1914–15 PCHA season

League business

The franchise of the New Westminster Royals was transferred to Portland, Oregon, and renamed the "Rosebuds." The league established a "farm system" called the Boundary Hockey League in the British Columbia towns of Grand Forks, Greenwood and Phoenix.

;Rule changes The league banned body checking within 10 ft of the boards.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Rookie Mickey MacKay led the league with 33 goals, while Cyclone Taylor won the scoring title. The two led the Vancouver Millionaires to the league title, winning 13 of 17 games.

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against

Results

• a Cancelled

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

Source: Coleman, p. 271

All-Star games

On March 15 and 17 two All-Star games were played in Portland between the league champions Vancouver Millionaires and a PCHA All-Star aggregation made out of players from the Portland Rosebuds and the Victoria Aristocrats. Vancouver won the first game at the Portland Ice Hippodrome 9 goals to 8, with Cyclone Taylor scoring four times for the winning side, and with Lester Patrick having an impressive five goals and three assists for the losing side, figuring in all of the All-Stars goals.

Vancouver managed to win also the second game by a one-goal margin, defeating the All-Stars 4 goals to 3. Frank Nighbor made a good showing for the winning side with two goals, and for the All-Stars Ran McDonald scored twice.

Playoffs

Main article: 1915 Stanley Cup Finals

The champion Vancouver Millionaires hosted the finals against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions. Vancouver won the series and became the first west-coast team to win the Cup.

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending averages

Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions

• Silas Griffis (captain)
• Frank Patrick (president/manager/coach/defence)
• Jim Seaborn
• Ken Mallen
• Duncan Mickey MacKay
• Jean Johnny Matz
• Frank Nighbor |non-players=
• None - Defenseman Frank Patrick was owner/president/manager/coach. He ran the whole team. ‡ Played Rover, a position between both Defences and behind the Centre |engraving-notes=

The Senators had the words "Ottawa/NHA Champions/1914–15" engraved on the base of the trophy's original bowl even though they did not win the Cup finals. This was similar to the practice prior to the NHA-PCHA agreement when the trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The previous Cup winner was the 1913–14 NHA champion Toronto Blueshirts.

After the finals, "Vancouver B.C./1914–15/Defeated Ottawa/3 Straight Games" was added to the Cup. Eight players' names and the manager's name were also engraved inside the bowl along the fluted sides.

Two players were left off the Stanley Cup, even though there was room. Kenny Mallen played 14 of 16 regular season games, and two of three games in the finals. Mallen's name was left off by mistake. Jean Matz was left off, because he only played one game.

References

Notes

Bibliography

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References

1. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77727941/millionaires-take-fast-hockey-game-with/ "Millionaires take fast hockey game with the All-Stars"] ''Oregon Daily Journal''. March 16, 1915 (pg. 11). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
2. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33681423/18-03-1915-high-ticket-demand-for/ "Vancouver Champions Win Over the All-Stars Again"] ''The Sun'' (Vancouver). March 18, 1915 (pg. 6). Retrieved 2021-05-15.