1917–18 PCHA season

The 1917-18 PCHA season was the seventh season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Season play ran from December 28, 1917 until March 8, 1918. The season was reduced to 18 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to Vancouver Millionaires. The Millionaires then played in the Stanley Cup finals series against Torontos, NHL champions. Toronto would win the best-of-five series 3-2 to win the Cup.
==League business==
The Spokane franchise folded and the league operated with three teams again. 
The first league championship playoffs between the two top finishers started this year. Previously, playoffs were only held when teams tied for first place. Devised by Frank Patrick as a "second-chance" to increase interest in the league, the idea spread to all North American professional sports.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
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
Seattle Metropolitans 	18	11	7 	0	67	65
Vancouver Millionaires 	18	9 	9 	0	70	60
Portland Rosebuds 	18	7 	11	0	63	75
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	18	60	1 	3.3
Fowler, Norman	Seattle 	18	65	1 	3.6
Murray, Tom 	Portland 	18	75	 	4.2
===Leading scorers===
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	GP	G
Cyclone Taylor 	Vancouver	18	32
Gordon Roberts 	Seattle 	18	22
Bernie Morris 	Seattle 	18	20
Tommy Dunderdale	Portland 	18	14
Charles Tobin 	Portland 	18	13
Alf Barbour 	Portland 	17	12
Eddie Oatman 	Portland 	18	11
Barney Stanley 	Vancouver	18	11
Mickey Mackay 	Vancouver	18	10
Frank Foyston 	Seattle 	13	9
==Playoffs==
Seattle and Vancouver played off for the PCHA league title. Vancouver defeated Seattle to take the league title.
Game-by-Game	Game-by-Game	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1 	March 11 	Seattle 	2–2 	Vancouver 	Vancouver
2 	March 13 	Vancouver 	1–0 	Seattle 	Seattle
Vancouver wins two-games-total-goals series 3 goals to 2.
===Stanley Cup Finals===
See 1918 Stanley Cup Finals
Vancouver travelled to Toronto for the Stanley Cup final. The playing rules alternated between the NHL's six-man and the PCHA's seven-man rules. All games were won by the team whose rules were being played. Vancouver won the PCHA games 6–4 and 8–1 but lost the NHL rule games 5–3, 6–3 and 2–1.
Game-by-Game 	Game-by-Game 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Rules Used 	Location
1 	March 20 	Toronto 	5–3 	Vancouver 	NHL 	Arena Gardens
2 	March 23 	Vancouver 	6–4 	Toronto 	PCHA 	Arena Gardens
3 	March 26 	Toronto 	6–3 	Vancouver 	NHL 	Arena Gardens
4 	March 28 	Vancouver 	8–1 	Toronto 	PCHA 	Arena Gardens
5 	March 30 	Toronto 	2–1 	Vancouver 	NHL 	Arena Gardens
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==Game Ads==
17-18PCHASeattleGameAd.jpg|Seattle
17-18PCHAFSeattleGameAd.jpg|Playoff @ Seattle
17-18PCHAExhVancouverGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Vancouver. Both teams were made up of PCHA players.
Category:1918 in hockey
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