1917–18 PCHA season

The 1917–18 PCHA season was the seventh season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. 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 the Vancouver Millionaires. The Millionaires then played in the Stanley Cup finals series against Toronto, the NHL champions. Toronto won 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 players were distributed to the other teams.
The league decided to split the schedule with each half's winners playing for the championship. This was revised so that the first and second teams played off for the championship. 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 eventually 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 Team	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
Source: Coleman(1966)
==Playoffs==
The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3-2 on a 1-0 win over Seattle in the second game.
Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 11	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	2 	
March 14	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	0 	
Vancouver Millionaires win two-games total-goals series 3-2.
===Stanley Cup Final===
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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==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	28 	Vancouver	2 	Portland 	4
Jan. 	1 	Portland 	0 	Seattle 	1 (19:57 OT)
Jan. 	4 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	3 (5:35 OT)
Jan. 	8 	Seattle 	4 	Portland 	8
Jan. 	11 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	5
Jan. 	14 	Portland 	1 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	16 	Vancouver	1 	Portland 	0 (12:38 OT)
Jan. 	18 	Portland 	5 	Seattle 	2
Jan. 	22 	Seattle 	5 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	25 	Seattle 	3 	Portland 	2
Jan. 	28 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	30 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	4 (23:10 OT)
Feb. 	4 	Seattle 	5 	Vancouver	6 (10:45 OT)
Feb. 	6 	Portland 	3 	Seattle 	9
Feb. 	8 	Vancouver	4 	Portland 	8
Feb. 	11 	Portland 	3 	Vancouver	6
Feb. 	13 	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	3
Feb. 	15 	Seattle 	2 	Portland 	4
Feb. 	18 	Seattle 	1 	Vancouver	8
Feb. 	21 	Portland 	2 	Seattle 	6
Feb. 	22 	Vancouver	1 	Portland 	2 (20:20 OT)
Feb. 	25 	Portland 	4 	Vancouver	9
Feb. 	27 	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	2 (22:20 OT)
March	1 	Seattle 	3 	Portland 	1
March	4 	Portland 	4 	Vancouver	8
March	6 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	4 (2:58 OT)
March	8 	Seattle 	6 	Portland 	9
Source: Coleman 1966.
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Hugh Lehman 	Vancouver	18	60	1 	3.3
Norman Fowler	Seattle 	18	65	1 	3.6
Tom Murray 	Portland 	18	75	 	4.2
Source: Coleman(1966)
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Cyclone Taylor 	Vancouver Millionaires	18	32	11	43	0
Bernie Morris 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	20	12	32	9
Gordon |Roberts 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	20	3 	23	24
Eddie Oatman 	Portland Rosebuds 	18	11	10	21	16
Tommy Dunderdale	Portland Rosebuds 	18	14	6 	20	57
Mickey MacKay 	Vancouver Millionaires	18	10	8 	18	31
Alf Barbour 	Portland Rosebuds 	17	12	5 	17	0
Barney Stanley 	Vancouver Millionaires	18	11	6 	17	9
Charles Tobin 	Portland Rosebuds 	18	13	3 	16	0
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans 	13	9 	5 	14	9
==See also==
* 1917–18 NHL season
==References==
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Category:1917 in ice hockey
Category:1918 in ice hockey
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons