1919 PCHA season
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The 1919 PCHA season was the eighth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association
league. Season play ran from January 1 until March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team.
The Vancouver Millionaires
club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to Seattle Metropolitans
. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals
series against Montreal Canadiens
, NHL
champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
was again available for ice hockey use. Victoria was re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.
back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay
's jaw in a fight using his stick to cross-check Mackay in the face. While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14. Third-place Fred Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.
Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.
Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires
Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5
, NHL
champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans
Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza
epidemic
Source: Coleman.
Source: Coleman.
, A = Assists
, Pts = Points
Source: Coleman.
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League...
league. Season play ran from January 1 until March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team.
The Vancouver Millionaires
Vancouver Millionaires
The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...
club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to Seattle Metropolitans
Seattle Metropolitans
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so...
. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals
1919 Stanley Cup Finals
Seattle dominated Montreal under PCHA rules, scoring two in the first, three in the second and a further two in the third. Corbeau of Montreal was injured but finished the game and continued to play in the series as a substitute.-Game two:...
series against Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
, NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
League business
The Portland franchise was suspended for the season. Victoria's Patrick ArenaPatrick Arena
Patrick Arena was the main sports arena located in the Greater Victoria, British Columbia area. The wood constructed arena was located in the suburb municipality of Oak Bay, on the north east corner of Cadboro Bay Road and Epworth Street...
was again available for ice hockey use. Victoria was re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.
Regular season
Harry Holmes returned to the PCHA to Seattle from Toronto. Vancouver got Art DuncanArt Duncan
Captain William James Arthur Duncan was a Canadian aviator and a professional ice hockey player and coach....
back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay
Mickey MacKay
Duncan McMillan "Mickey" MacKay was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League...
's jaw in a fight using his stick to cross-check Mackay in the face. While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14. Third-place Fred Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
| Pacific Coast Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver Millionaires The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926... |
20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 55 |
| Seattle Metropolitans Seattle Metropolitans The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so... |
20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 46 |
| Victoria Aristocrats | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 81 |
Playoffs
In a reversal of the previous year's playoffs, the second-place Metropolitans defeated the first-place Vancouver Millionaires. Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si GriffisSi Griffis
Silas Seth "Sox" Griffis was a Canadian athlete of the early 20th century. In ice hockey, Griffis was a two-time Stanley Cup winner, with the 1907 Kenora Thistles and the 1915 Vancouver Millionaires...
out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.
Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.
Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12 | Vancouver Millionaires | 1 | Seattle Metropolitans | 6 | |
| March 14 | Seattle Metropolitans | 1 | Vancouver Millionaires | 4 |
Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5
Stanley Cup Final
The Mets then played against the Montreal CanadiensMontreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
, NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 0 | Seattle Metropolitans | 7 | |
| March 22 | Seattle Metropolitans | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
| March 24 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Seattle Metropolitans | 7 | |
| March 26 | Seattle Metropolitans | 0 | Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 20:00 OT |
| March 30 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Seattle Metropolitans | 3 | 15:57 OT |
Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza
Influenza
Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae , that affects birds and mammals...
epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
Schedule and results
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | Vancouver | 1 | Seattle | 4 |
| 3 | Seattle | 7 | Victoria | 1 | |
| 6 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 6 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 0 | |
| 10 | Vancouver | 4 | Victoria | 1 | |
| 13 | Seattle | 3 | Vancouver | 2 (2' OT) | |
| 15 | Vancouver | 1 | Seattle | 3 | |
| 17 | Seattle | 1 | Victoria | 3 | |
| 20 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 4 | |
| 22 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 0 | |
| 24 | Vancouver | 2 | Victoria | 3 | |
| 27 | Seattle | 5 | Vancouver | 3 | |
| 29 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 2 | |
| 31 | Seattle | 1 | Victoria | 2 | |
| Feb | 3 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 5 |
| 5 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 9 | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 1 | Victoria | 0 | |
| 10 | Victoria | 2 | Vancouver | 1 (3'55" OT) | |
| 12 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 2 (23' OT) | |
| 14 | Seattle | 8 | Victoria | 2 | |
| 17 | Seattle | 1 | Vancouver | 6 | |
| 19 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 4 | |
| 21 | Vancouver | 2 | Victoria | 3 (37'20" OT) | |
| 24 | Victoria | 3 | Vancouver | 6 | |
| 26 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 1 | |
| 28 | Seattle | 5 | Victoria | 4 | |
| Mar | 3 | Seattle | 5 | Vancouver | 2 |
| 5 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 3 | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 6 | Victoria | 5 (11'4" OT) | |
| 10 | Victoria | 8 | Vancouver | 11 |
Source: Coleman.
Goalkeepers
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes, Hap Hap Holmes Harry George "Hap" Holmes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. As a professional, Holmes won the Stanley Cup four times, with four different teams. He tied the record of his 1914 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Blueshirts teammate Jack Marshall, who also has won Cups with four different... |
Seattle | 20 | 46 | 2.3 | |
| Lehman, Hugh | Vancouver | 20 | 55 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Murray, Tom Tommy Murray Tommy Murray was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Western Canada Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Amongst the teams he played with were the Portland Rosebuds, Victoria Aristocrats, Vancouver Millionaires,... |
Victoria | 20 | 81 | 2 | 4.1 |
Source: Coleman.
Leading scorers
GP = Games Played, G = GoalsGoal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
, A = Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
, Pts = Points
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
| Player | Team | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone Taylor Cyclone Taylor Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor, OBE, was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. Taylor was one of the earliest professional players. He played professionally for the Portage Lakes Hockey Club, the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Vancouver Millionaires from 1905 to 1923... |
Vancouver | 20 | 23 |
| Bernie Morris Bernie Morris Bernard Patrick Morris - was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Morris played for the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. When the Metropolitans became the first U.S.-based team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917, Morris scored 14 of Seattle's goals... |
Seattle | 20 | 22 |
| Smokey Harris Smokey Harris Wilfred Smokey Harris was a Canadian ice hockey forward.Harris started his professional hockey career with the Vancouver Millionaires in 1911. He would also play for the Seattle Metropolitans and Portland Rosebuds. He would also play for the National Hockey Leagues Boston Bruins, scoring the... |
Vancouver | 20 | 19 |
| Frank Foyston Frank Foyston Frank Corbett "The Flash" Foyston was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward.Born in Minesing, Ontario, Foyston played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA, the Seattle Metropolitans in the PCHA, the Victoria Cougars in the WCHL/WHL and Detroit Cougars in the NHL.He won the Stanley Cup with... |
Seattle | 18 | 15 |
| Cully Wilson | Seattle | 18 | 11 |
| Barney Stanley Barney Stanley Russell "Barney" Stanley was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Calgary Tigers, Regina Capitals and Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League... |
Vancouver | 20 | 11 |
| Eddie Oatman Eddie Oatman Edward Cole "Eddie" Oatman was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was among the elite goal scorers of his era. Among his 32 years playing professional ice hockey, Eddie was named an all-star for ten consecutive seasons by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association... |
Victoria | 18 | 11 |
| Charles Tobin Charles Tobin Charles Tobin was a professional ice hockey player who played 175 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association... |
Victoria | 20 | 10 |
| Jack Walker | Seattle | 20 | 10 |
| Stan Marples Stan Marples Stan Marples, was a professional ice hockey player who played in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Amongst the teams he for played with were the Portland Rosebuds and Victoria Aristocrats.... |
Victoria | 14 | 8 |
Source: Coleman.