Vancouver Millionaires
Vancouver Millionaires | |
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Vancouver, British Columbia | |
League | PCHA (1911–1924) WCHL (1924–1926) |
Operated | 1911–1926 |
Home arena | Denman Arena |
Colours | Maroon, cream |
Owner(s) | Frank Patrick |
Head coach | Frank Patrick |
Franchise history | |
1911 to 1922 | Vancouver Millionaires |
1922 to 1926 | Vancouver Maroons |
Championships | |
Stanley Cups | 1 (1915) |
Playoff championships | 6 (1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924) |
The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, they played in Denman Arena, the first artificial ice surface in Canada and the largest indoor ice rink in the world at the time it opened.[1]
The Millionaires/Maroons succeeded as PCHA champions six times (1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924) and won the Stanley Cup once, in 1915, against the Ottawa Senators of the NHA.
Their jerseys were
On October 1, 2010, the Vancouver Canucks president and management officially announced that the Vancouver Canucks had purchased the rights to logos, jerseys and trademarks of the Vancouver Millionaires. Since that time, the Canucks have worn Millionaires throwback uniforms on a few occasions, most notably on March 2, 2014 in the 2014 Heritage Classic against the Ottawa Senators.
Team history
In 1911, the Patrick brothers, Frank and Lester, inaugurated their own professional ice hockey league on the west coast, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, giving birth to three teams, one of which was the Vancouver Millionaires. Frank aligned himself with Vancouver, playing for, coaching and managing the team. In order to earn credibility as a league, the PCHA lured players from the NHA, and in 1912, the Millionaires acquired the highly touted Cyclone Taylor, who would play for and star in Vancouver for the following ten seasons — the remainder of his career. During his tenure in Vancouver, Taylor tallied 263 points in 131 games.
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Following the
Tributes
In 1999, musician and bodybuilder Jon Mikl Thor started VM Sports, a company to market a line of Millionaires apparel. Since there were no genuine Millionaires sweaters in existence since a fire destroyed Denman Arena in 1936, Thor trademarked the Vancouver Millionaires name and the "Victory V" logo. On May 1, 2008, the BC Sports Hall Of Fame was donated one such Millionaires sweater from VM Sports, which is now featured in the Hall's Cyclone Taylor display.[2] On October 1, 2010 the Vancouver Canucks parent company, Canucks Sports & Entertainment, acquired the Vancouver Millionaires trademark from Thor.[3]
In honour of the Millionaires as the city's only Stanley Cup-winning team, the
In the 2012–13 season the Vancouver Canucks added the Millionaires' "V" to their jersey. They wore a modified version of the Millionaires jersey on March 16, 2013 against the Detroit Red Wings.[6] They again wore the Millionaires jersey for the 2014 Heritage Classic on March 2, 2014, against the Ottawa Senators, who wore a version of the original Senators jersey. The Millionaires jersey was worn a third time on March 26, 2015, against the Colorado Avalanche.[7]
Season-by-season record
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Season | Name | League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
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1912 | Millionaires | PCHA | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 94 | 2nd | - |
1912–13 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 89 | 2nd | - | ||
1913–14 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 83 | 3rd | - | ||
1914–15 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 71 | 1st | Won Stanley Cup | ||
1915–16 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 2nd | - | ||
1916–17 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 71 | 124 | 2nd | - | ||
1917–18 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 70 | 60 | 2nd | Lost in Cup final | ||
1918–19 |
20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 55 | 1st | Lost league playoff | ||
1919–20 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 65 | 2nd | - | ||
1920–21 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 79 | 1st | Lost in Cup final | ||
1921–22 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 68 | 2nd | Lost in Cup final | ||
1922–23 | Maroons | 29[8][9] | 16 | 12 | 1 | 116 | 88 | 1st | Lost in Cup Semi-final | |
1923–24 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 87 | 80 | 2nd | Lost in Cup semi-final | ||
1924–25 | WCHL | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 91 | 102 | 5th | - | |
1925–26 | WHL | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 64 | 90 | 6th | - |
Hall of Fame players
- Jack Adams
- Rusty Crawford
- Si Griffis
- Newsy Lalonde
- Hughie Lehman
- Mickey MacKay
- Frank Nighbor
- Frank Patrick
- Tommy Phillips
- Didier Pitre
- Gordon Roberts
- Barney Stanley
- Cyclone Taylor
See also
- 1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires season
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia
References
- ^ Tourism Vancouver (2007). "Vancouver's History". Tourism Vancouver. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Mackin, Bob (2008-05-02). "Back in the money". 24 Hours Vancouver. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Canucks Sports & Entertainment announces acquisition of Vancouver Millionaires trademarks". Vancouver Canucks. 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Cup, legends coming to Giants". The Province. 2008-11-05. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- Georgia Straight. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Millionaires landing page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27.
- ^ "Colorado Avalanche - Vancouver Canucks". canucks.nhl.com. March 26, 2015.
- ^ February 2 game against Victoria was stricken from the record after the Cougars protested the result, initially a 4-3 overtime victory by Vancouver. The game was never replayed because it would not have affected the standings.
- ^ "Hockey Protest Is Successful". The Daily Colonist. 1923-02-23. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
External links
Media related to Vancouver Millionaires at Wikimedia Commons