The 1920–21 PCHA season was the tenth

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of the

Pacific Coast Hockey Association The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was cons ...

. Three teams played 24 games each. The

Vancouver Millionaires The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926. Based in Vancouver, British C ...

won the league championship, but lost the Stanley Cup to the

Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a membe ...

of the

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Regular season

The Aristocrats signed

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who had starred in the Olympics. He scored for Victoria in his first game.

Mickey MacKay Duncan McMillan "Mickey" MacKay (May 25, 1894 – May 30, 1940) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and rover who played primarily in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHL) and Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) for the Vancouver Mi ...

returned to play after a year's layoff with a broken jaw.

Bernie Morris Bernard Patrick Morris (August 21, 1890 – May 16, 1963) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1915 to 1923. When the Metropolitans became the f ...

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

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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. 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.

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'' Source: Coleman(1966)

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. Source: nhl.com
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Stanley Cup Championship

The Stanley Cup finals took place in

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between the Millionaires and

of the

, 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

Source: Coleman(1966).

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending averages

''GP = Games played; GA = Goals allowed; SO=Shutouts; GAA=

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Source: Coleman(1966)

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Hockey Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:1920-21 PCHA season Pacific Coast Hockey Association seasons 2 PCHA

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

PCHA Championship

Stanley Cup Championship

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending averages

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links