| Seattle Metropolitans | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Seattle, Washington |
| League | PCHA |
| Founded | 1915[1] |
| Folded | 1924[1] |
| Home arena | Seattle Ice Arena[1] |
| Colors | Green, red, white |
| Head coach | Pete Muldoon |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 5 (1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924) |
| Stanley Cups | 1 (1917) |
| Playoff championships | 3 (1917, 1919, 1920) |
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1915 to 1924. During their nine seasons, the Metropolitans were the PCHA's most successful franchise, as they went 112–96–2 in their nine years as a franchise (outpacing the next best team in the Vancouver Millionaires, who went 109–97–2 during that same period). The Metropolitans also won the most regular season PCHA championships, winning five times (while Vancouver won four), with Seattle finishing second on three other occasions.[2] The Metropolitans played their home games at the 2,500 seat Seattle Ice Arena located downtown at 5th and University.
The Metropolitans made seven postseason appearances in their nine seasons. The team won the Stanley Cup in 1917, tied for the Cup in 1919 and lost in five games in 1920. The story of the Metropolitans' 1917 championship, which made Seattle the first American team to win the Cup, was chronicled in the book When It Mattered Most. Seattle's Stanley Cup championship occurred 11 years before the New York Rangers became the National Hockey League's first American franchise to win the Cup in 1928.[3]
The Metropolitans folded in 1924 when a replacement for the Seattle Ice Arena could not be found. Seattle's next team eligible to win the Stanley Cup, the NHL expansion Seattle Kraken, began play in 2021, and have honored the Metropolitans in various ways since.
- ^ a b c "Seattle Metropolitans". seattle hockey. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
- ^ Ticen, Kevin. "Seattle Metropolitans". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "How a Team in Seattle, of All Places, Changed Hockey Forever". Retrieved 15 June 2018.