The 1921–22 PCHA season was the 11th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 5, 1921, until February 24, 1922. The season was enlarged to 24 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires.

League business

The league introduced the penalty shot rule this season to counter deliberate fouls when a player had a clear goal-scoring opportunity.[1] Three dots, 35 feet from each net were painted on the ice from which players would shoot on the goalkeeper.

Play started two weeks earlier to accommodate the playoffs against the Western Canada Hockey League.[1]

Regular season

Lester Patrick twice subbed for goaltender Norman "Hec" Fowler when Fowler was sent off for fighting. His style of getting to his knees to make a save earned him the nickname of the Praying Colonel.[2]

Ernie "Moose" Johnson played the last game in his career on January 18. He scored the final goal in his career on January 13.[1]

Frank Foyston had the best one-game performance of the season, scoring five goals against Vancouver on January 11. Jack Adams though led the league in scoring with 25 goals in 24 games.[3]

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 Metropolitans24121116564
Vancouver Millionaires24121207768
Victoria Aristocrats24111216171

Source: Coleman(1966).[4]

Playoffs

The Millionaires won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle 1-0, 1-0 (2-0)

The Millionaires then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Regina in a two-game total-goals series for the right to play the NHL champion. Vancouver won the series 1-2, 4-0 (5-2).

The Millionaires then played the Toronto St. Pats in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals. The St. Pats won the best-of-five series three games to two to win their second Stanley Cup and the only one while the team was named the St. Pats. Five years later the St. Pats were renamed as the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec 5Seattle1Vancouver2
7Victoria4Seattle1
9Seattle1Victoria1 (20:00 OT)
12Victoria2Vancouver0
14Vancouver4Seattle5
16Vancouver3Victoria4
19Seattle2Vancouver1
21Victoria1Seattle2
23Seattle3Victoria2 (1:15 OT)
26Victoria2Vancouver3
28Vancouver5Seattle0
30Vancouver5Victoria3
Jan 2Seattle0Vancouver5
4Victoria4Seattle3 (14:34 OT)
6Vancouver2Victoria5
9Victoria0Vancouver4
11Vancouver2Seattle5
13Seattle2Victoria5
16Seattle3Vancouver10
18Victoria4Seattle3
20Vancouver4Victoria3 (5:22 OT)
23Victoria5Vancouver4
25Vancouver3Seattle4
27Seattle4Victoria0
30Seattle2Vancouver3 (3:03 OT)
Feb 1Victoria1Seattle3
3Vancouver1Victoria2
6Victoria2Vancouver3
8Vancouver0Seattle3
10Seattle2Victoria0
13Seattle0Vancouver2
15Victoria0Seattle7
17Seattle2Victoria3
20Victoria1Vancouver5
22Vancouver2Seattle7
24Vancouver4Victoria7

Source: Coleman(1966).[4]

Player statistics

Victoria Aristocrats goaltender Norman "Hec" Fowler.

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle246442.7
Lehman, Hugh Vancouver226242.8
Fowler, Norman Victoria24702.9
Murray, Tommy Vancouver263.0
Patrick, Lester Victoria210.5

Source: Coleman(1966).[5]

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jack AdamsVancouver Millionaires242643024
Mickey MacKayVancouver Millionaires2414122620
Frank FredricksonVictoria Aristocrats2415102526
Bernie MorrisSeattle Metropolitans2414102436
Frank FoystonSeattle Metropolitans241672325
Tommy DunderdaleVictoria Aristocrats241361937
Jim RileySeattle Metropolitans241621827
Eddie OatmanVictoria Aristocrats21961528
Smokey HarrisVancouver Millionaires231041421
Art DuncanVancouver Millionaires24591425

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Boileau, Ron; Wolf, Philip (2000), "The Pacific Coast Hockey Association", in Diamond, Dan (ed.), Total Hockey, pp. 51–54, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc.
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