1919–20 PCHA season


The 1919–20 PCHA season was the ninth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 26, 1919, until March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 22 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would place first during the regular season and then won the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires to take the PCHA championship. The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals series against Ottawa Senators, National Hockey League champions. The Senators won the best-of-five series three games to two.

League business

At the league's annual meeting on November 21, 1919, Frank Patrick was re-elected as PCHA president.
Several players retired, including Si Griffis, Barney Stanley and Mickey MacKay of Vancouver, and Ran McDonald of Seattle. Three players from Stanley Cup champion Toronto of the NHL moved to the PCHA this season: Alf Skinner, Jack Adams and Harry Meeking.

Regular season

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 AssociationGPWLTGFGA
Seattle Metropolitans22121005955
Vancouver Millionaires22111107565
Victoria Aristocrats22101205771

Schedule and results

Source: Coleman.

Player statistics

Goaltending averages

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeam
Victoria Aristocrats222673335
Seattle Metropolitans22263293
Vancouver Millionaires2214112512
Victoria Aristocrats2211142538
Vancouver Millionaires221631913
Vancouver Millionaires221521728
Seattle Metropolitans221141549
Seattle Metropolitans19104143
Vancouver Millionaires211041415
Vancouver Millionaires2259143

Source: Toronto World, March 19, 1920.

Playoffs

Seattle and Vancouver met for the third straight year in the playoffs to decide the PCHA championship. Vancouver won the first game 3–0 at Seattle, but Seattle struck back in Vancouver, defeating the Millionaires 6–0 to win the championship and advance to the Stanley Cup Final in Ottawa. Gordon Roberts of Vancouver played his last professional game in the first game and scored a goal.
DateHomeScoreAwayScore
March 12Seattle0Vancouver3
March 15Vancouver0Seattle6

Source: Coleman

Final

Ottawa won the first two games of the series. After Jack Darragh scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict led the Senators to a 3–0 shutout win in game two. Seattle won game three, 3–1, before the series was shifted to Toronto because of Ottawa's slushy ice conditions. Frank Foyston then scored twice to lead the Mets to a 5–2 victory in game four to even the series. In the fifth game, Darragh recorded a hat-trick to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.
Source: Coleman