1921–22 PCHA season

The 1921–22 PCHA season was the 11th season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 5, 1921, until February 24, 1922. The season was enlarged to 24 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but would lose the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires.
==League business==
The league introduced the penalty shot rule this season to counter deliberate fouls when a player had a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Three dots, 35 feet from each net were painted on the ice from which players would shoot on the goalkeeper.
Play started two weeks earlier to accommodate the playoffs against the Western Canada Hockey League.
==Regular season==
Lester Patrick twice subbed for goaltender Norman Fowler when Fowler was sent off for fighting. His style of getting to his knees to make a save earned him the nickname of the Praying Colonel.
Ernie "Moose" Johnson played the last game in his career on January 18. He scored the final goal in his career on January 13.
Frank Foyston had the best one-game performance of the season, scoring five goals against Vancouver on January 11. Jack Adams though led the league in scoring with 25 goals in 24 games.
===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
Seattle Metropolitans 	24	12	11	1	65	64
Vancouver Millionaires 	24	12	12	0	77	68
Victoria Aristocrats 	24	11	12	1	61	71
Source: Coleman(1966).
==Playoffs==
The Millionaires won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle 1-0, 1-0 (2-0)
The Millionaires then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Regina in a two-game total-goals series for the right to play the NHL champion. Vancouver won the series 1-2, 4-0 (5-2).
The Millionaires then played the Toronto St. Pats in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals. The St. Pats would win the best-of-five series 3-4, 1-2, 0-3, 6-0, 5-1 to win their only Stanley Cup.
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec 	5 	Seattle 	1 	Vancouver	2
Dec 	7 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	1
Dec 	9 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	1 (20:00 OT)
Dec 	12 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	0
Dec 	14 	Vancouver	4 	Seattle 	5
Dec 	16 	Vancouver	3 	Victoria 	4
Dec 	19 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	1
Dec 	21 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	2
Dec 	23 	Seattle 	3 	Victoria 	2 (1:15 OT)
Dec 	26 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	3
Dec 	28 	Vancouver	5 	Seattle 	0
Dec 	30 	Vancouver	5 	Victoria 	3
Jan 	2 	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	5
Jan 	4 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	3 (14:34 OT)
Jan 	6 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	5
Jan 	9 	Victoria 	0 	Vancouver	4
Jan 	11 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	5
Jan 	13 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	5
Jan 	16 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	10
Jan 	18 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	3
Jan 	20 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	3 (5:22 OT)
Jan 	23 	Victoria 	5 	Vancouver	4
Jan 	25 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	4
Jan 	27 	Seattle 	4 	Victoria 	0
Jan 	30 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	3 (3:03 OT)
Feb 	1 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	3
Feb 	3 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	2
Feb 	6 	Victoria 	2 	Vancouver	3
Feb 	8 	Vancouver	0 	Seattle 	3
Feb 	10 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	0
Feb 	13 	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	2
Feb 	15 	Victoria 	0 	Seattle 	7
Feb 	17 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	3
Feb 	20 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	5
Feb 	22 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	7
Feb 	24 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	7
Source: Coleman(1966).
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	24	64	4 	2.7
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	22	62	4 	2.8
Fowler, Norman 	Victoria 	24	70	 	2.9
Murray, Tommy 	Vancouver	2 	6 	 	3.0
Patrick, Lester	Victoria 	2 	1 	 	0.5
Source: Coleman(1966).
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Jack Adams 	Vancouver Millionaires	24	26	4 	30	24
Mickey MacKay 	Vancouver Millionaires	24	14	12	26	20
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Aristocrats 	24	15	10	25	26
Bernie Morris 	Seattle Metropolitans 	24	14	10	24	36
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans 	24	16	7 	23	25
Tommy Dunderdale 	Victoria Aristocrats 	24	13	6 	19	37
Jim Riley 	Seattle Metropolitans 	24	16	2 	18	27
Eddie Oatman 	Victoria Aristocrats 	21	9 	6 	15	28
Smokey Harris 	Vancouver Millionaires	23	10	4 	14	21
Art Duncan 	Vancouver Millionaires	24	5 	9 	14	25
==See also==
*1921–22 NHL season
*1921–22 WCHL season
==References==
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Category:1921 in ice hockey
Category:1922 in ice hockey
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons