2015–16 WHL season

2015–16 CHL seasons
2015–16 CHL seasons
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2015 – March 2016; QMJHL; September 2015 – March 2016; WHL; September 2015 – March 2016
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS; Rogers Sportsnet; Rogers TV; Shaw TV

2015–16 WHL season
2015–16 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 24, 2015 – March 22, 2016; Playoffs; March 24, 2016 – May 13, 2016
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV; Rogers Sportsnet; Root Sports Northwest
Finals champions	Brandon Wheat Kings (3)
WHL seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 WHL season was the 50th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 24, 2015, and ended with the Eastern Conference tiebreaker game on March 22, 2016.

The playoffs began shortly after the end of the regular season on March 24, 2016, and ended on May 13, 2016; the winning team, the Brandon Wheat Kings, was awarded the Ed Chynoweth Cup and a berth in the 2016 Memorial Cup that was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta May 19–29, 2016. The Red Deer Rebels qualified for the tournament as hosts.

Standings[edit]

East Division^[1]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Brandon Wheat Kings xy	72	48	18	4	2	319	197	102
2	Prince Albert Raiders x	72	38	26	7	1	222	223	84
3	Moose Jaw Warriors x	72	36	27	7	2	249	239	81

Central Division (Top 3)^[1]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Lethbridge Hurricanes xy	72	46	24	1	1	304	218	94
2	Red Deer Rebels x	72	45	24	1	2	260	205	93
3	Calgary Hitmen x	72	42	26	2	2	246	219	88

Wild Card teams^[1]
R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Regina Pats x	EA	72	36	28	3	5	243	253	80
2	Edmonton Oil Kings x	CE	72	29	36	6	1	197	238	65

3	Medicine Hat Tigers	CE	72	30	37	3	2	223	287	65
4	Swift Current Broncos	EA	72	24	38	7	3	189	249	58
5	Saskatoon Blades	EA	72	26	42	4	0	219	318	56
6	Kootenay Ice	CE	72	12	53	6	1	155	320	31

Divisions: EA – East, CE – Central

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

B.C. Division^[1]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Victoria Royals xyz	72	50	16	3	3	281	166	106
2	Kelowna Rockets x	72	48	20	4	0	269	218	100
3	Kamloops Blazers x	72	38	25	5	4	237	218	85

U.S. Division^[1]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Seattle Thunderbirds xy	72	45	23	4	0	228	186	94
2	Everett Silvertips x	72	38	26	5	3	182	172	84
3	Portland Winterhawks x	72	34	31	6	1	228	227	75

Wild Card Teams^[1]
R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Prince George Cougars x	B.C.	72	36	31	3	2	240	225	77
2	Spokane Chiefs x	U.S.	72	33	30	5	4	223	245	75

3	Tri-City Americans	U.S.	72	35	34	2	1	236	253	73
4	Vancouver Giants	B.C.	72	23	40	5	4	199	273	55

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

Divisions: B.C. – B.C., US – U.S.

Eastern Conference Tiebreaker[edit]

Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Edmonton Oil Kings[edit]

March 22	Edmonton Oil Kings		6 – 4	Medicine Hat Tigers	Recap
Luke Bertolucci (1) - sh - 8:23 Luke Bertolucci (2) - 10:34 Brett Pollock (1) - pp - 18:25		First period		4:02 - Caleb Fantillo (1) 5:02 - Chad Butcher (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Andrew Koep (1) - 1:54 Dario Meyer (1) - pp - 12:05 Brandon Baddock - en - 19:53		Third period		7:31 - Mark Rassell (1) 8:26 - Mason Shaw (1)
Payton Lee (39 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Nick Schneider (30 saves / 35 shots)

Edmonton claims final playoff spot; faces Brandon in Conference Quarter-finals

Statistical leaders[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[2]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	72	38	82	120	30
Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors	72	58	58	116	48
Brayden Burke	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	27	82	109	44
Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings	58	47	59	106	101
Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	41	61	102	41
Parker Bowles	Tri-City Americans	72	39	57	96	63
Tyson Baillie	Kelowna Rockets	70	43	52	95	66
Reid Gardiner	Prince Albert Raiders	71	43	49	92	46
Alex Forsberg	Victoria Royals	71	31	60	91	64
Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	43	46	89	42

Goaltenders[edit]

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1380 minutes.^[3]

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%
Griffen Outhouse	Victoria Royals	27	1487	18	3	3	1	4	1.82	.937
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	63	3693	35	23	1	3	6	2.14	.918
Coleman Vollrath	Victoria Royals	51	2854	32	13	0	2	1	2.40	.912
Landon Bow	Swift Current/Seattle	53	2886	25	20	4	0	7	2.49	.923
Jackson Whistle	Kelowna Rockets	27	1559	19	6	2	0	2	2.54	.920

