1915–16 PCHA season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1915–16 PCHA season was the fifth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association

Pacific Coast Hockey Association

The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League...

league. Season play ran from December 7, 1915 until February 25, 1916. Each team would play 18 games. The Portland Rosebuds

Portland Rosebuds

Portland Rosebuds is the name of at least three professional teams based in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century. Two were professional men's ice hockey teams playing their home games at the Portland Ice Arena, one from 1914 to 1918 and another in 1925-6...

club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

finals series against the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

, NHA

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

champions. Montreal would win the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup.

League Business

The league granted a new franchise to Seattle, the Metropolitans. To stock the team, the team signed Harry Holmes

Hap Holmes

Harry George "Hap" Holmes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. As a professional, Holmes won the Stanley Cup four times, with four different teams. He tied the record of his 1914 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Blueshirts teammate Jack Marshall, who also has won Cups with four different...

, Frank Foyston

Frank Foyston

Frank Corbett "The Flash" Foyston was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward.Born in Minesing, Ontario, Foyston played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA, the Seattle Metropolitans in the PCHA, the Victoria Cougars in the WCHL/WHL and Detroit Cougars in the NHL.He won the Stanley Cup with...

, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson of the Toronto NHA team. This caused retaliatory raids and Bert Lindsay

Bert Lindsay

Leslie Bertrand Lindsay was a professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey Association , Pacific Coast Hockey Association and National Hockey League...

, Frank Nighbor

Frank Nighbor

Julius Francis "Pembroke Peach" Nighbor was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League and National Hockey Association and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific...

, Skinner Poulin

Skinner Poulin

George "Skinner" Poulin is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey Association. He played for the Montreal Canadiens. Poulin would win a Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1916...

and Walter Smaill

Walter Smaill

Walter Smaill was a professional ice hockey player who played 137 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association, Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, and Pacific Coast Hockey Association.-Playing career:Amongst the teams he for played with were...

all were signed to NHA clubs.

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Pacific Coast Hockey Association	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds is the name of at least three professional teams based in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century. Two were professional men's ice hockey teams playing their home games at the Portland Ice Arena, one from 1914 to 1918 and another in 1925-6...	18	13	5	71	50
Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver Millionaires The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...	18	9	9	75	69
Seattle Metropolitans Seattle Metropolitans The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first American team to do so...	18	9	9	68	67
Victoria Aristocrats	18	5	13	74	102

Playoffs

The Rosebuds won the championship and travelled east to meet the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

for the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

. The Canadiens won the series 3-2 to claim the Cup. As champions of the PCHA, the Rosebuds engraved their team name on the Cup.

Stanley Cup Final

Champions	Runners up	Format	Result
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...	Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds Portland Rosebuds is the name of at least three professional teams based in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century. Two were professional men's ice hockey teams playing their home games at the Portland Ice Arena, one from 1914 to 1918 and another in 1925-6...	best of 5	3–2

Results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec.	7	Portland	2	Vancouver	0
	7	Victoria	2	Seattle	3
	10	Vancouver	1	Portland	2
	10	Seattle	4	Victoria	3
	14	Victoria	7	Vancouver	5
	14	Portland	3	Seattle	4
	17	Vancouver	2	Victoria	8
	17	Seattle	2	Portland	5
	28	Vancouver	6	Seattle	6
	28	Victoria	2	Portland	3 (11:30 OT)
Jan.	4	Seattle	3	Vancouver	4
	4	Portland	10	Victoria	5
	7	Portland	6	Seattle	3
	11	Victoria	3	Vancouver	8
	14	Vancouver	5	Portland	3
	14	Seattle	3	Victoria	5
	18	Portland	1	Vancouver	4
	18	Victoria	3	Seattle	5
	21	Portland	3	Victoria	1
	25	Vancouver	3	Seattle	2
	25	Victoria	5	Portland	7
	29	Seattle	2	Vancouver	4
Feb.	1	Vancouver	16	Victoria	4
	1	Seattle	1	Portland	4
	4	Portland	6	Vancouver	1
	4	Victoria	3	Seattle	6
	8	Vancouver	0	Portland	1
	8	Victoria	4	Seattle	8
	11	Victoria	6	Vancouver	7 (10:56 OT)
	11	Portland	4	Seattle	8
	15†^a	Victoria	4	Portland	4
	16‡^a	Victoria	5	Portland	2
	18	Victoria	1	Portland	4
	18	Seattle	4	Vancouver	1
	22	Vancouver	2	Seattle	4
	25^a	Vancouver	6	Victoria	7
	25	Seattle	2	Portland	5

† Cancelled due to fog.
‡ Replay of game on February 15.
^a at Seattle.

Source: Coleman 1966.

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