2000–01 WHL season
Junior ice hockey season
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The 2000–01 WHL season was the 35th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured eighteen teams completing a 72-game season. The Red Deer Rebels won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, for best regular season record, and the President's Cup as playoff champions, both for the first time in team history. The latter earned the Rebels a berth in the 2001 Memorial Cup tournament, hosted by the Regina Pats, where the Rebels finished their season by winning the national title.[1]
| 2000–01 WHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Western Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Teams | 18 |
| Regular season | |
| Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Red Deer Rebels (1) |
| Season MVP | Justin Mapletoft (Red Deer Rebels) |
| Top scorer | Justin Mapletoft (Red Deer Rebels) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Shane Bendera (Rebels) |
| Finals champions | Red Deer Rebels (1) |
| Runners-up | Portland Winter Hawks |
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
September 2000 – March 2001
QMJHL
September 2000 – March 2001
WHL
September 2000 – March 2001
September 2000 – March 2001
QMJHL
September 2000 – March 2001
WHL
September 2000 – March 2001
Teams60
| 2000–01 CHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Duration | OHL September 2000 – March 2001 QMJHL September 2000 – March 2001 WHL September 2000 – March 2001 |
| Teams | 60 |
| TV partner(s) | RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV |
| Season MVP | Simon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL) |
| Top scorer | Simon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL) |
| Memorial Cup | |
| Finals champions | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
Regular season
Final standings
| East Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 43 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 95 | 275 | 215 |
| x Regina Pats | 72 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 285 | 242 |
| x Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 287 | 291 |
| x Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 244 | 242 |
| Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 193 | 265 |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 18 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 204 | 348 |
| Central Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 304 | 168 |
| x Kootenay Ice | 72 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 286 | 213 |
| x Calgary Hitmen | 72 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 284 | 250 |
| x Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 29 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 200 | 229 |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 24 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 271 | 316 |
| West Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 86 | 259 | 240 |
| x Portland Winter Hawks | 72 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 244 | 237 |
| x Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 79 | 289 | 274 |
| x Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 79 | 242 | 219 |
| x Prince George Cougars | 72 | 31 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 242 | 266 |
| x Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 262 | 299 |
| Tri-City Americans | 72 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 217 | 284 |
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Mapletoft | Red Deer Rebels | 70 | 43 | 77 | 120 | 111 |
| Layne Ulmer | Swift Current Broncos | 68 | 63 | 56 | 119 | 75 |
| Jared Aulin | Kamloops Blazers | 70 | 31 | 77 | 108 | 62 |
| Jarret Stoll | Kootenay Ice | 62 | 40 | 66 | 106 | 105 |
| Blake Evans | Tri-City/Regina | 67 | 52 | 50 | 102 | 120 |
| Kyle Wanvig | Red Deer Rebels | 69 | 55 | 46 | 101 | 202 |
| Konstantin Panov | Kamloops Blazers | 69 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 52 |
| Jordan Krestanovich | Calgary Hitmen | 70 | 40 | 60 | 100 | 32 |
| Nathan Barrett | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 70 | 46 | 53 | 99 | 66 |
| Rory McDade | Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 28 | 70 | 98 | 50 |
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bendera | Red Deer Rebels | 45 | 2604 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 107 | 5 | .903 | 2.47 |
| B. J. Boxma | Kootenay/Swift Current | 48 | 2791 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 123 | 0 | .903 | 2.64 |
| Dan Blackburn | Kootenay Ice | 50 | 2924 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 135 | 1 | .907 | 2.77 |
| Michael Garnett | Red Deer/Saskatoon | 49 | 2640 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 122 | 4 | .902 | 2.77 |
| Joel Martin | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 44 | 2352 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 107 | 2 | .884 | 2.88 |
2001 WHL Playoffs
Playoffs
| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Lethbridge | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Calgary | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Swift Current | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Brandon | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Swift Current | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Regina | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Swift Current | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Kootenay | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Kootenay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Moose Jaw | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Portland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Kelowna | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Seattle | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Spokane | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Seattle | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Prince George | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Spokane | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kamloops | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Spokane | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Portland | bye | |||||||||||||||||
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (C4) Lethbridge Hurricanes
| March 23 | Red Deer Rebels | 2 – 3 | OT | Lethbridge Hurricanes | ENMAX Centrium | |||
| 16:45 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:57 - Kyle Wanvig (2) | Second period | Martin Podlešák (1) - 19:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Tomáš Kopecký (1) - 13:25 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Brian Patterson (1) - 7:46 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (19 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Blake Ward (30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Red Deer Rebels | 5 – 0 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 12:11 - Jeff Smith (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:54 - Doug Lynch (1) 5:53 - Andrew Bergen (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:09 - pp - Andrew Bergen (2) 8:38 - sh - Boyd Gordon (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (21 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Blake Ward (28 saves / 33 shots) Joel Martin (5 saves / 5 shots) | ||||||
| March 27 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 1 – 6 | Red Deer Rebels | ENMAX Centre | ||||
| 7:55 - Nathan Barrett (1) | First period | Ross Lupaschuk (1) - pp - 4:58 Justin Mapletoft (1) - pp - 6:26 Justin Mapletoft (2) - pp - 16:16 Martin Erat (1) - pp - 17:29 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Andrew Bergen (3) - sh - 19:24 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Diarmuid Kelly (1) - pp - 11:17 | ||||||
| Blake Ward (30 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 0 – 6 | Red Deer Rebels | ENMAX Centre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Justin Mapletoft (3) - pp - 11:02 Martin Erat (2) - 11:44 Devin Franco (1) - 18:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Justin Mapletoft (4) - 4:11 Kyle Wanvig (3) - pp - 8:49 Boyd Gordon (2) - pp - 11:31 | ||||||
| Joel Martin (27 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (10 saves / 10 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Red Deer Rebels | 7 – 2 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 2:59 - Justin Mapletoft (5) 7:01 - Martin Erat (3) 11:15 - pp - Ross Lupaschuk (2) 18:08 - pp - Justin Mapletoft (6) |
First period | Brett O'Malley (1) - 5:16 | ||||||
| 10:01 - Jeff Smith (2) 14:52 - Justin Mapletoft (7) 19:18 - pp - Martin Erat (4) |
Second period | Warren McCutcheon (1) - pp - 7:34 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (10 saves / 12 shots) | Goalie stats | Blake Ward (33 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| Red Deer wins series 4 – 1 | |
(E1) Swift Current Broncos vs. (E4) Brandon Wheat Kings
| March 23 | Swift Current Broncos | 0 – 3 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| March 24 | Swift Current Broncos | 4 – 2 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| March 26 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 4 | OT | Swift Current Broncos | Keystone Arena | |||
| March 27 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 2 – 3 | Swift Current Broncos | Keystone Arena | ||||
| March 30 | Swift Current Broncos | 2 – 5 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| April 2 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 2 – 3 | Swift Current Broncos | Keystone Arena | ||||
| Swift Current wins series 4 – 2 | |
(E2) Regina Pats vs. (C3) Calgary Hitmen
| March 23 | Regina Pats | 5 – 2 | Calgary Hitmen | Regina Agridome | ||||
| 9:09 - pp - Filip Novak (1) 12:12 - Blake Evans (1) |
First period | Matt Kinch (1) - pp - 18:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Anton Bader (1) - 1:48 | ||||||
| 4:47 - Blake Evans (2) 9:26 - pp - Garth Murray (1) 19:22 - en - Brett Lysak (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Donald Choukalos (19 saves / 21 shots) Chad Davidson (12 saves / 12 shots) |
Goalie stats | Brady Block (32 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Regina Pats | 1 – 4 | Calgary Hitmen | Regina Agridome | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Pavel Brendl (1) - sh - 14:26 Sean McAslan (1) - 19:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Sean McAslan (2) - 5:54 Brandon Segal (1) - 7:56 | ||||||
