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.
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.