# 1915–16 PCHA season

The 1915–16 PCHA season was the fifth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 7, 1915, until February 25, 1916. Each team would play 18 games. The Portland Rosebuds club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup Finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Montreal would win the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup.

## League business

The league granted a new franchise to Seattle, the Metropolitans. To stock the team, the team signed Harry Holmes, Frank Foyston, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson of the Toronto NHA team. This caused retaliatory raids and Bert Lindsay, Frank Nighbor, Skinner Poulin and Walter Smaill all were signed to NHA clubs.

## Teams

1915–16 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 |
| Vancouver Millionaires | Vancouver, British Columbia | Denman Arena | 10,500 |
| Victoria Aristocrats | Victoria, British Columbia | Patrick Arena | 4,000 |

### 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 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 50 |
| Vancouver Millionaires | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 69 |
| Seattle Metropolitans | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 67 |
| Victoria Aristocrats | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 74 | 102 |

## Playoffs

The Rosebuds won the championship and travelled east to meet the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens won the series 3-2 to claim the Cup. As champions of the PCHA, the Rosebuds engraved their team name on the Cup.

### Stanley Cup Finals

| Champions | Runners up | Format | Result |
| Montreal Canadiens | Portland Rosebuds | best of 5 | 3–2 |

## Results

| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
| Dec. | 7 | Portland | 2 | Vancouver | 0 |
| Dec. | 7 | Victoria | 2 | Seattle | 3 |
| Dec. | 10 | Vancouver | 1 | Portland | 2 |
| Dec. | 10 | Seattle | 4 | Victoria | 3 |
| Dec. | 14 | Victoria | 7 | Vancouver | 5 |
| Dec. | 14 | Portland | 3 | Seattle | 4 |
| Dec. | 17 | Vancouver | 2 | Victoria | 8 |
| Dec. | 17 | Seattle | 2 | Portland | 5 |
| Dec. | 28 | Vancouver | 6 | Seattle | 4 |
| Dec. | 28 | Victoria | 2 | Portland | 3 (11:30 OT) |
| Jan. | 4 | Seattle | 3 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Jan. | 4 | Portland | 10 | Victoria | 5 |
| Jan. | 7 | Portland | 6 | Seattle | 3 |
| Jan. | 11 | Victoria | 3 | Vancouver | 8 |
| Jan. | 14 | Vancouver | 5 | Portland | 3 |
| Jan. | 14 | Seattle | 3 | Victoria | 5 |
| Jan. | 18 | Portland | 1 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Jan. | 18 | Victoria | 3 | Seattle | 5 |
| Jan. | 21 | Portland | 3 | Victoria | 1 |
| Jan. | 25 | Vancouver | 3 | Seattle | 2 |
| Jan. | 25 | Victoria | 5 | Portland | 7 |
| Jan. | 29 | Seattle | 2 | Vancouver | 4 |
| Feb. | 1 | Vancouver | 16 | Victoria | 4 |
| Feb. | 1 | Seattle | 1 | Portland | 4 |
| Feb. | 4 | Portland | 6 | Vancouver | 1 |
| Feb. | 4 | Victoria | 3 | Seattle | 6 |
| Feb. | 8 | Vancouver | 0 | Portland | 1 |
| Feb. | 8 | Victoria | 4 | Seattle | 8 |
| Feb. | 11 | Victoria | 6 | Vancouver | 7 (10:56 OT) |
| Feb. | 11 | Portland | 4 | Seattle | 8 |
| Feb. | 15†$^a$ | Victoria | 4 | Portland | 4 |
| Feb. | 16‡$^a$ | Victoria | 5 | Portland | 2 |
| Feb. | 18 | Victoria | 1 | Portland | 4 |
| Feb. | 18 | Seattle | 4 | Vancouver | 1 |
| Feb. | 22 | Vancouver | 2 | Seattle | 4 |
| Feb. | 25$^a$ | Vancouver | 6 | Victoria | 7 |
| Feb. | 25 | Seattle | 2 | Portland | 5 |
* † Cancelled due to fog.
* ‡ Replay of game on February 15.
* $^a$ at Seattle.
Source: Coleman 1966.

## Player statistics
### Goaltending averages

| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
| Murray, Tom | Portland | 18 | 50 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Holmes, Hap | Seattle | 18 | 67 | | 3.7 |
| Lehman, Hugh | Vancouver | 18 | 69 | | 3.8 |
| McCulloch, Fred | Victoria | 18 | 10 | | 5.7 |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Cyclone Taylor | Vancouver Millionaires | 18 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 9 |
| Bernie Morris | Seattle Metropolitans | 18 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 27 |
| Charles Tobin | Portland Rosebuds | 18 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 22 |
| Dubbie Kerr | Victoria Aristocrats | 18 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 46 |
| Lester Patrick | Victoria Aristocrats | 18 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 27 |
| Sibby Nichols | Vancouver Millionaires Victoria Aristocrats | 12 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 3 |
| Lloyd Cook | Vancouver Millionaires | 18 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Eddie Oatman | Portland Rosebuds | 18 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 24 |
| Jack Walker | Seattle Metropolitans | 18 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 6 |
| Mickey MacKay | Vancouver Millionaires | 14 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 32 |