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35-663: 1921 was the Regina Capitals' first season in the new Western Canada Hockey League, they finished second overall and then upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the playoffs to win the league championship. Winning the league championship meant that the team had to face the winner of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) before being able to challenge for the Stanley Cup . Unfortunately, the up-start Capitals lost to

70-679: A few years of play, the league was accepted by the Stanley Cup trustees as being of a high enough standard that teams from its league were accepted for Stanley Cup challenges. Starting in 1915, the league entered into an agreement where the Stanley Cup was to be contested between the National Hockey Association and the PCHA after the regular seasons were finished. The league struggled to make money, and various teams moved into different cities in an attempt to be successful financially. Eventually,

105-535: A further agreement, the champions of each league would face each other for the Stanley Cup. After the 1914 season, league champion Victoria came east to play the first "World Series of hockey" challenge series with the Toronto Blueshirts for the Stanley Cup . After the series, the Stanley Cup trustees came to agreement with the NHA and PCHA and the challenge era of the Stanley Cup came to an end. Yearly playoffs between

140-527: A role in the missed opportunity: "Renfrew should have won the cup this winter. Why they had positively the greatest collection of players that I have ever seen together. Why did they lose? Simply because the team lacked confidence in itself and because it was not-properly handled until Alf Smith took charge. Those men didn't know the extent of their hockey abilities. They became discouraged too easily and again did not appear to take things with sufficient seriousness." Bruce Stuart on why Renfrew failed to win

175-532: A yearly salary of $ 1,800, the top salary of any player at the time. For the 1912–13 season the PCHA continued to raid the east for players. Besides Taylor, Goldie Prodgers , Eddie Oatman , Jack McDonald and Ernie Johnson moved out west, although Newsy Lalonde returned to Montreal. The New Westminster rink, to be built by local interests, was not ready and the Royals continued to play in Vancouver. Victoria would win

210-468: The Cobalt silver rush –mining magnate Senator M. J. O'Brien . In 1909, when O'Brien sought to join the new Canadian Hockey Association with his existing Renfrew team in the semi-pro Federal Hockey League , the application was rejected. With fellow rejectee Montreal Wanderers , O'Brien founded the NHA, along with franchises in Cobalt , Haileybury and Montreal . With O'Brien Silver Mine money backing

245-682: The Creamery Kings and the Millionaires , was a founding franchise in 1909 of the National Hockey Association , the precursor to the National Hockey League . The team was based in the founder Ambrose O'Brien 's hometown of Renfrew, Ontario . The team's founder, Ambrose O'Brien had played varsity hockey at the University of Toronto , then continued his interest as a team founder and owner, financed by his father's amassed great wealth during

280-537: The Toronto Blueshirts . Five players from Toronto became the core of the new Seattle team. In 1918, the PCHA introduced playoffs for the first time. Until that year, the team with the best record over the season had been declared the champion and challenged for the Stanley Cup. With the creation of playoffs, it was the winner in the post-season who would be league champion. In 1921, the Western Canada Hockey League , another western major league of hockey,

315-518: The Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA. Vancouver went on to face the Toronto St. Patricks of the National Hockey League (NHL), but would lose the best-of-five series for the Stanley Cup 3 games to 2. They finished second overall in each of their first three seasons, with their third season only one point behind first place, but that first season would be the only one in which they would win

350-489: The Canadiens franchise, and Lalonde would wind up the season as NHA's first scoring champion. Coached by Ottawa Senators legend and future Hall of Famer Alf Smith , Renfrew finished in third place in the 1910 season with an 8-3-1 record. The team had been held as a favorite to win the Stanley Cup at the onset of the season, and at the end of the season Ottawa Senators player Bruce Stuart claimed lack of confidence played

385-465: The Creamery Kings, Renfrew iced a powerful team during its first season, with players Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick commanding salaries of $ 3,000 each, and Cyclone Taylor receiving a record-setting $ 5,250 for a two-month season. In consequence, the team became widely nicknamed the "Millionaires" for the over the top salaries. O'Brien also secured the services of Newsy Lalonde midseason from