2016 WHL playoffs[edit]

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Brandon

4

W2

Edmonton

2

E1

Brandon

4

E3

Moose Jaw

1

E2

Prince Albert

1

E3

Moose Jaw

4

E1

Brandon

4

Eastern

C2

Red Deer

1

C1

Lethbridge

1

W1

Regina

4

W1

Regina

3

C2

Red Deer

4

C2

Red Deer

4

C3

Calgary

1

E1

Brandon

4

U1

Seattle

1

B1

Victoria

4

W2

Spokane

2

B1

Victoria

3

B2

Kelowna

4

B2

Kelowna

4

B3

Kamloops

3

B2

Kelowna

0

Western

U1

Seattle

4

U1

Seattle

4

W1

Prince George

0

U1

Seattle

4

U2

Everett

1

U2

Everett

4

U3

Portland

0

Conference Quarter-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

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

March 24	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 2	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
Andrew Koep (1) - 1:03		First period		0:09 - Reid Duke (1) 17:16 - Nolan Patrick (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ben Carroll (1) - 2:07 Jesse Roach (1) - 5:20 Brandon Baddock (1) - 12:22		Third period		No scoring
Payton Lee (39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (25 saves 29 shots)

March 25	Edmonton Oil Kings		2 – 1	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
16:15 - Brandon Baddock (2)		First period		John Quenneville (1) - sh - 10:03
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
9:32 - Brett Pollock (1)		Third period		No scoring
Payton Lee (43 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 30	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 - 1	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
4:04 - Connor Gutenberg (1) 18:37 - pp - Nolan Patrick (2)		Second period		Lane Bauer (1) - 10:27
5:29 - pp - Tyler Coulter (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (24 saves / 27 shots)

March 31	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 - 0	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
9:28 - sh - John Quenneville (2) 12:13 - Kale Clague (1)		First period		No scoring
3:53 - pp - John Quenneville (3)		Second period		No scoring
3:40 - Reid Duke (2) 15:57 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (15 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (31 saves / 36 shots)

April 3*	Edmonton Oil Kings		2 – 5	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:01 - John Quenneville (4)
Dario Meyer (1) - pp - 14:34		Second period		2:27 - Stelio Mattheos (1)
Tyson Gruninger (1) - 9:46		Third period		7:13 - Jordan Thomson (1) 18:56 - en - Reid Duke 19:23 - en - Jayce Hawryluk (2)
Payton Lee (28 saves / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (22 saves / 24 shots)

April 5	Brandon Wheat Kings		10 – 3	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Reid Duke (4) - 5:46 Ivan Provorov (1) - 10:11 Kale Clague (2) - 19:08		First period		15:53 - pp - Luke Bertolucci (1)
Reid Duke (5) - 3:34 Kale Clague (3) - 5:21 Ty Lewis (1) - 15:44		Second period		7:58 - Brett Pollock (2)
Nolan Patrick (3) - 0:25 James Shearer (1) - 8:03 Garrett Armour (1) - pp - 10:33 Stelio Mattheos (2) - pp - 16:56		Third period		14:43 - sh - Lane Bauer (2)
Jordan Papirny (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (57 saves / 67 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 2

* Note: Series was played in a 2-3-2 format due to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair taking place at the Keystone Centre from March 28 to April 2.

(E2) Prince Albert Raiders vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors[edit]

March 25	Prince Albert Raiders		2 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
8:17 - pp - Reid Gardiner (1)		Second period		Brayden Point (1) - pp - 14:17
14:25 - Austin Glover (1)		Third period		Noah Gregor (1) - 8:03 Noah Gregor (2) - 13:51
Rylan Parenteau (36 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (32 saves / 34 shots)

March 26	Prince Albert Raiders		2 – 4	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:24 - Tanner Jeannot (1) 4:48 - Jayden Halbgewachs (1) 19:29 - Brett Howden (1)
6:04 - Tim Vanstone (1)		Second period		No scoring
Vojtěch Budík (1) - 0:54		Third period		Brayden Point (2) - 10:07
Rylan Parenteau (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (36 saves / 38 shots)

March 28	Moose Jaw Warriors		3 – 7	Prince Albert Raiders	Mosaic Place	Recap
8:32 - pp - Dryden Hunt (1)		First period		Tim Vanstone (2) - 14:32
14:15 - Jayden Halbgewachs (2)		Second period		Tim Vanstone (3) - 5:50 Kolten Olynek (1) - pp - 13:09
13:08 - pp - Tanner Jeannot (2)		Third period		Luke Coleman (1) - 2:23 Reid Gardiner (2) - pp - 3:42 Jesse Lees (1) - pp - 17:47 Reid Gardiner (3) - en - 19:18
Zach Sawchenko (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (24 saves / 27 saves)

March 29	Moose Jaw Warriors		7 – 0	Prince Albert Raiders	Mosaic Place	Recap
Dryden Hunt (2) - 8:31 Josh Brook (1) - 9:03 Brett Howden (2) - pp - 10:06		First period		No scoring
Dryden Hunt (3) - 7:25 Dryden Hunt (4) - 7:42		Second period		No scoring
Jesse Shynkaruk (1) - 13:18 Jayden Halbgewachs (3) - pp - 17:56		Third period		No scoring
Zach Sawchenko (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (17 saves / 21 shots) Ian Scott (12 saves / 15 shots)

April 1	Prince Albert Raiders		0 – 5	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Dryden Hunt (5) - pp - 5:06
No scoring		Second period		Tanner Jeannot (3) - pp - 4:42 Brett Howden (3) - pp - 4:59
No scoring		Third period		Dryden Hunt (6) - 1:18 Tanner Jeannot (4) - 3:48
Rylan Parenteau (26 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (36 saves / 36 shots)

Moose Jaw won series 4 – 1

(C1) Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. (W1) Regina Pats[edit]

