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2018–19 WHL season
LeagueWestern Hockey League
DurationRegular season
September 21, 2018 – March 17, 2019
Playoffs
March 22, 2019 –
TV partner(s)Rogers Sportsnet
This TV
2018–19 CHL seasons
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
DurationOHL
September 2018 – March 2019
QMJHL
September 2018 – March 2019
WHL
September 2018 – March 2019
TV partner(s)TVA Sports
Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers TV
Shaw TV

The 2018–19 WHL season is the 53rd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season begins on September 21, 2018 and ends on March 17, 2019.

The playoffs begins shortly after the end of the regular season on March 22, 2019, the winning team gets a berth in the 2019 Memorial Cup that will be held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 17–26, 2019. Beginning with this season, the Regular Season has been shortened from 72 games to 68 games; the league has had a 72 game schedule since the 1975–76 season.

Standings

Updated to game(s) played on October 12. Source: Western Hockey League

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Top 3 (East division)[1]
Pos GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Prince Albert Raiders 9 8 1 0 0 41 17 16
2 Saskatoon Blades 9 7 2 0 0 33 20 14
3 Brandon Wheat Kings 6 5 0 1 0 28 17 11
Top 3 (Central division)[1]
Pos GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Red Deer Rebels 8 5 2 1 0 29 28 11
2 Edmonton Oil Kings 11 5 5 0 1 40 40 11
3 Medicine Hat Tigers 10 4 5 0 1 25 31 9
Eastern conference wild card[1]
Pos Div (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 East Moose Jaw Warriors 7 3 2 2 0 21 23 8
2 Cen. Lethbridge Hurricanes 8 3 4 0 1 30 35 7
3 Cen. Kootenay Ice 6 3 3 0 0 24 23 6
4 East Regina Pats 8 2 6 0 0 22 38 4
5 Cen. Calgary Hitmen 7 1 5 1 0 20 33 3
6 East Swift Current Broncos 7 0 7 0 0 13 35 0
Top 3 (U.S. division)[1]
Pos GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Portland Winterhawks 8 5 2 0 1 37 25 11
2 Spokane Chiefs 7 4 1 0 2 27 24 10
3 Seattle Thunderbirds 6 4 1 1 0 24 17 9
Top 3 (B.C. division)[1]
Pos GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 Vancouver Giants 8 7 1 0 0 27 14 14
2 Victoria Royals 6 6 0 0 0 22 11 12
3 Kamloops Blazers 8 2 5 0 1 22 29 5
Western conference wild card[1]
Pos Div (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
1 U.S. Everett Silvertips 7 4 3 0 0 16 17 8
2 U.S. Tri-City Americans 6 3 3 0 0 22 18 6
3 B.C. Prince George Cougars 8 2 5 0 1 14 26 5
4 B.C. Kelowna Rockets 10 2 8 0 0 24 40 4

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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
Joachim Blichfeld Portland Winterhawks 8 8 14 22 13
Trey Fix-Wolansky Edmonton Oil Kings 11 6 12 18 10
Brett Leason Prince Albert Raiders 9 6 11 17 2
Cody Glass Portland Winterhawks 6 3 14 17 4
Tristin Langan Moose Jaw Warriors 7 7 9 16 6
Kirby Dach Saskatoon Blades 9 5 11 16 4
Justin Almeida Moose Jaw Warriors 7 3 12 15 0
Leif Mattson Kelowna Rockets 10 8 6 14 6
Brandon Hagel Red Deer Rebels 8 4 10 14 6
Dawson Davidson Saskatoon Blades 9 2 12 14 6

Goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 120 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%
Trent Miner Vancouver Giants 2 120 2 0 0 0 1 1.00 .964
Brodan Salmond Moose Jaw Warriors 2 120 2 0 0 0 0 1.50 .944
David Tendeck Vancouver Giants 5 303 4 1 0 0 1 1.59 .940
Ian Scott Prince Albert Raiders 8 479 7 1 0 0 1 1.63 .941
Dustin Wolf Everett Silvertips 6 358 3 3 0 0 0 1.68 .932

WHL awards

WHL Champions Ed Chynoweth Cup
Regular season Champions Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
Player of the Year Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
Top Scorer Bob Clarke Trophy
Top Defenceman Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
Rookie of the Year Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
Top Goaltender Del Wilson Trophy
Top Plus-Minus Rating WHL Plus-Minus Award
Most Sportsmanlike Player Brad Hornung Trophy
Scholastic Player of the Year Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy
Coach of the Year Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy
Executive of the Year Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy
Top Official Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy
Marketing/Public Relations Award St. Clair Group Trophy TBD
Humanitarian of the Year Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy
WHL Finals Most Valuable Player airBC Trophy
Alumni Achievement Awards Professional Hockey Achievement
Academic Recipient 		TBD


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "2018–2019 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on 2018-10-9.
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