The 1922–23 PCHA season was the 12th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 13, 1922, until March 2, 1923. The Vancouver Maroons club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and won the play-off with Victoria Aristocrats.
League business
The league finally dropped the position of rover, adopting the six-man hockey of the National Hockey League (NHL), eleven years after the National Hockey Association (NHA) dropped it.
The Vancouver Millionaires were renamed the Maroons, and the Victoria Aristocrats were renamed the Cougars. The season was increased to 30 games per team, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams.
Vancouver acquired Corbett Denneny from Toronto for Jack Adams and signed Frank Boucher from Ottawa.
Frank Fredrickson had an outstanding season, scoring 41 goals in thirty games.
Teams 1922–23 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
Regular season Cyclone Taylor made the final appearance of his career on December 8 at Victoria.
Final standings The standings include the interlocking games. 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 Vancouver Maroons 29 16 12 1 112 82 Victoria Cougars 29 16 13 0 89 81 Seattle Metropolitans 30 15 15 0 101 108
Playoffs
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Victoria 3-0, 2-3 (5-3)
The Maroons then played against the National Hockey League champion Ottawa in a best-of-five series for the right to play the WCHL champion for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the series 1-0, 1-4, 3-2, 5-1 (3-1).
Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Nov 13 Seattle 8 Vancouver 2 15 Victoria 0 Seattle 4 17 Vancouver 3 Victoria 5 20 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3 22 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2 24 Seattle 6 Victoria 4 27 Seattle 8 Vancouver 4 29 Victoria 4 Seattle 5 (OT 16"47") Dec 8 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 11 Victoria 1 Vancouver 2 13 Vancouver 2 Seattle 3 (OT 10') 15 Seattle 1 Victoria 2 18 Regina 3 Vancouver 10 20 Regina 6 Seattle 5 (OT 9') 22 Regina 3 Victoria 2 25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4 27 Vancouver 4 Seattle 3 29 Vancouver 3 Victoria 4 Jan 1 Victoria 2 Vancouver 1 (OT 8'20") 3 Victoria 1 Seattle 0 3 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 (OT 7'40") 5 Seattle 1 Victoria 5 5 Vancouver 5 Edmonton 1 8 Seattle 2 Victoria 0* 8 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 0 10 Calgary 0 Seattle 4 10 Vancouver 2 Regina 6 12 Calgary 0 Victoria 4 15 Calgary 0 Vancouver 4 17 Vancouver 2 Seattle 1 19 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (OT 8') 19 Seattle 4 Calgary 3 (OT 2'35") 22 Victoria 1 Vancouver 4 22 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2 24 Victoria 4 Vancouver 8‡ 24 Seattle 4 Saskatoon 2 26 Seattle 2 Regina 6 27 Saskatoon 2 Victoria 5 29 Saskatoon 6 Vancouver 6 (OT 20') 31 Saskatoon 1 Seattle 7 Feb 2 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (OT 11')† 5 Seattle 0 Vancouver 4 7 Victoria 2 Seattle 5 9 Seattle 1 Victoria 6 12 Victoria 3 Vancouver 5 15 Edmonton 4 Seattle 3 16 Edmonton 0 Victoria 4 19 Edmonton 2 Vancouver 1 19 Victoria 2 Regina 1 21 Vancouver 3 Seattle 6 21 Victoria 1 Saskatoon 0 23 Seattle 2 Vancouver 4†† 23 Victoria 5 Edmonton 4 26 Seattle 3 Vancouver 12 26 Victoria 2 Calgary 4 28 Victoria 3 Seattle 5 Mar 2 Seattle 2 Victoria 9 ‡ at Seattle.
† The results of this game were stricken from the record after a Victoria protest. The game was to be replayed on March 5 if it would affect the standings."Hockey Protest Is Successful" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Feb. 6, 1923 (pg. 11).
†† at Victoria.
* at Vancouver.
Source: Coleman(1966).
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team Victoria Cougars 30 39 16 55 26 Vancouver Maroons 30 28 12 40 38 Vancouver Maroons 30 19 11 30 33 Seattle Metropolitans 30 20 8 28 21 Seattle Metropolitans 30 23 4 27 70 Seattle Metropolitans 29 21 5 26 30 Victoria Cougars 28 17 9 26 39 Seattle Metropolitans 29 13 10 23 4 Victoria Cougars 30 12 10 22 24 Vancouver Maroons 25 15 6 21 8
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO Avg. Hugh Lehman Vancouver 25 61 4 2.4 Hec Fowler Victoria 30 85 4 2.8 Hap Holmes Seattle 30 106 3 3.5 Charlie Reid Vancouver 5 27 5.4
See also Pacific Coast Hockey Association 1922 in sports 1923 in sports
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