# 1916–17 PCHA season

The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.

## League business

In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington. This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas. The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.

## Teams

1916–17 Pacific Coast Hockey Association :
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Portland Rosebuds | Portland, Oregon | Portland Ice Arena | 2,000 |
| Seattle Metropolitans | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Ice Arena | 4,000 |
| Spokane Canaries | Spokane, Washington | Spokane Arena | 4,000 |
| Vancouver Millionaires | Vancouver, British Columbia | Denman Arena | 10,500 |

### Map of teams
## Regular season
### Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against
| Pacific Coast Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 80 |
| Vancouver Millionaires | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 131 | 124 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 114 | 112 |
| Spokane Canaries | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 143 |

## Schedule and results

| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
| Dec. | 1 | Spokane | 5 | Portland | 4 |
| Dec. | 2 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 6 |
| Dec. | 5 | Portland | 3 | Seattle | 4 (11:00 OT) |
| Dec. | 5 | Vancouver | 4 | Spokane | 6 |
| Dec. | 8 | Seattle | 2 | Portland | 5 |
| Dec. | 9 | Spokane | 6 | Vancouver | 9 |
| Dec. | 12 | Portland | 5 | Spokane | 7 |
| Dec. | 12 | Vancouver | 7 | Seattle | 6 (13:40 OT) |
| Dec. | 15 | Vancouver | 3 | Portland | 5 |
| Dec. | 15 | Spokane | 0 | Seattle | 4 |
| Dec. | 19 | Seattle | 3 | Spokane | 1 |
| Dec. | 23 | Portland | 5 | Vancouver | 7 |
| Dec. | 26 | Vancouver | 2 | Seattle | 7 |
| Dec. | 26 | Portland | 2 | Spokane | 6 |
| Dec. | 29 | Spokane | 5 | Portland | 10 |
| Dec. | 30 | Seattle | 7 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Jan. | 2 | Portland | 7 | Seattle | 4 |
| Jan. | 5 | Vancouver | 3 | Portland | 5 |
| Jan. | 5 | Seattle | 1 | Spokane | 5 |
| Jan. | 9 | Spokane | 1 | Seattle | 3 |
| Jan. | 9 | Portland | 4 | Vancouver | 5 |
| Jan. | 12 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 12 |
| Jan. | 12 | Portland | 3 | Spokane | 5 |
| Jan. | 16 | Seattle | 6 | Portland | 2 |
| Jan. | 19 | Portland | 3 | Seattle | 8 |
| Jan. | 20 | Spokane | 3 | Vancouver | 6 |
| Jan. | 23 | Vancouver | 8 | Spokane | 5 |
| Jan. | 26 | Spokane | 5 | Portland | 4 |
| Jan. | 27 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 3 |
| Jan. | 30 | Spokane | 2 | Seattle | 4 |
| Jan. | 30 | Vancouver | 7 | Portland | 11 |
| Feb. | 2 | Seattle | 16 | Spokane | 1 |
| Feb. | 3 | Portland | 1 | Vancouver | 6 |
| Feb. | 6 | Portland | 3 | Spokane | 4 (3:00 OT) |
| Feb. | 6 | Vancouver | 4 | Seattle | 8 |
| Feb. | 9 | Seattle | 1 | Portland | 5 |
| Feb. | 10 | Spokane | 1 | Vancouver | 8 |
| Feb. | 13 | Spokane | 8 | Vancouver | 12 |
| Feb. | 13 | Portland | 2 | Seattle | 5 |
| Feb. | 16 | Spokane | 1 | Portland | 9 |
| Feb. | 17 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Feb. | 20 | Vancouver | 4 | Portland | 6 |
| Feb. | 23 | Spokane | 7 | Seattle | 9 |
| Feb. | 24 | Portland | 4 | Vancouver | 5 |
| Feb. | 27 | Spokane | 0 | Seattle | 7 |
| March | 2 | Spokane | 5 | Vancouver | 11 |
| March | 2 | Seattle | 4 | Portland | 3 |
| March | | Vancouver | | Spokane | cancelled |
Source: Coleman 1966.

## Player statistics
### Goaltending averages

| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
| Holmes, Hap | Seattle | 24 | 80 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Murray, Tom | Portland | 24 | 112 | | 4.7 |
| Lehman, Hugh | Vancouver | 23 | 124 | | 5.4 |
| Fowler, Norman | Spokane | 23 | 143 | | 6.2 |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bernie Morris | Seattle Metropolitans | 24 | 37 | 17 | 54 | 17 |
| Gordon Roberts | Vancouver Millionaires | 23 | 43 | 10 | 53 | 42 |
| Frank Foyston | Seattle Metropolitans | 24 | 36 | 12 | 48 | 51 |
| Barney Stanley | Victoria Aristocrats | 23 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 9 |
| Dick Irvin | Portland Rosebuds | 23 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 24 |
| Mickey MacKay | Vancouver Millionaires | 23 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 37 |
| Dubbie Kerr | Spokane Canaries | 23 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| Smokey Harris | Portland Rosebuds | 23 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 39 |
| Cyclone Taylor | Vancouver Millionaires | 12 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 12 |
| Tommy Dunderdale | Portland Rosebuds | 24 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 141 |