March 25	Lethbridge Hurricanes		6 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
Cory Millette (1) - 1:54 - pp Brayden Burke (1) - 14:07 - pp		First period		18:57 - pp - Adam Brooks (1)
Carter Folk (1) - 16:21		Second period		4:16 - Austin Wagner (1) 9:27 - Connor Hobbs (1)
Brayden Burke (2) - 0:41 Cory Millette (2) - pp - 5:54 Kord Pankewicz (1) - pp - 15:20		Third period		No scoring
Stuart Skinner (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (31 saves / 37 shots)

March 26	Lethbridge Hurricanes		0 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Adam Brooks (2) - 4:13
No scoring		Third period		Adam Brooks (3) - 1:35 Sam Steel (1) - en - 18:34
Stuart Skinner (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (27 saves / 27 shots)

March 29	Regina Pats		3 – 2	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		7:21 - sh - Giorgio Estephan (1)
Cole Sanford (1) - pp - 16:38		Second period		No scoring
Sam Steel (2) - pp - 10:27 Rykr Cole (1) - 14:11		Third period		18:04 - pp - Andrew Nielsen (1)
Tyler Brown (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (19 saves / 22 shots)

March 30	Regina Pats		2 – 0	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
Cole Sanford (2) - 19:12		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Adam Brooks (4) - en- 18:48		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (24 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 7	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Sam Steel (3) - 1:24 Lane Zablocki (1) - 2:59 Sam Steel (4) - sh - 10:22 Lane Zablocki (2) - 15:05
5:53 - pp - Tyler Wong (1)		Second period		No scoring
3:46 - Giorgio Estephan (2)		Third period		Austin Wagner (2) - 7:11 Adam Brooks (5) - pp - 8:05 Cole Sanford (3) - en - 12:06
Stuart Skinner (5 saves / 9 shots) Jayden Sittler (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (23 saves / 25 shots)

Regina won series 4 – 1

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (C3) Calgary Hitmen[edit]

March 25	Red Deer Rebels		3 – 1	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
2:48 - Jeff de Wit (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
15:11 - Adam Helewka (1) 19:55 - en - Adam Helewka (2)		Third period		Keegan Kanzig (1) - 14:20
Trevor Martin (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 26	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 5	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
Adam Helewka (3) - pp - 11:26		First period		6:47 - Beck Malenstyn (1)
Evan Polei (1) - 5:37		Second period		2:32 - pp - Jakob Stukel (1) 4:21 - Travis Sanheim (1) 8:50 - pp - Jordy Stallard (1)
No scoring		Third period		18:58 - en - Pavel Karnaukhov (1)
Trevor Martin (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (35 saves / 37 shots)

March 27	Calgary Hitmen		3 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
3:04 - pp - Jordy Stallard (2) 15:27 - Beck Malenstyn (2)		First period		Evan Polei (2) - 15:51
No scoring		Second period		Jake DeBrusk (1) - 2:08
14:02 - Jakob Stukel (2)		Third period		Jake DeBrusk (2) - 1:16 Evan Polei (3) - 18:16
Cody Porter (14 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (22 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Calgary Hitmen		0 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:08 - Luke Philp (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		17:35 - Jake DeBrusk (3)
Cody Porter (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (30 saves / 30 shots)

April 2	Red Deer Rebels		5 – 3	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
10:01 - Adam Musil (1) 17:04 - pp - Adam Helewka (4)		First period		No scoring
11:26 - pp - Adam Helewka (5)		Second period		Jackson Houck (1) - sh - 5:22 Pavel Karnaukhov (2) - 19:20
3:44 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (1) 4:11 - Jeff de Wit (2)		Third period		Bryce Platt (1) - 5:00
Trevor Martin (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (25 saves 30 shots)

Red Deer won series 4 – 1

* Note: Game 4 was played at the Stampede Corral due to the 2016 Juno Awards taking place at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Western Conference[edit]

(B1) Victoria Royals vs. (W2) Spokane Chiefs[edit]

March 25	Victoria Royals		5 – 3	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Tyler Soy (1) - 14:51		First period		No scoring
Joe Hicketts (1) - 9:16		Second period		5:24 - Keanu Yamamoto (1)
Logan Fisher (1) - 5:58 Dante Hannoun (1) - pp - 11:59 Tyler Soy (2) - en - 17:30		Third period		0:44 - pp - Hudson Elynuik (1) 19:07 - Hayden Ostir (1)
Coleman Vollrath (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (26 saves / 30 shots)

March 26	Victoria Royals		4 – 3	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
12:32 - Jack Walker (1) 14:08 - Jared Dmytriw (1)		First period		Jacob Cardiff (1) - 9:56
17:27 - Jack Walker (2)		Second period		Hudson Elynuik (2) - 4:12
6:31 - Tyler Soy (3)		Third period		Jacob Cardiff (2) - 17:54
Coleman Vollrath (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (17 saves / 21 shots)

March 29	Spokane Chiefs		5 – 2	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
7:26 - Jason Fram (1) 17:39 - Jordan Henderson (1)		First period		No scoring
9:06 - pp - Hudson Elynuik (3) 16:10 - pp - Presten Kopeck (1) 16:39 - Jaret Anderson-Dolan (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Matthew Phillips (1) - pp - 3:40 Scott Walford (1) - 18:02
Lasse Petersen (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (32 saves / 37 shots)

