1915–16 PCHA season

Can-Am pro ice hockey league season August 2023 1915–16 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey December 7, 1915–February 25, 1916 4 Results Portland Rosebuds Champion Cyclone Taylor (Vancouver) List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1914–15 PCHA season 1914–15 1916–17 PCHA season 1916–17 The 1915–16 PCHA season was the fifth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 7, 1915, until February 25, 1916. Each team would play 18 games. The Portland Rosebuds club would be PCHA champions. After the season, the club would play the Stanley Cup Final series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Montreal would win the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup. League business The league granted a new franchise to Seattle, the Metropolitans. To stock the team, the team signed Harry Holmes, Frank Foyston, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson of the Toronto NHA team. This caused retaliatory raids and Bert Lindsay, Frank Nighbor, Skinner Poulin and Walter Smaill all were signed to NHA clubs. Teams 1915–16 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 Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500 Victoria Aristocrats Victoria, British Columbia Patrick Arena 4,000 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 right Metropolitans North America 49.29 -123.13 Red pog.svg 100 top Millionaires North America 48.43 -123.32 Red pog.svg 100 left Aristocrats Regular season 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 Portland Rosebuds 18 13 5 0 71 50 Vancouver Millionaires 18 9 9 0 75 69 Seattle Metropolitans 18 9 9 0 68 67 Victoria Aristocrats 18 5 130 74 102 Playoffs The Rosebuds won the championship and travelled east to meet the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens won the series 3-2 to claim the Cup. As champions of the PCHA, the Rosebuds engraved their team name on the Cup. Stanley Cup Final 1916 Stanley Cup Final Champions Runners up Format Result Montreal Canadiens Portland Rosebuds best of 5 3–2 Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec. 7 Portland 2 Vancouver 0 7 Victoria 2 Seattle 3 10 Vancouver 1 Portland 2 10 Seattle 4 Victoria 3 14 Victoria 7 Vancouver 5 14 Portland 3 Seattle 4 17 Vancouver 2 Victoria 8 17 Seattle 2 Portland 5 28 Vancouver 6 Seattle 4 28 Victoria 2 Portland 3 (OT 11'30") Jan. 4 Seattle 3 Vancouver 4 4 Portland 10 Victoria 5 7 Portland 6 Seattle 3 11 Victoria 3 Vancouver 8 14 Vancouver 5 Portland 3 14 Seattle 3 Victoria 5 18 Portland 1 Vancouver 4 18 Victoria 3 Seattle 5 21 Portland 3 Victoria 1 25 Vancouver 3 Seattle 2 25 Victoria 5 Portland 7 29 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4 Feb. 1 Vancouver 16 Victoria 4 1 Seattle 1 Portland 4 4 Portland 6 Vancouver 1 4 Victoria 3 Seattle 6 8 Vancouver 0 Portland 1 8 Victoria 4 Seattle 8 11 Victoria 6 Vancouver 7 (OT 10'56") 11 Portland 4 Seattle 8 15†a Victoria 4 Portland 4 16‡a Victoria 5 Portland 2 18 Victoria 1 Portland 4 18 Seattle 4 Vancouver 1 22 Vancouver 2 Seattle 4 25a Vancouver 6 Victoria 7 25 Seattle 2 Portland 5 † Cancelled due to fog. ‡ Replay of game on February 15. a at Seattle. Source: Coleman 1966.Coleman 1966 297–298 Player statistics Scoring leaders Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 18 22 13 35 9 Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 18 23 9 32 27 Charles Tobin Portland Rosebuds 18 21 8 29 22 Dubbie Kerr Victoria Aristocrats 18 16 12 28 46 Lester Patrick Victoria Aristocrats 18 13 11 24 27 Sibby Nichols Vancouver MillionairesVictoria Aristocrats 12 12 10 22 3 Lloyd Cook Vancouver Millionaires 18 18 3 21 24 Eddie Oatman Portland Rosebuds 18 11 10 21 24 Jack Walker Jack Walker (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 18 13 6 19 6 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 14 12 7 19 32 Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Tom Murray Portland 18 50 2 2.8 Hap Holmes Seattle 18 67 3.7 Hugh Lehman Vancouver 18 69 3.8 Fred McCulloch Victoria 18 10 5.7 See also 1915 in sports 1916 in sports 1915–16 NHA season List of pre-NHL seasons References Notes Bibliography Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc. 1966 Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons PCHA PCHA