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[[File:1917 Portland Rosebuds.png|thumb|250px|Portland Rosebuds]]
The '''1916–17 PCHA season''' was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]] league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The [[Seattle Metropolitans]] club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the [[1917 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] finals series against the [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[National Hockey Association|NHA]] champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.

==League business==
In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the [[Victoria Aristocrats]] to Spokane, Washington.{{sfn |Diamond |Duplacey |Zweig |2001}} This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |title=Pro Hockey Fails to Make Good in Spokane |date=February 15, 1917 |page=9}}</ref> The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.

==Regular season==

===Final standings===
'''''Note:''' W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against''
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | Pacific Coast Hockey Association
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA
|-
|'''[[Seattle Metropolitans]]'''  || 24 ||  16 || 8 ||0 || 125 || 80 
|-
|[[Vancouver Millionaires]] || 23 || 14 || 9 ||0 || 131 || 124
|-
|[[Portland Rosebuds (hockey)|Portland Rosebuds]]      || 24 ||  9 || 15 ||0 || 114 || 112
|-
|[[Spokane Canaries]]       || 23 ||  8 || 15 ||0 || 89 || 143
|-
|}

==Schedule and results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:4em" | Month
! style="width:3em" | Day
! style="width:7em" | Visitor
! style="width:3em" | Score
! style="width:7em" | Home
! style="width:8em" | Score
|-
|rowspan=16 valign=top| Dec.
| 1   || Spokane         ||  5 || Portland        ||  4
|-
| 2   || Seattle         ||  2 || Vancouver       ||  6
|-
|   5 || Portland        ||  3 || Seattle         ||  4 (11:00 OT)
|-
|   5 || Vancouver       ||  4 || Spokane         ||  6
|-
|   8 || Seattle         ||  2 || Portland        ||  5
|-
|   9 || Spokane         ||  6 || Vancouver       ||  9
|-
|  12 || Portland        ||  5 || Spokane         ||  7
|-
|  12 || Vancouver       ||  7 || Seattle         ||  6 (13:40 OT)
|-
|  15 || Vancouver       ||  3 || Portland        ||  5
|-
|  15 || Spokane         ||  0 || Seattle         ||  4
|-
|  19 || Seattle         ||  3 || Spokane         ||  1
|-
|  23 || Portland        ||  5 || Vancouver       ||  7
|-
|  26 || Vancouver       ||  2 || Seattle         ||  7
|-
|  26 || Portland        ||  2 || Spokane         ||  6
|-
|  29 || Spokane         ||  5 || Portland        ||  10
|-
|  30 || Seattle         ||  7 || Vancouver       ||  4

|-
|rowspan=15 valign=top| Jan.
|  2 || Portland        ||   7 || Seattle         ||  4
|-
|  5 || Vancouver       ||   3 || Portland        ||  5
|-
|  5 || Seattle         ||   1 || Spokane         ||  5
|-
|  9 || Spokane         ||   1 || Seattle         ||  3
|-
|  9 || Portland        ||   4 || Vancouver       ||  5
|-
| 12 || Vancouver       ||   3 || Seattle         || 12
|-
| 12 || Portland        ||   3 || Spokane         ||  5
|-
| 16 || Seattle         ||   6 || Portland        ||  2
|-
| 19 || Portland        ||   3 || Seattle         ||  8
|-
| 20 || Spokane         ||   3 || Vancouver       ||  6
|-
| 23 || Vancouver       ||   8 || Spokane         ||  5
|-
| 26 || Spokane         ||   5 || Portland        ||  4
|-
| 27 || Seattle         ||   2 || Vancouver       ||  3
|-
| 30 || Spokane         ||   2 || Seattle         ||  4
|-
| 30 || Vancouver       ||   7 || Portland        ||  11

|-
|rowspan=14 valign=top| Feb.
|| 2 || Seattle         || 16 || Spokane         ||  1
|-
|  3 || Portland        ||  1 || Vancouver       ||  6
|-
|  6 || Portland        ||  3 || Spokane         ||  4 (3:00 OT)
|-
|  6 || Vancouver       ||  4 || Seattle         ||  8
|-
|  9 || Seattle         ||  1 || Portland        ||  5
|-
| 10 || Spokane         ||  1 || Vancouver       ||  8
|-
| 13 || Spokane         ||  8 || Vancouver       ||  12
|-
| 13 || Portland        ||  2 || Seattle         ||  5
|-
| 16 || Spokane         ||  1 || Portland        ||  9
|-
| 17 || Seattle         ||  2 || Vancouver       ||  4
|-
| 20 || Vancouver       ||  4 || Portland        ||  6
|-
| 23 || Spokane         ||  7 || Seattle         ||  9
|-
| 24 || Portland        ||  4 || Vancouver       ||  5
|-
| 27 || Spokane         ||  0 || Seattle         ||  7

|-
|rowspan=3 valign=top| March
|| 2 || Spokane         ||  5 || Vancouver       ||  11
|-
|  2 || Seattle         ||  4 || Portland        ||  3
|-
|    || Vancouver       ||    || Spokane         ||  cancelled

|}

'''Source:''' Coleman 1966.{{sfn|Coleman|1966|pp=320–321}}

==Player statistics==

===Goaltending averages===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Club
! GP
! GA
! SO
! Avg.
|-
|Holmes, Hap
||Seattle       || 24 || 80 || 2 || 3.3
|-
|Murray, Tom
||Portland      || 24 || 112 ||  || 4.7
|-
|Lehman, Hugh
||Vancouver     || 23 || 124 ||  || 5.4
|-
|Fowler, Norman
||Spokane       || 23 || 143 ||  || 6.2
|-
|}

===Scoring leaders===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width: 12em;" | Player
! style="width: 13em;" | Team
! style="width: 4em;"  | {{abbr|GP|Games Played}}
! style="width: 4em;"  | {{abbr|G|Goals}}
! style="width: 4em;"  | {{abbr|A|Assists}}
! style="width: 4em;"  | {{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width: 4em;"  | {{abbr|PIM|Penalties In Minutes}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Bernie Morris || style="text-align:left;"| [[Seattle Metropolitans]] || 24 || 37 || 17 || 54 || 17
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Gordon Roberts || style="text-align:left;"| [[Vancouver Millionaires]] || 23 || 43 || 10 || 53 || 42
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Frank Foyston || style="text-align:left;"| Seattle Metropolitans || 24 || 36 || 12 || 48 || 51
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Barney Stanley|| style="text-align:left;"| Victoria Aristocrats || 23 || 28 || 18 || 46 || 9
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Dick Irvin || style="text-align:left;"| [[Portland Rosebuds (ice hockey)|Portland Rosebuds]] || 23 || 35 || 10 || 45 || 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Mickie MacKay|| style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Millionaires || 23 || 22 || 11 || 33 || 37
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Dubbie Kerr || style="text-align:left;"| [[Spokane Canaries]] || 23 || 20 || 11 || 31 || 58
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Smokey Harris || style="text-align:left;"| Portland Rosebuds || 23 || 18 || 13 || 31 || 39
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Cyclone Taylor || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Millionaires  || 12 || 14 || 15 || 29 || 12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|Tommy Dunderdale || style="text-align:left;"| Portland Rosebuds || 24 || 22 || 4 || 26 || 141
|}

==References==
* {{cite book
 |last=Coleman |first=Charles
|title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.
|year=1966 |ref=harv
}}
* {{cite book |last=Diamond |first=Dan |last2=Duplacey |first2=James |last3=Zweig |first3=Zweig
 |title=Hockey stories on and off the ice |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=0-7407-1903-3 |ref=harv}}

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