The 1914–15 PCHA season was the fourth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 8, 1914, until March 9, 1915. The schedule was made for each team to play 18 games, but like the previous three seasons, one game was cancelled. The Vancouver Millionaires club were the PCHA champions. After the season the club faced off against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions for the Stanley Cup, winning the series and becoming the first west-coast team to win the Cup.
League business The franchise of the New Westminster Royals was transferred to Portland, Oregon, and renamed the "Rosebuds." The league established a "farm system" called the Boundary Hockey League in the British Columbia towns of Grand Forks, Greenwood and Phoenix.
Rule changes The league banned body checking within of the boards.
Teams 1914–15 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity Portland Rosebuds Portland, Oregon Portland Ice Arena 2,000 Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500 Victoria Aristocrats Victoria, British Columbia Patrick Arena 4,000
Map of teams
Regular season Rookie Mickey MacKay led the league with 33 goals, while Cyclone Taylor won the scoring title. The two led the Vancouver Millionaires to the league title, winning 13 of 17 games.
Final standings Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA Vancouver Millionaires 17 13 4 0 115 71 Portland Rosebuds 18 9 9 0 91 83 Victoria Aristocrats 17 4 13 0 64 116
Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec. 8 Vancouver 6 Portland 3 11 Victoria 3 Vancouver 5 15 Portland 8 Victoria 4 18 Portland 3 Vancouver 6 26 Victoria 1 Portland 8 29 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (OT 12'06") Jan. 5 Vancouver 4 Portland 3 (OT 11'00") 8 Victoria 2 Vancouver 9 12 Portland 3 Victoria 4 (OT 3'35") 15 Portland 3 Vancouver 2 19 Victoria 5 Portland 10 22 Vancouver 1 Victoria 4 26 Vancouver 4 Portland 10 29 Victoria 5 Vancouver 12 Feb. 2 Portland 5 Victoria 6 (OT 18'20") 5 Portland 8 Vancouver 3 9 Victoria 2 Portland 3 12 Vancouver 6 Victoria 4 16 Vancouver 5 Portland 0 19 Victoria 3 Vancouver 10 23 Portland 3 Victoria 4 26 Portland 3 Vancouver 13 27 Portland 3 Vancouver 11 Mar. 2 Vancouver 14 Victoria 11 4 Victoria 1 Portland 9 6 Victoria 2 Portland 6 9a Victoria Vancouver
a Cancelled
A game between Vancouver and Victoria was cancelled at the end of the season.
Source: Coleman, p. 271
All-Star games On March 15 and 17 two All-Star games were played in Portland between the league champions Vancouver Millionaires and a PCHA All-Star aggregation made out of players from the Portland Rosebuds and the Victoria Aristocrats. Vancouver won the first game at the Portland Ice Hippodrome 9 goals to 8, with Cyclone Taylor scoring four times for the winning side, and with Lester Patrick having an impressive five goals and three assists for the losing side, figuring in all of the All-Stars goals."Millionaires take fast hockey game with the All-Stars" Oregon Daily Journal. March 16, 1915 (pg. 11). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
Vancouver managed to win also the second game by a one-goal margin, defeating the All-Stars 4 goals to 3. Frank Nighbor made a good showing for the winning side with two goals, and for the All-Stars Ran McDonald scored twice."Vancouver Champions Win Over the All-Stars Again" The Sun (Vancouver). March 18, 1915 (pg. 6). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
Playoffs
The champion Vancouver Millionaires hosted the finals against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions. Vancouver won the series and became the first west-coast team to win the Cup.
Game-by-GameWinning teamScoreLosing teamRules UsedLocation 1 March 22 Vancouver Millionaires 6–2 Ottawa Senators PCHA Denman Arena, Vancouver 2 March 24 Vancouver Millionaires 8–3 Ottawa Senators NHA 3 March 26 Vancouver Millionaires 12–3 Ottawa Senators PCHAMillionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team Vancouver Millionaires 16 23 22 45 9 Vancouver Millionaires 17 33 11 44 9 Vancouver Millionaires 17 23 7 30 12 Portland Rosebuds 18 22 8 30 23 Portland Rosebuds 18 22 7 29 24 Victoria Aristocrats 16 17 10 27 22 Portland Rosebuds 18 16 8 24 43 Victoria Aristocrats 17 14 4 18 15 Portland Rosebuds 18 14 3 17 39 sVictoria Aristocrats 17 12 5 17 15
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hugh Lehman Vancouver 17 71 1 4.2 Mike Mitchell Portland 18 83 4.6 Bert Lindsay Victoria 17 116 6.8
Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions
See also List of pre-NHL seasons 1914–15 NHA season 1914 in sports 1915 in sports
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