1919 PCHA season

The 1919 season was the eighth regular season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ). Masters were the Seattle Metropolitans.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Portland Rosebuds stopped the game operation.
• The Victoria Aristocrats were reactivated.

Mode

In the regular season, three teams each completed 20 games. The top two teams then met in return match against each other for the title, the better goal of both games was crucial. For a win, each team was given two points, a draw one point and a defeat.

Course of the season

Before the season, the franchise of the Portland Rosebuds was dissolved, while the Victoria Aristocrats after several years break, recovery, the operation of gambling in the PCHA. The task took over as coach of the Aristocrats Lester Patrick. The regular season was won by the Vancouver Millionaires who then decided to start the playoffs in Seattle. This proved to be lost as a fault and the Millionaires clearly with 1:6. Even a 4-1 in the second leg, the rudder could not turn things around.

Regular Season

Table

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Playoffs

• Vancouver Millionaires - Seattle Metropolitans 1:6 / 4:1

Stanley Cup Challenge

To the Stanley Cup were the Seattle Metropolitans against the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League. In the best-of -five series, it was completed after five games 2-2, with a game had ended in a draw. However, in the course of the series broke from the Spanish flu, the players especially the Canadiens were affected. This offered the affected players by players in the Victoria Aristocrats of the PCHA to replace, but this was rejected by the Metropolitans, which is why you eventually broke off the entire series for the Stanley Cup and the Cup this year was not awarded. Canadiens player Joe Hall died finally a few days later of complications from the disease.