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2014–15 WHL season

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2014–15 WHL season
LeagueWestern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 19, 2014 – March 22, 2015
Playoffs
March 26, 2015 – May 13, 2015
Number of teams22
TV partner(s)Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial TrophyBrandon Wheat Kings (5)
Season MVPOliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks)
Top scorerOliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPLeon Draisaitl (Rockets)
Finals championsKelowna Rockets (4)
  Runners-upBrandon Wheat Kings
WHL seasons
2014–15 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOHL
September 2014 – March 2015
QMJHL
September 2014 – March 2015
WHL
September 19, 2014 – March 22, 2015
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals championsOshawa Generals (OHL) (5th title)
  Runners-upKelowna Rockets (WHL)

The 2014–15 WHL season was the 49th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 19, 2014, and ended on March 22, 2015. The Brandon Wheat Kings won their fifth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record. The playoffs began on March 26, 2015, and ended on May 13, 2015. The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Wheat Kings in the final to win their fourth Ed Chynoweth Cup and a berth in the 2015 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec.[1] The Rockets lost the Memorial Cup final to the Oshawa Generals, 2–1 in overtime.[2]

Standings[edit]

East Division[3]
R GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Brandon Wheat Kings xyz 72 53 11 4 4 340 219 114
2 Regina Pats x 72 37 24 5 6 263 238 85
3 Swift Current Broncos x 72 34 33 1 4 221 245 73
Central Division (Top 3)[3]
R GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Calgary Hitmen xy 72 45 22 1 4 289 203 95
2 Medicine Hat Tigers x 72 45 23 2 2 268 213 94
3 Red Deer Rebels x 72 38 23 5 6 240 227 87
Wild Card teams[3]
R (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) Div GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Kootenay Ice x CE 72 37 31 1 3 245 248 78
2 Edmonton Oil Kingsx CE 72 34 31 4 3 217 204 75
3 Moose Jaw Warriors EA 72 32 35 4 1 221 266 69
4 Prince Albert Raiders EA 72 31 37 2 2 215 257 66
5 Lethbridge Hurricanes CE 72 20 44 5 3 202 304 48
6 Saskatoon Blades EA 72 19 49 2 2 195 308 42

Divisions: EA – East, CE – Central

x – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, z- Clinched regular season title

B.C. Division[3]
R GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Kelowna Rockets xy 72 53 13 5 1 305 183 112
2 Victoria Royals x 72 39 29 3 1 244 219 82
3 Prince George Cougars x 72 31 36 2 3 222 295 67
U.S. Division[3]
R GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Everett Silvertips xy 72 43 20 3 6 242 199 95
2 Portland Winterhawks x 72 43 23 2 4 287 237 92
3 Seattle Thunderbirds x 72 38 25 4 5 218 201 85
Wild Card Teams[3]
R (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) Div GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Spokane Chiefs x U.S. 72 34 34 3 1 219 229 72
2 Tri-City Americans x U.S. 72 31 38 0 3 190 242 65
3 Kamloops Blazers B.C. 72 28 37 4 3 214 258 63
4 Vancouver Giants B.C. 72 27 41 2 2 189 251 58

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division,

Divisions: BC – B.C., US – U.S.

Statistical leaders[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Players are listed by points, then goals.[4]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts. PIM
Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks 59 63 55 118 35
Trevor Cox Medicine Hat Tigers 69 29 80 109 57
Tim McGauley Brandon Wheat Kings 72 42 63 105 24
Cole Sanford Medicine Hat Tigers 72 50 45 95 71
Cole Ully Kamloops Blazers 69 34 60 94 32
Nick Merkley Kelowna Rockets 72 20 70 90 79
Nic Petan Portland Winterhawks 54 15 74 89 41
Adam Helewka Spokane Chiefs 69 44 43 87 59
Brayden Point Moose Jaw Warriors 60 38 49 87 46
Adam Tambellini Calgary Hitmen 71 47 39 86 30

Goaltenders[edit]

These are the goaltenders that led the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.[5]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL SO GAA Sv%
Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 30 1648 18 5 2 3 4 2.29 .915
Taran Kozun Seattle Thunderbirds 60 3486 33 19 4 4 4 2.41 .915
Jackson Whistle Kelowna Rockets 50 2962 34 10 5 0 4 2.55 .909
Mack Shields Calgary Hitmen 49 2630 27 16 0 2 2 2.67 .900
Austin Lotz Everett Silvertips 48 2721 25 15 1 3 4 2.73 .901

2015 WHL playoffs[edit]

Conference Quarter-finals Conference Semi-finals Conference Finals WHL Championship
            
E1 Brandon 4
W2 Edmonton 1
E1 Brandon 4
E2 Regina 1
E2 Regina 4
E3 Swift Current 0
E1 Brandon 4
Eastern
C1 Calgary 1
C1 Calgary 4
W1 Kootenay 3
C1 Calgary 4
C2 Medicine Hat 1
C2 Medicine Hat 4
C3 Red Deer 1
E1 Brandon 0
B1 Kelowna 4
B1 Kelowna 4
W2 Tri-City 0
B1 Kelowna 4
B2 Victoria 1
B2 Victoria 4
B3 Prince George 1
B1 Kelowna 4
Western
U2 Portland 2
U1 Everett 4
W1 Spokane 2
U1 Everett 1
U2 Portland 4
U2 Portland 4
U3 Seattle 2

Conference Quarter-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (W2) Edmonton Oil Kings[edit]