March 30	Spokane Chiefs		2 – 3	OT	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
Dominic Zwerger (1) - 4:09		First period			Matthew Phillips (2) - pp - 9:51
Presten Kopeck (2) - pp - 8:00		Second period			Alex Forsberg (1) - 9:08
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Alex Forsberg (2) - 8:41
Lasse Petersen (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Griffen Outhouse (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 1	Spokane Chiefs		4 – 1	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
Kailer Yamamoto (1) - pp - 7:18 Curtis Miske (1) - 17:26		First period		Jack Walker (3) - 18:10
Jacob Cardiff (3) - 6:28		Second period		No scoring
Keanu Yamamoto (2) - sh - 7:29		Third period		No scoring
Lasse Petersen (44 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats		Griffen Outhouse (19 saves / 23 shots)

April 3	Victoria Royals		6 – 2	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Jack Walker (4) - pp - 9:19 Tyler Soy (4) - pp - 12:18 Scott Walford (2) - 17:47		First period		Jordan Henderson (2) - 3:40
Tyler Soy (5) - 4:01		Second period		No scoring
Matthew Phillips (3) - 13:54 Jack Walker (5) - pp - 17:01		Third period		Keanu Yamamoto (3) - 10:22
Griffen Outhouse (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (19 saves / 25 shots)

Victoria won series 4 – 2

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B3) Kamloops Blazers[edit]

March 25	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 2	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
Lucas Johansen (1) - 15:48		First period		No scoring
Dillon Dubé (1) - 6:20 Lucas Johansen (2) - 7:07		Second period		Gage Quinney (1) - 12:32
No scoring		Third period		Collin Shirley (1) - 19:05
Michael Herringer (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (33 saves / 36 shots)

March 26	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 5	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
Tomáš Šoustal (1) - 0:25		First period		Ryan Rehill (1) - pp - 18:19
Rourke Chartier (1) - 2:29 Rodney Southam (1) - pp - 9:37		Second period		No scoring
Tomáš Šoustal (2) - 14:33		Third period		Garrett Pilon (1) - pp - 6:53 Dawson Davidson (1) - pp - 10:15 Collin Shirley (2) - 19:29 Ryan Rehill (2) - 19:55
Michael Herringer (39 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (40 saves / 44 shots)

March 29*	Kamloops Blazers		0 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Justin Kirkland (1) - 1:45
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (36 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (40 saves / 40 shots)

March 30	Kamloops Blazers		5 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
Dallas Valentine (1) - 3:55 Quinn Benjafield (1) - 5:02 Collin Shirley (3) - 17:45		First period		Calvin Thürkauf (1) - 15:03
Matt Revel (1) - 7:58		Second period		No scoring
Collin Shirley (4) - 13:33		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (37 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (24 saves / 28 shots) Brodan Salmond (9 saves / 10 shots)

April 1	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 0	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
Rodney Southam (2) - pp - 7:35		First period		No scoring
Rodney Southam (3) - 2:35 Rourke Chartier (2) - pp - 7:06 Rodney Southam (4) - 11:36		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (42 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (24 saves / 28 shots)

April 2	Kamloops Blazers		4 – 0	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
Gage Quinney (2) - pp - 7:55		First period		No scoring
Gage Quinney (3) - pp - 4:20 Collin Shirley (5) - 9:11		Second period		No scoring
Garrett Pilon (2) - 12:21		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (10 saves / 13 shots) Brodan Salmond (19 saves / 20 shots)

April 4	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 1	OT	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
Justin Kirkland (2) - 3:37		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Nick Chyzowski (1) - pp - 17:03
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Tomáš Šoustal (3) - 7:07		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Herringer (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ingram (32 saves / 34 shots)

Kelowna won series 4 – 3

* Note: Game 3 was played at the Kamloops Memorial Arena due to the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship being played at the Sandman Centre.

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W1) Prince George Cougars[edit]

March 25	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 2	OT	Prince George Cougars	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
18:09 - Donovan Neuls (1)		Second period			6:51 - pp - Jesse Gabrielle (1)
16:34 - Alexander True (1)		Third period			19:31 - pp - Jansen Harkins (1)
11:50 - Cavin Leth (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Edmonds (47 saves / 50 shots)

March 26	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 1	Prince George Cougars	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
8:45 - Keegan Kolesar (1) 15:43 - Ethan Bear (1)		Second period		14:29 - Chase Witala (1)
5:14 - Keegan Kolesar (2) 19:27 - en - Scott Eansor (1)		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Ty Edmonds (40 saves / 43 shots)

March 29	Prince George Cougars		0 – 5	Seattle Thunderbirds	CN Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		3:07 - Nic Holowko (1) 9:27 - Keegan Kolesar (3)
No scoring		Second period		3:31 - pp - Alexander True (2)
No scoring		Third period		1:49 - Cavin Leth (2) 6:29 - pp - Cavin Leth (3)
Ty Edmonds (7 saves / 10 shots) Nick McBride (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (27 saves / 27 shots)

March 30	Prince George Cougars		3 – 4	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	CN Centre	Recap
14:04 - Jansen Harkins (2)		First period			4:30 - Scott Eansor (2) 7:39 - Nolan Volcan (1)
11:07 - Chase Witala (2) 13:41 - pp - Jared Bethune (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			9:20 - pp - Ethan Bear (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			0:34 - Nolan Volcan (2)
Ty Edmonds (35 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (21 saves / 24 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 0

