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  Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seattle's climate is mild, with the temperature moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains.
Seattle has an educated population: of Seattle's population over 25, 36% (vs. a national average of 24%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 93% (vs. 80% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Seattle is often thought of as the home of grunge rock musicians like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Temple of the Dog, and Mudhoney, all of whom reached vast audiences in the early 1990s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seattle   (5343 words)

  
 Seattle Metropolitans
The first professional hockey team in Seattle was called the Metropolitans, and they began play in 1915 in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).
Seattle went on to win the next three games, outscoring the NHA champs 19-3 to become the first US team to win the Stanley Cup.
Vancouver was led by Cyclone Taylor and took the series from Seattle on the strength of a 2-2 tie in Vancouver, followed by a 1-0 win in Seattle.
www.seattlehockey.net /metropolitans/metropolitans.htm   (1227 words)

  
 See Seattle - Seattle Firsts
Seattle has the country's highest percentage rate of residents with a college degree, and one of the highest rates of home internet access.
The Seattle Aquarium is the world's first aquarium with a salmon ladder, to have born a sea otter in captivity and to have born a giant octopus (65 pounds) in captivity.
Seattle's houseboat population is the largest east of the Orient.
www.see-seattle.com /seattlefirsts.htm   (1538 words)

  
 Toronto Arenas goaltending history : Harry "Hap" Holmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Led the PCHA in GAA (2,25) with the Seattle Metropolitans, 1918-19...
Led the PCHA in shutouts (4) and GAA (2,46) with the Seattle Metropolitans, 1919-20...
Led the PCHA in GAA (2,63) with the Seattle Metropolitans, 1920-21...
www.goaliesarchive.com /arenas/holmes.html   (276 words)

  
 Bernklow, Seattle Metropolitans
The Seattle Metropolitans were due to begin play the next night against the Millionaires in Vancouver.(27) Seattle would play at home against Portland three nights later.
Seattle's bliss after their first victory of the season was short lived.
Seattle fans have seen their last hockey game until we meet the National Association winner in the series for the world's championship.
www.narhist.ewu.edu /pnf/articles/bernklow.html   (9810 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: City "hungry for a winner" embraces Storm
The Seattle Storm players raced from their bench and fell into a joyous pile at the center of the KeyArena court.
Tiny pieces of green, gold and red confetti fluttered from the ceiling in a blizzard of color while the great speakers in the ceiling boomed and thumped until it seemed like the whole building was shaking to the beat.
Seattle's third major-league championship (the Seattle Metropolitans won hockey's Stanley Cup in 1917) had arrived.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002061577_a1storm13.html   (789 words)

  
 A Look at the City of Seattle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seattle, named after Chief Seattle, has a total estimated city population of 569,101 and a metropolitan population of 3.7 million (2003).
Seattle remained home to Boeing until 2001, when the company announced a desire to separate its headquarters from its major production facilities.
Postsecondary education in Seattle is dominated by the University of Washington, with over 36,000 students, making it the largest university in the Pacific Northwest.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0405/travel/seattle.html   (2854 words)

  
 IHF's International Hockey Forums - Spanish Influenza epidemic caused only other Stanley Cup Final cancellation
The spotlight was left to Seattle's Frank Foyston, a five-foot-nine forward from Minesing, Ont., and Montreal's Lalonde, two of the greatest scorers of the early 20th century who were at their best in the 1919 final.
Seattle won the opener 7-0, Montreal rebounded with a 4-2 victory, Seattle went back ahead with a 7-2 win and, after a 0-0 tie, Montreal evened the series with a 4-3 overtime triumph.
Seattle's Frank Foyston had nine goals for the Metropolitans as the series was tied 2-2-1 after five games.
www.internationalhockeygang.org /forum/showthread.php?t=669   (1471 words)

  
 Montreal Canadiens; Hockey Institution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Metropolitans won 6-1, and Lalonde was given five penalties by the ref. Exasperated, he went to the other side of the ice and butt-ended the ref in the stomach.
In Seattle, where the series was played, after 5 games the series was tied at 2 wins apiece with 1 tie.
Seattle execs said no, but decided not to take the Cup via forfeit and gave it back to the Toronto Arenas, the defending champs.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ice_hockey/8329/2   (573 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Seattle History
Seattle Malting and Brewing, later Rainier Brewery, is established.
Seattle women won the right to vote in 1883, but that was ruled unconstitutional by the Territorial Court in 1887.
The accused leaders of the protest, dubbed the "Seattle Seven," are indicted for conspiracy, but the case ends in a mistrial.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /news/local/seattle_history/articles/timeline.html   (2773 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Seattle Metropolitan hockey team wins the Stanley Cup on March 26, 1917.
On March 26, 1917, the Seattle Metropolitan hockey team wins the Stanley Cup and becomes the world champion of hockey.
By the end of the 20 minute second period, Seattle was ahead by 4 to 0 and went on to crush Montreal.
The Seattle Times described the end of the final game: "The lexicon of sport does not contain language adequate to describe the fervor of the fans who saw Seattle triumph last night.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5414   (515 words)

