The 1922–23 PCHA season was the 12th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 13, 1922, until March 2, 1923. The Vancouver Maroons club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and won the play-off with Victoria Aristocrats.

League business

The league finally dropped the position of rover, adopting the six-man hockey of the National Hockey League (NHL), eleven years after the National Hockey Association (NHA) dropped it.[1]

The Vancouver Millionaires were renamed the Maroons, and the Victoria Aristocrats were renamed the Cougars. The season was increased to 30 games per team, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams.[2]

Vancouver acquired Corbett Denneny from Toronto for Jack Adams and signed Frank Boucher from Ottawa.

Frank Fredrickson had an outstanding season, scoring 41 goals in thirty games.[3]

Regular season

Cyclone Taylor made the final appearance of his career on December 8 at Victoria.[4]

Final standings

The standings include the interlocking games. 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 Maroons291612111282
Victoria Cougars29161308981
Seattle Metropolitans3015150101108

Playoffs

The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Victoria 3-0, 2-3 (5-3)

The Maroons then played against the National Hockey League champion Ottawa in a best-of-five series for the right to play the WCHL champion for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the series 1-0, 1-4, 3-2, 5-1 (3-1).

Schedule and results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Nov 13Seattle8Vancouver2
15Victoria0Seattle4
17Vancouver3Victoria5
20Victoria4Vancouver3
22Vancouver5Seattle2
24Seattle6Victoria4
27Seattle8Vancouver4
29Victoria4Seattle5 (16:47 OT)
Dec 8Vancouver4Victoria3
11Victoria1Vancouver2
13Vancouver2Seattle3 (10:00 OT)
15Seattle1Victoria2
18Regina3Vancouver10
20Regina6Seattle5 (9:00 OT)
22Regina3Victoria2
25Seattle0Vancouver4
27Vancouver4Seattle3
29Vancouver3Victoria4
Jan 1Victoria2Vancouver1 (8:20 OT)
3Victoria1Seattle0
3Vancouver0Calgary1 (7:40 OT)
5Seattle1Victoria5
5Vancouver5Edmonton1
8Seattle2Victoria0*
8Vancouver3Saskatoon0
10Calgary0Seattle4
10Vancouver2Regina6
12Calgary0Victoria4
15Calgary0Vancouver4
17Vancouver2Seattle1
19Vancouver2Victoria3 (8:00 OT)
19Seattle4Calgary3 (2:35 OT)
22Victoria1Vancouver4
22Seattle3Edmonton2
24Victoria4Vancouver8‡
24Seattle4Saskatoon2
26Seattle2Regina6
27Saskatoon2Victoria5
29Saskatoon6Vancouver6 (20:00 OT)
31Saskatoon1Seattle7
Feb 2Vancouver4Victoria3 (11:00 OT)The results of this game were stricken from the record after a Victoria protest. The game was to be replayed on March 5 if it would affect the standings.[5]
5Seattle0Vancouver4
7Victoria2Seattle5
9Seattle1Victoria6
12Victoria3Vancouver5
15Edmonton4Seattle3
16Edmonton0Victoria4
19Edmonton2Vancouver1
19Victoria2Regina1
21Vancouver3Seattle6
21Victoria1Saskatoon0
23Seattle2Vancouver4†
23Victoria5Edmonton4
26Seattle3Vancouver12
26Victoria2Calgary4
28Victoria3Seattle5
Mar 2Seattle2Victoria9

‡ at Seattle.

* at Vancouver.

† at Victoria.

Source: Coleman(1966).[6]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Hugh Lehman Vancouver256142.4
Hec Fowler Victoria308542.8
Hap Holmes Seattle3010633.5
Reid, Charlie Vancouver5275.4

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Frank FredricksonVictoria Cougars3039165526
Mickey MacKayVancouver Maroons3028124038
Lloyd CookVancouver Maroons3019113033
Frank FoystonSeattle Metropolitans302082821
Jim RileySeattle Metropolitans302342770
Bernie MorrisSeattle Metropolitans292152630
Harry MeekingVictoria Cougars281792639
Jack WalkerSeattle Metropolitans291310234
Clem LoughlinVictoria Cougars3012102224
Art DuncanVancouver Maroons25156218

See also

References

Notes

  1. Coleman 1966, p. 421.
  2. Coleman 1966, p. 422.
  3. Coleman 1966, p. 425.
  4. Coleman 1966, p. 423.
  5. "Hockey Protest Is Successful" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Feb. 6, 1923 (pg. 11).
  6. Coleman 1966, pp. 424, 427–429.

Bibliography

Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc.

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