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1920–21 PCHA season
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Professional ice hockey league season
August 2023
1920–21 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey 1920 12 20–1921 03 11 3 Regular season Vancouver Millionaires League leader Frank Fredrickson (Victoria) Playoffs Vancouver Millionaires Seattle Metropolitans List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1919–20 PCHA season 1919–20 1921–22 PCHA season 1921–22
The 1920–21 PCHA season was the tenth season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Three teams played 24 games each. The Vancouver Millionaires won the league championship, but lost the Stanley Cup to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.
Teams
1920–21 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
The Aristocrats signed Frank Fredrickson who had starred in the Olympics. He scored for Victoria in his first game. Mickey MacKay returned to play after a year's layoff with a broken jaw.Coleman 1966 383 Bernie Morris returned to regular-season play after missing the previous season due to his arrest in the United States for alleged draft dodging. Morris spent nearly a year at Alcatraz before he was freed.
On March 4, a special "Moose Johnson Night" was held to honour Moose Johnson who had played ten years in the league. Presentations to Johnson were made before the game. The game itself went to sixty minutes of overtime before the teams agreed to leave the score a draw.Coleman 1966 383–384
Cyclone Taylor scored the final goals of his career in the final game on March 11. He scored a hat-trick in an 8–11 loss to Victoria.Coleman 1966 384
Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
Team GP W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver Millionaires 24 13 11 0 26 86 79 Seattle Metropolitans 24 12 11 1 25 77 68 Victoria Aristocrats 24 10 13 1 21 72 88
Source: Coleman(1966)Coleman 1966 385
Playoffs
PCHA Championship
Vancouver defeated Seattle in a two-game total-goal series 7–0, 6–2 (13–2) to win the league championship and advance to the Stanley Cup series.
Date Home Score Away Score March 14 Vancouver 7 Seattle 0 March 16 Seattle 2 Vancouver 6
Source: nhl.com
Stanley Cup Championship
1921 Stanley Cup Final
The Stanley Cup finals took place in Vancouver, British Columbia between the Millionaires and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, alternating between PCHA and NHL rules. Ottawa won the series 3–2. The attendance per game during the series averaged 10,000 people which was a record for its time. It was an extremely hard fought and close series as all games were decided by only one goal.
Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec 20 Seattle 0 Vancouver 2 22 Victoria 2 Seattle 7 25 Seattle 4 Victoria 3 (OT 6'42") 27 Victoria 3 Vancouver 6 29 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 (OT 7'50") Jan 1 Vancouver 3 Victoria 5 3 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 5 Victoria 1 Seattle 2 (OT 3'35") 7 Seattle 0 Victoria 2 10 Victoria 3 Vancouver 5 12 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 1'46") 14 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 17 Seattle 3 Vancouver 7 19 Victoria 2 Seattle 9 21 Vancouver 1 Victoria 4 24 Victoria 2 Vancouver 5 26 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 28 Seattle 3 Victoria 5 31 Seattle 4 Vancouver 3 Feb 2 Victoria 3 Seattle 2 (OT 31'14") 4 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 7 Victoria 2 Vancouver 5 9 Vancouver 2 Seattle 6 11 Seattle 1 Victoria 3 14 Seattle 1 Vancouver 2 16 Victoria 4 Seattle 3 18 Vancouver 2 Victoria 0 21 Victoria 1 Vancouver 5 23 Vancouver 1 Seattle 5 25 Seattle 0 Victoria 3 28 Seattle 7 Vancouver 4 Mar 2 Victoria 3 Seattle 0 4 Seattle 4 Victoria 4 (OT 60') 7 Victoria 0 Vancouver 5 9 Vancouver 2 Seattle 4 11 Vancouver 8 Victoria 11
Source: Coleman(1966).Coleman 1966 384–385
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Frank Fredrickson Victoria Aristocrats 21 20 12 32 3 Smokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires 24 15 17 32 6 Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 23 26 4 30 10 Jack Adams Vancouver Millionaires 24 17 13 30 60 Jim Riley Jim Riley (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 24 23 5 28 20 Alf Skinner Vancouver Millionaires 24 20 4 24 22 Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 24 11 13 24 3 Lloyd Cook Vancouver Millionaires 24 12 9 21 18 Tommy Dunderdale Victoria Aristocrats 24 9 11 20 18 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Millionaires 21 10 8 18 15
Goaltending averages
GP = Games played; GA = Goals allowed; SO=Shutouts; GAA=Goals against average
NameClub GP GA SO GAAHap Holmes Seattle 24 68 0 2.8Hugh Lehman Vancouver 24 78 3 3.3Norman Fowler Victoria 24 88 3 3.7
Source: Coleman(1966)Coleman 1966 385
See also
List of Stanley Cup champions
1920 in sports
1921 in sports
References
Notes
Bibliography
Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc. 1966
External links
Hockey Database
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