▁P CH A ▁championship ▁and ▁briefly ▁held ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup , ▁losing ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Canad iens ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁Final . ▁Their ▁win ▁is ▁mem orial ized ▁on ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁as ▁" Port land ▁O re ./ P CH A ▁Champions / 1 9 1 5 – 1 6 " ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁base ▁ring , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁permanent ▁rings . ▁Port land ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁United ▁States - based ▁team ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁Stanley ▁Cup ▁Final s . ▁Port land ▁susp ended ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁and ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Victoria ▁Arist ocr ats . ▁ ▁Season - by - season ▁record ▁Note : ▁GP ▁= ▁Games ▁played , ▁W ▁= ▁W ins , ▁L ▁= ▁L oss es , ▁T ▁= ▁T ies , ▁G F ▁= ▁Go als ▁for , ▁G A ▁= ▁Go als ▁against ▁ ▁WH L ▁Port land ▁Rose bud s ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁Rose bud s ▁team ▁was ▁born ▁when ▁the ▁Regin a ▁Capit als ▁moved ▁to ▁Port land ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 5 – 2 6 ▁WH L ▁season . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁for ▁the ▁Western ▁Hockey ▁League ▁( W HL ). ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁league ▁fol ded , ▁the ▁S ask ato on ▁players ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Mar o ons . ▁Frank ▁Patrick ▁then ▁negoti ated ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁WH L ▁players