1917–18 PCHA season

Can-Am pro ice hockey league season August 2023 1917–18 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey December 28, 1917–March 8, 1918 3 Regular season Seattle Metropolitans League leader Cyclone Taylor (Vancouver) Playoffs Vancouver Millionaires Seattle Metropolitans List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1916–17 PCHA season 1916–17 1919 PCHA season 1919 thumb|right|300px|Vancouver Millionaires in 1917–18. The 1917–18 PCHA season was the seventh season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 28, 1917, until March 8, 1918. The season was reduced to 18 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to the Vancouver Millionaires. The Millionaires then played in the Stanley Cup Final series against Toronto, the NHL champions. Toronto won the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup. League business The Spokane franchise folded and the league operated with three teams again. The players were distributed to the other teams.Coleman 1966 337 The league decided to split the schedule with each half's winners playing for the championship. This was revised so that the first and second teams played off for the championship.Coleman 1966 337 Previously, playoffs were only held when teams tied for first place. Devised by Frank Patrick as a "second-chance" to increase interest in the league, the idea eventually spread to all North American professional sports. Teams 1917–18 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 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 Regular season 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 Team GP W L T GF GA Seattle Metropolitans 18 11 7 0 67 65 Vancouver Millionaires 18 9 9 0 70 60 Portland Rosebuds 18 7 11 0 63 75 Source: Coleman(1966)Coleman 1966 339–340 Playoffs The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3–2 on a 1–0 win over Seattle in the second game. Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires Date Away Score Home ScoreMarch 11Seattle2Vancouver 2March 14Vancouver 1Seattle 0 Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3-2. Stanley Cup Final 1918 Stanley Cup Final Vancouver travelled to Toronto for the Stanley Cup Final. The playing rules alternated between the NHL's six-man and the PCHA's seven-man rules. All games were won by the team whose rules were being played. Vancouver won the PCHA games 6–4 and 8–1 but lost the NHL rule games 5–3, 6–3, and 2–1. Game-by-GameWinning teamScoreLosing teamRules UsedLocation 1 March 20 Toronto 5–3 Vancouver NHL Arena Gardens 2 March 23 Vancouver 6–4 Toronto PCHA 3 March 26 Toronto 6–3 Vancouver NHL 4 March 28 Vancouver 8–1 Toronto PCHA 5 March 30 Toronto 2–1 Vancouver NHLTorontos wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2 Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home ScoreDec. 28 Vancouver 2 Portland 4 Jan. 1 Portland 0 Seattle 1 (OT 19'57") 4 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 (OT 5'35") 8 Seattle 4 Portland 8 11 Vancouver 2 Seattle 5 14 Portland 1 Vancouver 4 16 Vancouver 1 Portland 0 (OT 12'38") 18 Portland 5 Seattle 2 22 Seattle 5 Vancouver 4 25 Seattle 3 Portland 2 28 Portland 3 Vancouver 4 30 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 23'10") Feb. 4 Seattle 5 Vancouver 6 (OT 10'45") 6 Portland 3 Seattle 9 8 Vancouver 4 Portland 8 11 Portland 3 Vancouver 6 13 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3 15 Seattle 2 Portland 4 18 Seattle 1 Vancouver 8 21 Portland 2 Seattle 6 22 Vancouver 1 Portland 2 (OT 20'20") 25 Portland 4 Vancouver 9 27 Vancouver 1 Seattle 2 (OT 22'20") March 1 Seattle 3 Portland 1 4 Portland 4 Vancouver 8 6 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 2'58") 8 Seattle 6 Portland 9 Source: Coleman 1966.Coleman 1966 339 Player statistics Scoring leaders Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Cyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 18 32 11 43 0 Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 18 20 12 32 9 Gordon Roberts Gordon Roberts (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 18 20 3 23 24 Eddie Oatman Portland Rosebuds 18 11 10 21 16 Tommy Dunderdale Portland Rosebuds 18 14 6 20 57 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 18 10 8 18 31 Alf Barbour Portland Rosebuds 17 12 5 17 0 Barney Stanley Vancouver Millionaires 18 11 6 17 9 Charles Tobin Portland Rosebuds 18 13 3 16 0 Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 13 9 5 14 9 Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hugh Lehman Vancouver 18 60 1 3.3 Norman Fowler Seattle 18 65 1 3.6 Tom Murray Portland 18 75 4.2 Source: Coleman(1966)Coleman 1966 340 See also 1917–18 NHL season References Notes Bibliography Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc. 1966 Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons 2 PCHA