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420-762: The Patrick brothers to sell players or, in the case of the Portland Rosebuds and the Victoria Cougars , the team itself. The expansion Chicago Black Hawks bought the Rosebud players for a reported $ 15,000, while the expansion Detroit team bought the Victoria players for $ 25,000 and named itself the Detroit Cougars in tribute; this team became the present-day Detroit Red Wings . The league introduced numerous innovations to

455-776: The Seattle Vamps competed against the Vancouver Amazons in Vancouver, and were vanquished by a 5–0 score. Two days later, the Vamps played against a team from the University of British Columbia and won the game. Jerry Reed scored three goals (a hat trick) in the game for the Vamps. In both games, the Vancouver media referred to the Seattle team as the Seattle Sweeties. The Amazons would travel to Seattle and defeat them again. On March 2, 1921,

490-688: The Stanley Cup and the following year the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup—forever changing the mandate of the Cup, which had initially been to recognize the top hockey club in Canada. Relations with the NHA turned sour in 1915, with the Patricks accusing the league of reneging on their agreements. In retaliation, the PCHA again went on a raid for NHA players, particularly ones with

525-617: The Stanley Cup in 1910. Ottawa Citizen , Apr. 1, 1910. Its second and final season , Renfrew lost Lalonde to the Montreal Canadiens , and finished with a less than stellar 8-8 record, with Don Smith and Odie Cleghorn being the leading scorers. Renfrew's final major professional game was a 7-6 victory on March 7, 1911, against the Wanderers. Thereafter, with it being apparent that the small towns such as Renfrew, Cobalt and Haileybury could not support major senior hockey, O'Brien folded

560-531: The Vamps were defeated by the Kewpies 1–0 in Seattle. In the rematch on March 12, the Vamps travelled to Victoria. The result was a 1–1 tie, and Jerry Reed scored the goal for Seattle. The goaltender for the Vamps was Mildren Terran. After the 1921 season, the Vamps and the Kewpies ceased operations. GP = Games Played, G = Goals , A = Assists , Pts = Points Source: Bowlsby 2012 , p. 378 Renfrew Millionaires The Renfrew Hockey Club , also known as

595-523: The Vancouver and Victoria teams. The Victoria arena would open to the public on Christmas Day 1911, and the first game of the PCHA was played on January 3, 1912, only a year after the Patricks decided to form the new league. The first league championship for the Patterson Cup trophy was won by the New Westminster Royals. The league did not challenge for the Stanley Cup the first year. Despite

630-669: The WCHL (renamed the Western Hockey League), putting an end to the PCHA. The Victoria Cougars would win the Stanley Cup in 1925, but this win would be the last by a non-NHL team, and the last by a team from the west coast until the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007. The merged league did not last long, as the WHL was unable to match the NHL's American expansion and its player salaries, which led

665-495: The WHL for $ 258,000. The former Capitals/Rosebuds players would go on to form the nucleus of the expansion Chicago Black Hawks franchise, which began play the following season. With the collapse of the WHL, many of the players and teams that didn't become part of the NHL re-grouped and formed a new semi-pro league called the Prairie Hockey League (PrHL). A "new" Regina Capitals were born. They finished third overall in

700-576: The arenas in February. Ground was broken for the arenas in April and the arenas were completed in December. Victoria's arena seated 4,000, and cost $ 110,000 and the flagship arena in Vancouver had 10,500 seats and cost $ 210,000 to build. Once it became clear that the arenas would be built in time, the Patricks raided the National Hockey Association (NHA) for players, although with only three teams and no substitutes,

735-714: The business in January 1911, the Patricks decided then to form a new professional ice hockey league, risking the family fortune. The decision was made to put new rinks in Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia , locations which necessitated the use of artificial ice, as the locations' climate prevented natural ice. Three teams: the New Westminster Royals , the Victoria Senators , and the Vancouver Millionaires would be formed. The Patricks moved quickly, buying property for

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770-445: The entire league only had 23 players under contract (including two reserves in case of injury). All players were paid by the league, unlike the NHA with its competing teams. The PCHA distributed players amongst the teams. Newsy Lalonde of the Canadiens would be the most notable player to move west, to play for Vancouver. The league was formally organized on December 7, 1911 to be run by Frank and Lester, who would also play for and manage