(U2) Everett Silvertips vs. (U3) Portland Winterhawks[edit]

March 25	Everett Silvertips		3 – 0	Portland Winterhawks	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
14:52 - Brandon Ralph (1) 18:13 - Dawson Leedahl (1)		Second period		No scoring
4:49 - Dawson Leedahl (2)		Third period		No scoring
Mario Petit (29 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Adin Hill (48 saves / 51 shots)

March 26	Everett Silvertips		3 – 1	Portland Winterhawks	Xfinity Arena	Recap
4:22 - Brandon Ralph (2) 12:40 - Matt Fonteyne (1)		First period		2:06 - pp - Rihards Bukarts (1)
7:14 - Remi Laurencelle (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mario Petit (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Adin Hill (34 saves / 37 shots)

March 29	Portland Winterhawks		3 – 5	Everett Silvertips	Moda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:04 - Patrick Bajkov (1) Dawson Leedahl (3)
13:23 - Rihards Bukarts (2) 16:45 - Alex Schoenborn (1) 18:17 - Cody Glass (1)		Second period		6:53 - pp - Remi Laurencelle (2) 15:44 - Brycen Martin (1)
No scoring		Third period		19:34 - en - Matt Fonteyne (2)
Adin Hill (20 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Mario Petit (28 saves / 31 shots)

March 30	Portland Winterhawks		2 – 4	Everett Silvertips	Moda Center	Recap
17:35 - pp - Blake Heinrich (1)		First period		12:30 - pp - Cole MacDonald (1)
10:18 - pp - Keoni Texeira (1)		Second period		2:42 - Connor Dewar (1) 19:28 - pp - Cole MacDonald (2)
No scoring		Third period		15:08 - Brandon Ralph (3)
Adin Hill (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (28 saves / 30 shots)

Everett won series 4 – 0

Conference Semi-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors[edit]

April 8	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Kale Clague (4) - 7:42		First period		Jayden Halbgewachs (4) - pp - 2:23
Tyler Coulter (2) - pp - 7:41 John Quenneville (5) - 19:17		Second period		Noah Gregor (3) - 3:49 Brayden Point (3) - 18:21
Tanner Kaspick (1) - sh - 13:21 John Quenneville (6) - en - 18:31		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (33 saves / 37 shots)

April 9	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 2	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Tim McGauley (1) - pp - 10:47 Duncan Campbell (1) - 18:33		First period		Brayden Point (4) - 17:43
Ivan Provorov (2) - 4:00 Tanner Kaspick (2) - 12:17 James Shearer (2) - 15:29		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Dryden Hunt (7) - pp - 5:13
Jordan Papirny (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (33 saves / 38 shots) Brody Willms (12 saves / 12 shots)

April 12	Moose Jaw Warriors		7 – 1	Brandon Wheat Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jayden Halbgewachs (5) - 10:35 Jayden Halbgewachs (6) - pp - 14:38 Brett Howden (4) - 15:57 Brayden Point (5) - 16:39		Second period		No scoring
Jayden Halbgewachs (7) - 8:21 Tanner Jeannot (5) - 17:11 Nikita Popugaev (1) - 19:17		Third period		Tim McGauley (2) - 2:59
Zach Sawchenko (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 31 shots)

April 13	Moose Jaw Warriors		6 – 2	Brandon Wheat Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
Jayden Halbgewachs (8) - 0:24 Brayden Point (6) - pp - 15:54		First period		Macoy Erkamps (1) - 6:23 Reid Duke (6) - 8:00 Tim McGauley (3) - pp - 10:54
No scoring		Second period		John Quenneville (7) - 8:22 Nolan Patrick (4) - pp - 14:16
No scoring		Third period		Nolan Patrick (5) - sh - en - 19:15
Zach Sawchenko (25 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (16 saves / 18 shots)

April 15	Brandon Wheat Kings		7 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Macoy Erkamps (2) - pp - 2:19 Ty Lewis (2) - 2:37 Tim McGauley (4) - 6:24		First period		Tanner Jeannot (6) - 14:26
Tim McGauley (5) - 5:13 Mitch Wheaton (1) - 6:27		Second period		Jayden Halbgewachs (9) - 11:37 Nikita Popugaev (2) - pp - 17:46
Tyler Coulter (3) - 2:22 Tim McGauley (6) - en - 17:23		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (29 saves / 35 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (W1) Regina Pats[edit]

April 9	Red Deer Rebels		3 – 2	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:14 - pp - Colby Williams (1) 13:04 - pp - Cole Sanford (4)
12:46 - pp - Adam Helewka (6) 13:14 - pp - Colton Bobyk (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:51 - Evan Polei (4)		Third period		No scoring
Trevor Martin (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 10	Red Deer Rebels		4 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
16:57 - pp - Josh Mahura (1)		First period		6:22 - pp - Sam Steel (5)
5:16 - Michael Špaček (1) 17:44 - pp - Adam Helewka (7)		Second period		15:18 -pp - Cole Sanford (5) 19:58 - pp - Adam Brooks (6)
11:18 - Adam Musil (2)		Third period		No scoring
Trevor Martin (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 12	Regina Pats		6 – 3	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
18:15 - pp - Jake Leschyshyn (1)		First period		16:08 - pp - Jake DeBrusk (4)
9:10 - Sam Steel (6) 9:47 - Lane Zablocki (3)		Second period		2:02 - Michael Špaček (2) 14:53 - Nelson Nogier (1)
10:26 - pp - Connor Hobbs (2) 10:38 - Rykr Cole (2) 14:43 - sh - Austin Wagner (3)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (34 saves / 40 shots)