  
 A Seattle Lexicon: Sports and Recreation
The Seattle Angels -- after the Boston Red Sox sold the Seattle Rainier franchise to the Los Angeles Angels, the team was renamed as the Angels to match the name of the parent club.
Not to be confused with the Seattle Indians hockey team, in their 40th season as a senior men's hockey team (in the Northwest Amateur Hockey Association).
A name of one of Seattle's baseball teams in the early part of this century, renamed as the Indians in 1919 (the other one was called "the Braves," but folded).
www.callihan.com /seattle/sports.htm   (8571 words)

  
 Seattle Metropolitans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Seattle Metropolitans were an ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 in sports to 1924 in sports.
Fourteen of Seattles goal (hockey)s were scored by Bernie Morris (including six in game four alone).
The Metropolitans also played in the Stanley Cup finals in 1919 in sports (cancelled due to influenza) and 1920 in sports, when they lost to the Ottawa Senators.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Seattle-sports/Seattle-Metropolitans.html   (156 words)

  
 Seattle Metropolitans (TM) , 1917 Cap From Ebbets Field Flannels
By winning the Pacific Coast Hockey Association title in 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans earned the right to play the Montreal Canadiens for the Cup.
Seattle upset the Habs, becoming the first American team to bring home the Cup.
The Montreal - Seattle Cup rematch in 1919 was called off due to a flu epidemic.
www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,EFF-SMT-17HC.html   (270 words)

  
 James Riley - Player Profile Page 1
He was a member of the Seattle Metropolitans, the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup in 1917.
Jim's best hockey years were spent in Seattle, where he was a consistant scorer and helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 1917.
On April 12, 1918 in Seattle, he married a woman named Myrtle, presumably his first wife, then headed to Vancouver and was drafted just three days later.
www.losthockey.com /profiles/riley_jim/jim_riley.cfm   (308 words)

  
 Seattle Metropolitans -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seattle Metropolitans -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Fourteen of Seattle's (The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it) goals were scored by (additional info and facts about Bernie Morris) Bernie Morris (including six in game four alone).
The Metropolitans also played in the Stanley Cup finals in (additional info and facts about 1919) 1919 (cancelled due to (An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease) influenza) and (additional info and facts about 1920) 1920, when they lost to the (additional info and facts about Ottawa Senators) Ottawa Senators.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/seattle_metropolitans.htm   (152 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey -- Silverware -- 1916-17 Stanley Cup Winner -- Seattle Metropolitians
The Seattle 'Mets,' as they were affectionately known, became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup.
Seattle scored 23 goals in four games, limiting the Montreal Canadiens to 11 goals, including only three in the last three games.
Bernie Morris of the Metropolitans scored 14 of the Seattle goals, including six in the final game, a 9-1 Met victory.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1916-17   (161 words)

  
 Seattle Sports Resources: Mariners, Sonics, Seahawks, Huskies, and more
The Seattle Rainiers, 1938 - 1964 at HistoryLink.org.
That Season: The Story of the 1917 Seattle Metropolitans by Gary M. Bernklow.
Many are surprised to discover that a Seattle hockey team once played for and won the fabled Stanley Cup.
www.callihan.com /seattle/seattle_sports.html   (1045 words)

  
 LogoServer - Hockey Logos - PCHA - Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The team was known as the Seattle Metropolitans.
Seattle won the series and became the first team in the U.S. to win the Cup.
In 1919, Seattle and Montreal once again faced off for the Cup however the Spanish Influenza epidemic forced the series to be cancelled before game five with the series tied 2-2.
www.logoserver.com /PCHA1124.html   (430 words)

  
 Pacific Coast Hockey Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1921, the Western Canada Hockey League, another western major league of hockey, was formed, and the Stanley Cup playoffs was modified to include teams from the WCHL.
In 1924, the Vancouver Maroons folded, and the two remaining teams joined the Western Hockey League (formerly the WCHL), ending the life of the PCHA.
The Metropolitans would win the Stanley Cup in 1925, but this win would be the last by a non-NHL team, and the last by a team from the west for a long time.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/p/pa/pacific_coast_hockey_association.html   (373 words)