March 26 Brandon Wheat Kings 1 – 4 Edmonton Oil Kings Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
No scoring First period 0:11 - Tyler Robertson (1)
11:55 - Brett Pollock (1)
17:53 - pp - Peter Quenneville (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 1:35 - pp - Brett Pollock (2)
9:07 - Lane Bauer (1)
Jordan Papirny (30 saves/34 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Jarry (25 saves/26 shots)
March 27 Brandon Wheat Kings 8 – 1 Edmonton Oil Kings Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
0:36 - Tyler Coulter (1) First period No scoring
5:14 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (1)
9:41 - Rihards Bukarts (1) 		Second period No scoring
0:16 - Jayce Hawryluk (2)
5:52 - Eric Roy (1)
10:35 - pp - Tim McGauley (1)
14:39 - pp - John Quenneville (1)
19:30 - Tim McGauley (2) 		Third period 15:05 - Tyler Robertson (2)
Jordan Papirny (33 saves/34 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Jarry (24 saves/29 shots)
Patrick Dea (9 saves/12 shots)
March 29 Edmonton Oil Kings 2 – 3 Brandon Wheat Kings Rexall Place Recap  
No scoring First period 19:33 - John Quenneville (2)
1:54 - Davis Koch (1)
6:30 - pp - Ben Carroll (1) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:31 - Jayce Hawryluk (3)
6:02 - Macoy Erkamps (1)
Tristan Jarry (26 saves/29 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (41 saves/43 shots)
March 31 Edmonton Oil Kings 2 – 3 Brandon Wheat Kings Rexall Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
19:03 - Andrew Koep (1) Second period 8:24 - Tyler Coulter (2)
13:45 - pp - Rihards Bukarts (2)
19:21 - Brandon Baddock (1) Third period 0:36 - Nolan Patrick (1)
Tristan Jarry (30 saves/33 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (34 saves/36 shots)
April 1 Edmonton Oil Kings 2 – 3 2OT Brandon Wheat Kings Rexall Place Recap  
No scoring First period 14:10 - pp - Tim McGauley (3)
10:05 - Ben Carroll (2)
12:55 - pp - Brett Pollock (3) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 5:01 - Eric Roy (2)
No scoring Second overtime period 8:58 - John Quenneville (3)
Tristan Jarry (24 saves/27 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (42 saves/44 shots)
Brandon won series 4 – 1

* Note: Series was played in a 2-3-2 format due to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair taking place at the Westman Communications Group Place from March 30 to April 4.

(E2) Regina Pats vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos[edit]

March 27 Regina Pats 4 – 2 Swift Current Broncos Brandt Centre Recap  
12:38 - Patrick D'Amico (1)
18:34 - Pavel Padakin (1)
19:33 - Pavel Padakin (2) 		First period 2:01 - Glenn Gawdin (1)
No scoring Second period 10:53 - Jay Merkley (1)
19:42 - en - Braden Christoffer (1) Third period No scoring
Daniel Wapple (35 saves/37 shots) Goalie stats Landon Bow (29 saves/32 shots)
March 28 Regina Pats 3 – 2 Swift Current Broncos Brandt Centre Recap  
8:39 - Taylor Cooper (1)
14:24 - Jesse Gabrielle (1) 		First period 5:00 - Brett Lernout (1)
No scoring Second period 7:32 - Tyler Steenbergen (1)
6:34 - Adam Brooks (1) Third period No scoring
Daniel Wapple (29 saves/31 shots) Goalie stats Landon Bow (37 saves/40 shots)
March 31 Swift Current Broncos 4 – 5 OT Regina Pats Credit Union iPlex Recap  
3:48 - Colby Cave (1) First period 18:55 - Rykr Cole (1)
11:11 - pp - Max Lajoie (1)
13:43 - Coda Gordon (1) 		Second period 10:01 - sh - Adam Brooks (2)
19:42 - Patrick D'Amico (2)
0:25 - Colby Cave (2) Third period 6:46 - Colby Williams (1)
No scoring First overtime period 4:25 - Austin Wagner (1)
Landon Bow (43 saves/48 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Wapple (24 saves/28 shots)
April 1 Swift Current Broncos 0 – 4 Regina Pats Credit Union iPlex Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:53 - sh - Adam Brooks (3)
15:16 - Adam Brooks (4)
16:54 - Patrick D'Amico (3)
No scoring Third period 13:06 - pp - Connor Hobbs (1)
Landon Bow (37 saves/41 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Wapple (24 saves/24 shots)
Regina won series 4 – 0


(C1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (W1) Kootenay Ice[edit]

March 27 Calgary Hitmen 3 – 4 Kootenay Ice Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
19:44 - pp - Jake Bean (1) First period 7:14 - Luke Philp (1)
14:23 - pp - Tyler King (1)
4:23 - Kenton Helgesen (1) Second period 17:17 - Luke Philp (2)
13:07 - Connor Rankin (1) Third period 9:57 - sh - Jaedon Descheneau (1)
Brendan Burke (27 saves/31 shots) Goalie stats Wyatt Hoflin (29 saves/32 shots)
March 29 Calgary Hitmen 3 – 2 OT Kootenay Ice Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
9:01 - pp - Pavel Karnaukhov (1) Second period 17:51 - pp - Sam Reinhart (1)
19:36 - Jaedon Descheneau (2)
10:31 - pp - Pavel Karnaukhov (2) Third period No scoring
16:36 - Adam Tambellini (1) First overtime period No scoring
Brendan Burke (16 saves/18 shots)
Mack Shields (19 saves/19 shots) 		Goalie stats Wyatt Hoflin (30 saves/33 shots)
March 31 Kootenay Ice 7 – 8 OT Calgary Hitmen Western Financial Place Recap  
2:13 - Sam Reinhart (2)
7:03 - Tim Bozon (1) 		First period 4:45 - Chase Lang (1)
10:57 - Pavel Karnaukhov (3)
17:18 - pp - Adam Tambellini (2)
8:58 - Sam Reinhart (3)
14:42 - Tim Bozon (2)
15:45 - Rinat Valiev (1) 		Second period 7:44 - Chase Lang (2)
13:00 - Travis Sanheim (1)
2:12 - Matt Alfaro (1)
19:56 - Rinat Valiev (2) 		Third period 8:50 - pp - Adam Tambellini (3)
13:19 - Taylor Sanheim (1)
No scoring First overtime period 1:12 - Adam Tambellini (4)
Wyatt Hoflin (30 saves/38 shots) Goalie stats Mack Shields (17 saves/21 shots)
Brendan Burke (8 saves/11 shots)
April 1 Kootenay Ice 2 – 7 Calgary Hitmen Western Financial Place Recap  
16:28 - Jaedon Descheneau (3) First period 1:12 - Connor Rankin (2)
10:10 - Travis Sanheim (2)
No scoring Second period 3:49 - Connor Rankin (3)
5:17 - Kenton Helgesen (2)
12:56 - pp - Connor Rankin (4)
8:39 - Tyler King (2) Third period 16:17 - en - Adam Tambellini (5)
16:52 - Kenton Helgesen (3)
Wyatt Hoflin (33 saves/39 shots) Goalie stats Brendan Burke (28 saves/30 shots)
April 3 Calgary Hitmen 4 – 5 OT Kootenay Ice Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
9:15 - Radel Fazleev (1) First period 14:33 - pp - Rinat Valiev (3)
0:40 - pp - Radel Fazleev (2)
4:54 - Jordy Stallard (1)
12:51 - pp - Kenton Helgesen (4) 		Second period 1:56 - Levi Cable (1)
17:48 - sh - Luke Philp (3)
19:51 - pp - Sam Reinhart (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 6:05 - Luke Philp (4)
Brendan Burke (31 saves/36 shots) Goalie stats Wyatt Hoflin (24 saves/28 shots)
April 4 Kootenay Ice 4 – 2 Calgary Hitmen Western Financial Place Recap  
13:40 - pp - Tim Bozon (3) First period No scoring
14:55 - Jaedon Descheneau (4)
17:45 - Luke Philp (5) 		Second period 11:19 - Adam Tambellini (6)
19:59 - en - pp - Sam Reinhart (5) Third period 18:35 - sh - Adam Tambellini (7)
Wyatt Hoflin (25 saves/27 shots) Goalie stats Brendan Burke (13 saves/14 shots)
Mack Shields (11 saves/13 shots)
April 6 Calgary Hitmen 6 – 2 Kootenay Ice Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
1:12 - Connor Rankin (5)
17:34 - pp - Connor Rankin (6)
19:04 - Connor Rankin (7) 		First period No scoring
4:44 - Chase Lang (3) Second period 14:36 - Sam Reinhart (6)
3:31 - Radel Fazleev (3)
15:12 - Kenton Helgesen (5) 		Third period 3:59 - Jaedon Descheneau (5)
Mack Shields (11 saves/13 shots) Goalie stats Wyatt Hoflin (29 saves/35 shots)
Calgary won series 4 – 3