805-610: The formation of a women's league to complement the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The proposal included teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Portland and Seattle. The league never formed. In February 1921, Frank Patrick announced a women's international championship series that would be played in conjunction with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The three teams that competed were the Vancouver Amazons , Victoria Kewpies, and Seattle Vamps. On February 21, 1921,

840-558: The inaugural season of the PrHL, but faltered badly for the second season with only two wins in 26 games. That second season would be the final season for both the Regina Capitals and the Prairie Hockey League as the league disbanded following the season's end. Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Pacific Coast Hockey Association The Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA )

875-576: The league's name was dropped and it was renamed the Western Hockey League . The move didn't help the on-ice performance of the team very much. They didn't finish last overall, but with an extra eight games played from the previous season, they only managed to better their total wins by 4 giving them 12 wins in 36 games. After that season, the Western Hockey League folded. The National Hockey League bought every contract of ever player from

910-603: The league, to survive, merged with the WCHL in 1924. After playing for the Renfrew Millionaires in 1910, the brothers Frank and Lester Patrick moved west to Nelson, British Columbia to work in their father Joe 's lumbering business. Lester and Frank had both played with the Nelson Hockey Club in the West Kootenay Hockey League priorly, during the 1908–09 season. After Joe Patrick decided to sell

945-522: The leagues would become the new manner of deciding the Stanley Cup champion. In the 1914–15 season, Vancouver defeated the Ottawa Senators in a best-of-five series to become the PCHA's first Stanley Cup champions. The league expanded into the United States in 1914 ( Portland, Oregon ) and again in 1915 ( Seattle, Washington ). In 1916, the Portland Rosebuds became the first American team to play for

980-424: The playoffs and advance to the next series. After three seasons well above .500, they fell to last place overall in their fourth season ( 1924–25 ) with only 8 wins in 28 games. The Capitals tried spending their way out of their difficulties, but that only caused more problems. With the team in debt and losing money, they followed the NHL's example of heading south across the border and moved to Portland, Oregon for

1015-457: The raiding of the NHA, a March 1912 west coast tour of the NHA's all-stars was arranged, billed as a sort of "World Series" of hockey. The NHA all-stars included Cyclone Taylor , a marquee name in the East, who had injured his hand refereeing a benefit game for Bruce Ridpath before coming out west and didn't play the first two games. After the PCHA all-stars won the first two games 10–4 and 5–1, leaving

1050-456: The season and the club arranged for an exhibition series of the Stanley Cup champion Quebec Bulldogs . Victoria would defeat the Bulldogs, two victories to one. During the 1913–14 season, the PCHA and the NHA started to act together, coming to agreements to recognize each other's player suspensions and contracts, and instituting a controlled "draft" process to facilitate the transfer of players. In

1085-595: The series outcome in no doubt, the NHA manager Art Ross decided to let Taylor play at the Patrick's request. Taylor would put on an outstanding display of ice hockey prowess for the British Columbia fans and receive a two-minute ovation. Taylor, already rumoured to have signed with Vancouver, would later turn down a contract offer of the Ottawa Hockey Club of the NHA to join the Millionaires in December 1912 for

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1120-422: The sport of ice hockey: The PCHA also developed a farm system for players, and were the first Canadian league to expand into the United States. The PCHA is also credited with introducing numbers to player sweaters for identification purposes (starting in 1911–12 ), but this had been had also been experimented with in the NHA at the same time. As early as January 1916, Frank and Lester Patrick talked of

1155-460: The start of the 1925–26 WHL season . The Regina Capitals renamed themselves the Portland Rosebuds , which was a rekindling of an older, then defunct, team from the PCHA. With that move, they became the only United States –based team in their league. Since they moved to the States, the league had to change its name to reflect that not all of its teams were based in Canada anymore. So, the "Canada" part of

1190-521: 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 considered to be a major league of ice hockey and was important in the development of the sport of professional ice hockey through its innovations. The league was started by the Patrick family, professional hockey players from Montreal, building new arenas in Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia . After

1225-415: Was formed, and the Stanley Cup playoffs were modified to include teams from the WCHL. The following two years, which would turn out to be the last two years of the PCHA, the league played interleague games with the WCHL. In the last year of the PCHA, all three remaining teams finished with losing records. In 1924, the Seattle Metropolitans folded, and the two remaining teams in Vancouver and Victoria joined

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