In 1916, Lester Patrick challenged members of Spokane’s Arctic Skating Club to a very bizarre match.

There’s never been a Pacific Coast Hockey Association record book. Until now.

Historians have searched in vain for a critical quote about how Cyclone Taylor’s nickname was coined. That’s because it doesn’t exist.

The standard reference text on the Patricks is highly entertaining. It’s also full of untruths.

As young men, flush with cash and interested in technology, Frank and Lester Patrick each bought cars of unusual make.

Frank Boucher was the closest thing Lester Patrick had to a protege. Boucher had many adjectives to describe him.

Who was the Pacific Coast Hockey Association’s all-time leading scorer? It depends.

The Pacific Coast Hockey Association had teams from six cities during its lifetime, but many others were suggested.

In an alternate universe, Lester Patrick was the founding coach of Detroit’s NHL club and Frank Patrick was its first general manager.

In 1933, Lester Patrick sent a note to his old friend and teammate Roy Sharp in Nelson, which was published for all to see.

There’s something odd about a staged photo of Lester Patrick wearing goaltending equipment.

A roundup of homes, offices, and other sites associated with the Patrick family in BC’s capital.

When short of cash, Lester Patrick relied on his salesmanship rather than his skating.

When they weren’t making history on the ice, Frank and Lester Patrick were busy selling tires.

A Saskatchewan college has a pastel portrait of Lester Patrick created in the late 1950s by Nicholas de Grandmaison.

Did the New York Rangers send five players to Detroit in exchange for the rights to host a famed figure skater’s professional debut?

See a report veteran broadcaster Dick Irvin filed during Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in Nelson, BC, in 2007.

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.

Before the BC Lions of the CFL, there were the Vancouver Lions of PCHL.