The 1919–20 PCHA season was the ninth 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...

 (PCHA) league. Season play ran from December 26, 1919 until March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 22 games per team. The 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...

 club would place first during the regular season and then won the play-off with 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...

 to take the PCHA championship. The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals

1920 Stanley Cup Finals

-See also:* 1919–20 NHL season* 1919–20 PCHA season* List of Stanley Cup champions...

 series against Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (original)

The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...

, National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 (NHL) champions. 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

Si Griffis

Silas Seth "Sox" Griffis was a Canadian athlete of the early 20th century. In ice hockey, Griffis was a two-time Stanley Cup winner, with the 1907 Kenora Thistles and the 1915 Vancouver Millionaires...

, Barney Stanley

Barney Stanley

Russell "Barney" Stanley was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Calgary Tigers, Regina Capitals and Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League...

 and Mickey MacKay

Mickey MacKay

Duncan McMillan "Mickey" MacKay was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League...

 of Vancouver, and Ran McDonald

Ran McDonald

Ranald "Ran" J. McDonald was a professional ice hockey player who played 152 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...

 of Seattle. Three players from 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...

 champion Toronto

Toronto Arenas

The Toronto Arenas, Toronto Blueshirts or Torontos was a professional men's ice hockey team that played in the first two seasons of the National Hockey League . It was operated by the owner of the Arena Gardens, the Toronto Arena Company...

 of the NHL moved to the PCHA this season: Alf Skinner, Jack Adams and Harry Meeking

Harry Meeking

Harry "Hurricane Howie" Meeking was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Detroit Cougars and Boston Bruins. He was born in Berlin, Ontario....

.

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 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...	22	12	10	0	59	55
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...	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 (24:00 OT)
	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 (3:59 OT)
	30	Seattle	4	Victoria	2
Feb	2	Seattle	3	Vancouver	4 (3:40 OT)
	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 (7:04 OT)
Mar	1	Seattle	2	Vancouver	5
	3	Victoria	0	Seattle	2
	5	Victoria	2	Seattle	3
	8	Vancouver	2	Victoria	0
	10	Victoria	1	Vancouver	5

Source: Coleman(1966).

Goalkeeper Averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap 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...	Seattle	22	55	4	2.2
Lehman, Hugh	Vancouver	22	65	1	3.0
Fowler, Norman	Victoria	22	71	1	3.2

Leading scorers

GP = Games Played, G = Goals

Goal (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

, A = Assists

Assist (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

, Pts = Points

Point (ice hockey)

Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

Player	Team
Tommy Dunderdale Tommy Dunderdale Thomas Dunderdale was a professional ice hockey forward. Born in Australia, he moved to Canada at the age of 17, in 1904. He played in Winnipeg for three seasons, from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association , before moving on to the Quebec...	Victoria	22	25	7	33
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...	Seattle	22	26	3	29
Smokey Harris Smokey Harris Wilfred Smokey Harris was a Canadian ice hockey forward.Harris started his professional hockey career with the Vancouver Millionaires in 1911. He would also play for the Seattle Metropolitans and Portland Rosebuds. He would also play for the National Hockey Leagues Boston Bruins, scoring the...	Vancouver	22	14	10	24
Eddie Oatman Eddie Oatman Edward Cole "Eddie" Oatman was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was among the elite goal scorers of his era. Among his 32 years playing professional ice hockey, Eddie was named an all-star for ten consecutive seasons by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...	Victoria	22	11	13	24
Gordon Roberts	Vancouver	21	16	3	19
Alf Skinner	Vancouver	22	15	2	17
Art Duncan Art Duncan Captain William James Arthur Duncan was a Canadian aviator and a professional ice hockey player and coach....	Seattle	22	6	9	15
Lloyd Cook Lloyd Cook Lloyd "Farmer" Cook was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 4 games in the National Hockey League and 107 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He played for the Vancouver Millionaires, Vancouver Maroons, and Boston Bruins...	Vancouver	21	10	4	14
Charlie Tobin	Seattle	19	9	4	13
Jack Adams	Vancouver	22	9	4	13
James Riley James Riley (ice hockey) James Norman Riley was a Canadian professional ice hockey and baseball player.Born in Bayfield, New Brunswick, Riley played 17 games in the National Hockey League and 90 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, as a member of the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and Seattle...	Seattle	22	11	2	13

Source: Toronto World, March 19, 1920.

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	0	Vancouver	3
March 15	Vancouver	0	Seattle	6

Source: Coleman(1966)

Final

Ottawa won the first two games of the series. After Jack Darragh

Jack Darragh

John Proctor "Jack" Darragh was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League and its predecessor the National Hockey Association.-Playing career:Darragh played his entire professional career with the Ottawa Senators...

 scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict

Clint Benedict

Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...

 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

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...

 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

Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...

 to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.

	Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1	March 22	Ottawa Senators	3–2	Seattle Metropolitans	The Arena The Arena, Ottawa The Arena, also known as Dey's Arena was an arena for ice hockey located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was the home of the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1908 to 1923. It was the third in a series of ice hockey venues built by the Dey family of Ottawa... , 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 Metropolitans
Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2

Source: Coleman(1966)