1915 Stanley Cup Final

1915 ice hockey championship series August 2023 March 2026 Stanley Cup 1921.jpg 200px The Stanley Cup in 1921. It would have looked the same in 1915. Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) Vancouver Ottawa Senators (NHA) Ottawa 1915 best-of-five 2 6 3 8 3 12 0 3 March 22–26, 1915 Vancouver: Denman Arena 1 Barney Stanley (5:30, second) Millionaires:Si Griffis (1950)Hughie Lehman (1958)Mickey MacKay (1952)Frank Nighbor (1947)Frank Patrick (1950, builder)Barney Stanley (1963)Cyclone Taylor (1947)Senators:Clint Benedict (1965)Punch Broadbent (1962)Jack Darragh (1962)Eddie Gerard (1945)Art Ross (1949)Coaches:Frank Patrick (1950) Frank Patrick Frank Shaughnessy (mgr.) PCHA rules: 1,3 NHA: 2 The 1915 Stanley Cup Final was played from March 22–26, 1915. The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires swept the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Ottawa Senators three games to none in a best-of-five game series. The finals were played in Vancouver, with games one, three and five played under PCHA rules. The Millionaires became the first team from the PCHA to win the Cup. This was the second Stanley Cup championship series between the champions of the NHA and the PCHA and the first held in a PCHA rink. Paths to the series 1914–15 NHA season 1914–15 PCHA season thumb|left|The Ottawa Senators during the 1914–15 NHA season. In 1914, the PCHA and NHA agreed to a yearly Stanley Cup championship series between the two teams that won each league for the right to hold the Stanley Cup, effectively ending the challenge era for the Cup.Wong 2005 69 Vancouver finished the 1914–15 PCHA regular season in first place, and thus winning that league's title, with a record of 13–4.Coleman 1964 277 Meanwhile, Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers both finished the 1914–15 NHA regular season tied for first place with identical 14–6 records, and thus had to play a two-game total goals series to determine the NHA champion. Ottawa won this series 4–1 to advance to the Stanley Cup series.Jenish 1992 84 Ottawa left for Vancouver, which hosted the series that year, on March 15.Kitchen 2008 183 Vancouver captain Si Griffis missed the series due to a broken leg from an exhibition series against NHA all-stars held while waiting for the Finals to start.Zweig 2012 279 Game summaries thumb|right|The Vancouver Millionaires during the 1914–15 PCHA season. All games of the championship finals were played at Vancouver's Denman Arena, the home of the PCHA champion Millionaires. Vancouver ended up sweeping the series with victories of 6–2, 8–3, and 12–3, scoring 26 total goals while limiting the Senators to just eight overall. Former Senator Cyclone Taylor led the Millionaires with six goals. Future Hockey Hall of Famer Barney Stanley scored five goals, including three in the second period of game three. The Cup was not brought west to Vancouver by the Senators, so was not immediately presented to the winners.Bowlsby 2012 80 Game-by-GameWinning teamScoreLosing teamRules UsedLocation1March 22Vancouver Millionaires6–2Ottawa SenatorsPCHADenman Arena, Vancouver2March 24Vancouver Millionaires8–3Ottawa SenatorsNHA3March 26Vancouver Millionaires12–3Ottawa SenatorsPCHAMillionaires win best-of-five series 3–0 Vancouver Millionaires PCHA champions - Starting Lineup - Hugh Leahman goalie, Lloydy Cook point, Frank Patrick (manager-coach/owner) cover point, Fred "Cyclone" Taylor rover-centre, Duncan "Mickey" MacKay centre-left wing, Frank Nighbor right wing, Russell "Barney" Stanley left wing - subs Kenny Mallen defence, Jim Seanborn defence, Silas "Si" Griffis (captain) defence - Spare - Jean "Johnny" Matz - Centre Ottawa Senators NHA champions - Starting Lineup - Clint Benedict goalie, Horace Merrill point, Art Ross cover point, Eddie Gerard (Captain) - left wing-rover, Angus Duford centre, Harry "Punch" Broadbent right wing, Leth Graham left wing - subs Jack Darragh right wing-centre, Hamilton "Hamby" Shore left wing - Spares - Bill Bell centre, Fred Lake defence, Ed Lowrey centre, Art Sullivan centre, Sammy Herbert - goalie, Frank Saughneesy (Manager), Alf Smith (Coach). Stanley Cup engraving The 1915 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran. The following Millionaires players and staff were eligible to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires *Hughie Lehman *Lloyd Cook Silas Si Griffis (C) Ken Mallen Frank Patrick (owner/president/manager/coach/defence) Jim Seaborn *Mickey MacKay Fred Cyclone Taylor‡ *Frank Nighbor Russell Barney Stanley None (see Frank Patrick) ‡ Played rover, a position between both defencemen and behind the centre. The Senators had the words "Ottawa/NHA Champions/1914–15" engraved on the base of the trophy's original bowl even though they did not win the Cup final. This was the practice of the challenge era. The trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The previous Cup winner was the 1913–14 NHA champion Toronto Blueshirts. However, the trustees had excused themselves from organizing challenges after the previous championship series.Toronto World Three Pro Leagues as to Stanley Cup March 25, 1914 8 After the series, "Vancouver B.C./1914–15/Defeated Ottawa/3 Straight Games" was added to the Cup. Eight players' names and the manager's name were also engraved inside the bowl along the fluted sides. Ken Mallen played 14 of 16 regular-season games and two of three games in the series. Mallen's name was left off by mistake. Johnny Matz, who played one game in the regular season before being released, was not on the Cup either. See also 1914–15 NHA season 1914–15 PCHA season References 20em Bibliography 40em Bowlsby Craig H. Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 1911–1926 Knights of Winter Vancouver 2012 978-0-9691705-6-3 Coleman Charles L. 1964 The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Volume 1: 1893–1926 inc. 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Toronto, Ontario 0-7710-4406-2 Kitchen Paul Win, Tie, or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators 1883–1935 2008 Penumbra Press Manotick, Ontario 978-1-897323-46-5 Podnieks Andrew Hockey Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame Lord Stanley's Cup 2004 Triumph Books 1-55168-261-3 12, 47 Wong John Chi-Kit Lords of the Rinks: The Emergence of the National Hockey League 1875–1936 University of Toronto Press Toronto 2005 0-8020-8520-2 Zweig Eric Stanley Cup: 120 Years of Hockey Supremacy 2012 Firefly Books Richmond Hill, Ontario 978-1-77085-104-7 Toronto Hockey Club1914 Montreal Canadiens1916 Vancouver MillionairesStanley Cup champions 1915 Category:1910s in Vancouver Stanley Cup Stanley Cup Category:1914–15 PCHA season Category:Ice hockey competitions in Vancouver Category:Ottawa Senators (original) games Category:Stanley Cup Finals 1915 Category:March 1915 sports events in Canada