| Team1: | Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) |
| Team1 Short: | Vancouver |
| Team2: | Ottawa Senators (NHA) |
| Team2 Short: | Ottawa |
| Year: | 1915 |
| Format: | best-of-five |
| Team2 1: | 2 |
| Team1 1: | 6 |
| Team2 2: | 3 |
| Team1 2: | 8 |
| Team2 3: | 3 |
| Team1 3: | 12 |
| Team2 Tot: | 0 |
| Team1 Tot: | 3 |
| Dates: | March 22–26, 1915. |
| Location1: | Vancouver |
| Team1 Winner: | 1 |
| Series Winner: | Barney Stanley (5:30, second) |
| Hofers: | Millionaires: Si Griffis (1950) Hughie Lehman (1958) Mickey MacKay (1952) Frank Nighbor (1947) Frank Patrick (1950, builder) Barney Stanley (1963) Cyclone Taylor (1947) Senators: Clint Benedict (1965) Punch Broadbent (1962) Jack Darragh (1962) Eddie Gerard (1945) Art Ross (1949) Coaches: Frank Patrick (1950) |
| Team1 Coach: | Frank Patrick |
| Team2 Coach: | Frank Shaughnessy (mgr.) |
| Table-Note: | PCHA rules: 1,3 NHA: 2 |
The 1915 Stanley Cup Finals was played from March 22–26, 1915. The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires swept the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Ottawa Senators three games to none in a best-of-five game series. The finals were played in Vancouver, with games one, three and five played under PCHA rules. The Millionaires became the first team from the PCHA to win the Cup. This was the second Stanley Cup championship series between the champions of the NHA and the PCHA and the first held in a PCHA rink.
See main article: 1914–15 NHA season and 1914–15 PCHA season.
In 1914 the PCHA and NHA agreed to a yearly challenge series between the two teams that won each league for the right to hold the Stanley Cup, effectively ending the challenge era for the Cup.
Vancouver finished the 1914–15 PCHA regular season in first place, and thus winning that league's title, with a record of 13–4. Meanwhile, Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers both finished the 1914–15 NHA regular season tied for first place with identical 14–6 records, and thus had to play a two-game total goals series to determine the NHA champion. Ottawa won this series 4–1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Ottawa left for Vancouver, which hosted the series that year, on March 15. Vancouver captain Si Griffis missed the series due to a broken leg from an exhibition series against NHA all-stars held while waiting for the Finals to start.
All games of the championship finals were played at Vancouver's Denman Arena, the home of the PCHA champion Millionaires. Vancouver ended up sweeping the series with victories of 6–2, 8–3, and 12–3, scoring 26 total goals while limiting the Senators to just eight overall. Former Senator Cyclone Taylor led the Millionaires with six goals. Future Hockey Hall of Famer Barney Stanley scored five goals, including three in the second period of game three. The Cup was not brought west to Vancouver by the Senators, so was not immediately presented to the winners.
| Game-by-Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Rules Used | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 22 | Vancouver Millionaires | 6–2 | Ottawa Senators | PCHA | Denman Arena, Vancouver | |
| 2 | March 24 | Vancouver Millionaires | 8–3 | Ottawa Senators | NHA | ||
| 3 | March 26 | Vancouver Millionaires | 12–3 | Ottawa Senators | PCHA | ||
| Millionaires win best-of-five series 3–0 | |||||||
The 1915 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran.
The following Millionaires players and staff were eligible to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires