The 1924–25 WCHL season was the fourth 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:...

. With the collapse of 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), two teams, the Vancouver Maroons and Victoria Cougars

Victoria Cougars

The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...

 joined the WCHL. Six teams played 28 games each.

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...	28	17	11	0	34	95	79
Saskatoon Crescents	28	16	11	1	33	102	75
Victoria Cougars Victoria Cougars The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...	28	16	12	0	32	84	63
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...	28	14	13	1	29	97	109
Vancouver Maroons	28	12	16	0	24	91	102
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:...	28	8	20	0	16	72	121

Scoring leaders

Name	Team	GP	G
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	28	27
Gordon Keats	Edmonton	28	23
Bill Cook Bill Cook William Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....	Saskatoon	28	21
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	28	21
Harry Oliver Harry Oliver Harold "Pee-Wee" Oliver was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League and the Boston Bruins and New York Americans of the National Hockey League . He was a member of the Tigers' 1924 WCHL championship and won the Stanley Cup with the...	Calgary	28	20
Fred Cook Bun Cook Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...	Saskatoon	28	18
Archie Briden Archie Briden Edward Archibald Briden was a retired professional ice hockey player who played 72 games in the National Hockey League, 82 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and 55 games in the Western Canada Hockey League...	Edmonton	28	17
Frank Boucher Frank Boucher François-Xavier "Raffles" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Maroons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...	Vancouver	28	16
George Hay George Hay George Hay may refer to:*George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll*George Hay , United States politician and judge*George Hay , Member of Parliament and Dean of the Arches...	Regina	28	16
Ty Arbour	Vancouver	28	15
Corbett Denneny Corbett Denneny Charles Corbett "Corb" Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1912 to 1931, including nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and Chicago Black Hawks. Corbett also played for the Vancouver...	Saskatoon	28	15

Source: Coleman(1966)

Goalkeeper Averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Hap Holmes 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...	Victoria	28	63	3	2.3
George Hainsworth George Hainsworth George Hainsworth was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League....	Saskatoon	28	75	2	2.7
Hugh Lehman	Vancouver	11	30		2.7
Hal Winkler Hal Winkler Harold Lang "Hal" Winkler was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.Winkler started his professional hockey career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League in 1922. He would also play with the Calgary Tigers. In 1926, he moved to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...	Calgary	28	80	2	2.9
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:...	Edmonton	8	29	1	3.6
Bill Tobin Bill Tobin William F. Tobin was a first baseman in Major League Baseball in . He split the season between two teams, debuting in July with the Worcester Ruby Legs and ending the year with the Troy Trojans-Sources:...	Edmonton	3	12		4.0
Herb Stuart Herb Stuart Herbert Neville Stuart was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey League and Western Canada Hockey League. Amongst the teams he played with were the Detroit Cougars and Edmonton Eskimos.-External links:...	Edmonton	17	68	1	4.0
Charlie Reid Charlie Reid (ice hockey) Charlie G. Reid was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and Western Canada Hockey League. Amongst the teams he played with were the Vancouver Millionaires and Calgary Tigers.-External links:...	Vancouver	17	72	1	4.4
Red McCusker Red McCusker Albert "Red" McCusker was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Western Canada Hockey League. Amongst the teams he played with were the Regina Capitals.-External links:...	Regina	28	123		4.4

Source: Coleman(1966)

Playoffs

The Victoria Cougars defeated the Saskatoon Crescents in the WCHL semi-final.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 6	Saskatoon	1	Victoria	3
March 10	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	3
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 6–4

Source: Coleman(1966)

The Victoria Cougars then defeated the Calgary Tigers in the WCHL final.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 14	Victoria	1	Calgary	1
March 18	Calgary	0	Victoria	2
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 3–1

Source: Coleman(1966)

Stanley Cup Final

The Victoria Cougars faced 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...

 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 ...

 in a best-of-5 series for the 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...

. Victoria defeated Montreal, 3 games to 1, marking the only time since the inception of the NHL in 1917 that the NHL champion did not win the Cup and the final time this would happen.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 21	Montreal Canadiens	2	Victoria Cougars	5
March 23	Montreal Canadiens	1	Victoria Cougars	3
March 27	Montreal Canadiens	4	Victoria Cougars	2
March 30	Montreal Canadiens	1	Victoria Cougars	6

Source: Coleman(1966)

External links

• HockeyDB