1917–18 PCHA season

The 1917–18 PCHA season was the seventh season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 28, 1917, until March 8, 1918. The season was reduced to 18 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to the Vancouver Millionaires. The Millionaires then played in the Stanley Cup Final series against Toronto, the NHL champions. Toronto won the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup.

League business The Spokane franchise folded and the league operated with three teams again. The players were distributed to the other teams.

The league decided to split the schedule with each half's winners playing for the championship. This was revised so that the first and second teams played off for the championship. Previously, playoffs were only held when teams tied for first place. Devised by Frank Patrick as a "second-chance" to increase interest in the league, the idea eventually spread to all North American professional sports.

Teams 1917–18 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 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 Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team GP W L T GF GA Seattle Metropolitans 18 11 7 0 67 65 Vancouver Millionaires 18 9 9 0 70 60 Portland Rosebuds 18 7 11 0 63 75 Source: Coleman(1966)

Playoffs The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3–2 on a 1–0 win over Seattle in the second game.

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires Date Away Score Home ScoreMarch 11Seattle2Vancouver 2March 14Vancouver 1Seattle 0

Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3-2.

Stanley Cup Final

Vancouver travelled to Toronto for the Stanley Cup Final. The playing rules alternated between the NHL's six-man and the PCHA's seven-man rules. All games were won by the team whose rules were being played. Vancouver won the PCHA games 6–4 and 8–1 but lost the NHL rule games 5–3, 6–3, and 2–1.

Game-by-GameWinning teamScoreLosing teamRules UsedLocation 1 March 20 Toronto 5–3 Vancouver NHL Arena Gardens 2 March 23 Vancouver 6–4 Toronto PCHA 3 March 26 Toronto 6–3 Vancouver NHL 4 March 28 Vancouver 8–1 Toronto PCHA 5 March 30 Toronto 2–1 Vancouver NHLTorontos wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2

Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home ScoreDec. 28 Vancouver 2 Portland 4 Jan. 1 Portland 0 Seattle 1 (OT 19'57") 4 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 (OT 5'35") 8 Seattle 4 Portland 8 11 Vancouver 2 Seattle 5 14 Portland 1 Vancouver 4 16 Vancouver 1 Portland 0 (OT 12'38") 18 Portland 5 Seattle 2 22 Seattle 5 Vancouver 4 25 Seattle 3 Portland 2 28 Portland 3 Vancouver 4 30 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 23'10") Feb. 4 Seattle 5 Vancouver 6 (OT 10'45") 6 Portland 3 Seattle 9 8 Vancouver 4 Portland 8 11 Portland 3 Vancouver 6 13 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3 15 Seattle 2 Portland 4 18 Seattle 1 Vancouver 8 21 Portland 2 Seattle 6 22 Vancouver 1 Portland 2 (OT 20'20") 25 Portland 4 Vancouver 9 27 Vancouver 1 Seattle 2 (OT 22'20") March 1 Seattle 3 Portland 1 4 Portland 4 Vancouver 8 6 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 2'58") 8 Seattle 6 Portland 9

Source: Coleman 1966.

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player Team Vancouver Millionaires 18 32 11 43 0 Seattle Metropolitans 18 20 12 32 9 Seattle Metropolitans 18 20 3 23 24 Portland Rosebuds 18 11 10 21 16 Portland Rosebuds 18 14 6 20 57 Vancouver Millionaires 18 10 8 18 31 Portland Rosebuds 17 12 5 17 0 Vancouver Millionaires 18 11 6 17 9 Portland Rosebuds 18 13 3 16 0 Seattle Metropolitans 13 9 5 14 9

Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hugh Lehman Vancouver 18 60 1 3.3 Norman Fowler Seattle 18 65 1 3.6 Tom Murray Portland 18 75 4.2 Source: Coleman(1966)

See also 1917–18 NHL season

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