1916–17 PCHA season

The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.

League business

In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington.^[1] This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas.^[2] The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.

Regular season

 

Seattle Metropolitans in 1916–17.

Final standings

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

Pacific Coast Hockey Association	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Seattle Metropolitans	24	16	8	0	125	80
Vancouver Millionaires	23	14	9	0	131	124
Portland Rosebuds	24	9	15	0	114	112
Spokane Canaries	23	8	15	0	89	143

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec.	1	Spokane	5	Portland	4
	2	Seattle	2	Vancouver	6
	5	Portland	3	Seattle	4 (11:00 OT)
	5	Vancouver	4	Spokane	6
	8	Seattle	2	Portland	5
	9	Spokane	6	Vancouver	9
	12	Portland	5	Spokane	7
	12	Vancouver	7	Seattle	6 (13:40 OT)
	15	Vancouver	3	Portland	5
	15	Spokane	0	Seattle	4
	19	Seattle	3	Spokane	1
	23	Portland	5	Vancouver	7
	26	Vancouver	2	Seattle	7
	26	Portland	2	Spokane	6
	29	Spokane	5	Portland	10
	30	Seattle	7	Vancouver	4
Jan.	2	Portland	7	Seattle	4
	5	Vancouver	3	Portland	5
	5	Seattle	1	Spokane	5
	9	Spokane	1	Seattle	3
	9	Portland	4	Vancouver	5
	12	Vancouver	3	Seattle	12
	12	Portland	3	Spokane	5
	16	Seattle	6	Portland	2
	19	Portland	3	Seattle	8
	20	Spokane	3	Vancouver	6
	23	Vancouver	8	Spokane	5
	26	Spokane	5	Portland	4
	27	Seattle	2	Vancouver	3
	30	Spokane	2	Seattle	4
	30	Vancouver	7	Portland	11
Feb.	2	Seattle	16	Spokane	1
	3	Portland	1	Vancouver	6
	6	Portland	3	Spokane	4 (3:00 OT)
	6	Vancouver	4	Seattle	8
	9	Seattle	1	Portland	5
	10	Spokane	1	Vancouver	8
	13	Spokane	8	Vancouver	12
	13	Portland	2	Seattle	5
	16	Spokane	1	Portland	9
	17	Seattle	2	Vancouver	4
	20	Vancouver	4	Portland	6
	23	Spokane	7	Seattle	9
	24	Portland	4	Vancouver	5
	27	Spokane	0	Seattle	7
March	2	Spokane	5	Vancouver	11
	2	Seattle	4	Portland	3
		Vancouver		Spokane	cancelled

Source: Coleman 1966.^[3]

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap	Seattle	24	80	2	3.3
Murray, Tom	Portland	24	112		4.7
Lehman, Hugh	Vancouver	23	124		5.4
Fowler, Norman	Spokane	23	143		6.2

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bernie Morris	Seattle Metropolitans	24	37	17	54	17
Gordon Roberts	Vancouver Millionaires	23	43	10	53	42
Frank Foyston	Seattle Metropolitans	24	36	12	48	51
Barney Stanley	Victoria Aristocrats	23	28	18	46	9
Dick Irvin	Portland Rosebuds	23	35	10	45	24
Mickey MacKay	Vancouver Millionaires	23	22	11	33	37
Dubbie Kerr	Spokane Canaries	23	20	11	31	58
Smokey Harris	Portland Rosebuds	23	18	13	31	39
Cyclone Taylor	Vancouver Millionaires	12	14	15	29	12
Tommy Dunderdale	Portland Rosebuds	24	22	4	26	141

See also

• 1916–17 NHA season
• 1916 in sports
• 1917 in sports
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association
• List of pre-NHL seasons

References

Bibliography

• Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.
• Diamond, Dan; Duplacey, James; Zweig, Zweig (2001). Hockey stories on and off the ice. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-1903-3.

Notes

1. Diamond, Duplacey & Zweig 2001.
2. "Pro Hockey Fails to Make Good in Spokane". The Globe. February 15, 1917. p. 9.
3. Coleman 1966, pp. 320–321.

Preceded by 1915–16 PCHA season

PCHA seasons 1916–17

Succeeded by 1917–18 PCHA season