This is the 1995-96 Western Hockey League Season, the League's 30th season.
League Notes[]
- The Tacoma Rockets relocated to Kelowna, British Columbia.
- The Calgary Hitmen joined the WHL as it's 17th franchise, playing out of the new Central Division.
- The WHL divided into three divisions: The East and Central divisions formed the Eastern Conference, and consisded of five teams per division. The West division was made up of the seven B.C. and U.S. based teams.
- The playoff format was changed to the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference and the top six in the Western qualified. The 14 playoff qualifiers all played best of seven series in the first round. The Semi's were best of seven in the Eastern, and best of five in the Western with the highest seed receiving a bye. Conference and League finals were the best of seven.
Regular Season[]
Eastern Conference | |||||||
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East Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
x Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 105 | 369 | 231 |
x Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 100 | 309 | 250 |
x Regina Pats | 72 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 76 | 316 | 284 |
x Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 29 | 42 | 1 | 59 | 314 | 351 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 41 | 223 | 331 |
Central Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
x Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 77 | 285 | 271 |
x Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 69 | 259 | 270 |
x Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 65 | 243 | 288 |
x Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 28 | 39 | 5 | 61 | 263 | 300 |
Calgary Hitmen | 72 | 18 | 51 | 3 | 39 | 222 | 359 |
Western Conference | |||||||
West Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
x Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 104 | 322 | 221 |
x Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 48 | 22 | 2 | 98 | 343 | 257 |
x Tri-City Americans | 72 | 45 | 25 | 2 | 92 | 336 | 255 |
x Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 74 | 338 | 309 |
x Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 65 | 255 | 281 |
x Portland Winter Hawks | 72 | 30 | 39 | 3 | 63 | 283 | 301 |
Prince George Cougars | 72 | 17 | 53 | 2 | 36 | 219 | 340 |
Playoffs[]
Conference Quarter Finals | Conference Semi Finals | Conference Finals | WHL Championship | |||||||||||||||
E1 | Brandon | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
E4 | Saskatoon | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Brandon | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Red Deer | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | Swift Current | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Red Deer | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Brandon | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Prince Albert | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E2 | Prince Albert | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C3 | Medicine Hat | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
E2 | Prince Albert | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
E3 | Regina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
E3 | Regina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lethbridge | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Brandon | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Spokane | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Spokane | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
W6 | Portland | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Spokane | bye | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Spokane | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Kamloops | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Kamloops | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
W5 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Kamloops | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W3 | Tri-City | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
W3 | Tri-City | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
W4 | Kelowna | 2 |
Canada Championship Tournament[]
- Memorial Cup Championship
Scoring Leaders[]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Mark Deyell | Saskatoon Blades | 69 | 61 | 98 | 159 | 122 |
Frank Banham | Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 83 | 69 | 152 | 116 |
Hnat Domenichelli | Kamloops Blazers | 62 | 59 | 89 | 148 | 37 |
Jarome Iginla | Kamloops Blazers | 63 | 63 | 73 | 136 | 120 |
Robb Gordon | Kelowna Rockets | 58 | 51 | 63 | 114 | 84 |
Josh Holden | Regina Pats | 70 | 57 | 55 | 112 | 105 |
Mike Leclerc | Brandon Wheat Kings | 71 | 58 | 53 | 111 | 161 |
Clarke Wilm | Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 49 | 61 | 110 | 83 |
Peter Shaefer | Brandon Wheat Kings | 69 | 47 | 61 | 108 | 53 |
Marty Flichel | Kelowna Rockets | 69 | 28 | 79 | 107 | 107 |
All-Star Game[]
On January 23, the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 10 to 7 at Prince George.
WHL awards[]
All-Star Teams[]
Eastern Conference | ||||
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First Team | Second Team | |||
Goal | Chad Mercier | Regina Pats | Terry Friesen | Swift Current Broncos |
Defense | Wade Redden | Brandon Wheat Kings | Chad Allan | Saskatoon Blades |
Craig Millar | Swift Current Broncos | Justin Kurtz | Brandon Wheat Kings | |
Forward | Frank Banham | Saskatoon Blades | Curtis Brown | Prince Albert Raiders |
Mark Deyell | Saskatoon Blades | Mike LeClerc | Brandon Wheat Kings | |
Peter Schaefer | Brandon Wheat Kings | Byron Ritchie | Lethbridge Hurricanes | |
Western Conference | ||||
First Team | Second Team | |||
Goal | David Lemanowicz | Spokane Chiefs | Brian Boucher | Tri-City Americans |
Defense | Nolan Baumgartner | Kamloops Blazers | Sean Gillam | Spokane Chiefs |
Jason Holland | Kamloops Blazers | Sheldon Souray | Kelowna Rockets | |
Forward | Jarome Iginla | Kamloops Blazers | Daymond Langkow | Tri-City Americans |
Hnat Domenichelli | Kamloops Blazers | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | Tri-City Americans | |
Robb Gordon | Kelowna Rockets | Jason Podollan (tied) | Spokane Chiefs | |
- | Richard Zednik (tied) | Portland Winter Hawks |
Preceded by 1994–95 WHL season |
WHL seasons | Succeeded by 1996–97 WHL season |
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