# 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 (NHL), eleven years after the National Hockey Association (NHA) 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 (WCHL) 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.

## Teams

1922–23 Pacific Coast Hockey Association :
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Seattle Metropolitans | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Ice Arena | 4,000 |
| Vancouver Maroons | Vancouver, British Columbia | Denman Arena | 10,500 |
| Victoria Cougars | Victoria, British Columbia | Patrick Arena | 4,000 |

### Map of teams
## Regular season

Cyclone Taylor 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, 2-3 (5-3)
The 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 (3-1).

## Schedule and results

| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
| Nov | 13 | Seattle | 8 | Vancouver | 2 |
| Nov | 15 | Victoria | 0 | Seattle | 4 |
| Nov | 17 | Vancouver | 3 | Victoria | 5 |
| Nov | 20 | Victoria | 4 | Vancouver | 3 |
| Nov | 22 | Vancouver | 5 | Seattle | 2 |
| Nov | 24 | Seattle | 6 | Victoria | 4 |
| Nov | 27 | Seattle | 8 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Nov | 29 | Victoria | 4 | Seattle | 5 (16:47 OT) |
| Dec | 8 | Vancouver | 4 | Victoria | 3 |
| Dec | 11 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 2 |
| Dec | 13 | Vancouver | 2 | Seattle | 3 (10:00 OT) |
| Dec | 15 | Seattle | 1 | Victoria | 2 |
| Dec | 18 | Regina | 3 | Vancouver | 10 |
| Dec | 20 | Regina | 6 | Seattle | 5 (9:00 OT) |
| Dec | 22 | Regina | 3 | Victoria | 2 |
| Dec | 25 | Seattle | 0 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Dec | 27 | Vancouver | 4 | Seattle | 3 |
| Dec | 29 | Vancouver | 3 | Victoria | 4 |
| Jan | 1 | Victoria | 2 | Vancouver | 1 (8:20 OT) |
| Jan | 3 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 0 |
| Jan | 3 | Vancouver | 0 | Calgary | 1 (7:40 OT) |
| Jan | 5 | Seattle | 1 | Victoria | 5 |
| Jan | 5 | Vancouver | 5 | Edmonton | 1 |
| Jan | 8 | Seattle | 2 | Victoria | 0* |
| Jan | 8 | Vancouver | 3 | Saskatoon | 0 |
| Jan | 10 | Calgary | 0 | Seattle | 4 |
| Jan | 10 | Vancouver | 2 | Regina | 6 |
| Jan | 12 | Calgary | 0 | Victoria | 4 |
| Jan | 15 | Calgary | 0 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Jan | 17 | Vancouver | 2 | Seattle | 1 |
| Jan | 19 | Vancouver | 2 | Victoria | 3 (8:00 OT) |
| Jan | 19 | Seattle | 4 | Calgary | 3 (2:35 OT) |
| Jan | 22 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Jan | 22 | Seattle | 3 | Edmonton | 2 |
| Jan | 24 | Victoria | 4 | Vancouver | 8‡ |
| Jan | 24 | Seattle | 4 | Saskatoon | 2 |
| Jan | 26 | Seattle | 2 | Regina | 6 |
| Jan | 27 | Saskatoon | 2 | Victoria | 5 |
| Jan | 29 | Saskatoon | 6 | Vancouver | 6 (20:00 OT) |
| Jan | 31 | Saskatoon | 1 | Seattle | 7 |
| Feb | 2 | Vancouver | 4 | Victoria | 3 (11:00 OT)The results of this game were stricken from the record after a Victoria protest. The game was to be replayed on March 5 if it would affect the standings. |
| Feb | 5 | Seattle | 0 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Feb | 7 | Victoria | 2 | Seattle | 5 |
| Feb | 9 | Seattle | 1 | Victoria | 6 |
| Feb | 12 | Victoria | 3 | Vancouver | 5 |
| Feb | 15 | Edmonton | 4 | Seattle | 3 |
| Feb | 16 | Edmonton | 0 | Victoria | 4 |
| Feb | 19 | Edmonton | 2 | Vancouver | 1 |
| Feb | 19 | Victoria | 2 | Regina | 1 |
| Feb | 21 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 6 |
| Feb | 21 | Victoria | 1 | Saskatoon | 0 |
| Feb | 23 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 4† |
| Feb | 23 | Victoria | 5 | Edmonton | 4 |
| Feb | 26 | Seattle | 3 | Vancouver | 12 |
| Feb | 26 | Victoria | 2 | Calgary | 4 |
| Feb | 28 | Victoria | 3 | Seattle | 5 |
| Mar | 2 | Seattle | 2 | Victoria | 9 |
‡ at Seattle.
* at Vancouver.
† at Victoria.
Source: Coleman(1966).

## Player statistics
### Goaltending averages

| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
| Hugh Lehman | Vancouver | 25 | 61 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Hec Fowler | Victoria | 30 | 85 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Hap Holmes | Seattle | 30 | 106 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Reid, Charlie | Vancouver | 5 | 27 | | 5.4 |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Fredrickson | Victoria Cougars | 30 | 39 | 16 | 55 | 26 |
| Mickey MacKay | Vancouver Maroons | 30 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 38 |
| Lloyd Cook | Vancouver Maroons | 30 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 33 |
| Frank Foyston | Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 21 |
| Jim Riley | Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 70 |
| Bernie Morris | Seattle Metropolitans | 29 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 30 |
| Harry Meeking | Victoria Cougars | 28 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 39 |
| Jack Walker | Seattle Metropolitans | 29 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 |
| Clem Loughlin | Victoria Cougars | 30 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 24 |
| Art Duncan | Vancouver Maroons | 25 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 |