 11).
^ Coleman 1966, pp. 424, 427–429.

Bibliography

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

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966421-1] Coleman 1966, p. 421.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966422-2] Coleman 1966, p. 422.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966425-3] Coleman 1966, p. 425.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966423-4] Coleman 1966, p. 423.

[5] "Hockey Protest Is Successful" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Feb. 6, 1923 (pg. 11).

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966424,_427–429-6] Coleman 1966, pp. 424, 427–429.

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