  
 Hockey Forums - Seattle- A Non-Traditional Hockey Market?????
I suppose a Stanley Cup winning team in Seattle is not all that memorable or about 90 years of professional and major junior hockey – I guess that clearly means Seattle is a hockey backwater.
The history of hockey in Seattle begins 1915, and includes one Stanley Cup championship won by the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917 – the first American team to win a Stanley Cup by defeating that a team from that other hockey backwater town- the Montreal Canadiens.
Seattle is not a hockey town, I wish it were and I would love to see an NHL franchise get a chance there, you never know it might catch on and that would be good for Vancouver, having, at last, a local team to "hate".
www.hockeyforums.com /archive/index.php/t-9431.html   (4192 words)

  
 You've gotta love the Storm gals
The last time a big Seattle professional team was in the finals of anything, Shawn Kemp didn't look like the Michelin Man and the Glove -- Gary Payton -- could still get a grip on opposing dribblers.
The last time a Seattle team won a world championship was the 1979 Sonics.
Now Seattle lies on the brink of pro athletic glory, something that should be a source of civic pride.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /wnba/194345_robert08.html   (738 words)

  
 March 27, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Seattle Metropolitans were the first US Team to win the Stanley Cup.
The Seattle franchise was approved at the annual PCHA officers meeting on October 12, 1915.
An early 1-3 start did not bode well for the Mets, but they quickly rebounded to win six of their next eight, to sit at 7-5 at the mid point of the season.
www.mypnw.com /mb2/emails/2003/03/MB_2003_03_27.htm   (2092 words)

  
 Pro Hockey Stats.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Seattle franchise heightened the raiding war with the National Hockey Association when they added Frank Foyston, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson and Harry "Hap" Holmes to their opening day roster courtesy of the Toronto Blueshirts.
Then, in 1916-17, the Seattle Metropolitans hit the Stanley Cup record books by becoming the first "non-Canadian" team to win the Cup.
When the Seattle Metropolitan franchise ceased operations after the 1923-24 season it became apparent the days of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association were numbered.
www.prohockeystats.com /pchainfo.asp   (1021 words)

  
 Lalonde Family Web Site - Newsy Lalonde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
So the proud Lalonde name is engraved on the Stanley Cup as a member of the first Montreal Canadiens champion and Newsy pocketed the magnificent sum of $238 paid to each member of the championship team.
He only scored 2 goals and Seattle won the series 3 games to 1 to become the first American team to win the Cup.
Their western opponents were once again the Seattle Metropolitans.
web.uvic.ca /~lalonde/history/newsy.html   (1542 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Jim Riley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After spending the 1916-17 and 1917-18 seasons with the Metropolitans, Jack Riley put his hockey career on hold while he was a member of the Military.
Returning to the Metropolitans line up in 1919-20, Riley took part in the Stanley Cup Challenge Series and was a PCHA Second Team All-Star at left wing and repeated the same feat in 1921 and again in 1922.
In 1922-1923 Jim Riley was back for his seventh season with Seattle and for a fourth consecutive year was named a PCHA All-Star, this time as a First Team All-Star.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14123   (409 words)

  
 Washington Capitals Message Board -> Seattle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I'm listening to Fan 590 and they were talking about fans coming back ewtc and they started talking about the hockey fans in Seattle.
Seattle has never been considered by the NHL OR OTHER pro hockey leagues BECAUSE OF THE WIDE SUCCESS OF THE WHL Thunderbirds.
I bet a bundle on the Seattle Metropolitans in the 1919 Cup Finals.
boards.washingtoncaps.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=10802   (367 words)

  
 Articles - 1919-20 NHL season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Stanley Cup was won by the Ottawa Senators of the NHL over the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA three games to two.
Since the Ottawa Senators won both halves of the split regular season, there was no need for an NHL playoffs and the Senators were given the O'Brien Trophy and were assured a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Representing the Pacific Coast Hockey Association this year was the Seattle Metropolitans, who battled in a very tight PCHA, where two wins separated its three teams.
www.couponsa.com /articles/1919-20_NHL_season   (356 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In so doing, judging from much of the Seattle fan response, you'd have thought the UW men were as scorn-worthy as the 1995 Seattle Mariners, who lost the World Series before even getting there.
In truth, it already has, what with the Sonics (1979), the Storm (2004), Husky football (1991), and the Seattle Metropolitans, a Stanley Cup winner (1917) in the stone-puck era.
None of the above seems to appease Seattle sports fans; their astonishing sense of championship entitlement is such that they're about as patient with the area's major teams as Donald Trump would be with Ferris Bueller.
www.seattleweekly.com /features/printme.php3?eid=62568   (842 words)

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