2016-17 WHL season

This is the 2016-17 Western Hockey League season. This is the league's 51st season dating back to its' founding as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League in 1966 and subsequent renaming to the Western Canada Hockey League in 1968 and to the present name in 1978.

Game 6 of the Everett Silvertips-Victoria Royals first round series on April 2nd became the longest game in Western Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League history with Cal Babych scoring at 11:36 of the fifth overtime to give Everett a 3-2 win and to win the series. The previous CHL record was 146:31 for a Victoriaville/Hull game in 1999 and the WHL record was 136:56 between Kamloops and Kootenay on March 25, 2003.

Membership changes

 * none

Western Conference Wild Card
Link to League website standings page

2017 Ed Chynoweth Cup Playoffs
The league is divided up into 2 conferences with 2 divisions each. The Eastern Conference is made up of the 6-team East Division and the 6-team Central Division while the Western Conference is made up of the 5-team BC and 5-team US Divisions. The league presently uses the same format as the NHL does with the top 3 teams in each division qualifying for the playoffs and the next two best records in the conference qualifying as the 7 and 8 seeds and joining the playoffs for the division they start the playoffs in.

The winner of the Chynoweth Cup advances to the 2017 Memorial Cup, which is being held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario and hosted by the Windsor Spitfires.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

 * Regina Pats defeated Calgary Hitmen 4 games to none
 * Swift Current Broncos defeated Moose Jaw Warriors 4 games to 3
 * Medicine Hat Tigers defeated Brandon Wheat Kings 4 games to none
 * Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated Red Deer Rebels 4 games to 3

Western Conference Quarterfinals

 * Portland Winterhawks defeated Prince George Cougars 4 games to 2
 * Kelowna Rockets defeated Kamloops Blazers 4 games to 2
 * Everett Silvertips defeated Victoria Royals 4 games to 2
 * Seattle Thunderbirds defeated Tri-City Americans 4 games to none

Eastern Conference Semifinals

 * Regina Pats defeated Swift Current Broncos 4 games to 3
 * Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated Medicine Hat Tigers 4 games to 3

Western Conference Semifinals

 * Kelowna Rockets defeated Portland Winterhawks 4 games to 1
 * Seattle Thunderbirds defeated Everett Silvertips 4 games to none

Eastern Conference Final

 * Regina Pats defeated Lethbridge Hurricanes 4 games to 2

Western Conference Final

 * Seattle Thunderbirds defeated Kelowna Rockets 4 games to 2

Chynoweth Cup Final

 * Seattle Thunderbirds defeated Regina Pats 4 games to 2