1923-24 WCHL season
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The 1923–24 WCHL season was the third season for the now defunct 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:...

 (WCHL). Four teams played 30 games each. The Calgary Tigers
Calgary Tigers
The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the Bengals, were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big Four League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were revived in 1932, playing for a short-lived four years in the...

 defeated the Regina Capitals
Regina Capitals
The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921.-Franchise history:...

 to win the WCHL title. Calgary moved on to the Stanley Cup playoffs
1924 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 1924 Stanley Cup playoffs was the third and final year in which the National Hockey League champions, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association champions, and the Western Canada Hockey League champions all competed for the Stanley Cup...

, losing in the Final to the 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 ...

.

League business

The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12" in width.

Regular season

The four teams played an interlocking schedule with the 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...

 (PCHA) teams.

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Western Canada Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA
Calgary Tigers
Calgary Tigers
The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the Bengals, were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big Four League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were revived in 1932, playing for a short-lived four years in the...

 
30 18 11 1 37 83 72
Regina Capitals
Regina Capitals
The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921.-Franchise history:...

 
30 17 11 2 36 83 67
Saskatoon Crescents  30 15 12 3 33 91 73
Edmonton Eskimos
Edmonton Eskimos (hockey)
The Edmonton Eskimos were a Canadian amateur and later professional men's ice hockey team that existed from 1905 to 1927. The Eskimos challenged three times for the Stanley Cup, losing each time; in 1908 versus the Montreal Wanderers, in 1910 versus the Ottawa Senators, and Ottawa again in 1923...

 
30 11 15 4 26 69 81

Playoffs

The Calgary Tigers played off against Regina for the WCHL title.
Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 5 Calgary 2 Regina 2
March 7 Regina 0 Calgary 2

Calgary wins two-game total-goals series series 4–2.

The Tigers then played off against 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...

 (PCHA) champion Vancouver to advance to the Stanley Cup Final.
Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 10 Calgary 1 Vancouver 3
March 12 Vancouver 3 Calgary 6
March 15 Calgary 3 Vancouver 1 in Winnipeg

Calgary wins best-of-three series 2–1.

Stanley Cup Final

In the final, the Calgary Tigers would face the National Hockey League
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...

 (NHL) champion 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 ...

. Montreal had also defeated Vancouver to advance to the Final. Montreal then defeated Calgary two games to none in the best-of-three series to win the Stanley Cup.
Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 22 Calgary Tigers 1 Montreal Canadiens 6 (NHL rules)
March 25 Calgary Tigers 0 Montreal Canadiens 3 in Ottawa (WCHL rules)
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