This is the 1968-69 season of the Western Hockey League. It was the seventeenth season of the league.
The Denver Spurs entered the league as a new team.
Standings[]
Portland Buckaroos 74-40-18-16-96 296-201 Vancouver Canucks 74-36-24-14-86 259-223 San Diego Gulls 74-33-29-12-78 273-260 Seattle Totems 74-33-30-11-77 236-238 Phoenix Roadrunners 74-21-41-12-54 199-282 Denver Spurs 74-23-44- 7-53 254-308
Playoffs[]
Semi Finals[]
Best of 5
- Vancouver Canucks beat Seattle Totems 4 wins to none. (7-1, 6-0, 3-1, 3-2)
- Portland Buckaroos beat San Diego Gulls 4 wins to 3. (4-3, 2-5, 1-6, 3-1, 5-1, 4-5, 5-4)
Final[]
Best of 7
Vancouver Canucks beat Portland Buckaroos 4 wins to none. (6-3. 5-2 , 3-2, 2-1)
Vancouver Canucks won the Lester Patrick Cup.
A record crowd of 14,470 watch the Canucks beat Portland 5-2 in the second game of the final series.
Canucks celebrate.
All-Star Teams[]
First Team[]
- Goaltender: Jim McLeod, Portland Buckaroos
- Defenceman: John Hanna, Seattle Totems
- Defenceman: Connie Madigan, Portland
- Center: Art Jones, Portland
- Left Winger: Bill Saunders, Portland
- Right Winger: Bob Courcy, Seattle
Second Tea[]
- Goaltender: Jack McCartan, San Diego Gulls
- Defenceman: Darryl Sly, Vancouver Canucks
- Defenceman: Dennis Kearns, Portland
- Center: Norm Johnson, Portland
- Left Winger: Bob Barlow, Vancouver
- Right Winger: Willie O'Ree, San Diego
Team Photos[]
Game Ads[]
