The 1921–22 PCHA season was the 11th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association

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 December 26, 1919 until March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 24 games per team. The 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...

 club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and but would lose the play-off with 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...

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League business

The league introduced the penalty shot

Penalty shot (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a penalty shot is a type of penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except...

 rule this season to counter deliberate fouls when a player had a clear goal-scoring opportunity. 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.

Regular season

Lester Patrick

Lester Patrick

Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...

 twice subbed for goaltender Norman Fowler

Norman Fowler

Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.-Early life:...

 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.

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

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...

 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.

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 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...	24	12	11	1	65	64
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...	24	12	12	0	77	68
Victoria Aristocrats	24	11	12	1	61	71

Source: Coleman(1966).

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

Western Canada Hockey League

The Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.-History:...

 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 would win the best-of-five series 3-4, 1-2, 0-3, 6-0, 5-1 to win their only Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

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Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec	5	Seattle	1	Vancouver	2
	7	Victoria	4	Seattle	1
	9	Seattle	1	Victoria	1 (20:00 OT)
	12	Victoria	2	Vancouver	0
	14	Vancouver	4	Seattle	5
	16	Vancouver	3	Victoria	4
	19	Seattle	2	Vancouver	1
	21	Victoria	1	Vancouver	2
	23	Seattle	3	Victoria	2 (1:15 OT)
	26	Victoria	2	Vancouver	3
	28	Vancouver	5	Seattle	0
	30	Vancouver	5	Victoria	3
Jan	2	Seattle	0	Vancouver	5
	4	Victoria	4	Seattle	5
	6	Vancouver	2	Victoria	4
	9	Victoria	0	Vancouver	4
	11	Vancouver	2	Seattle	5
	13	Seattle	2	Victoria	5
	16	Seattle	3	Vancouver	10
	18	Victoria	4	Seattle	3
	20	Vancouver	4	Victoria	3 (5:22 OT)
	23	Victoria	5	Vancouver	4
	25	Vancouver	3	Seattle	4
	27	Seattle	4	Victoria	0
	30	Seattle	2	Vancouver	3 (3:03 OT)
Feb	1	Victoria	1	Seattle	3
	3	Vancouver	1	Victoria	2
	6	Victoria	2	Vancouver	3
	8	Vancouver	0	Seattle	3
	10	Seattle	2	Victoria	0
	13	Seattle	0	Vancouver	2
	15	Victoria	0	Seattle	7
	17	Seattle	2	Victoria	3
	20	Victoria	1	Vancouver	5
	22	Vancouver	2	Seattle	7
	24	Vancouver	4	Victoria	7

Source: Coleman(1966).

Goalkeeper Averages

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	24	64	4	2.7
Lehman, Hugh	Vancouver	22	62	4	2.8
Fowler, Norman	Victoria	24	70		2.9
Murray, Tommy	Vancouver	2	6		3.0
Patrick,Lester Lester Patrick Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...	Victoria	2	1		0.5

Source: Coleman(1966).

Leading scorers

GP = Games Played, G = Goals

Goal (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	A	Pts
Jack Adams	Vancouver	24	26	4	30
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...	Vancouver	24	15	10	25
Frank Fredrickson Frank Fredrickson Sigurður Franklin Fredrickson was a Canadian ice hockey centre who was significant to both the amateur and professional sport as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century...	Victoria	24	15	10	25
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	24	14	10	24
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	23	16	10	23
Tommy Dunderdale Tommy Dunderdale Thomas Dunderdale was a professional ice hockey forward. Born in Australia, he moved to Canada at the age of 17, in 1904. He played in Winnipeg for three seasons, from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association , before moving on to the Quebec...	Victoria	24	12	7	19
James Riley James Riley (ice hockey) James Norman Riley was a Canadian professional ice hockey and baseball player.Born in Bayfield, New Brunswick, Riley played 17 games in the National Hockey League and 90 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, as a member of the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and Seattle...	Seattle	23	16	2	18
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	10	5	15
Art Duncan Art Duncan Captain William James Arthur Duncan was a Canadian aviator and a professional ice hockey player and coach....	Vancouver	24	5	9	14
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	23	10	4	14

Source: Coleman(1966).