1921-22 WCHL season

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The 1921-22 WCHL season was the first season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League. Four teams played 24 games each.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Scoring leaders
2 Stanley Cup playoffs
3 See also

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Western Canada Hockey League	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Edmonton Eskimos	24	15	9	30	117	76
Regina Capitals	24	14	10	28	94	78
Calgary Tigers	24	14	10	28	75	62
Saskatoon Sheiks¹	24	5	19	10	67	137

¹ The Saskatoon Sheiks relocated to Moose Jaw as the Moose Jaw Sheiks on 3 February, 1922.

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals. Assists were not tabulated by the WCHL in this season.

Player	Team	GP	G
Duke Keats	Edmonton Eskimos	25	31
Ty Arbour	Edmonton Eskimos	24	27
Barney Stanley	Calgary Tigers	24	26
George Hay	Regina Capitals	25	23
Dick Irvin	Regina Capitals	20	20
Joe Simpson	Edmonton Eskimos	25	20
Rabbit McVeigh	Regina Capitals	19	15
Red Dutton	Calgary Tigers	22	15
Art Gagne	Edmonton Eskimos	20	13
Duke Dutkowski	Saskatoon Sheiks	21	12
Emory Sparrow	Regina Capitals	14	11

[edit] Stanley Cup playoffs

Main article: 1922 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Calgary Tigers lost to the Regina Capitals in a match-up to determine second place. The Capitals then went on to beat the first place Edmonton Eskimos in the league's first championship series. Regina then advanced to play the Vancouver Millionaires, who had won the Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship, but lost the two-game total goals series. Vancouver advanced to the Stanley Cup finals against the Toronto St. Patricks of the National Hockey League, with Toronto winning the Stanley Cup, 3 games to 2.