1922–23 PCHA season

The 1922-23 PCHA season was the twelfth season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Season play ran from November 13, 1922 until March 2, 1923. The season was increased to 30 games per team, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Vancouver Maroons club would be regular-season PCHA champions, and won the play-off with Victoria Aristocrats. 
==League Business==
The Vancouver Millionaires renamed as the Maroons.
==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
Vancouver Maroons 	30	17	12	1	116	88
Victoria Aristocrats 	30	16	14	0	94 	85
Seattle Metropolitans 	30	15	15	0	100	106
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Nov 	13 	Seattle 	8 	Vancouver	2
Nov 	15 	Victoria 	0 	Seattle 	4
Nov 	17 	Vancouver	3 	Victoria 	5
Nov 	20 	Victoria 	4 	Vancouver	3
Nov 	22 	Vancouver	5 	Seattle 	2
Nov 	24 	Seattle 	6 	Victoria 	4
Nov 	27 	Seattle 	8 	Vancouver	4
Nov 	29 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	5 (16:47 OT)
Dec 	8 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	3
Dec 	11 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	2
Dec 	13 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	3 (10:00 OT)
Dec 	15 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	2
Dec 	18 	Regina 	3 	Vancouver	10
Dec 	20 	Regina 	6 	Seattle 	5 (9:00 OT)
Dec 	22 	Regina 	3 	Victoria 	2
Dec 	25 	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	4
Dec 	27 	Vancouver	4 	Seattle 	3
Dec 	29 	Vancouver	3 	Victoria 	4
Jan 	1 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	1
Jan 	3 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	0
Jan 	3 	Vancouver	0 	Calgary 	1 (7:40 OT)
Jan 	5 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	5
Jan 	5 	Vancouver	5 	Edmonton 	1
Jan 	8 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	0*
Jan 	8 	Vancouver	3 	Saskatoon	0
Jan 	10 	Calgary 	0 	Seattle 	4
Jan 	10 	Vancouver	2 	Regina 	6
Jan 	12 	Calgary 	0 	Victoria 	4
Jan 	15 	Calgary 	0 	Vancouver	4
Jan 	17 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	1
Jan 	19 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	3 (8:00 OT)
Jan 	19 	Seattle 	4 	Calgary 	3 (2:35 OT)
Jan 	22 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	4
Jan 	22 	Seattle 	3 	Edmonton 	2
Jan 	24 	Victoria 	4 	Vancouver	8‡
Jan 	24 	Seattle 	4 	Saskatoon	2
Jan 	26 	Seattle 	2 	Regina 	6
Jan 	27 	Saskatoon	2 	Victoria 	5
Jan 	29 	Saskatoon	6 	Vancouver	6 (20:00 OT)
Jan 	31 	Saskatoon	1 	Seattle 	7
Feb 	2 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	3 (11:00 OT)
Feb 	5 	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	4
Feb 	7 	Victoria 	2 	Seattle 	5
Feb 	9 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	6
Feb 	12 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	5
Feb 	15 	Edmonton 	4 	Seattle 	3
Feb 	16 	Edmonton 	0 	Victoria 	4
Feb 	19 	Edmonton 	2 	Vancouver	1
Feb 	19 	Victoria 	2 	Regina 	1
Feb 	21 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	6
Feb 	21 	Victoria 	1 	Saskatoon	0
Feb 	23 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	4†
Feb 	23 	Victoria 	5 	Edmonton 	4
Feb 	26 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	12
Feb 	26 	Victoria 	2 	Calgary 	4
Feb 	28 	Victoria 	3 	Seattle 	5
Mar 	2 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	9
‡ at Seattle.
* at Vancouver.
† at Victoria.
Source: Coleman(1966).
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	Avg.
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	25	61 	4 	2.4
Fowler, Norman	Victoria 	30	85 	4 	2.8
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	30	106	3 	3.5
Reid, Charlie 	Vancouver	5 	27 	 	5.4
===Leading scorers===
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria 	30	39	16	55
Mickey MacKay 	Vancouver	29	28	12	40
Lloyd Cook 	Vancouver	30	19	10	29
Frank Foyston 	Seattle 	30	20	8 	28
James Riley 	Seattle 	29	22	5 	27
Bernie Morris 	Seattle 	28	21	5 	26
Harry Meeking 	Victoria 	28	17	9 	26
Jack Walker 	Seattle 	30	13	9 	22
Clem Loughlin 	Victoria 	30	12	9 	21
Frank Boucher 	Vancouver	29	11	9 	20
==Playoffs==
2 games total goals
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 7 	Vancouver 3	Victoria 0 	Victoria
March 12	Victoria 3 	Vancouver 2	Vancouver
Vancouver Maroons beat Victoria Aristocrats 5 goals to 3.
The Maroons then played against the National Hockey League champion Ottawa in a two-game total-goals series for the right to play the WCHL champion for the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the series 1-0, 1-4, 3-2, 5-1 (3-1).
==Post-season Exhibition==
The league runners-up Victoria Cougars went on to play a series against the WCHL runners-up Regina Capitals in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
3 games total goals
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 26	Regina 6 	Victoria 5	Winnipeg
March 30	Victoria 12	Regina 3 	Winnipeg
April 2 	Regina 6 	Victoria 3	Winnipeg
Victoria Cougars beat Regina Capitals 20 goals to 15.
==Game Ads==
22-23PCHAExhVancouverGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Vancouver
22-23PCHASeattleGameAd.jpg|Seattle
22-23PCHAVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
22-23PCHAVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Victoria
22-23PCHAFVancouverGameAd.jpg|Final @ Vancouver
22-23PCHAFVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Final @ Victoria
22-23PCHAExhWpgGameAd.jpg|Post-season @ Winnipeg
==References==
PCHA season, 1922–23
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association