Vancouver Millionaires The Vancouver Millionaires ( later known as the Vancouver Maroons ) were a professional team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926 . Based out of Vancouver , British Columbia , they played in Denman Arena , the first artificial ice surface in Canada and the largest indoor ice rink in the world . The Millionaires / Maroons succeeded as PCHA champions six times ( 1915 , 1918 , 1921 , 1922 , 1923 , 1924 ) and won the Stanley Cup once , in 1915 , against the Ottawa Senators of the NHA . Their jerseys were maroon ] , featuring a white V with " Vancouver " spelled down one side of the V and up the other . Hall of Famers Cyclone Taylor , Mickey MacKay and Didier Pitre were among the most significant players to don the Millionaires / Maroons uniform in the team ' s history . History . In 1911 , the Patrick brothers , Frank and Lester , inaugurated their own professional ice hockey league on the west coast , the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , giving birth to three teams , one of which was the Vancouver Millionaires . Frank aligned himself with Vancouver , playing for , coaching and managing the team . In order to earn credibility as a league , the PCHA lured players from the NHA , and in 1912 , the Millionaires acquired the highly - touted Cyclone Taylor , who would play for and star in Vancouver for the following ten seasons — the remainder of his career . During his tenure in Vancouver , Taylor tallied 263 points in 131 games . Upon the 1914 - 1915 season , the NHA and PCHA came to an agreement that each league ' s respective champion would play for the Stanley Cup ; in the first year of this agreement , the Millionaires — led by Patrick and Taylor — emerged as league champion and defeated the Ottawa Senators to earn their first and only Stanley Cup championship . In a best - of - five series played at Denman Arena , the Millionaires swept Ottawa by scores of 6 - 2 , 8 - 3 , and 12 - 3 . Taylor led the team with 6 goals . At the time , it was the furthest west the Cup had been awarded and it stands to date as the only Stanley Cup won by a Vancouver team ( inclusive of the NHL ' s present - day Vancouver Canucks ) . In 1918 , Vancouver would once again compete for the Stanley Cup , defeating the Seattle Metropolitans in a two - game final for the PCHA title , but would be defeated by the Toronto Arenas of the NHL ( evolved from the NHA ) three games to two . Between 1918 and 1924 , Vancouver would win the PCHA title in five of seven seasons . In 1921 and 1922 , they were defeated by the Ottawa Senators and Toronto St . Pats in back - to - back Cup Finals , respectively . In 1922 , the team changed its name to the Vancouver Maroons and , although league champion in the PCHA ' s final two seasons , Vancouver would not compete for the Stanley Cup . As a result of the newly - founded Western Canada Hockey League , the PCHA champion would have to defeat the WCHL champion en route to a Cup series against the NHL champion ; the Maroons would fall to the Edmonton Eskimos in 1923 and the Calgary Tigers in 1924 . Following the 1923 - 1924 season , the Maroons were absorbed by the WCHL upon the PCHA ' s demise , but would not achieve the same success of the previous years . In 1926 , the WCHL suffered the same fate of the PCHA , and after fifteen years , the team subsequently folded , as well . In 1999 , Jon Mikl Thor , a local celebrity of bodybuilding , rockstar and acting fame , initiated VM Sports , a line of Millionaires apparel . Due to the fire that destroyed Denman Arena in 1936 , there were no more Millionaires jerseys left to commemorate the team . Wanting to reconcile the Millionaires ' place in Vancouver sports history with the present generation , Thor trademarked the Vancouver Millionaires name and the " Victory V " logo , then with the help of graphic artists and historians , he created a new line of authentic Vancouver Millionaires sportswear . On May 1 , 2008 , the BC Sports Hall Of Fame was donated one such Millionaires sweater from VM Sports , which is now featured in the Hall ' s Cyclone Taylor display . In honour of the Millionaires as the city ' s only Stanley Cup - winning team , the Vancouver Giants , a major junior hockey Western Hockey League ( WHL ) team , wore Millionaires jerseys during their November 21 , 2008 game against the Kamloops Blazers on the team ' s " Stanley Cup Legends Night " . In November 2008 , the National Hockey League ' s Vancouver Canucks unveiled their new third jerseys , including a new shoulder logo that pays tribute to the Millionaires by including a " V " . Season - by - season record . " Note : W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , GF = Goals For , GA = Goals Against "