1920–21 PCHA season

The 1920–21 PCHA season was the tenth season of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Three teams played 24 games each. The Vancouver Millionaires won the league championship, but lost the Stanley Cup to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.

Regular season

The Aristocrats signed Frank Fredrickson who had starred in the Olympics. He scored for Victoria in his first game. Mickey MacKay returned to play after a year's layoff with a broken jaw.[1] Bernie Morris returned to regular-season play after missing the previous season due to his arrest in the United States for alleged draft dodging. Morris spent nearly a year at Alcatraz before he was freed.

On March 4, a special "Moose Johnson Night" was held to honour Moose Johnson who had played ten years in the league. Presentations to Johnson were made before the game. The game itself went to sixty minutes of overtime before the teams agreed to leave the score a draw.[2]

Cyclone Taylor scored the final goals of his career in the final game on March 11. He scored a hat-trick in an 8–11 loss to Victoria.[3]

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver Millionaires	24	13	11	0	26	86	79
Seattle Metropolitans	24	12	11	1	25	77	68
Victoria Aristocrats	24	10	13	1	21	72	88

Source: Coleman(1966)[4]

Playoffs

PCHA Championship

Vancouver defeated Seattle in a two-game total-goal series 7–0, 6–2 (13–2) to win the league championship and advance to the Stanley Cup series.

Date	Home	Score	Away	Score
March 14	Vancouver	7	Seattle	0
March 16	Seattle	2	Vancouver	6

Source: [5]

Stanley Cup Championship

The Stanley Cup finals took place in Vancouver, British Columbia between the Millionaires and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, alternating between PCHA and NHL rules. Ottawa won the series 3–2. The attendance per game during the series averaged 10,000 people which was a record for its time. It was an extremely hard fought and close series as all games were decided by only one goal.

Schedule and results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec	20	Seattle	0	Vancouver	2
	22	Victoria	2	Seattle	7
	25	Seattle	4	Victoria	3 (6:42 OT)
	27	Victoria	3	Vancouver	6
	29	Vancouver	2	Seattle	3 (7:50 OT)
Jan	1	Vancouver	3	Victoria	5
	3	Seattle	2	Vancouver	3
	5	Victoria	1	Seattle	2 (3:35 OT)
	7	Seattle	0	Victoria	2
	10	Victoria	3	Vancouver	5
	12	Vancouver	3	Seattle	4 (1:46 OT)
	14	Vancouver	4	Victoria	3
	17	Seattle	3	Vancouver	7
	19	Victoria	2	Seattle	9
	21	Vancouver	1	Victoria	4
	24	Victoria	2	Vancouver	5
	26	Vancouver	2	Seattle	3
	28	Seattle	3	Victoria	5
	31	Seattle	4	Vancouver	3
Feb	2	Victoria	3	Seattle	2 (31:14 OT)
	4	Vancouver	4	Victoria	3
	7	Victoria	2	Vancouver	5
	9	Vancouver	2	Seattle	6
	11	Seattle	1	Victoria	3
	14	Seattle	1	Vancouver	2
	16	Victoria	4	Seattle	3
	18	Vancouver	2	Victoria	0
	21	Victoria	1	Vancouver	5
	23	Vancouver	1	Seattle	5
	25	Seattle	0	Victoria	3
	28	Seattle	7	Vancouver	4
Mar	2	Victoria	3	Seattle	0
	4	Seattle	4	Victoria	4 (60:00 OT)
	7	Victoria	0	Vancouver	5
	9	Vancouver	2	Seattle	4
	11	Vancouver	8	Victoria	11

Source: Coleman(1966).[6]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Aristocrats	21	20	12	32	3
Smokey Harris	Vancouver Millionaires	24	15	17	32	6
Frank Foyston	Seattle Metropolitans	23	26	4	30	10
Jack Adams	Vancouver Millionaires	24	17	13	30	60
Jim Riley	Seattle Metropolitans	24	23	5	28	20
Alf Skinner	Vancouver Millionaires	24	20	4	24	22
Bernie Morris	Seattle Metropolitans	24	11	13	24	3
Lloyd Cook	Vancouver Millionaires	24	12	9	21	18
Tommy Dunderdale	Victoria Aristocrats	24	9	11	20	18
Mickey MacKay	Vancouver Millionaires	21	10	8	18	15

Goaltending averages

GP = Games played; GA = Goals allowed; SO=Shutouts; GAA=Goals against average

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Hap Holmes	Seattle	24	68	0	2.8
Hugh Lehman	Vancouver	24	78	3	3.3
Norman Fowler	Victoria	24	88	3	3.7