1919 PCHA season

The 1919 PCHA season was the eighth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from January 1 until March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team.

The Vancouver Millionaires club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to Seattle Metropolitans. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals series against Montreal Canadiens, NHL champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.

League business

The Portland franchise was suspended for the season. Victoria's Patrick Arena was again available for ice hockey use. Victoria was re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.

Regular season

Harry Holmes returned to the PCHA to Seattle from Toronto. Vancouver got Art Duncan back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay's jaw in a fight using his stick to cross-check Mackay in the face.[1] While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14.[2] Third-place Fred Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.[3]

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
Vancouver Millionaires2012807255
Seattle Metropolitans2011906646
Victoria Aristocrats2071304481

Playoffs

In a reversal of the previous year's playoffs, the second-place Metropolitans defeated the first-place Vancouver Millionaires. Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si Griffis out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.[3]

Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.[4]

Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 12Vancouver Millionaires 1Seattle Metropolitans 6
March 14Seattle Metropolitans 1Vancouver Millionaires 4

Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5

Stanley Cup Final

The Mets then played against the Montreal Canadiens, NHL champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 19Montreal Canadiens 0Seattle Metropolitans 7
March 22Seattle Metropolitans 2Montreal Canadiens 4
March 24Montreal Canadiens 2Seattle Metropolitans 7
March 26Seattle Metropolitans 0Montreal Canadiens 020:00 OT
March 30Montreal Canadiens 4Seattle Metropolitans 315:57 OT

Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza epidemic

(All games were actually played in Seattle, but Seattle is listed as the home team for games played under PCHA rules, and Montreal is the "home" team for games played under NHL rules).

Schedule and results
Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Jan 1Vancouver1Seattle4
3Seattle7Victoria1
6Victoria1Vancouver6
8Victoria1Seattle0
10Vancouver4Victoria1
13Seattle3Vancouver2 (2' OT)
15Vancouver1Seattle3
17Seattle1Victoria3
20Victoria1Vancouver4
22Victoria1Seattle0
24Vancouver2Victoria3
27Seattle5Vancouver3
29Vancouver3Seattle2
31Seattle1Victoria2
Feb 3Seattle2Vancouver5
5Victoria1Seattle9
7Vancouver1Victoria0
10Victoria2Vancouver1 (3'55" OT)
12Vancouver3Seattle2 (23' OT)
14Seattle8Victoria2
17Seattle1Vancouver6
19Victoria1Seattle4
21Vancouver2Victoria3 (37'20" OT)
24Victoria3Vancouver6
26Vancouver3Seattle1
28Seattle5Victoria4
Mar 3Seattle5Vancouver2
5Victoria1Seattle3
7Vancouver6Victoria5 (11'4" OT)
10Victoria8Vancouver11

Source: Coleman.[5]

Player statistics

Goalkeepers
Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Holmes, Hap Seattle20462.3
Lehman, Hugh Vancouver205512.6
Murray, Tom Victoria208124.1

Source: Coleman.[5]

Scoring leaders
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Cyclone TaylorVancouver Millionaires2023133612
Bernie MorrisSeattle Metropolitans202272915
Smokey HarrisVancouver Millionaires201962519
Frank FoystonSeattle Metropolitans18154190
Mickey MacKayVancouver Millionaires1799189
Barney StanleyVancouver Millionaires201061619
Eddie OatmanVictoria Aristocrats181151613
Cully WilsonSeattle Metropolitans181151637
Jack WalkerSeattle Metropolitans2096159
Lloyd CookVancouver Millionaires20861422
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See also

References
  1. Hollander & Bock 1970, p. 7.
  2. Coleman 1966, p. 355.
  3. Coleman 1966, p. 357.
  4. Coleman 1966, pp. 357–358.
  5. Coleman 1966, p. 356.
  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc. pp. 354–364.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hollander, Zander; Bock, Hal, eds. (1970). The Complete Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey. Prentice-Hall Inc. ISBN 0-13-159905-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
1917–18 PCHA season		 PCHA seasons
1919		 Succeeded by
1919–20 PCHA season
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