(C2) Medicine Hat Tigers vs (C3) Red Deer Rebels[edit]

March 28 Medicine Hat Tigers 2 – 1 Red Deer Rebels Medicine Hat Arena Recap  
6:32 - Kyle Becker (1) First period No scoring
14:29 - pp - Cole Sanford (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:19 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (1)
Marek Langhamer (31 saves/32 shots) Goalie stats Rylan Toth (31 saves/33 shots)
March 29 Medicine Hat Tigers 1 – 0 OT Red Deer Rebels Medicine Hat Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
10:05 - Trevor Cox (1) First overtime period No scoring
Marek Langhamer (27 saves/27 shots) Goalie stats Rylan Toth (36 saves/37 shots)
April 1 Red Deer Rebels 2 – 1 Medicine Hat Tigers ENMAX Centrium Recap  
12:10 - Scott Feser (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
8:34 - Wyatt Johnson (1) Third period 11:53 - Cole Sanford (2)
Rylan Toth (34 saves/34 shots) Goalie stats Marek Langhamer (29 saves/31 shots)
April 2 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 5 Medicine Hat Tigers ENMAX Centrium Recap  
3:37 - Haydn Fleury (1) First period 19:40 - Cole Sanford (1)
No scoring Second period 3:09 - Trevor Cox (2)
10:34 - Steven Owre (1)
7:58 - Conner Bleackley (1)
19:36 - sh - Wyatt Johnson (2) 		Third period 1:19 - Dryden Hunt (1)
19:59 - en - pp - Markus Eisenschmid (1)
Rylan Toth (38 saves/42 shots) Goalie stats Marek Langhamer (39 saves/42 shots)
April 4 Medicine Hat Tigers 4 – 3 Red Deer Rebels Medicine Hat Arena Recap  
6:18 - pp - Cole Sanford (4)
15:16 - Steven Owre (2) 		First period 10:53 - pp - Riley Sheen (1)
16:35 - Colton Bobyk (1)
18:03 - Steven Owre (3) Second period 3:29 - pp - Evan Polei (1)
18:14 - Trevor Cox (3) Third period No scoring
Marek Langhamer (28 saves/31 shots) Goalie stats Rylan Toth (32 saves/36 shots)
Medicine Hat won series 4 – 1


Western Conference[edit]

(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W2) Tri-City Americans[edit]

March 27 Kelowna Rockets 6 – 0 Tri-City Americans Prospera Place Recap  
2:06 - Rourke Chartier (1) First period No scoring
13:20 - sh - Nick Merkley (1)
16:55 - Dillon Dube (1)
19:22 - Leon Draisaitl (1) 		Second period No scoring
6:51 - sh - Rourke Chartier (2)
8:40 - Madison Bowey (1) 		Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (18 saves/18 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (24 saves/30 shots)
March 28 Kelowna Rockets 3 – 0 Tri-City Americans Prospera Place Recap  
7:42 - Rodney Southam (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
15:54 - Leon Draisaitl (2)
18:36 - en - Tyson Baillie (1) 		Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (30 saves/30 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (42 saves/44 shots)
March 31 Tri-City Americans 3 – 5 Kelowna Rockets Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period 15:37 - Riley Stadel (1)
14:14 - pp - Beau McCue (1) Second period 8:49 - Tomas Soustal (1)
15:35 - pp - Cole Linaker (1)
3:57 - Jordan Topping (1)
18:06 - Beau McCue (2) 		Third period 9:31 - pp - Tyson Baillie (2)
16:02 - Chance Braid (1)
Eric Comrie (20 saves/25 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (19 saves/22 shots)
April 1 Tri-City Americans 4 – 5 OT Kelowna Rockets Toyota Center Recap  
11:28 - Dylan Coghlan (1)
18:12 - Tyler Sandhu (1) 		First period No scoring
14:06 - Richard Nejezchleb (1)
17:57 - sh - Beau McCue (3) 		Second period 0:30 - Rourke Chartier (3)
18:13 - pp - Madison Bowey (2)
18:49 - Rourke Charier (4)
No scoring Third period 0:37 - Madison Bowey (3)
No scoring First overtime period 18:32 - Gage Quinney (1)
Eric Comrie (66 saves/71 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (15 saves/19 shots)
Michael Herringer (11 saves/11 shots)
Kelowna won series 4 – 0


