1946-47 PCHL Season

This was the 1946-47 season of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. It was the third season of the league.

The Fresno Falcons and the Tacoma Rockets were admitted to the league.

On February 4, 1947, a train carrying the San Francisco Shamrocks home from a game in Fresno crashed into a tanker truck. Four people were killed and more than 90 others were injured. Five members of the Shamrocks were injured and were out for the rest of the season.

Each of the other five teams in the Southern Division contributed a player to the Shamrocks as compensation.

Northern Division
Portland Eagles         60-39-21-0-78    281-216 Seattle Ironmen         60-34-25-1-69    263-195 Vancouver Canucks       60-30-29-1-61    267-287 New Westminster Royals  60-29-29-2-60    257-270 Tacoma Rockets          60-16-42-2-34    223-324

Southern Division
Hollywood Wolves        60-43-16-1-87    238-138 Los Angeles Monarchs    60-36-24-0-72    308-260 San Diego Skyhawks      60-33-26-1-67    194-160 Fresno Falcons          60-26-33-1-53    236-252 Oakland Oaks            60-22-38-0-44    253-306 San Francisco Shamrocks 60-17-42-1-35    217-329

Semi Finals
Best of 5


 * Portland Eagles beat Vancouver Canucks 3 wins to 1. (34, 6-5, 4-3, 4-3)
 * Seattle Ironmen beat New Westminster Royals 3 wins to 1. (4-5, 4-1, 2-0, 3-1)

Final
Portland Eagles beat Seattle Ironmen 4 wins to 2. (4-2, 0-2, 3-2, 2-4, 5-0, 4-3)

Semi Finals
Best of 3


 * Hollywood Wolves beat San Diego Skyhawks 2 wins to none. (3-0, 3-2)
 * Los Angeles Monarchs beat Fresno Falcons 2 wins to none. (6-4, 6-2)

Final
Best of 5


 * Los Angeles Monarchs beat Hollywood Wolves 3 wins to 2. (3-2, 2-3, 4-3, 3-5, 3-0)

League Final
Best of 7


 * Los Angeles Monarchs beat Portland Eagles 4 wins to none. (7-2, 6-2, 4-3, 5-4)

Los Angeles Monarchs won the President's Cup.

Los Angeles Monarchs advanced to the 1946-47 United States National Senior Championship

North Division

 * Goaltender: Jerry Foley, Portland Eagles
 * Defenceman: Willie Schmidt, New Westminster Royals
 * Defenceman: Jock Smith, Vancouver Canucks
 * Center: Bill Kyle, Portland Eagles
 * Left Winger: Jim Planche, Portland Eagles
 * Right Winger: Eddie Dartnell, Seattle Ironmen