This is the 2018-19 Western Hockey League season. This is the league's 53rd 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.
Membership changes [ ] Teams [ ] Eastern Conference [ ]
Division
Team
City
Arena
Capacity
Central
Calgary Hitmen Calgary , Alberta , Canada
Scotiabank Saddledome
Stampede Corral (some playoff games)
19,289
6,450
Edmonton Oil Kings Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
Rogers Place
18,641
Kootenay Ice Cranbrook , British Columbia , Canada
Western Financial Place
4,654
Lethbridge Hurricanes Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada
ENMAX Centre
5,479
Medicine Hat Tigers Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada
Canalta Centre
5,500 (expandable to 6,500)
Red Deer Rebels Red Deer , Alberta , Canada
ENMAX Centrium
6,000
East
Brandon Wheat Kings Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
Keystone Centre
5,102
Moose Jaw Warriors Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan , Canada
Mosaic Place
4,714
Prince Albert Raiders Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada
Art Hauser Centre
3,366
Regina Pats Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
Brandt Centre
6,200
Saskatoon Blades Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
SaskTel Centre
15,195
Swift Current Broncos Swift Current , Saskatchewan , Canada
Credit Union iPlex
3,239
Western Conference [ ]
Division
Team
City
Arena
Capacity
B.C.
Kamloops Blazers Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada
Sandman Centre
5,464
Kelowna Rockets Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada
Prospera Place
6,286
Prince George Cougars Prince George , British Columbia , Canada
CN Centre
5,971
Vancouver Giants Langley, British Columbia , Canada
Langley Event Center
5,276
Victoria Royals Victoria , British Columbia , Canada
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
7,006
U.S.
Everett Silvertips Everett, Washington , United States
Angel of the Winds Arena
8,149
Portland Winterhawks Portland , Oregon , United States
Memorial Coliseum Moda Center
10,407
Seattle Thunderbirds Kent , Washington , United States
ShoWare Center
6,500
Spokane Chiefs Spokane, Washington , United States
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
10,759
Tri-City Americans Kennewick, Washington , United States
Toyota Center
6,000
Standings [ ] Eastern Conference [ ] Eastern Division [ ] Central Division [ ] Eastern Conference Wild Card [ ] Western Conference [ ] BC Division [ ] US Division [ ] Western Conference Wild Card [ ] Format [ ] 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 2019 Memorial Cup , which is being held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League .
Bracket [ ] Western Conference Tie-Breaker [ ] Due to the Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets finishing with identical records they would play on one game tie-breaker.
Eastern Division Semifinals [ ] Central Division Semifinals [ ] Due to the 2019 Men's World Curling championships being held at the ENMAX Centre , the Lethbridge Hurricanes were forced to move game 7 of the series to the Nicholas Sheran Arena in Lethbridge which was played April 2nd.
BC Division Semifinals [ ] US Division Semifinals [ ] Eastern Division Final [ ] Central Division Final [ ] BC Division Final [ ] US Division Final [ ] Eastern Conference Final [ ] Western Conference Final [ ] The Prince Albert Raiders advance to the 2019 Memorial Cup . Ian Scott was named Chynoweth Cup Most Valuable Player.
2019 WHL champions Prince Albert Raiders
References [ ] 
