This is the 2021-22 Western Hockey League season. This is the league's 56th 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 [ ] Season information [ ] Regular season opens October 1st
Each team plays 68 games
Regular season ends April 3rd
There will be no interlocking schedule between the two conferences for the season.
Playoffs begin April 8th and be completed by May 30th.
All playoff series are best-of-seven, teams are re-seeded after the first round
Top teams in each division will be seeded 1 and 2 using a conference based playoff reverting to a format last used in 2014. 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
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
Swift Current Broncos Swift Current , Saskatchewan , Canada
Credit Union iPlex
3,239
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
Winnipeg Ice Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
Wayne Fleming Arena
1,400
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 [ ] Western Conference [ ] BC Division [ ] US Division [ ] 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 reverted to the conference based format last used in 2014 when the top 8 teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. The division winners are seeded 1 or 2 based on record. The remaining teams are seeded 3 through 8. Teams are matched up 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, and 4 vs 5. Teams are reseeded after the first round 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. The conference semifinal winners meet in the conference final and the conference final winners meet in the league final.
The winner of the Chynoweth Cup advances to the 2022 Memorial Cup being hosted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at TD Station in Saint John, New Brunswick hosted by the Saint John Sea Dogs from June 20–27, 2022.
Bracket [ ] (as of games played May 2nd)
Conference Quarter-finals
Conference Semi-finals
Conference Finals
WHL Championship
E1
Winnipeg
4
E8
Prince Albert
1
E1
Winnipeg
4
E4
Moose Jaw
E4
Moose Jaw
4
E5
Saskatoon
1
E1
Winnipeg
1
Eastern
E2
Edmonton
4
E2
Edmonton
4
E7
Lethbridge
0
E2
Edmonton
4
E3
Red Deer
0
E3
Red Deer
4
E6
Brandon
2
E2
Edmonton
4
W4
Seattle
2
W1
Everett
2
W8
Vancouver
4
W2
Kamloops
4
W8
Vancouver
2
W4
Seattle
4
W5
Kelowna
1
W2
Kamloops
3
Western
W4
Seattle
4
W2
Kamloops
4
W7
Spokane
0
W3
Portland
3
W4
Seattle
4
W3
Portland
4
W6
Prince George
0
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals [ ] Western Conference Quarterfinals [ ] Eastern Conference Semifinals [ ] Western Conference Semifinals [ ] Eastern Conference Final [ ] Western Conference Final [ ] The Edmonton Oil Kings advance to the 2022 Memorial Cup .
References [ ]
