1919–20 PCHA season

The 1919–20 PCHA season was the ninth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) league. Season play ran from December 26, 1919, until March 10, 1920. The season was enlarged to 22 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would place first during the regular season and then won the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires to take the PCHA championship. The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals series against Ottawa Senators, National Hockey League (NHL) champions. The Senators won the best-of-five series three games to two.
==League business==
At the league's annual meeting on November 21, 1919, Frank Patrick was re-elected as PCHA president.
Several players retired, including Si Griffis, Barney Stanley and Mickey MacKay of Vancouver, and Ran McDonald of Seattle. Three players from Stanley Cup champion Toronto of the NHL moved to the PCHA this season: Alf Skinner, Jack Adams and Harry Meeking.
==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
Seattle Metropolitans 	22	12	10	0	59	55
Vancouver Millionaires 	22	11	11	0	75	65
Victoria Aristocrats 	22	10	12	0	57	71
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec 	26 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	2
Dec 	29 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	4 (00:24 OT)
Dec 	31 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	3
Jan 	2 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	7
Jan 	5 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	3
Jan 	7 	Victoria 	2 	Seattle 	5
Jan 	9 	Seattle 	0 	Victoria 	2
Jan 	12 	Victoria 	4 	Vancouver	3
Jan 	14 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	1
Jan 	16 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	1
Jan 	19 	Seattle 	5 	Vancouver	2
Jan 	21 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	3
Jan 	23 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	4
Jan 	26 	Victoria 	5 	Vancouver	7
Jan 	28 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	4 (3:59 OT)
Jan 	30 	Seattle 	4 	Victoria 	2
Feb 	2 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	4 (3:40 OT)
Feb 	4 	Victoria 	0 	Seattle 	3
Feb 	6 	Vancouver	3 	Victoria 	1
Feb 	9 	Victoria 	3 	Vancouver	2
Feb 	11 	Vancouver	4 	Seattle 	2
Feb 	13 	Seattle 	1 	Victoria 	6
Feb 	16 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	2
Feb 	18 	Victoria 	0 	Seattle 	6
Feb 	20 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	3
Feb 	23 	Victoria 	4 	Vancouver	10
Feb 	25 	Vancouver	8 	Seattle 	0
Feb 	27 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	3 (7:04 OT)
Mar 	1 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	5
Mar 	3 	Victoria 	0 	Seattle 	2
Mar 	5 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	3
Mar 	8 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	0
Mar 	10 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	5
Source: Coleman(1966).
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	22	55	4 	2.2
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	22	65	1 	3.0
Fowler, Norman	Victoria 	22	71	1 	3.2
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Tommy Dunderdale	Victoria Aristocrats 	22	26	7 	33	35
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans 	22	26	3 	29	3
Smokey Harris 	Vancouver Millionaires	22	14	11	25	12
Eddie Oatman 	Victoria Aristocrats 	22	11	14	25	38
Gordon Roberts 	Vancouver Millionaires	22	16	3 	19	13
Alf Skinner 	Vancouver Millionaires	22	15	2 	17	28
Jim Riley 	Seattle Metropolitans 	22	11	4 	15	49
Charles Tobin 	Seattle Metropolitans 	19	10	4 	14	3
Lloyd Cook 	Vancouver Millionaires	21	10	4 	14	15
Art Duncan 	Vancouver Millionaires	22	5 	9 	14	3
Source: Toronto World, March 19, 1920.
==Playoffs==
Seattle and Vancouver met for the third straight year in the playoffs to decide the PCHA championship. Vancouver won the first game 3–0 at Seattle, but Seattle struck back in Vancouver, defeating the Millionaires 6–0 to win the championship and advance to the Stanley Cup Final in Ottawa. GGordon Roberts of Vancouver played his last professional game in the first game and scored a goal.
Date 	Home 	Score	Away 	Score
March 12	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	3
March 15	Vancouver	0 	Seattle 	6
Source: Coleman(1966)
===Final===
Ottawa won the first two games of the series. After Jack Darragh scored the game-winning goal in their 3–2 victory in game one, goaltender Clint Benedict led the Senators to a 3–0 shutout win in game two. Seattle won game three, 3–1, before the series was shifted to Toronto because of Ottawa's slushy ice conditions (The Ottawa Arena did not have artificial ice). Frank Foyston then scored twice to lead the Mets to a 5–2 victory in game four to even the series. In the fifth game, Darragh recorded a hat-trick to lead the Senators to a 6–1 win to clinch the Cup.
 	Date 	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Location 	
1 	March 22 	Ottawa Senators 	3–2 	Seattle Metropolitans 	The Arena, Ottawa 	
2 	March 24 	Ottawa Senators 	3–0 	Seattle Metropolitans 	The Arena, Ottawa 	
3 	March 27 	Seattle Metropolitans 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators 	The Arena, Ottawa 	
4 	March 30 	Seattle Metropolitans 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators 	Arena Gardens, Toronto 	
5 	April 1 	Ottawa Senators 	6–1 	Seattle Metropolitans 	Arena Gardens, Toronto 	
Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2	Ottawa wins best-of-five series 3 games to 2
Source: Coleman(1966)
==See also==
*Pacific Coast Hockey Association
*1919–20 NHL season
==References==
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Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons