1924–25 WCHL season

The 1924–25 WCHL season was the fourth season for the Western Canada Hockey League. With the collapse of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), two teams, the Vancouver Maroons and Victoria Cougars joined the WCHL. Six teams played 28 games each.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
1924–25 Western Canada Hockey League
Calgary Tigers	Calgary, Alberta	Victoria Arena	N/A
Edmonton Eskimos	Edmonton, Alberta	Edmonton Stock Pavilion	2,000
Regina Capitals	Regina, Saskatchewan	Regina Stadium	N/A
Saskatoon Crescents	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Crescent Arena	N/A
Vancouver Maroons	Vancouver, British Columbia	Denman Arena	10,500
Victoria Cougars	Victoria, British Columbia	Patrick Arena	4,000

Map of teams

Tigers

Eskimos

Capitals

Crescents

Maroons

Cougars

WCHL Teams

Regular season

Final standings

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

Western Canada Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Calgary Tigers	28	17	11	0	34	95	79
Saskatoon Crescents	28	16	11	1	33	102	75
Victoria Cougars	28	16	12	0	32	84	63
Edmonton Eskimos	28	14	13	1	29	97	109
Vancouver Maroons	28	12	16	0	24	91	102
Regina Capitals	28	8	20	0	16	72	121

Playoffs

League championship

Bracket

Semi-final				Final






				Calgary Tigers	1	0	1

				Victoria Cougars	1	2	3
Saskatoon Crescents	1	3	4

Victoria Cougars	3	3	6

Semi-final

The Victoria Cougars defeated the Saskatoon Crescents in the WCHL semi-final.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 6	Saskatoon	1	Victoria	3
March 10	Victoria	3	Saskatoon	3
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 6–4

Source: Coleman(1966)^[1]

Final

The Victoria Cougars then defeated the Calgary Tigers in the WCHL final.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 14	Victoria	1	Calgary	1
March 18	Calgary	0	Victoria	2
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 3–1

Source: Coleman(1966)^[2]

Stanley Cup Finals

The Victoria Cougars faced the National Hockey League champion Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-5 series for the Stanley Cup. Victoria defeated Montreal, 3 games to 1, marking the only time since the inception of the NHL in 1917 that the NHL champion did not win the Cup and the final time this would happen.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 21	Montreal Canadiens	2	Victoria Cougars	5
March 23	Montreal Canadiens	1	Victoria Cougars	3
March 27	Montreal Canadiens	4	Victoria Cougars	2
March 30	Montreal Canadiens	1	Victoria Cougars	6

Source: Coleman(1966)^[3]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mickey MacKay	Vancouver Maroons	28	27	6	33	17
Harry Oliver	Calgary Tigers	24	20	13	33	23
Duke Keats	Edmonton Eskimos	28	23	9	32	63
Bill Cook	Saskatoon Crescents	27	22	10	32	79
Frank Fredrickson	Victoria Cougars	28	22	8	30	43
Frank Boucher	Vancouver Maroons	27	16	12	28	6
Archie Briden	Edmonton Eskimos	28	17	6	23	33
Bullet Joe Simpson	Edmonton Eskimos	28	11	12	23	16
George Hay	Regina Capitals	20	16	6	22	6
Bun Cook	Saskatoon Crescents	28	18	3	21	48

Goaltending averages

Name	Club	GP	GA	SO	Avg.
Hap Holmes	Victoria	28	63	3	2.3
George Hainsworth	Saskatoon	28	75	2	2.7
Hugh Lehman	Vancouver	11	30		2.7
Hal Winkler	Calgary	28	80	2	2.9
Hec Fowler	Edmonton	8	29	1	3.6
Bill Tobin	Edmonton	3	12		4.0
Herb Stuart	Edmonton	17	68	1	4.0
Charlie Reid	Vancouver	17	72	1	4.4
Red McCusker	Regina	28	123		4.4

Source: Coleman(1966)^[4]

References

^ Coleman 1966, pp. 480–481.
^ Coleman 1966, pp. 481–482.
^ Coleman 1966, pp. 482–483.
^ Coleman 1966, p. 478.

Coleman, Charles (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1936 inc.

External links

HockeyDB

Preceded by 1923–24 WCHL season	WCHL seasons 1924–25	Succeeded by 1925–26 WHL season

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966480–481-1] Coleman 1966, pp. 480–481.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966481–482-2] Coleman 1966, pp. 481–482.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966482–483-3] Coleman 1966, pp. 482–483.

[FOOTNOTEColeman1966478-4] Coleman 1966, p. 478.

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