The 1923–24 PCHA season was the 13th and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons.

League business

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The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12 inches (300 mm) in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.[1]

Teams

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1923–24 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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Final standings

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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 30 14 16 0 84 99
Vancouver Maroons 30 13 16 1 87 80
Victoria Cougars 30 11 18 1 78 103

Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.

Playoffs

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The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle (4–3).

The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Finals. Calgary won the series two games to one. Vancouver then played the Montreal Canadiens in a semifinal and lost the best-of-three series two games to none.

Schedule and results

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Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
November 12 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2
14 Victoria 6 Seattle 7 (2' overtime)
16 Vancouver 1 Victoria 5
19 Victoria 1 Vancouver 7
21 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3
23 Seattle 2 Victoria 4
26 Saskatoon 4 Vancouver 7
30 Saskatoon 1 Victoria 7
December 3 Saskatoon 2 Vancouver 2 (20:00 OT)
5 Calgary 7 Seattle 5
7 Calgary 3 Victoria 1
10 Seattle 2 Regina 3
10 Victoria 3 Edmonton 1
12 Seattle 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg)
12 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 9
14 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1
14 Victoria 2 Regina 4
14 Saskatoon 2 Seattle 1 (at Moose Jaw)
17 Vancouver 2 Edmonton 3
17 Victoria 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg)
17 Seattle 1 Saskatoon 2
19 Seattle 4 Edmonton 5
19 Vancouver 1 Saskatoon 4
21 Vancouver 4 Regina 3
21 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 2 (1:00 OT) (at Winnipeg)
21 Seattle 1 Calgary 3
25 Victoria 1 Vancouver 3
26 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2
28 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (3:16OT)[2]
January 1 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2
2 Victoria 1 Seattle 2
4 Seattle 2 Victoria 3 (15:32 OT)
7 Edmonton 1 Vancouver 4
9 Edmonton 1 Seattle 4
11 Edmonton 4 Victoria 2
14 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3 (:26 OT)
16 Calgary 2 Seattle 3
18 Calgary 7 Victoria 3
21 Seattle 1 Regina 9
21 Calgary 4 Vancouver 3
23 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (1:44 OT) (at Seattle)[3]
23 Seattle 3 Saskatoon 8
25 Vancouver 1 Victoria 2 (:25 OT)[4]
25 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2
28 Regina 5 Vancouver 4 (7:35 OT)
28 Seattle 4 Calgary 5
30 Regina 1 Seattle 2
February 1 Regina 2 Victoria 1
4 Regina 4 Vancouver 6
6 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2
7 Vancouver 2 Regina 3
8 Seattle 4 Victoria 1
9 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 4
11 Victoria 4 Seattle 1 (at Vancouver)
11 Vancouver 3 Edmonton 1
13 Vancouver 2 Calgary 1 (1:52 OT)
14 Edmonton 7 Seattle 1
15 Edmonton 2 Victoria 5
18 Victoria 3 Calgary 4
20 Vancouver 0 Seattle 3
20 Victoria 1 Regina 2
22 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 (at Victoria)
22 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 4
25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 6
25 Victoria 1 Edmonton 1 (20:00 OT)
27 Victoria 1 Calgary 7

Source: Coleman(1966)[5]

Player statistics

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Goaltending averages

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Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Hugh Lehman Vancouver 30 80 1 2.7
Hap Holmes Seattle 30 99 2 3.3
Hec Fowler Victoria 30 103 3.4

Scoring leaders

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Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Art Duncan Vancouver Maroons 30 21 10 31 44
Frank Fredrickson Victoria Cougars 30 19 8 27 28
Mickey MacKay Vancouver Maroons 28 21 4 25 2
Jack Walker Seattle Metropolitans 29 18 5 23 0
Frank Foyston Seattle Metropolitans 30 17 6 23 8
Frank Boucher Vancouver Maroons 28 15 5 20 10
Gord Fraser Seattle Metropolitans 30 14 5 19 64
Smokey Harris Seattle Metropolitans 30 8 10 18 30
Gizzy Hart Victoria Cougars 29 15 1 16 10
Clem Loughlin Victoria Cougars 30 10 7 17 26

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Coleman 1966, p. 447.
  2. ^ "Harold Hart's Goal Gives Cougars Game" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Dec. 29, 1923 (pg. 10).
  3. ^ "Frank Boucher Acts As Fly in Ointment For Lester's Crew" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 24, 1924 (pg. 10).
  4. ^ "Archie Briden wins battle for Cougars" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 26, 1924 (pg. 10).
  5. ^ Coleman 1966, pp. 449, 452–454.

Bibliography

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