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1923–24 PCHA season
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Professional ice hockey league season
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1923–24 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association Ice hockey 1923 11 26–1924 02 25 3 Regular season Seattle Metropolitans League leader Art Duncan (Vancouver) Playoffs Vancouver Maroons Seattle Metropolitans List of PCHA seasons PCHA 1922–23 PCHA season 1922–23
The 1923–24 PCHA season was the 13th and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons.
League business
The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12 in in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.Coleman 1966 447
Teams
1923–24 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000 Vancouver Maroons Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500 Victoria Cougars 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 Maroons
North America 48.43 -123.32 Red pog.svg 100 left Cougars
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 GP W L T GF GA Seattle Metropolitans 30 14 16 0 84 99 Vancouver Maroons 30 13 16 1 87 80 Victoria Cougars 30 11 18 1 78 103
Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.
Playoffs
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle (4–3).
The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Finals. Calgary won the series two games to one. Vancouver then played the Montreal Canadiens in a semifinal and lost the best-of-three series two games to none.
Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home ScoreNovember 12 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 14 Victoria 6 Seattle 7 (OT 1'42") 16 Vancouver 1 Victoria 5 19 Victoria 1 Vancouver 7 21 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3 23 Seattle 2 Victoria 4 26 Saskatoon 4 Vancouver 7 30 Saskatoon 1 Victoria 7December 3 Saskatoon 2 Vancouver 2 (OT 20') 5 Calgary 7 Seattle 5 7 Calgary 3 Victoria 1 10 Seattle 2 Regina 3 10 Victoria 3 Edmonton 1 10 Vancouver 3 Calgary 1 12 Seattle 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg) 12 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 9 14 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 14 Victoria 2 Regina 4 14 Saskatoon 2 Seattle 1 (at Moose Jaw) 17 Vancouver 2 Edmonton 3 17 Victoria 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg) 17 Seattle 1 Saskatoon 2 19 Seattle 4 Edmonton 5 (OT 6') 19 Vancouver 1 Saskatoon 4 21 Vancouver 4 Regina 3 21 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 2 (OT 1') (at Winnipeg) 21 Seattle 1 Calgary 3 25 Victoria 1 Vancouver 3 26 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2 28 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (3:16OT)"Harold Hart's Goal Gives Cougars Game" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Dec. 29, 1923 (pg. 10). January 1 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 2 Victoria 1 Seattle 2 4 Seattle 2 Victoria 3 (OT 15'32") 7 Edmonton 1 Vancouver 4 9 Edmonton 1 Seattle 4 11 Edmonton 4 Victoria 2 14 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3 (OT 0'26") 16 Calgary 2 Seattle 3 18 Calgary 7 Victoria 3 21 Seattle 1 Regina 9 21 Calgary 4 Vancouver 3 23 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (OT 1'44") (at Seattle)"Frank Boucher Acts As Fly in Ointment For Lester's Crew" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 24, 1924 (pg. 10). 23 Seattle 3 Saskatoon 8 25 Vancouver 1 Victoria 2 (OT 0'25")"Archie Briden wins battle for Cougars" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 26, 1924 (pg. 10). 25 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2 28 Regina 5 Vancouver 4 (OT 7'36") 28 Seattle 4 Calgary 5 30 Regina 1 Seattle 2 February 1 Regina 2 Victoria 1 4 Regina 4 Vancouver 6 6 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 7 Vancouver 2 Regina 3 8 Seattle 4 Victoria 1 9 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 4 11 Victoria 4 Seattle 1 (at Vancouver) 11 Vancouver 3 Edmonton 1 13 Vancouver 2 Calgary 1 (OT 1'52") 14 Edmonton 7 Seattle 1 15 Edmonton 2 Victoria 5 18 Victoria 3 Calgary 4 20 Vancouver 0 Seattle 3 20 Victoria 1 Regina 2 22 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 (at Victoria) 22 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 4 25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 6 25 Victoria 1 Edmonton 1 (OT 20') 27 Victoria 1 Calgary 7
Source: Coleman(1966)Coleman 1966 449,452–454
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Art Duncan Vancouver Maroons 30 21 10 31 44 Frank Fredrickson Victoria Cougars 30 19 8 27 28 Mickey MacKay Vancouver Maroons 28 21 4 25 2 Jack Walker Jack Walker (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 29 18 5 23 0 Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 30 17 6 23 8 Frank Boucher Vancouver Maroons 28 15 5 20 10 Gord Fraser Gord Fraser (ice hockey) Seattle Metropolitans 30 14 5 19 64 Smokey Harris Seattle Metropolitans 30 8 10 18 30 Gizzy Hart Victoria Cougars 29 15 1 16 10 Clem Loughlin Victoria Cougars 30 10 7 17 26
Goaltending averages
Name Club GP GA SO GAA Hugh Lehman Vancouver 30 80 1 2.7 Hap Holmes Seattle 30 99 2 3.3 Hec Fowler Victoria 30 103 3.4
See also
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
1923–24 NHL season
1923–24 WCHL season
References
Notes
Bibliography
Coleman Charles The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc. 1966
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