1912–13 PCHA Season
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The 1912–13 PCHA season was the second
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of the professional men's ice hockey
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 ...
. Season play ran from December 10, 1912, to March 18, 1913. Like the previous season, teams were to play a 16-game schedule, but one game was cancelled. The Victoria Senators were the PCHA champions. After the season the club played, and won, an exhibition series against the
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champion
Quebec Bulldogs The Quebec Bulldogs () were an ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The team was officially known as the Quebec Hockey Club (), and later as the Quebec Athletic Club (). One of the first organized ice hockey clubs, the club debuted in 1878 with ...
.


Offseason

The Patricks signed Cyclone Taylor from the
Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators (), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. The Senators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Di ...
, replacing
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who returned to the
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. Taylor signed with 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 Co ...
on November 19, 1912.Kotylo(2006), p. 16


Teams


Map of teams


Regular season

The PCHA moved two games east of the Rockies, on March 17 in
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,
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, and on March 18 in Regina,
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. The final game of the season, between Victoria and New Westminster was cancelled. Victoria won the championship and formally asked to play for the
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, but was turned down due to the PCHA season ending several weeks later than the eastern leagues' season finished.


Highlights

On January 14, 1913, the PCHA held a speed skating competition among PCHA players. Ken Mallen was the victor, defeating Cyclone Taylor and Si Griffis. Griffis defeated Ernie Johnson to challenge Mallen.
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won the overall scoring championship with 24 goals in 15 games. The top one-game performance was on March 17, when Eddie Oatman scored five goals in a game against Vancouver. On January 31,
Lester Patrick Curtis Lester Patrick (December 31, 1883 – June 1, 1960) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA; Western Hockey League (WHL) after ...
, a defenseman, scored four goals in one game versus New Westminster. The PCHA tried out NHA-style six-man hockey on February 15, in a game between New Westminster and Vancouver, but reverted to seven-man play for the rest of the season.


Final standings

''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against''


Results

*a Played in Vancouver *b Played in Calgary *c Played in Regina *d Cancelled A game between Victoria and New Westminster was cancelled at the end of the season.


Player statistics


Scoring leaders


Goaltending averages


See also

*
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*
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* 1913 in sports


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Notes

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