The 1912 PCHA season was the first season of the now defunct men's professional ice hockeyPacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), a league founded on December 7, 1911. The three teams, all based in British Columbia, Canada, were to play a sixteen-game schedule, but one game was cancelled. The season ran from January 2 to March 19, 2012, ending with the New Westminster Royals as the first PCHA champions. In February, the PCHA had issued a challenge to the two-year-old National Hockey Association (NHA) to have the two leagues' champions play a series for the Stanley Cup, but the season ended too late for the Royals to travel east to face the NHA champion Quebec Bulldogs, who retained the Stanley Cup without further challenge for the 1911–12 season.[1]
The season was not profitable. Frank Patrick, captain of the Vancouver Millionaires and director of the Vancouver Arena Company, was interviewed on March 6, 1912, by The Globe and expressed his hopes that the 1912–13 PCHA season, with an expected new team in Seattle, would provide better financial results.[2] As it turned out, the PCHA did not expand beyond three teams until 1915–16, when the Seattle Metropolitans started operations.
1912, pcha, season, first, season, defunct, professional, hockey, pacific, coast, hockey, association, pcha, league, founded, december, 1911, three, teams, based, british, columbia, canada, were, play, sixteen, game, schedule, game, cancelled, season, from, ja. The 1912 PCHA season was the first season of the now defunct men s professional ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association PCHA a league founded on December 7 1911 The three teams all based in British Columbia Canada were to play a sixteen game schedule but one game was cancelled The season ran from January 2 to March 19 2012 ending with the New Westminster Royals as the first PCHA champions In February the PCHA had issued a challenge to the two year old National Hockey Association NHA to have the two leagues champions play a series for the Stanley Cup but the season ended too late for the Royals to travel east to face the NHA champion Quebec Bulldogs who retained the Stanley Cup without further challenge for the 1911 12 season 1 1912 PCHA seasonLeaguePacific Coast Hockey AssociationSportice hockeyDurationJanuary 2 1912 until March 19 1912Number of teams31912ChampionNew Westminster RoyalsTop scorerNewsy Lalonde 27 goals PCHA seasons1912 13 New Westminster Royals 1912 PCHA champions The season was not profitable Frank Patrick captain of the Vancouver Millionaires and director of the Vancouver Arena Company was interviewed on March 6 1912 by The Globe and expressed his hopes that the 1912 13 PCHA season with an expected new team in Seattle would provide better financial results 2 As it turned out the PCHA did not expand beyond three teams until 1915 16 when the Seattle Metropolitans started operations Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Final standings 2 Schedule and results 3 Player statistics 3 1 Goaltending averages 3 2 Scoring leaders 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Bibliography 5 2 NotesRegular season EditMost of the players for the league were recruited from the east Many players joined the PCHA from the National Hockey Association NHA including Tom Dunderdale Jimmy Gardner Pud Glass Newsy Lalonde Bert Lindsay Tommy Phillips and Skinner Poulin Frank and Lester Patrick had actively targeted the NHA for players as British Columbia had a smaller base of players In the previous season the NHA had imposed maximums on player salaries and a salary cap per team that were extremely unpopular with players Goaltender Hughie Lehman was signed from Berlin of the Ontario Professional Hockey League OPHL The PCHA played seven man rules with a rover while the NHA experimented with six man rules Final standings Edit Note W Wins L Losses T Ties GF Goals For GA Goals against Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GANew Westminster Royals 15 9 6 0 78 77Vancouver Millionaires 15 7 8 0 102 94Victoria Senators 16 7 9 0 81 90Schedule and results EditMonth Day Visitor Score Home ScoreJan 2 New Westminster 8 Victoria 35 Vancouver 8 New Westminster 39 Victoria 8 Vancouver 412 Vancouver 7 Victoria 1016 Victoria 3 New Westminster 4 7 30 OT 19 New Westminster 6 Vancouver 423 New Westminster 2 Victoria 326 Victoria 8 Vancouver 1030 Victoria 2 New Westminster 5Feb 2 Vancouver 7 New Westminster 6 3 30 OT 6 Vancouver 11 New Westminster 69 Vancouver 7 Victoria 8 7 15 OT 13 Victoria 6 Vancouver 416 New Westminster 4 Victoria 220 New Westminster 2 Vancouver 923 Victoria 3 New Westminster 427 Vancouver 7 Victoria 3Mar 1 Victoria 7 Vancouver 35 New Westminster 6 Vancouver 108 New Westminster 5 Victoria 112 Victoria 6 New Westminster 1015 Vancouver 6 Victoria 819 New Westminster 7 Vancouver 5 Played in VictoriaA game between Vancouver and New Westminster was cancelled at the end of the season Player statistics EditGoaltending averages Edit Note GP games played GA goals against SO shutouts GAA Goals against average Name Club GP GA SO GAAHughie Lehman New Westminster 15 77 5 1Bert Lindsay Victoria 16 90 5 6Allan Parr Vancouver 15 94 6 3Scoring leaders Edit Player Team GP G PIMNewsy Lalonde Vancouver Millionaires 15 27 51Harry Hyland New Westminster Royals 15 26 44Tommy Dunderdale Victoria Senators 16 24 25Frank Patrick Vancouver Millionaires 15 23 0Don Smith Victoria Aristocrats 16 19 22Sibby Nichols Vancouver Millionaires 15 19 35Tommy Phillips Vancouver Millionaires 17 17 38Ran McDonald New Westminster Royals 15 16 56Ken Mallen New Westminster Royals 13 14 30Lester Patrick Victoria Senators 16 10 9Bobby Rowe Victoria Senators 16 10 62See also EditPacific Coast Hockey Association List of pre NHL seasons 1912 in sportsReferences EditBibliography Edit Coleman Charles 1966 The Trail of the Stanley Cup Vol 1 1893 1936 inc Notes Edit Coast Champions Not Coming The Globe p 12 1912 03 05 Not Profitable in B C The Globe p 12 1912 03 07 Preceded byfirst season PCHA seasons1912 Succeeded by1912 13 PCHA season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1912 PCHA season amp oldid 1122566129, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
