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1922–23 PCHA season
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Professional ice hockey league season
August 2023
1922–23 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey 1922 11 13–1923 03 02 3 Regular season Vancouver Maroons League leader Frank Fredrickson (Victoria) Playoffs Vancouver Maroons Victoria Cougars List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1921–22 PCHA season 1921–22 1923–24 PCHA season 1923–24
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.Coleman 1966 421
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.Coleman 1966 422
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.Coleman 1966 425
Teams
1922–23 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity 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
left 10px PCHA Teams 2225 400 375 390 975 North America 2500 North America 47.61 -122.33 Red pog.svg 100 bottom Metropolitans
North America 49.29 -123.13 Red pog.svg 100 top Maroons
North America 48.43 -123.32 Red pog.svg 100 left Cougars
Regular season
Cyclone Taylor made the final appearance of his career on December 8 at Victoria.Coleman 1966 423
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 (OT 16"47") Dec 8 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 11 Victoria 1 Vancouver 2 13 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 (OT 10') 15 Seattle 1 Victoria 2 18 Regina 3 Vancouver 10 20 Regina 6 Seattle 5 (OT 9') 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 (OT 8'20") 3 Victoria 1 Seattle 0 3 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 (OT 7'40") 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 (OT 8') 19 Seattle 4 Calgary 3 (OT 2'35") 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 (OT 20') 31 Saskatoon 1 Seattle 7 Feb 2 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (OT 11')† 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.
† 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."Hockey Protest Is Successful" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Feb. 6, 1923 (pg. 11).
†† at Victoria.
* at Vancouver.
Source: Coleman(1966).Coleman 1966 424,427–429
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes 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 Jim Riley (ice hockey) 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 Jack Walker (ice hockey) 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
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 Charlie Reid Vancouver 5 27 5.4
See also
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
1922 in sports
1923 in sports
References
Notes
Bibliography
Coleman
Charles
The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc.
1966
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons
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