1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires season

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The 1915 Vancouver Millionaires

The 1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires season was the fourth season of the professional men's ice hockey Vancouver Millionaires team of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. The Millionaires were the PCHA champions. After the season the club faced off against the Ottawa Senators, NHA champions for the Stanley Cup. The Millionaires won the series to become the first west-coast team to win the Cup. This was the first time that a team from Vancouver won the Stanley Cup.

Standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against

Pacific Coast Hockey Association GP W L T GF GA
Vancouver Millionaires 17 13 4 0 115 71
Portland Rosebuds 18 9 9 0 91 83
Victoria Aristocrats 17 4 13 0 64 116

Schedule and results

Regular season

1914–15 results: 13–4 (Home: 7–2 ; Road: 6–2)
December: 4–0 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record
1 December 8 Vancouver 6–3 Portland 1–0
2 December 11 Victoria 3–5 Vancouver 2–0
3 December 18 Portland 3–56 Vancouver 3–0
4 December 29 Vancouver 4–3 Victoria OT 4–0
January: 3–3 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 1–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record
5 January 5 Vancouver 4–3 Portland OT 5–0
6 January 8 Victoria 2–9 Vancouver 6–0
7 January 15 Portland 3–2 Vancouver 6–1
8 January 22 Vancouver 1–4 Victoria 6–2
9 January 26 Vancouver 4–10 Portland 6–3
10 January 29 Victoria 5–12 Vancouver 7–3
February: 5–1 (Home: 3–1 ; Road: 2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record
11 February 5 Portland 8–3 Vancouver 7–4
12 February 12 Vancouver 6–4 Victoria 8–4
13 February 16 Vancouver 5–0 Portland 9–4
14 February 19 Victoria 3–10 Vancouver 10–4
15 February 26 Portland 3–13 Vancouver 11–4
16 February 27 Portland 3–11 Vancouver 12–4
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Road: 1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record
17 March 2 Vancouver 14–11 Victoria 13–4
18 March 9 Victoria Cancelled Vancouver 13–4

Playoffs

1915 Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (NHA) Ottawa Senators: Vancouver won 3–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Rules Record
1 March 22 Ottawa 2–6 Vancouver PCHA 1–0
2 March 24 Ottawa 3–8 Vancouver NHA 2–0
3 March 26 Ottawa 3–12 Vancouver PCHA 3–0

Player statistics

Statistics from regular season games

Goaltending averages

Name GP GA SO GAA
Hugh Lehman 17 71 1 4.2
  • Lehman led the PCHA in goals against average and shutouts.

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cyclone Taylor 16 23 22 45 9
Mickey MacKay 17 33 11 44 9
Frank Nighbor 17 23 7 30 12
  • Taylor led the PCHA in points and assists, and MacKay led the PCHA in goals.

Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen

Coaching and administrative staff

  • None - Defenseman Frank Patrick was owner/president/manager/coach. He ran the whole team.

Taylor, MacKay, Nighbor, Stanley, Griffis, Patrick, and Lehman were all eventually inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

‡ Played Rover, a position between both Defences and behind the Centre

Stanley Cup engraving

The Senators had the words "Ottawa/NHA Champions/1914–15" engraved on the base of the trophy's original bowl even though they did not win the Stanley Cup Finals. This was similar to the practice prior to the NHA-PCHA agreement when the trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The previous Cup winner was the 1913–14 NHA champion Toronto Blueshirts.

After the finals, "Vancouver B.C./1914–15/Defeated Ottawa/3 Straight Games" was added to the Cup. Eight players' names and the manager's name were also engraved inside the bowl along the fluted sides.

Two players were left off the Stanley Cup, even though there was room. Kenny Mallen played 14 of 16 regular season games, and two of three games in the final. Mallen's name was left off by mistake. Jean Matz was left off, because he only played one game.

See also

References

  • Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.
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Vancouver Millionaires seasons
  • 1912
  • 1912–13
  • 1913–14
  • 1914–15
  • 1915–16
  • 1916–17
  • 1917–18
  • 1918–19
  • 1919–20
  • 1920–21
  • 1921–22
  • 1922–23
  • 1923–24
  • 1924–25
  • 1925–26
Highlighted season indicates Stanley Cup championship