1912–13 PCHA season

The 1912–13 PCHA season was the second season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 10, 1912 until March 18, 1913. Like the previous season, teams were to play a 16 game schedule, but one game was cancelled. The Victoria Aristocrats club would be the PCHA champions. After the season the club would play, and win, an exhibition series against the Quebec Bulldogs, NHA champions.

Offseason

The Patricks signed Cyclone Taylor from the Ottawa Senators, replacing Newsy Lalonde who returned to the Montreal Canadiens. Taylor signed with the Vancouver Millionaires on November 19, 1912.[1]

Regular season

The PCHA moved two games east of the Rockies, on March 17 in Calgary, Alberta and on March 18 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The final game of the season, between Victoria and New Westminster was cancelled. Victoria won the championship and formally asked to play for the Stanley Cup, but was turned down due to the PCHA season ending several weeks later than the eastern leagues' season finished.

Highlights

On January 14, 1913, the PCHA held a speed skating competition among PCHA players. Ken Mallen was the victor, defeating Cyclone Taylor and Si Griffis. Griffis defeated Ernie Johnson to challenge Mallen.

Tommy Dunderdale won the overall scoring championship with 24 goals in 15 games. The top one-game performance was on March 17, when Eddie Oatman scored five goals in a game against Vancouver. On January 31, Lester Patrick, a defenseman, scored four goals in one game versus New Westminster.

The PCHA tried out NHA-style six-man hockey on February 15, in a game between New Westminster and Vancouver, but reverted to seven-man play for the rest of the 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
Victoria Senators 15 10 5 0 68 56
Vancouver Millionaires 16 7 9 0 84 89
New Westminster Royals 15 6 9 0 67 74

Results

Month Day Visitor Score Home Score
Dec. 10 New Westminster 2 Vancouver 7
13 New Westminster 4 Victoria 6
17 Victoria 3 Vancouver 6
27 Vancouver 4 Victoria 5 (14:15 OT)
Jan. 4 New Westminster 5 Vancouver 10
9 New Westminster 2 Victoria 3 (12:45 OT)
17 Vancouver 3 Victoria 4
21 Victoria 5 Vancouver 4
25a Victoria 1 New Westminster 3
28 New Westminster 2 Vancouver 8
31 New Westminster 3 Victoria 7
Feb. 4 Victoria 7 Vancouver 4
7 Vancouver 3 New Westminster 2 (5:45 OT)
11 Vancouver 2 Victoria 7
15 New Westminster 5 Vancouver 3
18 Victoria 1 New Westminster 6
21 New Westminster 1 Victoria 8
25 Victoria 6 Vancouver 9
28 Vancouver 3 New Westminster 11
Mar. 4 Vancouver 5 Victoria 4
7 Victoria 1 New Westminster 0
17b Vancouver 7 New Westminster 11
18c Vancouver 6 New Westminster 10
d Victoria - New Westminster -

A game between Victoria and New Westminster was cancelled at the end of the season.

Goalkeeper Averages

Name Club GP GA SO Avg.
Lindsay, Bert Victoria 15 56 1 3.7
Lehman, Hugh New Westminster 14 64 4.6
Parr, Allan Vancouver 16 89 5.6
Smith, Foxy New Westminster 1 10 10.0

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Dunderdale, TommyTommy Dunderdale Victoria Senators 15 24 5 29 36
Kendall, CarlCarl Kendall Vancouver Millionaires 14 14 6 20 21
Harris, SmokeySmokey Harris Vancouver Millionaires 16 14 6 20 61
Patrick, FrankFrank Patrick Vancouver Millionaires 14 12 8 20 17
Patrick, LesterLester Patrick Victoria Senators 15 14 5 19 12
Taylor, CycloneCyclone Taylor Vancouver Millionaires 14 10 8 18 5
McDonald, JackJack McDonald Vancouver Millionaires 16 11 4 15 9
McDonald, RanRan McDonald New Westminster Royals 12 11 3 14 29
Tobin, CharlesCharles Tobin New Westminster Royals 13 11 3 14 20
Oatman, EddieEddie Oatman New Westminster Royals 13 9 5 14 46

See also

References

  1. Kotylo(2006), p. 16
Preceded by
1912 PCHA season
PCHA seasons
1912–13
Succeeded by
1913–14 PCHA season