1912 PCHA season

The 1912 PCHA season was the first season of the now defunct men's professional ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league, which was founded on December 7, 1911. Teams were to play a sixteen-game schedule, but one game was cancelled. The New Westminster club would be the first PCHA champions. The Royals would challenge NHA champion Quebec for the Stanley Cup, but the season ended too late to play in the east.[1]

1912 PCHA season
LeaguePacific Coast Hockey Association
Sportice hockey
DurationJanuary 2, 1912, until March 19, 1912
Number of teams3
1912
ChampionNew Westminster Royals
Top scorerNewsy Lalonde (27 goals)

The season was not profitable financially. After the season, Frank Patrick, captain of Vancouver, and director of the Vancouver Arena Company was interviewed on March 6, 1912, by the Toronto Globe and expressed his hopes that next season with the new team from Seattle that results will be better.[2]

Regular season

Most 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

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

Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA
New Westminster Royals159607877
Vancouver Millionaires1578010294
Victoria Senators167908190

Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan. 2New Westminster8Victoria3
5Vancouver8New Westminster3
9Victoria8Vancouver4
12Vancouver7Victoria10
16Victoria3New Westminster4 (7:30 OT)
19New Westminster6Vancouver4
23New Westminster2Victoria3
26Victoria8Vancouver10
30Victoria2New Westminster5
Feb. 2†Vancouver7New Westminster6 (3:30 OT)
6Vancouver11New Westminster6
9Vancouver7Victoria8 (7:15 OT)
13Victoria6Vancouver4
16New Westminster4Victoria2
20New Westminster2Vancouver9
23Victoria3New Westminster4
27Vancouver7Victoria3
Mar. 1Victoria7Vancouver3
5New Westminster6Vancouver10
8New Westminster5Victoria1
12Victoria6New Westminster10
15Vancouver6Victoria8
19New Westminster7Vancouver5

† Played in Victoria

A game between Vancouver and New Westminster was cancelled at the end of the season.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Note: GP = games played, GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Name Club GP GA SO GAA
Hughie Lehman New Westminster15775.1
Bert Lindsay Victoria16905.6
Allan Parr Vancouver15946.3

Scoring leaders
Player Team GP G PIM
Newsy LalondeVancouver Millionaires152751
Harry HylandNew Westminster Royals152644
Tommy DunderdaleVictoria Senators162425
Frank PatrickVancouver Millionaires15230
Don SmithVictoria Aristocrats161922
Sibby NicholsVancouver Millionaires151935
Tommy PhillipsVancouver Millionaires171738
Ran McDonaldNew Westminster Royals151656
Ken MallenNew Westminster Royals131430
Lester PatrickVictoria Senators16109
Bobby RoweVictoria Senators161062
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See also

References

Coleman, Charles (1966), The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.

  1. "Coast Champions Not Coming", The Globe, p. 12, 1912-03-05
  2. "Not Profitable in B. C.", The Globe, p. 12, 1912-03-07
Preceded by
first season		 PCHA seasons
1912		 Succeeded by
1912–13 PCHA season
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