1915–16 PCHA season

The 1915–16 PCHA season was the fifth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 7, 1915, until February 25, 1916. Each team would play 18 games. The Portland Rosebuds club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Montreal would win the best-of-five series 3–2 to win the Cup.
==League business==
The league granted a new franchise to Seattle, the Metropolitans. To stock the team, the team signed Harry Holmes, Frank Foyston, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson of the Toronto NHA team. This caused retaliatory raids and Bert Lindsay, Frank Nighbor, Skinner Poulin and Walter Smaill all were signed to NHA clubs.
==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
Portland Rosebuds 	18	13	5 	0	71	50
Vancouver Millionaires 	18	9 	9 	0	75	69
Seattle Metropolitans 	18	9 	9 	0	68	67
Victoria Aristocrats 	18	5 	13	0	74	102
==Playoffs==
The Rosebuds won the championship and travelled east to meet the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens won the series 3-2 to claim the Cup. As champions of the PCHA, the Rosebuds engraved their team name on the Cup.
===Stanley Cup Final===
Champions 	Runners up 	Format 	Result
Montreal Canadiens	Portland Rosebuds	best of 5	3–2
==Results==
Month	Day 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	7 	Portland 	2 	Vancouver	0
Dec. 	7 	Victoria 	2 	Seattle 	3
Dec. 	10 	Vancouver	1 	Portland 	2
Dec. 	10 	Seattle 	4 	Victoria 	3
Dec. 	14 	Victoria 	7 	Vancouver	5
Dec. 	14 	Portland 	3 	Seattle 	4
Dec. 	17 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	8
Dec. 	17 	Seattle 	2 	Portland 	5
Dec. 	28 	Vancouver	6 	Seattle 	4
Dec. 	28 	Victoria 	2 	Portland 	3 (11:30 OT)
Jan. 	4 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	4 	Portland 	10 	Victoria 	5
Jan. 	7 	Portland 	6 	Seattle 	3
Jan. 	11 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	8
Jan. 	14 	Vancouver	5 	Portland 	3
Jan. 	14 	Seattle 	3 	Victoria 	5
Jan. 	18 	Portland 	1 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	18 	Victoria 	3 	Seattle 	5
Jan. 	21 	Portland 	3 	Victoria 	1
Jan. 	25 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	2
Jan. 	25 	Victoria 	5 	Portland 	7
Jan. 	29 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	4
Feb. 	1 	Vancouver	16 	Victoria 	4
Feb. 	1 	Seattle 	1 	Portland 	4
Feb. 	4 	Portland 	6 	Vancouver	1
Feb. 	4 	Victoria 	3 	Seattle 	6
Feb. 	8 	Vancouver	0 	Portland 	1
Feb. 	8 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	8
Feb. 	11 	Victoria 	6 	Vancouver	7 (10:56 OT)
Feb. 	11 	Portland 	4 	Seattle 	8
Feb. 	15†a	Victoria 	4 	Portland 	4
Feb. 	16‡a	Victoria 	5 	Portland 	2
Feb. 	18 	Victoria 	1 	Portland 	4
Feb. 	18 	Seattle 	4 	Vancouver	1
Feb. 	22 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	4
Feb. 	25a 	Vancouver	6 	Victoria 	7
Feb. 	25 	Seattle 	2 	Portland 	5
* † Cancelled due to fog.
* ‡ Replay of game on February 15.
* a at Seattle.
Source: Coleman 1966.
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Murray, Tom 	Portland 	18	50	2 	2.8
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	18	67	 	3.7
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	18	69	 	3.8
McCulloch, Fred	Victoria 	18	10	 	5.7
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Cyclone Taylor	Vancouver Millionaires 	18	22	13	35	9
Bernie Morris 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	23	9 	32	27
Charles Tobin 	Portland Rosebuds 	18	21	8 	29	22
Dubbie Kerr 	Victoria Aristocrats 	18	16	12	28	46
Lester Patrick	Victoria Aristocrats 	18	13	11	24	27
Sibby Nichols 	Vancouver MillionairesVictoria Aristocrats	12	12	10	22	3
Lloyd Cook 	Vancouver Millionaires 	18	18	3 	21	24
Eddie Oatman 	Portland Rosebuds 	18	11	10	21	24
Jack Walker 	Seattle Metropolitans 	18	13	6 	19	6
Mickey MacKay 	Vancouver Millionaires 	14	12	7 	19	32
==Team Photos==
1916 Seattle Metropolitans.png|Seattle Metropolitans
1916 Portland Rosebuds.png|Portland Rosebuds
==References==
Category:1915 in ice hockey
Category:1916 in ice hockey
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons