The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.
League business In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington. This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas. The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.
Teams 1916–17 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity Portland Rosebuds Portland, Oregon Portland Ice Arena 2,000 Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000 Spokane Canaries Spokane, Washington Spokane Arena 4,000 Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500
Map of teams
Regular season
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 Seattle Metropolitans 24 16 8 0 125 80 Vancouver Millionaires 23 14 9 0 131 124 Portland Rosebuds 24 9 15 0 114 112 Spokane Canaries 23 8 15 0 89 143
Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec. 1 Spokane 5 Portland 4 2 Seattle 2 Vancouver 6 5 Portland 3 Seattle 4 (OT 11'00") 5 Vancouver 4 Spokane 6 8 Seattle 2 Portland 5 9 Spokane 6 Vancouver 9 12 Portland 5 Spokane 7 12 Vancouver 7 Seattle 6 (OT 13'40") 15 Vancouver 3 Portland 5 15 Spokane 0 Seattle 4 19 Seattle 3 Spokane 1 23 Portland 5 Vancouver 7 26 Vancouver 2 Seattle 7 26 Portland 2 Spokane 6 29 Spokane 5 Portland 10 30 Seattle 7 Vancouver 4 Jan. 2 Portland 7 Seattle 4 5 Vancouver 3 Portland 5 5 Seattle 1 Spokane 5 9 Spokane 1 Seattle 3 9 Portland 4 Vancouver 5 12 Vancouver 3 Seattle 12 12 Portland 3 Spokane 5 16 Seattle 6 Portland 2 19 Portland 3 Seattle 8 20 Spokane 3 Vancouver 6 23 Vancouver 8 Spokane 5 26 Spokane 5 Portland 4 27 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 30 Spokane 2 Seattle 4 30 Vancouver 7 Portland 11 Feb. 2 Seattle 16 Spokane 1 3 Portland 1 Vancouver 6 6 Portland 3 Spokane 4 (OT 3'00") 6 Vancouver 4 Seattle 8 9 Seattle 1 Portland 5 10 Spokane 1 Vancouver 8 13 Spokane 8 Vancouver 12 13 Portland 2 Seattle 5 16 Spokane 1 Portland 9 17 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4 20 Vancouver 4 Portland 6 23 Spokane 7 Seattle 9 24 Portland 4 Vancouver 5 27 Spokane 0 Seattle 7 March 2 Spokane 5 Vancouver 11 2 Seattle 4 Portland 3 Vancouver Spokane cancelled
Source: Coleman 1966.
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team Seattle Metropolitans 24 37 17 54 17 Vancouver Millionaires 23 43 10 53 42 Seattle Metropolitans 24 36 12 48 51 Victoria Aristocrats 23 28 18 46 9 Portland Rosebuds 23 35 10 45 24 Vancouver Millionaires 23 22 11 33 37 Spokane Canaries 23 20 11 31 58 Portland Rosebuds 23 18 13 31 39 Vancouver Millionaires 12 14 15 29 12 Portland Rosebuds 24 22 4 26 141
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hap Holmes Seattle 24 80 2 3.3 Tom Murray Portland 24 112 4.7 Hugh Lehman Vancouver 23 124 5.4 Norman Fowler Spokane 23 143 6.2
See also 1916–17 NHA season 1916 in sports 1917 in sports Pacific Coast Hockey Association List of pre-NHL seasons
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