WHL 1925/26
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Master: | Victoria Cougars | ||
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The 1925-26 season was the fifth and final regular season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The champions became the Victoria Cougars .
Team changes
The following changes were made before the start of the season:
- The Regina Capitals stopped playing.
- The Portland Rosebuds were added to the league as an expansion team.
mode
In the regular season, the six teams played 30 games each. The three best-placed teams then played against each other in the playoffs, with the team with the better goal difference progressing from both games. First, the second placed against the third placed, then the winner of this duel competed against the first placed for the championship title and entry into the Stanley Cup Challenge. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a defeat.
Season course
The league changed its name from Western Canada Hockey League to Western Hockey League prior to the season. This took into account the inclusion of the American team Portland Rosebuds, which replaced the dissolved Regina Capitals. As in the previous year, the Victoria Cougars managed to win the WCHL championship and qualify for the Stanley Cup Challenge after finishing third in the regular season. First the Saskatoon Sheiks had been eliminated 4-3 in the semifinals and finally the Edmonton Eskimos with 5-3 goals in the final. For financial reasons, the league was dissolved after the season and the rights to all teams were sold to the National Hockey League , which remained as the only ice hockey major league two years earlier after the Pacific Coast Hockey Association had ceased to exist.
Regular season table
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 30th | 19th | 11 | 0 | 90 | 77 | 38 |
Saskatoon Sheiks | 30th | 18th | 11 | 1 | 93 | 64 | 37 |
Victoria Cougars | 30th | 15th | 11 | 4th | 68 | 53 | 34 |
Portland Rosebuds | 30th | 12 | 16 | 2 | 84 | 106 | 26th |
Calgary Tigers | 30th | 10 | 17th | 3 | 71 | 80 | 23 |
Vancouver Maroons | 30th | 10 | 18th | 2 | 64 | 90 | 22nd |
Playoffs
Semifinals
- Victoria Cougars - Saskatoon Sheiks 3: 3/1: 0
final
- Edmonton Eskimos - Victoria Cougars 1: 3/2: 2
Stanley Cup Challenge
In the best-of-five series for the Stanley Cup, the Victoria Cougars lost to the Montreal Maroons from the National Hockey League with 1: 3 defeats.
literature
- Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . 1st edition. Andrews McMeel, Kansas City, MO 1998, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9 .
Web links
- The playing time at hockeydb.com