1919 PCHA season

The 1918-1919 PCHA season was the eighth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from January 1 until March 10. The season was increased to 20 games per team. 
The Vancouver Millionaires club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to Seattle Metropolitans. The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals series against Montreal Canadiens, NHL champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
==League business==
The Portland franchise was suspended for the season. Victoria's Patrick Arena was again available for ice hockey use. Victoria was re-activated and took over the contracts of the Rosebud players.
==Regular season==
Harry Holmes returned to the PCHA to Seattle from Toronto. Vancouver got Art Duncan back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland. Seattle's Cully Wilson was suspended from the league for breaking Mickey MacKay's jaw in a fight using his stick to cross-check Mackay in the face. While Cyclone Taylor won the goal-scoring title with 23 goals, the second-place Bernie Morris scored five goals against Victoria on February 14. Third-place Fred Harris scored five goals against Victoria on March 10.
===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 Millionaires 	20	12	8 	0	72	55
Seattle Metropolitans 	20	11	9 	0	66	46
Victoria Aristocrats 	20	7 	13	0	44	81
==Playoffs==
In a reversal of the previous year's playoffs, the second-place Metropolitans defeated the first-place Vancouver Millionaires. Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si Griffis out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.
Foyston was the star of the first game, scoring three goals for Seattle. The 6–1 win was enough to hold the series, as they dropped the return game in Vancouver, where Harris scored two in a losing cause.
Seattle Metropolitans vs. Vancouver Millionaires
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 12	Vancouver Millionaires	1 	Seattle Metropolitans 	6 	
March 14	Seattle Metropolitans 	1 	Vancouver Millionaires	4 	
Seattle wins two-game total-goals series 7 to 5
===Stanley Cup Final===
The Mets then played against the Montreal Canadiens, NHL champions. Due to the outbreak of flu at the time, the series was not completed.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle Metropolitans
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 19	Montreal Canadiens 	0 	Seattle Metropolitans	7 	
March 22	Seattle Metropolitans	2 	Montreal Canadiens 	4 	
March 24	Montreal Canadiens 	2 	Seattle Metropolitans	7 	
March 26	Seattle Metropolitans	0 	Montreal Canadiens 	0 	20:00 OT
March 30	Montreal Canadiens 	4 	Seattle Metropolitans	3 	15:57 OT
Series ended 2–2–1 and no winner awarded – playoffs were curtailed due to the influenza epidemic
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Jan 	1 	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	4
Jan 	3 	Seattle 	7 	Victoria 	1
Jan 	6 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	6
Jan 	8 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	0
Jan 	10 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	1
Jan 	13 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	2 (2' OT)
Jan 	15 	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	3
Jan 	17 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	3
Jan 	20 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	4
Jan 	22 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	0
Jan 	24 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	3
Jan 	27 	Seattle 	5 	Vancouver	3
Jan 	29 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	2
Jan 	31 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	2
Feb 	3 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	5
Feb 	5 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	9
Feb 	7 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	0
Feb 	10 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	1 (3'55" OT)
Feb 	12 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	2 (23' OT)
Feb 	14 	Seattle 	8 	Victoria 	2
Feb 	17 	Seattle 	1 	Vancouver	6
Feb 	19 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	4
Feb 	21 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	3 (37'20" OT)
Feb 	24 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	6
Feb 	26 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	1
Feb 	28 	Seattle 	5 	Victoria 	4
Mar 	3 	Seattle 	5 	Vancouver	2
Mar 	5 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	3
Mar 	7 	Vancouver	6 	Victoria 	5 (11'4" OT)
Mar 	10 	Victoria 	8 	Vancouver	11
Source: Coleman.
==Player statistics==
===Goalkeepers===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	20	46	 	2.3
Lehman, Hugh	Vancouver	20	55	1 	2.6
Murray, Tom 	Victoria 	20	81	2 	4.1
Source: Coleman.
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Cyclone Taylor	Vancouver Millionaires	20	23	13	36	12
Bernie Morris 	Seattle Metropolitans 	20	22	7 	29	15
Smokey Harris 	Vancouver Millionaires	20	19	6 	25	19
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	15	4 	19	0
Mickie MacKay 	Vancouver Millionaires	17	9 	9 	18	9
Barney Stanley	Vancouver Millionaires	20	10	6 	16	19
Eddie Oatman 	Victoria Aristocrats 	18	11	5 	16	13
Cully Wilson 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	11	5 	16	37
Jack Walker 	Seattle Metropolitans 	20	9 	6 	15	9
Lloyd Cook 	Vancouver Millionaires	20	8 	6 	14	22
==See also==
*1918–19 NHL season
==References==
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Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons