1922–23 PCHA season
The 1922–23 PCHA season was the 12th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 13, 1922, until March 2, 1923. The Vancouver Maroons club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and won the play-off with Victoria Aristocrats.
League business
The league finally dropped the position of rover, adopting the six-man hockey of the National Hockey League, eleven years after the National Hockey Association dropped it.The Vancouver Millionaires were renamed the Maroons, and the Victoria Aristocrats were renamed the Cougars. The season was increased to 30 games per team, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League teams.
Vancouver acquired Corbett Denneny from Toronto for Jack Adams and signed Frank Boucher from Ottawa.
Frank Fredrickson had an outstanding season, scoring 41 goals in thirty games.
Regular season
made the final appearance of his career on December 8 at Victoria.Final standings
The standings include the interlocking games.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 Maroons | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 112 | 82 |
| Victoria Cougars | 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 89 | 81 |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 101 | 108 |
Playoffs
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Victoria 3-0, 2-3The Maroons then played against the National Hockey League champion Ottawa in a best-of-five series for the right to play the WCHL champion for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the series 1-0, 1-4, 3-2, 5-1.
Schedule and results
‡ at Seattle.† at Victoria.
Source: Coleman.
Player statistics
Goaltending averages
Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | |||||
| Victoria Cougars | 30 | 39 | 16 | 55 | 26 | |
| Vancouver Maroons | 30 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 38 | |
| Vancouver Maroons | 30 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 33 | |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 21 | |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 70 | |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 29 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 30 | |
| Victoria Cougars | 28 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 39 | |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 29 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | |
| Victoria Cougars | 30 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 24 | |
| Vancouver Maroons | 25 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 |