(B2) Victoria Royals vs. (B3) Prince George Cougars[edit]

March 27 Victoria Royals 5 – 3 Prince George Cougars Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 6:08 - pp - Tate Olson (1)
7:06 - pp - Chase Witala (1)
4:59 - Brandon Magee (1)
5:59 - Brandon Magee (2)
12:20 - Greg Chase (1)
18:44 - Brandon Magee (3) 		Second period No scoring
19:27 - en - Taylor Crunk (1) Third period 6:32 - pp - Kody McDonald (1)
Coleman Vollrath (28 saves/31 shots) Goalie stats Ty Edmonds (20 saves/24 shots)
March 28 Victoria Royals 5 – 4 Prince George Cougars Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Recap  
13:57 - Jack Walker (1) First period No scoring
3:20 - Tyler Soy (1)
15:11 - Greg Chase (20 		Second period 5:50 - pp - Tate Olson (2)
18:28 - Zach Pochiro (1)
11:51 - Brandon Magee (4)
15:45 - Brandon Magee (5) 		Third period 5:02 - pp - Tate Olson (3)
13:49 - Chase Witala (2)
Coleman Vollrath (30 saves/34 shots) Goalie stats Ty Edmonds (20 saves/25 shots)
April 1 Prince George Cougars 4 – 2 Victoria Royals CN Centre Recap  
13:23 - sh - Chase Witala (3) First period No scoring
2:22 - pp - Jari Erricson (1)
7:58 - Sam Ruopp (1) 		Second period 13:22 - pp - Tyler Soy (2)
14:06 - Logan Fisher (1)
6:06 - Brad Morrison (1) Third period No scoring
Ty Edmonds (22 saves/24 shots) Goalie stats Coleman Vollrath (38 saves/42 shots)
April 2 Prince George Cougars 0 – 3 Victoria Royals CN Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 4:40 - Travis Brown (1)
No scoring Third period 0:46 - sh - Regan Nagy (1)
14:53 - pp - Alex Forsberg (1)
Ty Edmonds (21 saves/24 shots) Goalie stats Coleman Vollrath (24 saves/24 shots)
April 4 Victoria Royals 5 – 4 OT Prince George Cougars Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Recap  
9:04 - pp - Greg Chase (3)
13:41 - Brandon Fushimi (1)
17:04 - Greg Chase (4) 		First period 9:54 - Zach Pochiro (2)
No scoring Second period 15:14 - pp - Zach Pochiro (3)
15:16 - Greg Chase (5) Third period 14:00 - Zach Pochiro (4)
18:46 - pp - Brad Morrison (2)
1:42 - Brandon Magee (6) First overtime period No scoring
Coleman Vollrath (34 saves/38 shots) Goalie stats Ty Edmonds (22 saves/27 shots)
Victoria won series 4 – 1


(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (W1) Spokane Chiefs[edit]

March 27 Everett Silvertips 5 – 1 Spokane Chiefs Xfinity Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
13:55 - Ryan Hofer (1) Second period No scoring
0:17 - Carson Stadnyk (1)
1:34 - Carson Stadnyk (2)
4:03 - Carson Stadnyk (3)
11:31 - pp - Ivan Nikolishin (1)
18:56 - pp - Ivan Nikolishin (2) 		Third period No scoring
Carter Hart (22 saves/23 shots) Goalie stats Garret Hughson (27 saves/32 shots)
March 28 Everett Silvertips 2 – 6 Spokane Chiefs Xfinity Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 7:15 - Jackson Playfair (1)
9:33 - pp - Dominic Zwerger (1)
11:08 - Adam Helewka (1)
13:01 - pp - Adam Helewka (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
3:20 - Dominic Zwerger (2)
11:06 - pp - Jason Fram (1) 		Third period 14:21 - Cole MacDonald (1)
15:40 - pp - Matt Fonteyne (1)
Carter Hart (5 saves/8 shots)
Austin Lotz (26 saves/29 shots) 		Goalie stats Garret Hughson (29 saves/31 shots)
April 1 Spokane Chiefs 1 – 2 2OT Everett Silvertips Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Recap  
14:19 - Adam Helewka (3) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 0:52 - Brayden Low (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 2:07 - Jake Mykitiuk (1)
Garret Hughson (36 saves/38 shots) Goalie stats Carter Hart (45 saves/46 shots)
April 3 Spokane Chiefs 1 – 3 Everett Silvertips Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 2:21 - Logan Aasman (1)
11:54 - Nikita Scherbak (1)
10:53 - pp - Kailer Yamamoto (1) Third period 6:48 - Brayden Low (2)
Garret Hughson (19 saves/22 shots) Goalie stats Carter Hart (34 saves/35 shots)
April 4 Everett Silvertips 3 – 4 OT Spokane Chiefs Xfinity Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:19 - Markson Bechtold (1)
2:59 - pp - Carson Stadnyk (4)
10:17 - Brayden Low (3)
12:44 - Kohl Bauml (1) 		Second period 11:14 - Ryan Hofer (2)
No scoring Third period 17:42 - Nick Charif (1)
No scoring First overtime period 15:25 - Riley Whittingham (1)
Carter Hart (39 saves/43 shots) Goalie stats Garret Hughson (36 saves/39 shots)
April 7 Spokane Chiefs 1 – 2 3OT Everett Silvertips Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:11 - pp - Kohl Bauml (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
19:55 - Kailer Yamamoto (2) Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 3:43 - Brayden Low (4)
Garret Hughson (39 saves/41 shots) Goalie stats Carter Hart (53 saves/54 shots)
Everett wins series 4 – 2


(U2) Portland Winterhawks vs. (U3) Seattle Thunderbirds[edit]

