in the 1923–24 wchl season, the calgary tigers finished in first place while edmonton finished at the bottom of the standings. the playoffs were changed this year, too, despite a protest from the montreal canadiens of the nhl. instead of the two western leagues playing off to see who would play the nhl champion for the stanley cup, the president of the pcha, frank patrick, insisted that the nhl champion had to play the pcha winner first. this change ended up not making any difference for montreal, as the team swept vancouver and then calgary for the stanley cup.