1985–86 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season of the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.

League notes

 * The Kelowna Wings relocated to Spokane, Washington to become the Spokane Chiefs.
 * The Seattle Breakers became the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

First round
The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:
 * Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
 * Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
 * Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
 * Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
 * Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
 * Regina (1–9) eliminated

Division semi-finals

 * Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
 * Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0


 * Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
 * Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

Division finals

 * Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
 * Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

WHL Championship

 * Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

All-Star Game
On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West All-Stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon with a crowd of 3,106.

On January 21, the East All-Stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

WHL awards

 * Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.