March 28 Portland Winterhawks 3 – 4 Seattle Thunderbirds Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
19:55 - Blake Heinrich (1) First period 1:01 - Mathew Barzal (1)
15:43 - pp - Cory Millette (1)
8:37 - pp - Adam Henry (1) Second period No scoring
6:27 - Evan Weinger (1) Third period 11:41 - Scott Eansor (1)
17:18 - Mathew Barzal (2)
Adin Hill (29 saves/33 shots) Goalie stats Taran Kozun (34 saves/37 shots)
March 29 Portland Winterhawks 3 – 0 Seattle Thunderbirds Moda Center Recap  
14:23 - Nic Petan (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
18:02 - en - Dominic Turgeon (1)
18:14 - en - Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) 		Third period No scoring
Adin Hill (21 saves/21 shots) Goalie stats Taran Kozun (36 saves/37 shots)
March 31 Seattle Thunderbirds 5 – 2 Portland Winterhawks ShoWare Center Recap  
3:28 - Scott Eansor (2)
8:48 - Roberts Lipsbergs (1) 		First period No scoring
4:12 - pp - Alexander True (1) Second period 1:37 - Dominic Turgeon (2)
4:06 - Jerret Smith (1)
18:34 - en - Jerret Smith (2) 		Third period 16:15 - Nic Petan (2)
Taran Kozun (35 saves/37 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (24 saves/28 shots)
April 2 Seattle Thunderbirds 5 – 8 Portland Winterhawks ShoWare Center Recap  
17:43 - Ryan Gropp (1) First period 0:54 - Chase De Leo (1)
2:15 - Alex Overhardt (1)
No scoring Second period 8:41 - Adam Henry (2)
10:06 - pp - Nic Petan (3)
15:03 - Keegan Iverson (1)
1:17 - Mathew Barzal (3)
10:47 - pp - Alexander True (2)
14:59 - Ethan Bear (1)
17:10 - pp - Shea Theodore (1) 		Third period 4:02 - Dominic Turgeon (3)
12:30 - pp - Oliver Bjorkstrand (2)
19:09 - en - Nic Petan (4)
Taran Kozun (17 saves/22 shots)
Logan Flodell (19 saves/21 shots) 		Goalie stats Adin Hill (34 saves/39 shots)
April 4 Portland Winterhawks 5 – 3 Seattle Thunderbirds Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
7:56 - Keegan Iverson (2)
17:08 - Paul Bittner (1) 		First period 19:49 - sh - Scott Eansor (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
4:54 - pp - Paul Bittner (2)
11:41 - Alex Schoenborn (1)
19:24 - en - Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) 		Third period 7:54 - pp - Shea Theodore (2)
12:38 - Mathew Barzal (4)
Adin Hill (27 saves/30 shots) Goalie stats Taran Kozun (30 saves/34 shots)
April 7 Seattle Thunderbirds 4 – 5 OT Portland Winterhawks ShoWare Center Recap  
14:48 - Scott Eansor (4) First period 8:53 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (4)
6:37 - Shea Theodore (3)
11:37 - pp - Cory Millette (2) 		Second period 2:17 - Dominic Turgeon (4)
3:23 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (5)
18:20 - Scott Eansor (5) Third period 11:25 - Miles Koules (1)
No scoring First overtime period 19:01 - Nic Petan (5)
Taran Kozun (36 saves/41 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (46 saves/50 shots)
Portland won series 4 – 2


Conference Semi-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (E2) Regina Pats[edit]

April 10 Brandon Wheat Kings 5 – 1 Regina Pats Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
9:48 - Duncan Campbell (1) First period No scoring
1:56 - Tim McGauley (4)
13:50 - John Quenneville (4) 		Second period 9:12 - Taylor Cooper (2)
10:41 - Ivan Provorov (1)
14:04 - Jayce Hawryluk (4) 		Third period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (21 saves/22 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Wapple (26 saves/31 shots)
April 11 Brandon Wheat Kings 5 – 2 Regina Pats Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
4:00 - sh - Tyler Coulter (3)
13:01 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (5) 		First period No scoring
12:19 - pp - Ivan Provorov (2)
19:57 - Macoy Erkamps (2) 		Second period 9:31 - pp - Colby Williams (2)
16:24 - pp - Pavel Padakin (3)
10:56 - pp - Kale Clague (1) Third period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (35 saves/37 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Wapple (36 saves/41 shots)
April 14 Regina Pats 3 – 2 Brandon Wheat Kings Brandt Centre Recap  
4:45 - Jared McAmmond (1) First period 15:48 - Stelio Mattheos (1)
1:53 - Braden Christoffer (2)
5:08 - Taylor Cooper (3) 		Second period 18:32 - pp - Peter Quenneville (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Daniel Wapple (39 saves/41 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (28 saves/31 shots)
April 15 Regina Pats 2 – 3 OT Brandon Wheat Kings Brandt Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 19:37 - Nolan Patrick (2)
4:27 - Colby Williams (3)
6:27 - pp - Connor Hobbs (2) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 7:53 - pp - Peter Quenneville (3)
No scoring First overtime period 3:36 - Tanner Kaspick (1)
Daniel Wapple (45 saves/48 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (30 saves/32 shots)
April 17 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – 2 OT Regina Pats Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
12:52 - sh - Nolan Patrick (3) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 13:41 - Jake Leschyshyn (1)
18:58 - Taylor Cooper (4)
13:39 - Nolan Patrick (4) Third period No scoring
6:15 - Peter Quenneville (4) First overtime period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (25 saves/27 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Wapple (48 saves/51 shots)
Brandon won series 4 – 1


(C1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (C2) Medicine Hat Tigers[edit]

