Did Lester Patrick once have six goals and two assists in a losing effort?

The Patrick family and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association had links to two infamous ships.

Who was the goal-scoring machine whom Phoenix, BC acquired in 1913? And what was he being paid?

In 1920, Frank Patrick had enough of rumours that the PCHA was fixing the outcome of its games and offered a $1,000 reward for evidence.

A former Vancouver Millionaire had a surprising choice in 1934 for the best he’d ever played with or against.  

Was “superstar” invented to describe Cyclone Taylor? Spoiler alert: no. But there is much more to the story.

PCHA players took part in several all-star exhibition games in 1915 and 1916. But one tour has been completely forgotten.

While there is no known footage from any PCHA match, members of the Vancouver Millionaires appear in uniform in a 1921 newsreel clip.

The man who ran the Seattle Arena during the years that the Metropolitans played there was a first cousin to Lester and Frank Patrick.

Three almost simultaneous events made March 1911 an auspicious month for the Patrick family generally and Lester Patrick specifically.

Before the Pacific Coast Hockey Association started play in 1912, it went through a bewildering number of provisional names.

The Pacific Coast Hockey Association existed from 1912 until 1924. Who was the league’s last surviving player?

While Lester is best remembered for his heroics in the 1928 Stanley Cup final, it wasn’t the first time he’d played in net.

The trophy presented for the Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship has not been seen since 1917.

Members of the Patrick family and their various enterprises appeared on postcards, many of which command high prices today.

Did the sawmill and timber limits that belonged to the Patricks go for $340,000, $350,000, $440,000, or $1 million?

In 2017, the BC government installed a stop of interest sign at the Crescent Valley Beach, where the Patrick Lumber Co. sawmill once stood.

Was it the Pacific Coast Hockey Association or the Patrick Coast Hockey Association?

Wikipedia will tell you the New Westminster Royals of the PCHA never played a game in their own city. Not so.

A goaltender was routed in his lone appearance with the New Westminster Royals in 1913. Where did he come from and where did he go?