The 1923–24 PCHA season was the 13th and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons.
League business The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.
Teams 1923–24 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
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 30 14 16 0 84 99 Vancouver Maroons 30 13 16 1 87 80 Victoria Cougars 30 11 18 1 78 103
Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.
Playoffs
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle (4–3).
The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Finals. Calgary won the series two games to one. Vancouver then played the Montreal Canadiens in a semifinal and lost the best-of-three series two games to none.
Schedule and results Month Day Visitor Score Home ScoreNovember 12 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 14 Victoria 6 Seattle 7 (OT 1'42") 16 Vancouver 1 Victoria 5 19 Victoria 1 Vancouver 7 21 Vancouver 1 Seattle 3 23 Seattle 2 Victoria 4 26 Saskatoon 4 Vancouver 7 30 Saskatoon 1 Victoria 7December 3 Saskatoon 2 Vancouver 2 (OT 20') 5 Calgary 7 Seattle 5 7 Calgary 3 Victoria 1 10 Seattle 2 Regina 3 10 Victoria 3 Edmonton 1 10 Vancouver 3 Calgary 1 12 Seattle 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg) 12 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 9 14 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1 14 Victoria 2 Regina 4 14 Saskatoon 2 Seattle 1 (at Moose Jaw) 17 Vancouver 2 Edmonton 3 17 Victoria 1 Regina 4 (at Winnipeg) 17 Seattle 1 Saskatoon 2 19 Seattle 4 Edmonton 5 (OT 6') 19 Vancouver 1 Saskatoon 4 21 Vancouver 4 Regina 3 21 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 2 (OT 1') (at Winnipeg) 21 Seattle 1 Calgary 3 25 Victoria 1 Vancouver 3 26 Vancouver 5 Seattle 2 28 Vancouver 2 Victoria 3 (3:16OT)"Harold Hart's Goal Gives Cougars Game" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Dec. 29, 1923 (pg. 10). January 1 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 2 Victoria 1 Seattle 2 4 Seattle 2 Victoria 3 (OT 15'32") 7 Edmonton 1 Vancouver 4 9 Edmonton 1 Seattle 4 11 Edmonton 4 Victoria 2 14 Victoria 4 Vancouver 3 (OT 0'26") 16 Calgary 2 Seattle 3 18 Calgary 7 Victoria 3 21 Seattle 1 Regina 9 21 Calgary 4 Vancouver 3 23 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (OT 1'44") (at Seattle)"Frank Boucher Acts As Fly in Ointment For Lester's Crew" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 24, 1924 (pg. 10). 23 Seattle 3 Saskatoon 8 25 Vancouver 1 Victoria 2 (OT 0'25")"Archie Briden wins battle for Cougars" The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia). Jan. 26, 1924 (pg. 10). 25 Seattle 3 Edmonton 2 28 Regina 5 Vancouver 4 (OT 7'36") 28 Seattle 4 Calgary 5 30 Regina 1 Seattle 2 February 1 Regina 2 Victoria 1 4 Regina 4 Vancouver 6 6 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 7 Vancouver 2 Regina 3 8 Seattle 4 Victoria 1 9 Vancouver 3 Saskatoon 4 11 Victoria 4 Seattle 1 (at Vancouver) 11 Vancouver 3 Edmonton 1 13 Vancouver 2 Calgary 1 (OT 1'52") 14 Edmonton 7 Seattle 1 15 Edmonton 2 Victoria 5 18 Victoria 3 Calgary 4 20 Vancouver 0 Seattle 3 20 Victoria 1 Regina 2 22 Seattle 4 Vancouver 2 (at Victoria) 22 Victoria 3 Saskatoon 4 25 Seattle 0 Vancouver 6 25 Victoria 1 Edmonton 1 (OT 20') 27 Victoria 1 Calgary 7
Source: Coleman(1966)
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
Player Team Vancouver Maroons 30 21 10 31 44 Victoria Cougars 30 19 8 27 28 Vancouver Maroons 28 21 4 25 2 Seattle Metropolitans 29 18 5 23 0 Seattle Metropolitans 30 17 6 23 8 Vancouver Maroons 28 15 5 20 10 Seattle Metropolitans 30 14 5 19 64 Seattle Metropolitans 30 8 10 18 30 Victoria Cougars 29 15 1 16 10 Victoria Cougars 30 10 7 17 26
Goaltending averages Name Club GP GA SO GAA Hugh Lehman Vancouver 30 80 1 2.7 Hap Holmes Seattle 30 99 2 3.3 Hec Fowler Victoria 30 103 3.4
See also Pacific Coast Hockey Association 1923–24 NHL season 1923–24 WCHL season
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