April 10 Medicine Hat Tigers 1 – 3 Calgary Hitmen Medicine Hat Arena Recap  
19:50 - Dryden Hunt (2) First period 7:57 - Connor Rankin (8)
16:30 - Jake Virtanen (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:30 - Chase Lang (4)
Marek Langhamer (11 saves/14 shots) Goalie stats Mack Shields (33 saves/34 shots)
April 12 Calgary Hitmen 2 – 3 OT Medicine Hat Tigers Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
14:57 - Travis Sanheim (3) Second period 19:29 - pp - Steven Owre (4)
7:06 - Jordy Stallard (2) Third period 3:55 - Dryden Hunt (3)
No scoring First overtime period 17:35 - Matt Staples (1)
Mack Shields (47 saves/50 shots) Goalie stats Marek Langhamer (39 saves/41 shots)
April 13 Calgary Hitmen 5 – 4 Medicine Hat Tigers Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
6:20 - Adam Tambellini (8)
10:36 - pp - Kenton Helgesen (6)
13:28 - pp - Connor Rankin (9) 		First period 1:34 - Chad Labelle (1)
2:33 - Steven Owre (5)
2:14 - pp - Travis Sanheim (4)
5:17 - Adam Tambellini (9) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 3:09 - Chad Labelle (2)
6:04 - Dryden Hunt (4)
Mack Shields (29 saves/33 shots) Goalie stats Marek Langhamer (26 saves/31 shots)
April 15 Medicine Hat Tigers 1 – 2 OT Calgary Hitmen Medicine Hat Arena Recap  
19:41 - pp - Tyler Lewington (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:24 - ps - Jake Virtanen (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 7:22 - Jordy Stallard (3)
Marek Langhamer (20 saves/22 shots) Goalie stats Mack Shields (35 saves/36 shots)
April 17 Calgary Hitmen 4 – 3 2OT Medicine Hat Tigers Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
15:03 - Jake Virtanen (3) First period 3:22 - Cole Sanford (5)
17:31 - Jake Bean (2) Second period 0:59 - Dryden Hunt (5)
19:15 - pp - Jake Virtanen (4) Third period 12:03 - Markus Eisenschmid (2)
7:45 - Travis Sanheim (5) Second overtime period No scoring
Mack Shields (52 saves/55 shots) Goalie stats Marek Langhamer (54 saves/58 shots)
Calgary won series 4 – 1

* Note: Game 1 was held at the Medicine Hat Arena due to scheduling conflicts with a Calgary Roughnecks home game and an Eric Church concert at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Western Conference[edit]

(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B2) Victoria Royals[edit]

April 10 Kelowna Rockets 5 – 0 Victoria Royals Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
5:40 - Tyson Baillie (3)
19:37 - Cole Martin (1) 		Second period No scoring
7:59 - Gage Quinney (2)
10:36 - pp - Rourke Chartier (5)
19:27 - pp - Tomas Soustal (2) 		Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (20 saves/20 shots) Goalie stats Coleman Vollrath (39 saves/44 shots)
April 11 Kelowna Rockets 4 – 3 OT Victoria Royals Prospera Place Recap  
18:44 - pp - Tyson Baillie (4) First period No scoring
4:11 - Tomas Soustal (3)
11:16 - pp - Gage Quinney (3) 		Second period 18:02 - pp - Brandon Magee (7)
No scoring Third period 7:31 - pp - Alex Forsberg (2)
18:26 - Brandon Magee (8)
0:58 - Tyson Baillie (5) First overtime period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (38 saves/41 shots) Goalie stats Coleman Vollrath (12 saves/15 shots)
Justin Paulic (11 saves/12 shots)
April 14 Victoria Royals 2 – 4 Kelowna Rockets Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Recap  
1:03 - Alex Forsberg (3) First period 8:18 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (3)
14:10 - pp - Nick Merkley (2)
0:54 - Greg Chase (6) Second period 9:02 - Gage Quinney (4)
15:16 - pp - Madison Bowey (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Coleman Vollrath (24 saves/28 shots)
Justin Paulic (8 saves/8 shots) 		Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (28 saves/30 shots)
April 15 Victoria Royals 5 – 4 OT Kelowna Rockets Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Recap  
17:47 - Austin Carroll (1) First period 5:15 - Lucas Johansen (1)
17:34 - Tyson Baillie (6)
18:09 - Rourke Chartier (6)
11:01 - Jack Walker (2) Second period 18:28 - Tomas Soustal (4)
10:42 - Jack Walker (3)
11:06 - Brandon Magee (9) 		Third period No scoring
5:30 - Greg Chase (7) First overtime period No scoring
Justin Paulic (36 saves/40 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (27 saves/32 shots)
April 17 Kelowna Rockets 7 – 3 Victoria Royals Prospera Place Recap  
1:24 - Leon Draisaitl (4)
19:26 - Josh Morrissey (1) 		First period 17:54 - Jack Walker (4)
18:17 - Brandon Fushimi (2)
2:18 - Rodney Southam (2)
14:52 - pp - Tyson Baillie (7)
16:53 - pp - Josh Morrissey (2) 		Second period No scoring
7:35 - Rourke Chartier (7)
13:11 - Cole Linaker (2) 		Third period 13:59 - pp - Travis Brown (2)
Jackson Whistle (7 saves/9 shots)
Michael Herringer (11 saves/12 shots) 		Goalie stats Justin Paulic (21 saves/26 shots)
Coleman Vollrath (11 saves/13 shots)
Kelowna won series 4 – 1


(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (U2) Portland Winterhawks[edit]

April 10 Everett Silvertips 5 – 3 Portland Winterhawks Xfinity Arena Recap  
5:25 - Kohl Bauml (3)
8:29 - Remi Laurencelle (1) 		First period No scoring
4:42 - Remi Laurencelle (2)
19:57 - Jake Mykitiuk (2) 		Second period 19:43 - Miles Koules (2)
7:58 - pp - Patrick Bajkov (1) Third period 11:05 - Dominic Turgeon (5)
16:22 - Alex Schoenborn (2)
Carter Hart (27 saves/30 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (16 saves/21 shots)
April 11 Everett Silvertips 3 – 4 2OT Portland Winterhawks Xfinity Arena Recap  
3:12 - Jake Mykitiuk (3) First period 12:48 - Blake Heinrich (2)
15:29 - pp - Chase De Leo (2)
12:49 - Nikita Scherbak (2)
19:25 - Nikita Scherbak (3) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:18 - Adam Henry (3)
No scoring Second overtime period 0:29 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (5)
Carter Hart (41 saves/45 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (41 saves/44 shots)
April 16 Portland Winterhawks 5 – 3 Everett Silvertips Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
17:52 - Anton Cederholm (1)
18:13 - pp - Nic Petan (6) 		Second period No scoring
3:22 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (7)
5:09 - pp - Oliver Bjorkstrand (8)
14:27 - Dominic Turgeon (6) 		Third period 16:05 - Kevin Davis (1)
17:37 - Ivan Nikolishin (3)
17:51 - Graham Millar (1)
Adin Hill (16 saves/19 shots) Goalie stats Carter Hart (30 saves/34 shots)
Austin Lotz (1 save/2 shots)
April 17 Portland Winterhawks 2 – 1 OT Everett Silvertips Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
1:15 - Chase De Leo (3) Second period 12:54 - Ben Betker (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
5:40 - Blake Heinrich (3) First overtime period No scoring
Adin Hill (29 saves/30 shots) Goalie stats Carter Hart (29 saves/31 shots)
April 19 Everett Silvertips 2 – 3 Portland Winterhawks Xfinity Arena Recap  
12:10 - Jordan Wharrie (1) First period 6:43 - pp - Nic Petan (7)
18:53 - Cole MacDonald (2) Second period 3:19 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (9)
8:40 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (10
No scoring Third period No scoring
Carter Hart (28 saves/31 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (31 shots/33 shots)
Portland won series 4 – 1