April 13	Regina Pats		6 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
17:18 - pp - Lane Zablocki (4) 18:42 - pp - Connor Hobbs (3)		First period		13:13 - Austin Strand (1)
4:05 - Luc Smith (1) 12:18 - pp - Lane Zablocki (5) 17:07 - pp - Lane Zablocki (6)		Second period		19:37 - Luke Philp (2)
18:42 - en - Cole Sanford (6)		Third period		4:06 - Nelson Nogier (2) 10:38 - pp - Luke Philp (3)
Tyler Brown (44 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (18 saves / 22 shots) Rylan Toth (9 saves / 10 shots)

April 15	Red Deer Rebels		5 – 1	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
3:02 - pp - Haydn Fleury (1)		First period		No scoring
12:26 - Brandon Hagel (1)		Second period		No scoring
3:51 - Josh Mahura (2) 4:42 - Evan Polei (5) 12:38 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (2)		Third period		14:53 - Sean Richards (1)
Rylan Toth (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (37 saves / 42 shots) Jordan Hollett (4 saves / 4 shots)

April 17	Regina Pats		5 – 1	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
2:24 - Jared McAmmond (1)		First period		13:20 - Jake DeBrusk (5)
0:24 - Connor Hobbs (4) 5:36 - Cole Sanford (7) 13:03 - Lane Zablocki (7)		Second period		No scoring
7:07 - Colby Williams (2)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (35 saves / 40 shots)

April 19	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 1	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
14:59 - pp - Adam Helewka (8)		Second period		19:47 - Adam Brooks (7)
12:46 - Adam Musil (3)		Third period		No scoring
Rylan Toth (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (24 saves / 26 shots)

Red Deer won series 4 – 3

Western Conference[edit]

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

April 7	Victoria Royals		2 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Jack Walker (6) 4:01		First period		Tyson Baillie (1) - 5:04
Dante Hannoun (2) - 1:25		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Coleman Vollrath (40 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (29 saves / 31 shots)

April 9	Victoria Royals		3 – 2	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Jack Walker (7) - pp - 8:19		First period		No scoring
Regan Nagy (1) - 16:56		Second period		Tyson Baillie (2) - pp - 6:02
Alex Forsberg (3) - pp - 6:33		Third period		Justin Kirkland (3) - 10:49
Coleman Vollrath (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (23 saves / 26 shots)

April 12	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 2	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
Dillon Dubé - pp - 14:29 Rourke Chartier (3) - 18:20		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matthew Phillips (4) - 8:38
Tomáš Šoustal (4) - 10:26		Third period		Alex Forsberg (4) - 18:52
Michael Herringer (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 14	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 3	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
Joe Gatenby (1) - 13:04		First period		Ethan Price (1) - 10:45
Tomáš Šoustal (5) - 5:04		Second period		Logan Fisher (2) - 5:45
Justin Kirkland (4) - pp - 5:21 Cole Linaker (1) - pp - 19:49		Third period		Logan Fisher (3) - 8:26
Michael Herringer (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 15	Victoria Royals		1 – 4	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Matthew Phillips (5) 16:31		Second period		Rourke Chartier (4) - 12:02
No scoring		Third period		Tyson Baillie (3) - 9:33 Justin Kirkland (5) - pp - 10:41 Rourke Chartier (5) - en - 19:21
Coleman Vollrath (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (28 saves / 29 shots)

April 17	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 3	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jack Walker (8) - 9:03 Tyler Soy (6) - pp - 17:08
Cal Foote (1) - 19:43		Second period		Regan Nagy (2) - 15:40
Justin Kirkland (6) - 3:12		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (25 saves / 27 shots)

April 19	Victoria Royals		2 – 3	OT	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Tyler Soy (7) - 1:44 Alex Forsberg (5) - pp - 10:31		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Justin Kirkland (7) - 1:13 Justin Kirkland (8) - 19:59
No scoring		First overtime period			Calvin Thürkauf (2) - 5:56
Coleman Vollrath (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Herringer (28 saves / 30 shots)

Kelowna won series 4 – 3

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs (U2) Everett Silvertips[edit]

April 8	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 0	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		11:00 - Remi Laurencelle (3)
No scoring		Third period		2:11 - pp - Matt Fonteyne (3) 3:37 - Remi Laurencelle (4)
Landon Bow (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (26 saves / 26 shots)

April 10	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 1	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
10:00 - Mathew Barzal (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		14:21 - pp - Cole MacDonald (3)
4:32 - Mathew Barzal (2) 19:47 - en - Keegan Kolesar (4)		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 13	Everett Silvertips		5 – 0	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		1:39 - Scott Eansor (3) 9:14 - Ethan Bear (3) 16:08 - Keegan Kolesar (5)
No scoring		Third period		14:10 - pp - Turner Ottenbreit (1) 15:07 - pp - Donovan Neuls (2)
Carter Hart (26 saves / 31 shots) Mario Petit (1 save / 1 shot)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (23 saves / 23 shots)

