The 1923–24 WCHL season was the third

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for the

Western Canada Hockey League The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921–22 WCHL season, 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926. ...

(WCHL). Four teams played 30 games each. The

Calgary Tigers The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the ''Bengals'', were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big-4 League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were reviv ...

defeated the

Regina Capitals The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921. Western Canada Hockey League Capitals (1921–1926) 1921 was the Regina Ca ...

to win the WCHL title. Calgary moved on to the

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, losing in the Finals to the

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...

League business

The league approved a rule limiting

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pads to in width.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

The four teams played an interlocking schedule with 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 ...

(PCHA) teams.

Final standings

Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Scoring leaders

Playoffs

The Calgary Tigers played off against Regina for the WCHL title. ''Calgary wins two-game total-goals series 4–2.'' The Tigers then played off against

(PCHA) champion Vancouver to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. ''Calgary wins best-of-three series 2–1.''

Stanley Cup Finals

In the final, the Calgary Tigers would face the

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(NHL) champion

. Montreal had also defeated Vancouver to advance to the Finals. Montreal then defeated Calgary two games to none in the best-of-three series to win the Stanley Cup.

References

HockeyDB

Bibliography

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