1922–23 WCHL season explained

The 1922–23 WCHL season was the second season for the Western Canada Hockey League. Four teams played 30 games each.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Western Canada Hockey LeagueGPWLTPtsGFGA
Edmonton Eskimos 3019 10 1 39 11290
Regina Capitals 30 1614 0 32 93 97
Calgary Tigers 30 12 18 0 24 91 106
Saskatoon Crescents 30 8 20 2 1891 125

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeam
29 22 21 43 63
Edmonton Eskimos 25 24 13 37 72
30 28 8 36 12
29 304 34 44
29 25 7 32 10
Edmonton Eskimos 30 15 14 29 6
Edmonton Eskimos 30 18 9 27 10
Saskatoon Crescents 309 16 25 19
Calgary Tigers 29 19 5 24 6
Regina Capitals 28 15 8 23 37

Stanley Cup Finals

See main article: 1923 Stanley Cup Finals. The Edmonton Eskimos won the WCHL championship and advanced directly to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they would face the National Hockey League champion Ottawa Senators. Ottawa had previously defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association champions, the Vancouver Maroons. Ottawa then defeated Edmonton two games to none in the best-of-three series to win the Stanley Cup.

DateAwayScoreHomeScoreNotes
March 29Ottawa Senators2Edmonton Eskimos1(OT)
March 31Ottawa Senators1Edmonton Eskimos0

See also

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