1916–17 PCHA season

The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.
==League business==
In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington. This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas. The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.
==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
Seattle Metropolitans 	24	16	8 	0	125	80
Vancouver Millionaires 	23	14	9 	0	131	124
Portland Rosebuds 	24	9 	15	0	114	112
Spokane Canaries 	23	8 	15	0	89 	143
==Schedule and results==
Month	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
Dec. 	1 	Spokane 	5 	Portland 	4
Dec. 	2 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	6
Dec. 	5 	Portland 	3 	Seattle 	4 (11:00 OT)
Dec. 	5 	Vancouver	4 	Spokane 	6
Dec. 	8 	Seattle 	2 	Portland 	5
Dec. 	9 	Spokane 	6 	Vancouver	9
Dec. 	12 	Portland 	5 	Spokane 	7
Dec. 	12 	Vancouver	7 	Seattle 	6 (13:40 OT)
Dec. 	15 	Vancouver	3 	Portland 	5
Dec. 	15 	Spokane 	0 	Seattle 	4
Dec. 	19 	Seattle 	3 	Spokane 	1
Dec. 	23 	Portland 	5 	Vancouver	7
Dec. 	26 	Vancouver	2 	Seattle 	7
Dec. 	26 	Portland 	2 	Spokane 	6
Dec. 	29 	Spokane 	5 	Portland 	10
Dec. 	30 	Seattle 	7 	Vancouver	4
Jan. 	2 	Portland 	7 	Seattle 	4
Jan. 	5 	Vancouver	3 	Portland 	5
Jan. 	5 	Seattle 	1 	Spokane 	5
Jan. 	9 	Spokane 	1 	Seattle 	3
Jan. 	9 	Portland 	4 	Vancouver	5
Jan. 	12 	Vancouver	3 	Seattle 	12
Jan. 	12 	Portland 	3 	Spokane 	5
Jan. 	16 	Seattle 	6 	Portland 	2
Jan. 	19 	Portland 	3 	Seattle 	8
Jan. 	20 	Spokane 	3 	Vancouver	6
Jan. 	23 	Vancouver	8 	Spokane 	5
Jan. 	26 	Spokane 	5 	Portland 	4
Jan. 	27 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	3
Jan. 	30 	Spokane 	2 	Seattle 	4
Jan. 	30 	Vancouver	7 	Portland 	11
Feb. 	2 	Seattle 	16 	Spokane 	1
Feb. 	3 	Portland 	1 	Vancouver	6
Feb. 	6 	Portland 	3 	Spokane 	4 (3:00 OT)
Feb. 	6 	Vancouver	4 	Seattle 	8
Feb. 	9 	Seattle 	1 	Portland 	5
Feb. 	10 	Spokane 	1 	Vancouver	8
Feb. 	13 	Spokane 	8 	Vancouver	12
Feb. 	13 	Portland 	2 	Seattle 	5
Feb. 	16 	Spokane 	1 	Portland 	9
Feb. 	17 	Seattle 	2 	Vancouver	4
Feb. 	20 	Vancouver	4 	Portland 	6
Feb. 	23 	Spokane 	7 	Seattle 	9
Feb. 	24 	Portland 	4 	Vancouver	5
Feb. 	27 	Spokane 	0 	Seattle 	7
March	2 	Spokane 	5 	Vancouver	11
March	2 	Seattle 	4 	Portland 	3
March	 	Vancouver	 	Spokane 	cancelled
Source: Coleman 1966.
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Hap 	Seattle 	24	80 	2 	3.3
Murray, Tom 	Portland 	24	112	 	4.7
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	23	124	 	5.4
Fowler, Norman	Spokane 	23	143	 	6.2
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Bernie Morris 	Seattle Metropolitans 	24	37	17	54	17
Gordon Roberts 	Vancouver Millionaires	23	43	10	53	42
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans 	24	36	12	48	51
Barney Stanley 	Victoria Aristocrats 	23	28	18	46	9
Dick Irvin 	Portland Rosebuds 	23	35	10	45	24
Mickie MacKay 	Vancouver Millionaires	23	22	11	33	37
Dubbie Kerr 	Spokane Canaries 	23	20	11	31	58
Smokey Harris 	Portland Rosebuds 	23	18	13	31	39
Cyclone Taylor 	Vancouver Millionaires	12	14	15	29	12
Tommy Dunderdale	Portland Rosebuds 	24	22	4 	26	141
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