1923–24 PCHA season

The 1923–24 PCHA season was the thirteenth and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons 2-2, 1-2.
==League business==
The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to 12" in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.
==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 	30	14	16	0	84	99
Vancouver Maroons 	30	13	16	1	87	80
Victoria Cougars 	30	11	18	1	78	103
Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.
==Playoffs==
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle 2-2, 2-1 (4-3)
The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Final. Calgary would win the series 1-3, 5-3, 3-1. Vancouver then played Montreal in a semi-final and lost a two-game series 2-3, 1-2 (3-5).
==Schedule and results==
Month 	Day	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Score
November	12 	Seattle 	3 	Vancouver	2
November	14 	Victoria 	6 	Seattle 	7 (2' overtime)
November	16 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	5
November	19 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	7
November	21 	Vancouver	1 	Seattle 	3
November	23 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	4
November	26 	Saskatoon	4 	Vancouver	7
November	30 	Saskatoon	1 	Victoria 	7
December	3 	Saskatoon	2 	Vancouver	2 (20:00 OT)
December	5 	Calgary 	7 	Seattle 	5
December	7 	Calgary 	3 	Victoria 	1
December	10 	Seattle 	2 	Regina 	3
December	10 	Victoria 	3 	Edmonton 	1
December	12 	Seattle 	1 	Regina 	4 (at Winnipeg)
December	12 	Victoria 	3 	Saskatoon	9
December	14 	Vancouver	0 	Calgary 	1
December	14 	Victoria 	2 	Regina 	4
December	14 	Saskatoon	2 	Seattle 	1 (at Moose Jaw)
December	17 	Vancouver	2 	Edmonton 	3
December	17 	Victoria 	1 	Regina 	4 (at Winnipeg)
December	17 	Seattle 	1 	Saskatoon	2
December	19 	Seattle 	4 	Edmonton 	5
December	19 	Vancouver	1 	Saskatoon	4
December	21 	Vancouver	4 	Regina 	3
December	21 	Victoria 	3 	Saskatoon	2 (1:00 OT) (at Winnipeg)
December	21 	Seattle 	1 	Calgary 	3
December	25 	Victoria 	1 	Vancouver	3
December	26 	Vancouver	5 	Seattle 	2
December	28 	Vancouver	2 	Victoria 	3 (3:16OT)https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist1123uvic_49#page/n9/mode/1up
January 	1 	Seattle 	4 	Vancouver	2
January 	2 	Victoria 	1 	Seattle 	2
January 	4 	Seattle 	2 	Victoria 	3 (15:32 OT)
January 	7 	Edmonton 	1 	Vancouver	4
January 	9 	Edmonton 	1 	Seattle 	4
January 	11 	Edmonton 	4 	Victoria 	2
January 	14 	Victoria 	4 	Vancouver	3 (:26 OT)
January 	16 	Calgary 	2 	Seattle 	3
January 	18 	Calgary 	7 	Victoria 	3
January 	21 	Seattle 	1 	Regina 	9
January 	21 	Calgary 	4 	Vancouver	3
January 	23 	Vancouver	4 	Victoria 	3 (1:44 OT) (at Seattle)https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0124uvic_19#page/n9/mode/1up
January 	23 	Seattle 	3 	Saskatoon	8
January 	25 	Vancouver	1 	Victoria 	2 (:25 OT)https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0124uvic_21#page/n9/mode/1up
January 	25 	Seattle 	3 	Edmonton 	2
January 	28 	Regina 	5 	Vancouver	4 (7:35 OT)
January 	28 	Seattle 	4 	Calgary 	5
January 	30 	Regina 	1 	Seattle 	2
February	1 	Regina 	2 	Victoria 	1
February	4 	Regina 	4 	Vancouver	6
February	6 	Seattle 	4 	Vancouver	2
February	7 	Vancouver	2 	Regina 	3
February	8 	Seattle 	4 	Victoria 	1
February	9 	Vancouver	3 	Saskatoon	4
February	11 	Victoria 	4 	Seattle 	1 (at Vancouver)
February	11 	Vancouver	3 	Edmonton 	1
February	13 	Vancouver	2 	Calgary 	1 (1:52 OT)
February	14 	Edmonton 	7 	Seattle 	1
February	15 	Edmonton 	2 	Victoria 	5
February	18 	Victoria 	3 	Calgary 	4
February	20 	Vancouver	0 	Seattle 	3
February	20 	Victoria 	1 	Regina 	2
February	22 	Seattle 	4 	Vancouver	2 (at Victoria)
February	22 	Victoria 	3 	Saskatoon	4
February	25 	Seattle 	0 	Vancouver	6
February	25 	Victoria 	1 	Edmonton 	1 (20:00 OT)
February	27 	Victoria 	1 	Calgary 	7
Source: Coleman(1966)
==Player statistics==
===Goaltending averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	GAA
Hugh Lehman	Vancouver	30	80 	1 	2.7
Hap Holmes 	Seattle 	30	99 	2 	3.3
Hec Fowler 	Victoria 	30	103	 	3.4
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Art Duncan 	Vancouver Maroons 	30	21	10	31	44
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Cougars 	30	19	8 	27	28
Mickey MacKay 	Vancouver Maroons 	28	21	4 	25	2
Jack Walker 	Seattle Metropolitans	29	18	5 	23	0
Frank Foyston 	Seattle Metropolitans	30	17	6 	23	8
Frank Boucher 	Vancouver Maroons 	28	15	5 	20	10
Gord Fraser 	Seattle Metropolitans	30	14	5 	19	64
Smokey Harris 	Seattle Metropolitans	30	8 	10	18	30
Gizzy Hart 	Victoria Cougars 	29	15	1 	16	10
Clem Loughlin 	Victoria Cougars 	30	10	7 	17	26
==See also==
* Pacific Coast Hockey Association
* 1923–24 NHL season
* 1923–24 WCHL season
==References==
Category:Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons
Category:1923 in ice hockey
Category:1924 in ice hockey