| 1916–17 PCHA Season | |
| League: | Pacific Coast Hockey Association |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | December 1, 1916–March 2, 1917 |
| No Of Teams: | 4 |
| Season: | Results |
| League Champs: | Seattle Metropolitans |
| League Champ Name: | Champion |
| Top Scorer: | Bernie Morris (Seattle) |
| Seasonslist: | List of PCHA seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | PCHA |
| Prevseason Link: | 1915–16 PCHA season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1915–16 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1917–18 PCHA season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1917–18 |
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 Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.
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. 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.[1] The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against
| Pacific Coast Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Metropolitans | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 80 |
| 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 131 | 124 | |
| 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 114 | 112 | |
| 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 143 | |
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| March | 2 | Spokane | 5 | Vancouver | 11 |
| 2 | Seattle | 4 | Portland | 3 | |
| Vancouver | Spokane | cancelled |
Source: Coleman 1966.
| 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 | |
| Player | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 37 | 17 | 54 | 17 | |||
| 23 | 43 | 10 | 53 | 42 | |||
| Seattle Metropolitans | 24 | 36 | 12 | 48 | 51 | ||
| Victoria Aristocrats | 23 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 24 | |||
| Vancouver Millionaires | 23 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 58 | |||
| Portland Rosebuds | 23 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 39 | ||
| Vancouver Millionaires | 12 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 12 | ||
| Portland Rosebuds | 24 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 141 |