Conference Finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C1) Calgary Hitmen[edit]

April 24 Brandon Wheat Kings 9 – 4 Calgary Hitmen Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
5:04 - Jayce Hawryluk (6)
7:39 - pp - John Quenneville (5) 		First period 17:34 - Pavel Karnaukhov (4)
9:02 - pp - Peter Quenneville (3)
12:17 - Braylon Shmyr (1)
12:39 - Nolan Patrick (5)
18:53 - pp - John Quenneville (6) 		Second period 5:26 - Beck Malenstyn (1)
18:21 - pp - Jake Virtanen (5)
0:17 - Braylon Shmyr (2)
4:08 - Morgan Klimchuk (1)
16:56 - Tim McGauley (5) 		Third period 17:04 - Carsen Twarynski (1)
Jordan Papirny (34 saves/38 shots) Goalie stats Mack Shields (15 saves/19 shots)
Brendan Burke (17 saves/22 shots)
April 25 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – 2 OT Calgary Hitmen Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
3:49 - Jayce Hawryluk (7)
11:03 - pp - Peter Quenneville (6) 		First period 16:48 - Adam Tambellini (10)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:51 - Micheal Zipp (1)
0:51 - Tyler Coulter (4) First overtime period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (22 saves/24 shots) Goalie stats Brendan Burke (43 saves/46 shots)
April 28 Calgary Hitmen 2 – 1 OT Brandon Wheat Kings Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 4:23 - John Quenneville (7)
10:41 - pp - Adam Tambellini (11) Third period No scoring
3:07 - Adam Tambellini (12) First overtime period No scoring
Brendan Burke (33 saves/34 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (30 saves/32 shots)
April 29 Calgary Hitmen 3 – 8 Brandon Wheat Kings Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
13:46 - Layne Bensmiller (1) First period 19:00 - John Quenneville (8)
15:58 - Pavel Karnaukhov (5) Second period 6:03 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (8)
10:38 - Braylon Shmyr (3)
14:15 - Morgan Klimchuk (2)
15:13 - Nolan Patrick (6)
16:28 - Tyler Coulter (5)
1:51 - pp - Radel Fazleev (4) Third period 10:27 - Peter Quenneville (7)
12:49 - en - sh - Colton Waltz (1)
Brendan Burke (10 saves/14 shots)
Mack Shields (12 saves/15 shots) 		Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (28 saves/31 shots)
May 1 Brandon Wheat Kings 8 – 2 Calgary Hitmen Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
No scoring First period 17:22 - pp - Pavel Karnaukhov (6)
8:35 - Eric Roy (3)
9:41 - Ryan Pilon (1)
9:51 - Nolan Patrick (7)
12:58 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (9)
15:23 - pp - John Quenneville (9) 		Second period 16:25 - Adam Tambellini (13)
4:23 - Jayce Hawryluk (10)
15:24 - en - sh - Tim McGauley (6)
15:55 - John Quenneville (10) 		Third period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (31 saves/33 shots) Goalie stats Mack Shields (15 saves/18 shots)
Brendan Burke (11 saves/15 shots)
Brandon won series 4 – 1


Western Conference[edit]

(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U2) Portland Winterhawks[edit]

April 24 Kelowna Rockets 3 – 2 Portland Winterhawks Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period 0:35 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (11)
18:00 - Adam Henry (4)
1:38 - sh - Madison Bowey (5)
2:24 - Justin Kirkland (1)
15:56 - Rourke Chartier (8) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (30 saves/32 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (43 saves/46 shots)
April 25 Kelowna Rockets 2 – 3 Portland Winterhawks Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period 16:33 - pp - Paul Bittner (3)
13:29 - pp - Rourke Chartier (9)
15:51 - pp - Dillon Dube (2) 		Second period 11:46 - Dominic Turgeon (7)
19:12 - Nic Petan (8)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (29 saves/32 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (38 saves/40 shots)
April 28 Portland Winterhawks 7 – 3 Kelowna Rockets Moda Center Recap  
12:50 - pp - Dominic Turgeon (8) First period No scoring
1:33 - Keoni Texeira (1)
3:13 - pp - Chase De Leo (4)
13:51 - Alex Schoenborn (3) 		Second period 10:46 - Leon Draisaitl (5)
1:26 - pp - Oliver Bjorkstrand (12)
12:57 - pp - Paul Bittner (4) 		Third period 4:21 - pp - Cole Linaker (3)
15:37 - Riley Stadel (2)
Adin Hill (41 saves/44 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (14 saves/18 shots)
Michael Herringer (19 saves/22 shots)
April 29 Portland Winterhawks 2 – 3 Kelowna Rockets Moda Center Recap  
1:12 - Chase De Leo (5) First period 7:50 - Leon Draisaitl (6)
12:03 - Nic Petan (9) Second period 2:40 - Chance Braid (2)
9:16 - pp - Tyrell Goulbourne (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Adin Hill (25 saves/28 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (40 saves/42 shots)
May 1 Kelowna Rockets 2 – 1 OT Portland Winterhawks Prospera Place Recap  
17:35 - Riley Stadel (3) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:27 - Nic Petan (10)
14:55 - Tyson Baillie (8) First overtime period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (42 saves/43 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (47 saves/49 shots)
May 3 Portland Winterhawks 4 – 8 Kelowna Rockets Moda Center Recap  
6:16 - Chase De Leo (6)
9:06 - Adam Henry (5)
13:30 - Chase De Leo (7) 		First period 14:45 - Madison Bowey (6)
No scoring Second period 4:12 - Dillon Dube (3)
12:18 - sh - Madison Bowey (7)
8:12 - Keoni Texeira (2) Third period 6:58 - Tyson Baillie (9)
10:35 - Justin Kirkland (2)
12:18 - Cole Linaker (4)
18:28 - en - Dillon Dube (4)
18:50 - en - Chance Braid (3)
Adin Hill (33 shots/39 saves) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (5 saves/8 shots)
Michael Herringer (30 saves/31 shots)
Kelowna won series 4 – 2


