1920–21 PCHA season


The 1920–21 PCHA season was the tenth season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Three teams played 24 games each. The Vancouver Millionaires won the league championship, but lost the Stanley Cup to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.

Regular season

The Aristocrats signed Frank Fredrickson who had starred in the Olympics. He scored for Victoria in his first game. Mickey MacKay returned to play after a year's layoff with a broken jaw. Bernie Morris returned to regular-season play after missing the previous season due to his arrest in the United States for alleged draft dodging. Morris spent nearly a year at Alcatraz before he was freed.
On March 4, a special "Moose Johnson Night" was held to honour Moose Johnson who had played ten years in the league. Presentations to Johnson were made before the game. The game itself went to sixty minutes of overtime before the teams agreed to leave the score a draw.
Cyclone Taylor scored the final goals of his career in the final game on March 11. He scored a hat-trick in an 8–11 loss to Victoria.

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Vancouver Millionaires2413110268679
Seattle Metropolitans2412111257768
Victoria Aristocrats2410131217288

Source: Coleman

Playoffs

PCHA Championship

Vancouver defeated Seattle in a two-game total-goal series 7–0, 6–2 to win the league championship and advance to the Stanley Cup series.
DateHomeScoreAwayScore
March 14Vancouver7Seattle0
March 16Seattle2Vancouver6

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Stanley Cup Championship

The Stanley Cup finals took place in Vancouver, British Columbia between the Millionaires and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, alternating between PCHA and NHL rules. Ottawa won the series 3–2. The attendance per game during the series averaged 10,000 people which was a record for its time. It was an extremely hard fought and close series as all games were decided by only one goal.

Schedule and results

Source: Coleman.

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeam
Victoria Aristocrats212012323
Vancouver Millionaires241517326
Seattle Metropolitans232643010
Vancouver Millionaires2417133060
Seattle Metropolitans242352820
Vancouver Millionaires242042422
Seattle Metropolitans241113243
Vancouver Millionaires241292118
Victoria Aristocrats249112018
Vancouver Millionaires211081815

Goaltending averages

''GP = Games played; GA = Goals allowed; SO=Shutouts; GAA=Goals against average
NameClubGPGASOGAA
Hap HolmesSeattle246802.8
Hugh LehmanVancouver247833.3
Norman FowlerVictoria248833.7

Source: Coleman