April 15	Everett Silvertips		2 – 1	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:05 - Josh Uhrich (1)
9:20 - Patrick Bajkov (2)		Second period		3:08 - Ryan Gropp (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Carter Hart (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (15 saves / 16 shots)

April 16	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 2	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
12:16 - Scott Eansor (4) 15:41 - Nic Holowko (2)		First period		No scoring
11:43 - Ryan Gropp (2)		Second period		10:11 - Brandon Ralph (4) 18:49 - pp - Devon Skoleski (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (39 saves / 42 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 1

Conference Finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C2) Red Deer Rebels[edit]

April 22	Brandon Wheat Kings		4 – 3	OT	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
John Quenneville (8) - 19:33		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ivan Provorov (3) - 13:39 Stelio Mattheos (3) - 19:16		Third period			Evan Polei (6) - pp - 3:39 Adam Helewka (9) - 7:54 Haydn Fleury (2) - 19:55
John Quenneville (9) - 2:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Rylan Toth (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 23	Brandon Wheat Kings		6 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Tim McGauley (7) - pp - 17:44		First period		Jake DeBrusk (6) - pp - 13:39
Nolan Patrick (6) - 8:30 Kale Clague (5) - 11:02		Second period		Luke Philp (4) - 0:23
Tyler Coulter (4) - 12:21 Nolan Patrick (7) - 14:29 John Quenneville (10) - en - 19:18		Third period		Colton Bobyk (2) - 10:36 Haydn Fleury (3) - 11:33
Jordan Papirny (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (35 saves / 40 shots)

April 26	Red Deer Rebels		6 – 2	Brandon Wheat Kings	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
Austin Strand (2) - 1:51 Haydn Fleury (4) - 12:44 Braden Purtill (1) - 12:51 Evan Polei (7) - 14:46		First period		No scoring
Jeff de Wit (3) - 11:06		Second period		Tanner Kaspick (3) - 12:39
Michael Špaček (3) - pp - 11:37		Third period		John Quenneville (11) - pp - 1:34
Rylan Toth (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (5 saves / 9 shots) Logan Thompson (23 saves / 25 shots)

April 27	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 4	Brandon Wheat Kings	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
Grayson Pawlenchuk (3) - 3:54		First period		Macoy Erkamps (3) - 5:43 John Quenneville (12) 16:00
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jake DeBrusk (7) - pp - 0:17		Third period		Tim McGauley (8) - 6:36 Tanner Kaspick (4) - en - 19:05
Rylan Toth (39 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 36 shots)

April 29	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Nolan Patrick (8) - 10:02		First period		Jake DeBrusk (8) - 7:16 Evan Polei (8) - 14:23
Nolan Patrick (9) - 1:26 Nolan Patrick (10) - 16:19 John Quenneville (13) - sh - 19:12		Second period		No scoring
Kate Clague (6) - 12:08		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (26 saves / 31 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

Western Conference[edit]

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds[edit]

April 22	Kelowna Rockets		1 – 2	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matthew Barzal (3) - pp - 18:34 Scott Eansor (5) - 19:10
Rourke Chartier (6) - pp - 19:38		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (23 saves / 24 shots)

April 23	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 3	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
Cole Linaker (2) - 17:52		First period		Matthew Barzal (4) - pp - 12:50 Scott Eansor (6) - 13:23
Rourke Chartier (7) - 15:42		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Scott Eansor (7) - 16:54
Michael Herringer (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (28 saves / 30 shots)

April 26	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
Bryan Allbee (1) - pp - 14:51		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Justin Kirkland (9) - 13:17
Ethan Bear (4) - 0:58 Matthew Barzal (5) - sh - en - 18:31		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (36 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 27	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 4	2OT	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Rodney Southam (5) - 13:50 Tyson Baillie (4) - 14:15
Ryan Gropp (3) - 0:46 Ethan Bear (5) - 15:08		Second period			Justin Kirkland (10) - 4:59
Ethan Bear (6) - 18:45 Keegan Kolesar (6) - 19:57		Third period			Justin Kirkland (11) - pp - 13:50
Matthew Wedman (1) - 7:52		Second overtime period			No scoring
Landon Bow (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Herringer (71 saves / 76 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 0

WHL Championship[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds[edit]

May 6	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 2	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
17:36 - pp - Reid Duke (7)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			8:55 - sh - Donovan Neuls (3)
4:50 - Nolan Patrick (11)		Third period			0:28 - pp - Ryan Gropp (4)
6:22 - Tanner Kaspick (5)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (29 saves / 32 shots)

May 7	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 2	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
2:21 - sh - Nolan Patrick (12)		Second period			1:00 - Donovan Neuls (4)
14:40 - Tyler Coulter (5)		Third period			10:30 - pp - Ethan Bear (7)
6:56 - Jayce Hawryluk (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (36 saves / 39 shots)

May 10	Seattle Thunderbirds		2 – 3	OT	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
12:27 - pp - Alexander True (4) 13:05 - pp - Keegan Kolesar (7)		First period			5:17 - John Quenneville (14)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			8:38 - John Quenneville (15)
No scoring		First overtime period			2:59 - Reid Duke (8)
Landon Bow (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan Papirny (22 saves / 24 shots)

