Home / Sport / Ice Hockey / Canadian WHL

Name
Canadian WHL

Badge



Poster


Established
1966 (58 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-02-27

Current Season
2023

API Football ID
4

Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

TV Rights

Logo


Upcoming

28/04	Prince Georg	-	Portland Win		1:00am
28/04	Saskatoon Bl	-	Moose Jaw Wa		1:00am
30/04	Portland Win	-	Prince Georg		2:00am
01/05	Moose Jaw Wa	-	Saskatoon Bl		1:00am
02/05	Moose Jaw Wa	-	Saskatoon Bl		1:00am
02/05	Portland Win	-	Prince Georg		2:00am
Results
27/04	Prince Georg	5 - 0	Portland Win
27/04	Saskatoon Bl	3 - 4	Moose Jaw Wa
20/04	Prince Georg	6 - 3	Kelowna Rock
20/04	Moose Jaw Wa	4 - 2	Swift Curren
20/04	Everett Silv	0 - 5	Portland Win
18/04	Kelowna Rock	2 - 1	Prince Georg
18/04	Swift Curren	2 - 5	Moose Jaw Wa
18/04	Red Deer Reb	0 - 7	Saskatoon Bl
17/04	Kelowna Rock	3 - 4	Prince Georg
17/04	Swift Curren	3 - 5	Moose Jaw Wa

Description
Available in:

The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada. Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup, with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup, Canada's national junior championship. WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times since the league became eligible to compete for the trophy. Many players have been drafted from WHL teams, and have found success at various levels of professional hockey, including the National Hockey League (NHL).

The league was founded in 1966, as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (CMJHL), with seven western Canadian teams in Saskatchewan and Alberta. For its 1967 season, the league was renamed the Western Canada Junior Hockey League (WCJHL). From 1968, the league was renamed the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), before the admission of American-based teams in the league and then renaming as the Western Hockey League (WHL) commencing in 1978, up to present day.

The league was the brainchild of Bill Hunter, who intended to build a western league capable of competing with the top leagues in Ontario and Quebec. Originally considered an "outlaw league" by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, it was not sanctioned as the top junior league in Western Canada until 1970, when Canadian junior hockey was reorganized.

The WHL is composed of 22 teams as of 2019, divided into two conferences of two divisions. The Eastern Conference comprises 12 teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, while the Western Conference comprises ten teams from British Columbia, and the US states of Washington and Oregon.


Seasons

2023

2022

2021-2022

Teams

Brandon Wheat K		Calgary Hitmen		Edmonton Oil Ki		Everett Silvert
Kamloops Blazer		Kelowna Rockets		Lethbridge Hurr		Medicine Hat Ti
Moose Jaw Warri		Portland Winter		Prince Albert R		Prince George C
Red Deer Rebels		Regina Pats		Saskatoon Blade		Seattle Thunder
Spokane Chiefs		Swift Current B		Tri-City Americ		Vancouver Giant
Victoria Royals		Wenatchee Wild

Key
() Missing Artwork
(- 4) Missing 4 Players: Data and Artwork
() Team Complete

Trophy Icon

Fanart



Banner


Other Links