The 1923–24 PCHA season was the 13th and last season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from November 26, 1923, until February 25, 1924. Each team played 30 games, including eight games against Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) teams. The Seattle Metropolitans club were the regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off against the Vancouver Maroons.
The league approved a rule limiting goalkeeper pads to in width. The league also banned goalkeepers from going behind their own net.
| 1923–24 Pacific Coast Hockey Association | |||||
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Metropolitans | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Ice Arena | 4,000 | ||
| Vancouver Maroons | Vancouver, British Columbia | Denman Arena | 10,500 | ||
| Victoria Cougars | Victoria, British Columbia | Patrick Arena | 4,000 | ||
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
| Pacific Coast Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 84 | 99 |
| Vancouver Maroons | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 87 | 80 |
| 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 78 | 103 | |
Standings include results of games played against WCHL opponents.
The Maroons won the two-game total-goals series against Seattle (4–3).
The Maroons then played against the Western Canada Hockey League champion Calgary Tigers for the right to go directly to the Stanley Cup Finals. Calgary won the series two games to one. Vancouver then played the Montreal Canadiens in a semifinal and lost the best-of-three series two games to none.
| Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 12 | Seattle | 3 | Vancouver | 2 |
| 14 | Victoria | 6 | Seattle | 7 (2' overtime) | |
| 16 | Vancouver | 1 | Victoria | 5 | |
| 19 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 7 | |
| 21 | Vancouver | 1 | Seattle | 3 | |
| 23 | Seattle | 2 | Victoria | 4 | |
| 26 | Saskatoon | 4 | Vancouver | 7 | |
| 30 | Saskatoon | 1 | Victoria | 7 | |
| December | 3 | Saskatoon | 2 | Vancouver | 2 (20:00 OT) |
| 5 | Calgary | 7 | Seattle | 5 | |
| 7 | Calgary | 3 | Victoria | 1 | |
| 10 | Seattle | 2 | Regina | 3 | |
| 10 | Victoria | 3 | Edmonton | 1 | |
| 12 | Seattle | 1 | Regina | 4 (at Winnipeg) | |
| 12 | Victoria | 3 | Saskatoon | 9 | |
| 14 | Vancouver | 0 | Calgary | 1 | |
| 14 | Victoria | 2 | Regina | 4 | |
| 14 | Saskatoon | 2 | Seattle | 1 (at Moose Jaw) | |
| 17 | Vancouver | 2 | Edmonton | 3 | |
| 17 | Victoria | 1 | Regina | 4 (at Winnipeg) | |
| 17 | Seattle | 1 | Saskatoon | 2 | |
| 19 | Seattle | 4 | Edmonton | 5 | |
| 19 | Vancouver | 1 | Saskatoon | 4 | |
| 21 | Vancouver | 4 | Regina | 3 | |
| 21 | Victoria | 3 | Saskatoon | 2 (1:00 OT) (at Winnipeg) | |
| 21 | Seattle | 1 | Calgary | 3 | |
| 25 | Victoria | 1 | Vancouver | 3 | |
| 26 | Vancouver | 5 | Seattle | 2 | |
| 28 | Vancouver | 2 | Victoria | 3 (3:16OT)[1] | |
| January | 1 | Seattle | 4 | Vancouver | 2 |
| 2 | Victoria | 1 | Seattle | 2 | |
| 4 | Seattle | 2 | Victoria | 3 (15:32 OT) | |
| 7 | Edmonton | 1 | Vancouver | 4 | |
| 9 | Edmonton | 1 | Seattle | 4 | |
| 11 | Edmonton | 4 | Victoria | 2 | |
| 14 | Victoria | 4 | Vancouver | 3 (:26 OT) | |
| 16 | Calgary | 2 | Seattle | 3 | |
| 18 | Calgary | 7 | Victoria | 3 | |
| 21 | Seattle | 1 | Regina | 9 | |
| 21 | Calgary | 4 | Vancouver | 3 | |
| 23 | Vancouver | 4 | Victoria | 3 (1:44 OT) (at Seattle)[2] | |
| 23 | Seattle | 3 | Saskatoon | 8 | |
| 25 | Vancouver | 1 | Victoria | 2 (:25 OT)[3] | |
| 25 | Seattle | 3 | Edmonton | 2 | |
| 28 | Regina | 5 | Vancouver | 4 (7:35 OT) | |
| 28 | Seattle | 4 | Calgary | 5 | |
| 30 | Regina | 1 | Seattle | 2 | |
| February | 1 | Regina | 2 | Victoria | 1 |
| 4 | Regina | 4 | Vancouver | 6 | |
| 6 | Seattle | 4 | Vancouver | 2 | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 2 | Regina | 3 | |
| 8 | Seattle | 4 | Victoria | 1 | |
| 9 | Vancouver | 3 | Saskatoon | 4 | |
| 11 | Victoria | 4 | Seattle | 1 (at Vancouver) | |
| 11 | Vancouver | 3 | Edmonton | 1 | |
| 13 | Vancouver | 2 | Calgary | 1 (1:52 OT) | |
| 14 | Edmonton | 7 | Seattle | 1 | |
| 15 | Edmonton | 2 | Victoria | 5 | |
| 18 | Victoria | 3 | Calgary | 4 | |
| 20 | Vancouver | 0 | Seattle | 3 | |
| 20 | Victoria | 1 | Regina | 2 | |
| 22 | Seattle | 4 | Vancouver | 2 (at Victoria) | |
| 22 | Victoria | 3 | Saskatoon | 4 | |
| 25 | Seattle | 0 | Vancouver | 6 | |
| 25 | Victoria | 1 | Edmonton | 1 (20:00 OT) | |
| 27 | Victoria | 1 | Calgary | 7 |
Source: Coleman(1966)
| Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Lehman | Vancouver | 30 | 80 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Hap Holmes | Seattle | 30 | 99 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Hec Fowler | Victoria | 30 | 103 | 3.4 | |
| Player | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 44 | |||
| 30 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 28 | |||
| Vancouver Maroons | 28 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 2 | ||
| Seattle Metropolitans | 29 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 8 | |||
| Vancouver Maroons | 28 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 10 | ||
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 64 | ||
| Seattle Metropolitans | 30 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 30 | ||
| Victoria Cougars | 29 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 10 | ||
| Victoria Cougars | 30 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 26 |
Book: Coleman , Charles . The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893-1936 inc.. 1966.