| 1915 Stanley Cup Final | ||||||||||||||||
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 TheStanley Cup in 1921. It would have looked the same in 1915. | ||||||||||||||||
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| PCHA rules: 1,3 NHA: 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Vancouver:Denman Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Format | best-of-five | |||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Vancouver:Frank Patrick Ottawa:Frank Shaughnessy (mgr.) | |||||||||||||||
| Dates | March 22–26, 1915 | |||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Barney Stanley (5:30, second) | |||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | 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) | |||||||||||||||
The1915 Stanley Cup Final was played from March 22–26, 1915. ThePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championVancouver Millionaires swept theNational Hockey Association (NHA) championOttawa 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.
In 1914, the PCHA and NHA agreed to a yearly Stanley Cup championship series between the two teams that won each league for the right to hold the Stanley Cup, effectively ending thechallenge era for the Cup.[1]
Vancouver finished the1914–15 PCHA regular season in first place, and thus winning that league's title, with a record of 13–4.[2] Meanwhile, Ottawa and theMontreal Wanderers both finished the1914–15 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 series.[3] Ottawa left for Vancouver, which hosted the series that year, on March 15.[4] Vancouver captainSi 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.[5]
All games of the championship finals were played at Vancouver'sDenman Arena, the home of the PCHA champion Millionaires.[3] 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 SenatorCyclone Taylor led the Millionaires with six goals. FutureHockey Hall of FamerBarney 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.[6]
| Game-by-Game | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Rules Used | Location | |
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| 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 trusteeWilliam Foran.
The following Millionaires players and staff were eligible to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires
‡ Playedrover, a position between both defencemen and behind the centre.
The Senators had the words "Ottawa/NHA Champions/1914–15" engraved on the base of the trophy's original bowl even though they did not win the Cup final. This was the practice of the challenge era. The trophy was officially passed on to the winner of the league championship of the previous Cup champion's league. The previous Cup winner was the 1913–14 NHA championToronto Blueshirts. However, the trustees had excused themselves from organizing challenges after the previous championship series.[7]
After the series, "Vancouver B.C./1914–15/Defeated Ottawa/3 Straight Games" was added to the Cup. Eight players' names and the manager's name were also engraved inside the bowl along the fluted sides.
Ken Mallen played 14 of 16 regular season games, and two of three games in the series. Mallen's name was left off by mistake.Johnny Matz who played one game in the regular season before being released, was not on the Cup either.
| Preceded by | Vancouver Millionaires Stanley Cup champions 1915 | Succeeded by |
Stanley Cup Final by prearranged inter-league competitions 1915–1926 and by NHL playoff champion since 1927 | |||
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