WHL Championship[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (B1) Kelowna Rockets[edit]

May 8 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – 4 Kelowna Rockets Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
4:58 - pp - Rihards Bukarts (3) First period 17:41 - pp - Tyson Baillie (10)
15:58 - pp - Peter Quenneville (8)
17:55 - Rihards Bukarts (4) 		Second period 0:52 - Justin Kirkland (3)
1:19 - Chance Braid (4)
18:50 - Leon Draisaitl (7)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jordan Papirny (36 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 9 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – 5 Kelowna Rockets Westman Communications Group Place Recap  
1:20 - Tim McGauley (7) First period 11:33 - Rourke Chartier (10)
19:57 - Nick Merkley (3)
No scoring Second period 0:27 - Gage Quinney (5)
2:49 - Peter Quenneville (9)
6:37 - pp - Peter Quenneville (10) 		Third period 10:16 - sh - Nick Merkley (4)
19:39 - en - Leon Draisaitl (8)
Jordan Papirny (26 saves/30 shots) Goalie stats Jackson Whistle (38 saves/41 shots)
May 11 Kelowna Rockets 5 – 3 Brandon Wheat Kings Prospera Place Recap  
6:35 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (9)
8:47 - Gage Quinney (6) 		First period 7:48 - pp - Morgan Klimchuk (3)
4:15 - Dillon Dube (5)
15:02 - Rourke Chartier (11) 		Second period 15:28 - Nolan Patrick (8)
13:48 - Rourke Chartier (12) Third period 10:06 - Tim McGauley (8)
Jackson Whistle (26 saves/29 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (27 saves/32 shots)
May 13 Kelowna Rockets 3 – 0 Brandon Wheat Kings Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
1:10 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (10)
1:29 - sh - Rourke Chartier (13)
14:30 - Nick Merkley (5) 		Third period No scoring
Jackson Whistle (19 saves/19 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Papirny (27 saves/30 shots)
Kelowna won series 4 – 0


Playoff scoring leaders[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Nic Petan Portland Winterhawks 17 10 18 28 20
Leon Draisaitl Kelowna Rockets 19 10 18 28 12
Nick Merkley Kelowna Rockets 19 5 22 27 18
Adam Tambellini Calgary Hitmen 16 13 13 26 10
Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks 17 13 12 25 10
Tyson Baillie Kelowna Rockets 19 10 14 24 24
Rourke Chartier Kelowna Rockets 16 13 7 20 2
Peter Quenneville Brandon Wheat Kings 19 10 10 20 4
Jayce Hawryluk Brandon Wheat Kings 16 10 9 19 24
John Quenneville Brandon Wheat Kings 19 10 9 19 18

Playoff leading goaltenders[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Michael Herringer Kelowna Rockets 4 153 3 0 5 0 .934 1.96
Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 11 710 5 6 27 0 .929 2.28
Marek Langhamer Medicine Hat Tigers 10 657 5 5 25 1 .924 2.28
Garret Hughson Spokane Chiefs 6 438 2 4 17 0 .916 2.33
Rylan Toth Red Deer Rebels 5 308 1 4 12 0 .934 2.34

WHL awards[edit]

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Regular season champions Brandon Wheat Kings
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Player of the Year Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks
Bob Clarke Trophy Top Scorer Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman Shea Theodore Seattle Thunderbirds
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Rookie of the year Nolan Patrick Brandon Wheat Kings
Del Wilson Trophy Top Goaltender Taran Kozun Seattle Thunderbirds
WHL Plus-Minus Award Top Plus-Minus Rating Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks
Brad Hornung Trophy Most Sportsmanlike Player Rourke Chartier Kelowna Rockets
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy Scholastic Player of the Year Nick McBride Prince Albert Raiders
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy Scholastic team of the Year Kamloops Blazers
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Coach of the Year John Paddock Regina Pats
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Executive of the Year Kelly McCrimmon Brandon Wheat Kings
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy Top Official Reagan Vetter
St. Clair Group Trophy Marketing/Public Relations Award Kelowna Rockets
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the Year Taylor Vickerman Tri-City Americans
WHL Playoff MVP WHL Finals Most Valuable Player Leon Draisaitl Kelowna Rockets
Professional Hockey Achievement
Academic Recipient 		Alumni Achievement Awards

All-Star Teams[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

First Team Pos. Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Tristan Jarry Edmonton Oil Kings G Jordan Papirny Brandon Wheat Kings
Ivan Provorov Brandon Wheat Kings D Rinat Valiev Kootenay Ice
Travis Sanheim Calgary Hitmen D Colby Williams Regina Pats
Trevor Cox Medicine Hat Tigers F Cole Sanford Medicine Hat Tigers
Tim McGauley Brandon Wheat Kings F Sam Reinhart Kootenay Ice
Brayden Point Moose Jaw Warriors F Adam Tambellini Calgary Hitmen

Western Conference[edit]

First Team[6] Pos. Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Taran Kozun Seattle Thunderbirds G Eric Comrie Tri-City Americans
Shea Theodore Seattle Thunderbirds D Joe Hicketts Victoria Royals
Madison Bowey Kelowna Rockets D Josh Morrissey Kelowna Rockets
Oliver Bjorkstrand Portland Winterhawks F Nic Petan Portland Winterhawks
Cole Ully Kamloops Blazers F Nick Merkley Kelowna Rockets
Rourke Chartier Kelowna Rockets F Adam Helewka Spokane Chiefs

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kelowna Rockets sweep Brandon Wheat Kings to win WHL, advance to Memorial Cup". The Hockey News. Sports Illustrated. May 14, 2015. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Generals down Rockets in OT to win Memorial Cup". Sportsnet. Canadian Press. May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  5. ^ WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.
  6. ^ WHL ANNOUNCES ALL-STARS & AWARDS FINALISTS Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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