1919 PCHA season

Can-Am pro ice hockey league season August 2023 1919 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey January 1–March 10, 1919 3 Regular season Vancouver Millionaires League leader Cyclone Taylor (Vancouver) Playoffs Seattle Metropolitans Vancouver Millionaires List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1917–18 PCHA season 1917–18 1919–20 PCHA season 1919–20 thumb|350px|1919 Seattle Metropolitans The 1919 PCHA season was the eighth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from January 1 to March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team. The Vancouver Millionaires club were the regular season PCHA champions, but lost the playoff to Seattle Metropolitans. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Final against the National Hockey League champion Montreal Canadiens. Due to the ongoing Spanish flu pandemic, the series was not completed; a number of players had to be hospitalized, including Canadiens defenceman Joe Hall, who died four days after the cancellation.The Cost of Rushing Back to Sports: A Star's Life Streeter Kurt 2020-05-25 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/sports/hockey/spanish-flu-1919-stanley-cup-finals.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytsports 2022-11-17 subscription League business The Portland Rosebuds were suspended for the season. With World War I having ended in November 1918, the Canadian military returned Victoria's Patrick Arena to its normal use before the January 1919 start of the season; having gone dormant for the 1917–18 season, the Victoria Aristocrats were re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players. Teams 1919 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity 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 47.61 -122.33 Red pog.svg 100 bottom 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 Hap Holmes returned to the PCHA to Seattle from Toronto. Vancouver got Art Duncan back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay's jaw in a fight, using his stick to cross-check MacKay in the face.Hollander Bock 1970 7 While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14.Coleman 1966 355 Third-place Smokey Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.Coleman 1966 357 Final standings 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 Millionaires 20 12 8 0 72 55 Seattle Metropolitans 20 11 9 0 66 46 Victoria Aristocrats 20 7 13 0 44 81 Playoffs In a reversal of the previous year's playoffs, the second-place Metropolitans defeated the first-place Vancouver Millionaires. Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si Griffis out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.Coleman 1966 357 Frank Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.Coleman 1966 357–358 Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 12Vancouver Millionaires1Seattle Metropolitans6March 14Seattle Metropolitans1Vancouver Millionaires4 Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5 Stanley Cup Final 1919 Stanley Cup Final The Mets then played against the NHL champions Montreal Canadiens. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, players from both teams were hospitalized, and the series was not completed. Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans Date Away Score Home Score Notes March 19 Montreal Canadiens 0 Seattle Metropolitans 7 March 22 Seattle Metropolitans 2 Montreal Canadiens 4 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 2 Seattle Metropolitans 7 March 26 Seattle Metropolitans 0 Montreal Canadiens 0 OT 20'00" March 30 Montreal Canadiens 4 Seattle Metropolitans 3 OT 15'57' Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza epidemic All games were actually played in Seattle, but Seattle is listed as the home team for games played under PCHA rules, and Montreal is the "home" team for games played under NHL rules. Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan 1 Vancouver 1 Seattle 4 3 Seattle 7 Victoria 1 6 Victoria 1 Vancouver 6 8 Victoria 1 Seattle 0 10 Vancouver 4 Victoria 1 13 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 (OT 2') 15 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3 17 Seattle 1 Victoria 3 20 Victoria 1 Vancouver 4 22 Victoria 1 Seattle 0 24 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 27 Seattle 5 Vancouver 3 29 Vancouver 3 Seattle 2 31 Seattle 1 Victoria 2 Feb 3 Seattle 2 Vancouver 5 5 Victoria 1 Seattle 9 7 Vancouver 1 Victoria 0 10 Victoria 2 Vancouver 1 (OT 3'55") 12 Vancouver 3 Seattle 2 (OT 23') 14 Seattle 8 Victoria 2 17 Seattle 1 Vancouver 6 19 Victoria 1 Seattle 4 21 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (OT 37'20") 24 Victoria 3 Vancouver 6 26 Vancouver 3 Seattle 1 28 Seattle 5 Victoria 4 Mar 3 Seattle 5 Vancouver 2 5 Victoria 1 Seattle 3 7 Vancouver 6 Victoria 5 (OT 11'4") 10 Victoria 8 Vancouver 11 Source: ColemanColeman 1966 356 Player statistics Scoring leaders Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 20 23 13 36 12 Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 20 22 7 29 15 Smokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires 20 19 6 25 19 Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 18 15 4 19 0 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 17 9 9 18 9 Barney Stanley Vancouver Millionaires 20 10 6 16 19 Eddie Oatman Victoria Aristocrats 18 11 5 16 13 Cully Wilson Seattle Metropolitans 18 11 5 16 37 Jack Walker Jack Walker (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 20 9 6 15 9 Lloyd Cook Vancouver Millionaires 20 8 6 14 22 Goalkeepers Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hap Holmes Seattle 20 46 2.3 Hugh Lehman Vancouver 20 55 1 2.6 Tommy Murray Victoria 20 81 2 4.1 Source: ColemanColeman 1966 356 See also 1918–19 NHL season References Notes Bibliography Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc. 1966 354–364 Hollander Zander Hal Bock The Complete Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey 1970 Prentice-Hall Inc. 0-13-159905-4 Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons 2 PCHA