The 1919–20 PCHA season was the ninth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) league. Season play ran from December 26, 1919, to March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 22 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club finished first during the regular season and then won the playoff with the Vancouver Millionaires to take the PCHA championship. The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Final against the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Ottawa Senators. The Senators won the best-of-five series three games to two.
League business At the league's annual meeting on November 21, 1919, Frank Patrick was re-elected as PCHA president.
Several players retired, including Si Griffis, Barney Stanley, and Mickey MacKay of Vancouver, and Ran McDonald of Seattle. Three players from Stanley Cup champion Toronto of the NHL moved to the PCHA this season: Alf Skinner, Jack Adams, and Harry Meeking.
Teams 1919–20 Pacific Coast Hockey Association Team City Arena Capacity Seattle Metropolitans Seattle, Washington Seattle Ice Arena 4,000 Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500 Victoria Aristocrats Victoria, British Columbia Patrick Arena 4,000
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 GP W L T GF GA Seattle Metropolitans 22 12 10 0 59 55 Vancouver Millionaires 22 11 11 0 75 65 Victoria Aristocrats 22 10 12 0 57 71
Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Dec 26 Seattle 1 Victoria 2 29 Victoria 3 Vancouver 4 (OT 0'24") 31 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 Jan 2 Vancouver 4 Victoria 7 5 Seattle 2 Vancouver 3 7 Victoria 2 Seattle 5 9 Seattle 0 Victoria 2 12 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3 14 Vancouver 3 Seattle 1 16 Vancouver 2 Victoria 1 19 Seattle 5 Vancouver 2 21 Victoria 1 Seattle 3 23 Vancouver 1 Victoria 4 26 Victoria 5 Vancouver 7 28 Vancouver 3 Seattle 4 (OT 3'59") 30 Seattle 4 Victoria 2 Feb 2 Seattle 3 Vancouver 4 (OT 3'40") 4 Victoria 0 Seattle 3 6 Vancouver 3 Victoria 1 9 Victoria 3 Vancouver 2 11 Vancouver 4 Seattle 2 13 Seattle 1 Victoria 6 16 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 18 Victoria 0 Seattle 6 20 Vancouver 1 Victoria 3 23 Victoria 4 Vancouver 10 25 Vancouver 8 Seattle 0 27 Seattle 2 Victoria 3 (OT 7'04") Mar 1 Seattle 2 Vancouver 5 3 Victoria 0 Seattle 2 5 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 8 Seattle 2 Vancouver 0 10 Victoria 1 Seattle 5
Source: Coleman (1966)
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team Victoria Aristocrats 22 26 7 33 35 Seattle Metropolitans 22 26 3 29 3 Vancouver Millionaires 22 14 11 25 12 Victoria Aristocrats 22 11 14 25 38 Vancouver Millionaires 22 16 3 19 13 Vancouver Millionaires 22 15 2 17 28 Seattle Metropolitans 22 11 4 15 49 Seattle Metropolitans 19 10 4 14 3 Vancouver Millionaires 21 10 4 14 15 Vancouver Millionaires 22 5 9 14 3 Source: Toronto World, March 19, 1920.
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hap Holmes Seattle 22 55 4 2.2 Hughie Lehman Vancouver 22 65 1 3.0 Hec Fowler Victoria 22 71 1 3.2
Playoffs Seattle and Vancouver met for the third straight year in the playoffs to decide the PCHA championship. Vancouver won the first game 3–0 at Seattle, but Seattle struck back in Vancouver, defeating the Millionaires 6–0 to win the championship and advance to the Stanley Cup Final in Ottawa. Gordon Roberts of Vancouver played his last professional game in the first game and scored a goal.
Date Home Score Away Score March 12 Seattle 1 Vancouver 3 March 15 Vancouver 0 Seattle 6 Source: Coleman (1966)
Stanley Cup Final
Ottawa won the first two games of the series. After Jack Darragh scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict led the Senators to a 3–0 shutout win in game two. Seattle won game three, 3–1, before the series was shifted to Toronto because of Ottawa's slushy ice conditions (the Ottawa Arena did not have artificial ice). Frank Foyston then scored twice to lead the Mets to a 5–2 victory in game four to even the series. In the fifth game, Darragh recorded a hat-trick to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.
Date Winning team Score Losing teamLocation 1 March 22 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Seattle Metropolitans The Arena, Ottawa 2 March 24 Ottawa Senators 3–0 Seattle Metropolitans 3 March 27 Seattle Metropolitans 3–1 Ottawa Senators 4 March 30 Seattle Metropolitans 5–2 Ottawa Senators Arena Gardens, Toronto 5 April 1 Ottawa Senators 6–1 Seattle MetropolitansOttawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2 Source: Coleman (1966)
See also 1919–20 NHL season
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