The 1924–25 WCHL season was the fourth

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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. ...

. With the collapse 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 ...

(PCHA), two teams, the

Vancouver Maroons 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 ...

and

Victoria Cougars The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1911 to 1924 under various names, and (after the PCHA's merger with the Western Canada Hockey League) in the W ...

joined the WCHL. Six teams played 28 games each.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Final Standings

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

Playoffs

League championship

;Bracket ;Semi-final The Victoria Cougars defeated the Saskatoon Crescents in the WCHL semi-final. Source: Coleman(1966) ;Final The Victoria Cougars then defeated the Calgary Tigers in the WCHL final. Source: Coleman(1966)

Stanley Cup Finals

The Victoria Cougars faced the

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champion

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 ...

in a best-of-5 series for the

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. Victoria defeated Montreal, 3 games to 1, marking the only time since the inception of the NHL in

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that the NHL champion did not win the Cup and the final time this would happen. Source: Coleman(1966)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending averages

Source: Coleman(1966)

References

External links

HockeyDB
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