The 1914–15 PCHA season was the fourth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 8, 1914, until March 9, 1915. The schedule was made for each team to play 18 games, but like the previous three seasons, one game was cancelled. The Vancouver Millionaires club were the PCHA champions. After the season the club faced off against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions for the

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, winning the series and becoming the first west-coast team to win the Cup.

League business

The franchise of the

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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 of the boards.

Regular season

Rookie

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led the league with 33 goals, while

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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

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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

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

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scored twice."Vancouver Champions Win Over the All-Stars Again"
''The Sun'' (Vancouver). March 18, 1915 (pg. 6). Retrieved 2021-05-15.

Playoffs

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

Goaltending averages

Scoring leaders

Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions

References

Notes

Bibliography

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