The1922 Stanley Cup playoffs was an ice hockey tournament held at the conclusion of the 1921–22 season. With the debut of theWestern Canada Hockey League (WCHL) at the start of the season, it marked the first time that theNational Hockey League (NHL), thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), and the WCHL all competed for theStanley Cup. It concluded on March 28 when theNational Hockey League (NHL) championToronto St. Patricks defeated thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championVancouver Millionaires in thefinal series, three games to two.

The1921–22 NHL season was capped with the 13–10–1 second placeToronto St. Patricks defeating the 14–8–2 first placeOttawa Senators, 5 goals to 4, in the two-game total goals NHL championship series.

After the conclusion for the1921–22 PCHA regular season, the second placeVancouver Millionaires defeated the first placeSeattle Metropolitans in the two-game total-goals PCHA championship series, winning both games by 1–0.

At the conclusion of theWCHL's inaugural season, theEdmonton Eskimos and theRegina Capitals initially ended with identical 14–9–1 records with the sole tie being between the two teams. It was decided to replay the tie game, with Edmonton winning the rematch 11–2 to place first.^[1] This pushed Regina down to a second place tie with theCalgary Tigers. The Capitals defeated the Calgary Tigers 2–1 (1–0, 1–1) in a two-game total-goals series to determine second place. The Capitals then went on to beat first place Edmonton 3–2 (1–1, 2–1) in another two-game total-goals series to win the league's first championship.

With the inclusion of the WCHL, the leagues agreed to have the champions of the two Western leagues compete in atwo-game total-goals series, with the winner facing the NHL champion in abest-of-five series for the Cup.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Each contest in this Vancouver-Reginatwo-game total-goals series was played under different rules. However, the road team prevailed in each match. Game one, played in Vancouver under the PCHA's seven-man rules, sawDick Irvin score the game-winning goal to give the Capitals a 2–1 victory. Game two was played in Regina under the WCHL's six-man rules, but Millionaires defenceman Art Duncan recorded ahat-trick as he led Vancouver to a 4–0 shutout, and thus clinching the series on March 11 by a combined score of 5–2.^[2]

After Vancouver won Game 1, 4–3,Babe Dye scored 4:50 into overtime of Game 2 to give Toronto a 2–1 win. In Game 3, goaltenderHugh Lehman led the Millionaires to a 3–0 shutout. However, the St. Patricks tied the series in Game 4, 6–0, asJohn Ross Roach became the first rookie goaltender to record a Stanley Cup shutout. Game 5 belonged to Toronto as Dye scored four goals in a 5–1 victory to win the Stanley Cup.

Dye scored 9 out of the St. Patricks' 16 goals, while Roach averaged 1.80 goals against per game.

Toronto never did engrave their names on the Cup for their 1922 championship. It was only until the trophy was redesigned in 1948 that the words "1922 Toronto St. Pats." was put onto its then-new collar.

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