1914–15 PCHA season

The 1914–15 PCHA season was the fourth season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 8, 1914 until March 9, 1915. The schedule was made for each team to play 18 games, but like the previous three seasons, one game was cancelled. The Vancouver Millionaires club would be the PCHA champions. After the season the club played off against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions for the Stanley Cup, winning the series and becoming the first west-coast team to win the Cup.
==League business==
The franchise of the New Westminster Royals was transferred to Portland, Oregon and renamed the "Rosebuds."
==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
Vancouver Millionaires 	17	13	4 	0	115	71
Portland Rosebuds 	18	9 	9 	0	91 	83
Victoria Aristocrats 	17	4 	13	0	64 	116
===Results===
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	8 	Vancouver	6 	Portland 	3
Dec. 	11 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	5
Dec. 	15 	Portland 	8 	Victoria 	4
Dec. 	18 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	6
Dec. 	26 	Victoria 	1 	Portland 	8
Dec. 	29 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	3 (12:06 OT)
Jan. 	5 	Vancouver	4 	Portland 	3 (11:00 OT)
Jan. 	8 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	9
Jan. 	12 	Portland 	3 	Victoria 	4 (3:35 OT)
Jan. 	15 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	2
Jan. 	19 	Victoria 	5 	Portland 	10
Jan. 	22 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	4
Jan. 	26 	Vancouver	4 	Portland 	10
Jan. 	29 	Victoria 	5 	Vancouver	12
Feb. 	2 	Portland 	5 	Victoria 	6 (18:20 OT)
Feb. 	5 	Portland 	8 	Vancouver	3
Feb. 	9 	Victoria 	2 	Portland 	3
Feb. 	12 	Vancouver	6 	Victoria 	4
Feb. 	16 	Vancouver	5 	Portland 	0
Feb. 	19 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	10
Feb. 	23 	Portland 	3 	Victoria 	4
Feb. 	26 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	13
Feb. 	27 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	11
Mar. 	2 	Vancouver	14 	Victoria 	11
Mar. 	4 	Victoria 	1 	Portland 	9
Mar. 	6 	Victoria 	2 	Portland 	6
Mar. 	9a 	Victoria 	 	Vancouver	
*a Cancelled
A game between Vancouver and Victoria was cancelled at the end of the season.
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	Avg.
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	17	71 	1 	4.2
Mitchell, Mike	Portland 	18	83 	 	4.6
Lindsay, Bert 	Victoria 	17	116	 	6.8
===Scoring Leaders===
==Playoffs==
See 1915 Stanley Cup Finals
The champion Vancouver Millionaires hosted the finals against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions. Vancouver would win the series and become the first west-coast team to win the Cup.
 
Game-by-Game 	Game-by-Game 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Rules Used 	Location
1 	March 22 	Vancouver Millionaires 	6–2 	Ottawa Senators 	PCHA 	Denman Arena, Vancouver
2 	March 24 	Vancouver Millionaires 	8–3 	Ottawa Senators 	NHA 	Denman Arena, Vancouver
3 	March 26 	Vancouver Millionaires 	12–3 	Ottawa Senators 	PCHA 	Denman Arena, Vancouver
Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0	Millionaires win best-of-five series 3 – 0
==Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions==
*Goaltender: Hugh Lehman
*Defence:
*Lloyd Cook
*Silas Griffis (Captain), 
*Frank Patrick (President/defence-Playing-Manager-Coach), 
*Jim Seaborn
*Ken Mallen
*Centers:
*Cyclone Taylor‡
*Mickey MacKay
*Johnny Matz 
*Wingers::
*Barney Stanley
*Frank Nighbor
*Non-players:
* None- Defenseman Frank Patrick was Owner/President/Manager-Coach. He ran the whole team.
‡ Played Rover a position between both Defences and behind the Centre.
*Engraving-notes=
The Senators had the words "Ottawa/NHA Champions/1914–15" engraved on the base of the trophy's original bowl even though they did not win the Cup finals. This was similar to the practice prior to the NHA-PCHA agreement when the trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The previous Cup winner was the 1913–14 NHA champion Toronto Blueshirts.
After the finals, "Vancouver B.C./1914–15/Defeated Ottawa/3 Straight Games" was added to the Cup. Eight players' names and the manager's name were also engraved inside the bowl along the fluted sides. 
Two players were left off the Stanley Cup, even though there was room. Kenny Mallen played 14 of 16 regular season games, and two of three games in the finals. Mallen's name was left off by mistake. Jean Matz was left off, because he only played one game.
==Game Ads==
14-15PCHAVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
14-15SCupVancouverGameAd.jpg|Stanley Cup @ Vancouver
1415PCHAVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Victoria
==References==
Category:1915 in hockey
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association