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1922–23 PCHA season

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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

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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]

Teams

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1922–23 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

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PCHA Teams

Regular season

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

Final standings

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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 Maroons 29 16 12 1 112 82
Victoria Cougars 29 16 13 0 89 81
Seattle Metropolitans 30 15 15 0 101 108

Playoffs

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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

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Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Nov 13 Seattle 8 Vancouver 2
15 Victoria 0 Seattle 4
17 Vancouver 3 Victoria 5
20 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3
22 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2
24 Seattle 6 Victoria 4
27 Seattle 8 Vancouver 4
29 Victoria 4 Seattle 5 (16:47 OT)
Dec 8 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3
11 Victoria 1 Vancouver 2
13 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 (10:00 OT)
15 Seattle 1 Victoria 2
18 Regina 3 Vancouver 10
20 Regina 6 Seattle 5 (9:00 OT)
22 Regina 3 Victoria 2
25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4
27 Vancouver 4 Seattle 3
29 Vancouver 3 Victoria 4
Jan 1 Victoria 2 Vancouver 1 (8:20 OT)
3 Victoria 1 Seattle 0
3 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 (7:40 OT)
5 Seattle 1 Victoria 5
5 Vancouver 5 Edmonton 1
8 Seattle 2 Victoria 0*
8 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 0
10 Calgary 0 Seattle 4
10 Vancouver 2 Regina 6
12 Calgary 0 Victoria 4
15 Calgary 0 Vancouver 4
17 Vancouver 2 Seattle 1
19 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (8:00 OT)
19 Seattle 4 Calgary 3 (2:35 OT)
22 Victoria 1 Vancouver 4
22 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2
24 Victoria 4 Vancouver 8‡
24 Seattle 4 Saskatoon 2
26 Seattle 2 Regina 6
27 Saskatoon 2 Victoria 5
29 Saskatoon 6 Vancouver 6 (20:00 OT)
31 Saskatoon 1 Seattle 7
Feb 2 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (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]
5 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4
7 Victoria 2 Seattle 5
9 Seattle 1 Victoria 6
12 Victoria 3 Vancouver 5
15 Edmonton 4 Seattle 3
16 Edmonton 0 Victoria 4
19 Edmonton 2 Vancouver 1
19 Victoria 2 Regina 1
21 Vancouver 3 Seattle 6
21 Victoria 1 Saskatoon 0
23 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4†
23 Victoria 5 Edmonton 4
26 Seattle 3 Vancouver 12
26 Victoria 2 Calgary 4
28 Victoria 3 Seattle 5
Mar 2 Seattle 2 Victoria 9

‡ at Seattle.

* at Vancouver.

† at Victoria.

Source: Coleman(1966).[6]

Player statistics

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Goaltending averages

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Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Hugh Lehman Vancouver 25 61 4 2.4
Hec Fowler Victoria 30 85 4 2.8
Hap Holmes Seattle 30 106 3 3.5
Reid, Charlie Vancouver 5 27 5.4

Scoring leaders

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Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Fredrickson Victoria Cougars 30 39 16 55 26
Mickey MacKay Vancouver Maroons 30 28 12 40 38
Lloyd Cook Vancouver Maroons 30 19 11 30 33
Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 30 20 8 28 21
Jim Riley Seattle Metropolitans 30 23 4 27 70
Bernie Morris Seattle Metropolitans 29 21 5 26 30
Harry Meeking Victoria Cougars 28 17 9 26 39
Jack Walker Seattle Metropolitans 29 13 10 23 4
Clem Loughlin Victoria Cougars 30 12 10 22 24
Art Duncan Vancouver Maroons 25 15 6 21 8

See also

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References

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Notes

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  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

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