1923–24 PCHA season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1923–24 PCHA season was the thirteenth and last 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 November 26, 1923 until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League

Western Canada Hockey League

The Western Canada Hockey League , founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.-History:...

(WCHL) teams. 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 be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons 2-2, 1-2.

League business

The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12" in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net. The Victoria Aristocrats changed their name to Cougars.

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...	30	14	16	0	84	99
Vancouver Maroons	30	13	16	1	87	80
Victoria Cougars Victoria Cougars The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...	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 2-2, 2-1 (4-3)

The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League

Western Canada Hockey League

champion Calgary for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Final. Calgary would win the series 1-3, 5-3, 3-1. Vancouver then played Montreal in a semi-final and lost a two-game series 2-3, 1-2 (3-5).

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
November	12	Seattle	3	Vancouver	2
	14	Victoria	6	Seattle	7 (2' overtime)
	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	7
December	3	Saskatoon	2	Vancouver	2 (20:00 OT)
	5	Calgary	7	Seattle	5
	7	Calgary	3	Victoria	1
	10	Seattle	2	Regina	3
	10	Victoria	3	Edmonton	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
	19	Vancouver	1	Saskatoon	4
	21	Vancouver	4	Regina	3
	21	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	2 (2:00 OT) (at Winnipeg)
	21	Seattle	1	Calgary	3
	25	Victoria	1	Vancouver	3
	26	Vancouver	5	Seattle	2
	28	Vancouver	1	Victoria	2
January	1	Seattle	4	Vancouver	2
	2	Victoria	1	Seattle	2
	4	Seattle	2	Victoria	3 (15' overtime)
	7	Edmonton	1	Vancouver	4
	9	Edmonton	1	Seattle	4
	11	Edmonton	4	Victoria	2
	14	Victoria	4	Vancouver	3 (26" overtime)
	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 (at Seattle)
	23	Seattle	3	Saskatoon	8
	25	Vancouver	1	Victoria	2
	25	Seattle	3	Edmonton	2
	28	Regina	5	Vancouver	4 (7:35 OT)
	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 (1:52 OT)
	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 (20:00 OT)
	27	Victoria	1	Calgary	7

Source: Coleman(1966)

Goalkeeper averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Lehman, Hugh	Vancouver	30	80	1	2.7
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	30	99	2	3.3
Fowler, Norman	Victoria	30	103		3.4

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...