1916–17 PCHA season

Can-Am pro ice hockey league season August 2023 1916–17 PCHA Season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey December 1, 1916–March 2, 1917 4 Results Seattle Metropolitans Champion Bernie Morris (Seattle) List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1915–16 PCHA season 1915–16 1917–18 PCHA season 1917–18 The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup. League business In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington.Diamond Duplacey Zweig 2001 This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas.The Globe Pro Hockey Fails to Make Good in Spokane February 15, 1917 9 The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled. Teams 1916–17 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity Portland Rosebuds Portland, Oregon Portland Ice Arena 2,000 Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000 Spokane Canaries Spokane, Washington Spokane Arena 4,000 Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500 Map of teams left 10px PCHA Teams 2225 400 375 390 975 North America 2500 North America 45.53 -122.69 Red pog.svg 100 bottom Rosebuds North America 47.61 -122.33 Red pog.svg 100 bottom Metropolitans North America 47.67 -117.44 Red pog.svg 100 bottom Canaries North America 49.29 -123.13 Red pog.svg 100 top Millionaires Regular season thumb|right|285px|Seattle Metropolitans in 1916–17. Final standings Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA Seattle Metropolitans 24 16 8 0 125 80 Vancouver Millionaires 23 14 9 0 131 124 Portland Rosebuds 24 9 15 0 114 112 Spokane Canaries 23 8 15 0 89 143 Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec. 1 Spokane 5 Portland 4 2 Seattle 2 Vancouver 6 5 Portland 3 Seattle 4 (OT 11'00") 5 Vancouver 4 Spokane 6 8 Seattle 2 Portland 5 9 Spokane 6 Vancouver 9 12 Portland 5 Spokane 7 12 Vancouver 7 Seattle 6 (OT 13'40") 15 Vancouver 3 Portland 5 15 Spokane 0 Seattle 4 19 Seattle 3 Spokane 1 23 Portland 5 Vancouver 7 26 Vancouver 2 Seattle 7 26 Portland 2 Spokane 6 29 Spokane 5 Portland 10 30 Seattle 7 Vancouver 4 Jan. 2 Portland 7 Seattle 4 5 Vancouver 3 Portland 5 5 Seattle 1 Spokane 5 9 Spokane 1 Seattle 3 9 Portland 4 Vancouver 5 12 Vancouver 3 Seattle 12 12 Portland 3 Spokane 5 16 Seattle 6 Portland 2 19 Portland 3 Seattle 8 20 Spokane 3 Vancouver 6 23 Vancouver 8 Spokane 5 26 Spokane 5 Portland 4 27 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 30 Spokane 2 Seattle 4 30 Vancouver 7 Portland 11 Feb. 2 Seattle 16 Spokane 1 3 Portland 1 Vancouver 6 6 Portland 3 Spokane 4 (OT 3'00") 6 Vancouver 4 Seattle 8 9 Seattle 1 Portland 5 10 Spokane 1 Vancouver 8 13 Spokane 8 Vancouver 12 13 Portland 2 Seattle 5 16 Spokane 1 Portland 9 17 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4 20 Vancouver 4 Portland 6 23 Spokane 7 Seattle 9 24 Portland 4 Vancouver 5 27 Spokane 0 Seattle 7 March 2 Spokane 5 Vancouver 11 2 Seattle 4 Portland 3 Vancouver Spokane cancelled Source: Coleman 1966.Coleman 1966 320–321 Player statistics Scoring leaders Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 24 37 17 54 17 Gordon Roberts Gordon Roberts (ice hockey) Vancouver Millionaires 23 43 10 53 42 Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 24 36 12 48 51 Barney Stanley Victoria Aristocrats 23 28 18 46 9 Dick Irvin Portland Rosebuds 23 35 10 45 24 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 23 22 11 33 37 Dubbie Kerr Spokane Canaries 23 20 11 31 58 Smokey Harris Portland Rosebuds 23 18 13 31 39 Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 12 14 15 29 12 Tommy Dunderdale Portland Rosebuds 24 22 4 26 141 Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hap Holmes Seattle 24 80 2 3.3 Tom Murray Portland 24 112 4.7 Hugh Lehman Vancouver 23 124 5.4 Norman Fowler Spokane 23 143 6.2 See also 1916–17 NHA season 1916 in sports 1917 in sports Pacific Coast Hockey Association List of pre-NHL seasons References Bibliography Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc. 1966 Diamond Dan Duplacey James Zweig Zweig Hockey stories on and off the ice Andrews McMeel Publishing 2001 0-7407-1903-3 registration https://archive.org/details/hockeystoriesono0000diam Notes Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons PCHA PCHA