May 11	Seattle Thunderbirds		6 – 1	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
7:54 - Ryan Gropp (5)		First period		No scoring
7:37 - Alexander True (5) 9:51 - Alexander True (6)		Second period		No scoring
9:22 - Ryan Gropp (6) 12:07 - pp - Donovan Neuls (5) 14:12 - pp - Ethan Bear (8)		Third period		17:46 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (3)
Landon Bow (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (25 saves / 31 shots)

May 13	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 8	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
8:44 - Josh Uhrich (2)		First period		3:15 - John Quenneville (16) 14:18 - pp - Macoy Erkamps (4)
2:38 - Josh Uhrich (3) 3:09 - pp - Jerret Smith (1) 12:38 - Alexander True (6)		Second period		1:33 - Tyler Coulter (6) 18:47 - Jayce Hawryluk (4)
No scoring		Third period		2:55 - Nolan Patrick (13) 6:19 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (4) 16:41 - en - Jayce Hawryluk (5) 19:40- en - Stelio Mattheos (4)
Landon Bow (31 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (27 saves / 31 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

Playoff scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	13	17	30	16
Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	7	22	29	39
John Quenneville	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	16	11	27	8
Tim McGauley	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	8	18	26	8
Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	5	21	26	16
Reid Duke	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	8	16	24	24
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	12	7	16	23	6
Ethan Bear	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	8	14	22	8
Adam Helewka	Red Deer Rebels	17	9	9	18	18
Jake DeBrusk	Red Deer Rebels	17	8	9	17	20

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
Mario Petit	Everett Silvertips	4	185	3	0	4	1	.953	1.30
Jayden Sittler	Lethbridge Hurricanes	2	102	0	1	3	0	.940	1.76
Landon Bow	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	1131	13	5	37	2	.927	1.96
Connor Ingram	Kamloops Blazers	7	424	3	4	15	1	.938	2.12
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	6	352	2	4	14	1	.929	2.39

WHL awards[edit]

WHL Champions	Ed Chynoweth Cup	Brandon Wheat Kings
Regular season champions	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Victoria Royals
Player of the Year	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors
Top Scorer	Bob Clarke Trophy	Adam Brooks	Regina Pats
Top Defenceman	Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings
Rookie of the year	Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Matthew Phillips	Victoria Royals
Top Goaltender	Del Wilson Trophy	Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips
Top Plus-Minus Rating	WHL Plus-Minus Award	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player	Brad Hornung Trophy	Tyler Soy	Victoria Royals
Scholastic Player of the Year	Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Tanner Kaspick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Coach of the Year	Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Dave Lowry	Victoria Royals
Executive of the Year	Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Peter Anholt	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Top Official	Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Chris Schlenker
Marketing/Public Relations Award	St. Clair Group Trophy	Victoria Royals
Humanitarian of the Year	Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes
WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	airBC Trophy	Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Alumni Achievement Awards	Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	TBD

All-Star Teams[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

First Team^[4]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Zach Sawchenko	Moose Jaw Warriors	G	Rylan Parenteau	Prince Albert Raiders
Ivan Provorov*	Brandon Wheat Kings	D	Jake Bean	Calgary Hitmen
Andrew Nielsen	Lethbridge Hurricanes	D	Travis Sanheim	Calgary Hitmen
Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors	F	Brayden Burke	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Brayden Point	Moose Jaw Warriors	F	Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	F	Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings

* - unanimous selection

Western Conference[edit]

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	G	Connor Ingram	Kamloops Blazers
Joe Hicketts*	Victoria Royals	D	Noah Juulsen	Everett Silvertips
Ethan Bear	Seattle Thunderbirds	D	Jason Fram	Spokane Chiefs
Tyson Baillie	Kelowna Rockets	F	Tyler Soy	Victoria Royals
Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	F	Chase Witala	Prince George Cougars
Parker Bowles	Tri-City Americans	F	Collin Shirley	Kamloops Blazers

* - unanimous selection

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
^ "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
^ WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.
^ WHL Announces 2015-16 All-Star Teams^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[edit]

Preceded by 2014–15 WHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 2016–17 WHL season

[standings-conf-western-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.

[2] "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

[3] WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.

[4] WHL Announces 2015-16 All-Star Teams^{[permanent dead link]}

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Standings[edit]

Eastern Conference Tiebreaker[edit]

Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Edmonton Oil Kings[edit]

Statistical leaders[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Goaltenders[edit]

2016 WHL playoffs[edit]

Conference Quarter-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

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

(E2) Prince Albert Raiders vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors[edit]

(C1) Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. (W1) Regina Pats[edit]

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (C3) Calgary Hitmen[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

(B1) Victoria Royals vs. (W2) Spokane Chiefs[edit]

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B3) Kamloops Blazers[edit]

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W1) Prince George Cougars[edit]

(U2) Everett Silvertips vs. (U3) Portland Winterhawks[edit]

Conference Semi-finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors[edit]

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (W1) Regina Pats[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

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

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs (U2) Everett Silvertips[edit]

Conference Finals[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C2) Red Deer Rebels[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds[edit]

WHL Championship[edit]

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds[edit]

Playoff scoring leaders[edit]

Playoff leading goaltenders[edit]

WHL awards[edit]

All-Star Teams[edit]

Eastern Conference[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]