The 1930–31 PCHL season was the third season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey League, a minor professional league with teams in the western United States and western Canada. It consisted of four teams: Vancouver Lions, Seattle Eskimos, Portland Buckaroos and Tacoma Tigers.
It was the last season of the first incarnation of the PCHL. It was followed by the 1936–37 PCHL season in the second incarnation of the league.
The season did not run 36 games as the previous two seasons as Tacoma Tigers dropped out of the league after 10 games. The two best teams in the league standings met in a best-of-five playoff format series for league championship honors.
Teams 1930–31 Pacific Coast Hockey League Team City Arena Capacity Portland Buckaroos Portland, Oregon Portland Ice Arena 2,000 Seattle Eskimos Seattle, Washington Civic Ice Arena 4,000 Tacoma Tigers Tacoma, Washington Travelling team N/A Vancouver Lions Vancouver, British Columbia Denman Arena 10,500
Map of teams
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 League GP W L T GF GASeattle Eskimos 34 16 9 9 64 51 Vancouver Lions 35 14 13 8 61 61Portland Buckaroos 35 12 15 8 60 61Tacoma Tigers 10 2 7 1 12 24 Source:1930-31 Pacific Coast Hockey League Standings The Internet Hockey Database (hockeydb.com). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
Playoffs Vancouver Lions defeated Seattle Eskimos 3 games to 0."Three Straight for Lions in Coast Hockey Can't be Laughed Off" Vancouver Sun. March 31, 1931 (p. 12). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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