The 1922 Stanley Cup playoffs was an ice hockey tournament held at the conclusion of the 1921âÂÂ22 season. With the debut of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) at the start of the season, it marked the first time that the National Hockey League (NHL), the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), and the WCHL all competed for the Stanley Cup. It concluded on March 28 when the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Toronto St. Patricks defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires in the final series, three games to two.
The 1921âÂÂ22 NHL season was capped with the 13âÂÂ10âÂÂ1 second place Toronto St. Patricks defeating the 14âÂÂ8âÂÂ2 first place Ottawa Senators, 5 goals to 4, in the two-game total goals NHL championship series.
After the conclusion for the 1921âÂÂ22 PCHA regular season, the second place Vancouver Millionaires defeated the first place Seattle Metropolitans in the two-game total-goals PCHA championship series, winning both games by 1âÂÂ0.
At the conclusion of the WCHL's inaugural season, the Edmonton Eskimos and the Regina Capitals initially ended with identical 14âÂÂ9âÂÂ1 records with the sole tie being between the two teams. It was decided to replay the tie game, with Edmonton winning the rematch 11âÂÂ2 to place first. This pushed Regina down to a second place tie with the Calgary Tigers. The Capitals defeated the Calgary Tigers 2âÂÂ1 (1âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ1) in a two-game total-goals series to determine second place. The Capitals then went on to beat first place Edmonton 3âÂÂ2 (1âÂÂ1, 2âÂÂ1) 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 a two-game total-goals series, with the winner facing the NHL champion in a best-of-five series for the Cup.
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Each contest in this Vancouver-Regina two-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, saw Dick Irvin score the game-winning goal to give the Capitals a 2âÂÂ1 victory. Game two was played in Regina under the WCHL's six-man rules, but Millionaires defenceman Art Duncan recorded a hat-trick as he led Vancouver to a 4âÂÂ0 shutout, and thus clinching the series on March 11 by a combined score of 5âÂÂ2.
After Vancouver won Game 1, 4âÂÂ3, Babe Dye scored 4:50 into overtime of Game 2 to give Toronto a 2âÂÂ1 win. In Game 3, goaltender Hugh Lehman led the Millionaires to a 3âÂÂ0 shutout. However, the St. Patricks tied the series in Game 4, 6âÂÂ0, as John 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 5âÂÂ1 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.