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Canadian WHL

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Established
1966 (58 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-02-27

Current Season
2024

Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

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18 Nov	Wenatchee Wi	2 - 1	Kamloops Bla		12:00am
20 Nov	Saskatoon Bl	-	Medicine Hat		1:00am
20 Nov	Swift Curren	-	Tri-City Ame		1:00am
21 Nov	Regina Pats	-	Tri-City Ame		1:00am
21 Nov	Prince Alber	-	Medicine Hat		1:00am
21 Nov	Edmonton Oil	-	Victoria Roy		2:00am
21 Nov	Everett Silv	-	Lethbridge H		3:05am
21 Nov	Kelowna Rock	-	Wenatchee Wi		3:05am
22 Nov	Moose Jaw Wa	-	Saskatoon Bl		1:00am
23 Nov	Brandon Whea	-	Tri-City Ame		1:00am
Results
17 Nov	Wenatchee Wi	3 - 4	Calgary Hitm
17 Nov	Brandon Whea	4 - 3	Regina Pats
17 Nov	Saskatoon Bl	2 - 1	Tri-City Ame
17 Nov	Seattle Thun	2 - 5	Everett Silv
17 Nov	Prince Alber	4 - 1	Edmonton Oil
17 Nov	Vancouver Gi	5 - 6	Portland Win
17 Nov	Lethbridge H	2 - 3	Victoria Roy
17 Nov	Prince Georg	4 - 5	Kelowna Rock
17 Nov	Spokane Chie	3 - 0	Red Deer Reb
16 Nov	Prince Alber	5 - 3	Tri-City Ame

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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

2024		2023		2022		2021-2022

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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

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