| 9:36 - Curtis Austring (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Donald Choukalos (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Brady Block (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| March 26 | Calgary Hitmen | 4 – 3 | OT | Regina Pats | Pengrowth Saddledome | |||
| 2:05 - pp - Pavel Brendl (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:51 - pp - Owen Fussey (1) | Second period | Brett Lysak (2) - 3:30 Karel Mošovský (1) - pp - 10:00 | ||||||
| 12:24 - Shaun Norrie (1) | Third period | Blake Evans (3) - 18:12 | ||||||
| 9:08 - Johnny Boychuk (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Block (34 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Donald Choukalos (23 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Calgary Hitmen | 7 – 2 | Regina Pats | Pengrowth Saddledome | ||||
| 6:54 - Jordan Krestanovich (1) 18:49 - pp - Jordan Krestanovich (2) |
First period | Curtis Austring (2) - 2:12 Brett Lysak (3) - pp - 5:35 | ||||||
| 6:10 - sh - Sean McAslan (3) 11:06 - Pavel Brendl (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:41 - Robin Gomez (1) 6:44 - Robin Gomez (2) 19:25 - pp - Robin Gomez (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Block (20 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Donald Choukalos (15 saves / 18 shots) Chad Davidson (17 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Regina Pats | 4 – 1 | Calgary Hitmen | Regina Agridome | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:59 - pp - Blake Evans (4) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:24 - Curtis Austring (3) 15:44 - Kevin Korol (1) 19:47 - en - Brett Lysak (4) |
Third period | Robin Gomez (4) - 3:24 | ||||||
| Donald Choukalos (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Brady Block (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Calgary Hitmen | 4 – 3 | Regina Pats | Pengrowth Saddledome | ||||
| 14:18 - Jordan Krestanovich (3) | First period | Blake Evans (5) - pp - 16:22 | ||||||
| 0:40 - pp - Matt Kinch (2) | Second period | Blake Evans (6) - 10:35 Brett Lysak (5) - pp - 11:46 | ||||||
| 13:12 - Pavel Brendl (4) 19:45 - Pavel Brendl (5) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Block (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Donald Choukalos (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| Calgary wins series 4 – 2 | |
(C2) Kootenay Ice vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors
| March 23 | Kootenay Ice | 6 – 2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| 2:03 - pp - Jarret Stoll (1) 3:58 - Bret DeCecco (1) 7:35 - Zdeněk Blatný (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:54 - Jason Jaffray (1) | Second period | Brian Sutherby (1) - pp - 7:24 | ||||||
| 12:18 - pp - Jason Jaffray (2) 17:32 - sh - Bret DeCecco (2) |
Third period | Brian Sutherby (2) - 16:10 | ||||||
| Dan Blackburn (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Tim Barlow (36 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Kootenay Ice | 4 – 0 | Moose Jaw Warriors | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:06 - Marek Svatoš (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:47 - pp - Jason Jaffray (3) 10:52 - Bret DeCecco (3) 19:26 - en - Jarret Stoll (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Blackburn (25 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Tim Barlow (32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| March 27 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 3 – 8 | Kootenay Ice | Moose Jaw Civic Centre | ||||
| 12:31 - pp - Shawn Limpright (1) | First period | Jarret Stoll (3) - 3:15 Zdeněk Blatný (2) - 17:09 | ||||||
| 16:23 - Nathan Paetsch (1) | Second period | Zdeněk Blatný (3) - pp - 2:42 Cole Fischer (1) - pp - 3:21 Aaron Rome (1) - pp - 12:18 | ||||||
| 0:24 - Steven Crampton (1) | Third period | Jason Jaffray (4) - 2:43 Jason Jaffray (5) - sh - 4:58 Patrick Iannone (1) - pp - 19:50 | ||||||
| Tim Barlow (29 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Dan Blackburn (39 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 1 – 5 | Kootenay Ice | Moose Jaw Civic Centre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Zdeněk Blatný (4) - pp - 1:47 | ||||||
| 7:20 - pp - Jarrett Thompson (1) | Second period | Zdeněk Blatný (5) - 9:36 Richard Hamula (1) - 10:11 Zdeněk Blatný (6) - 15:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Cole Fischer (2) - pp - 12:03 | ||||||
| Tim Barlow (32 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Dan Blackburn (42 saves / 43 shots) Jeff Harvey (1 save / 1 shot) | ||||||
| Kootenay wins series 4 – 0 | |
Western Conference
(W1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W6) Seattle Thunderbirds
| March 30 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 – 5 | OT | Seattle Thunderbirds | Skyreach Place | |||
| March 31 | Kelowna Rockets | 5 – 0 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Skyreach Place | ||||
| April 5 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 5 – 1 | Kelowna Rockets | KeyArena at Seattle Center | ||||
| April 6 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 3 – 2 | OT | Kelowna Rockets | KeyArena at Seattle Center | |||
| April 8 | Kelowna Rockets | 2 – 1 | OT | Seattle Thunderbirds | Skyreach Place | |||
| April 9 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 4 – 2 | Kelowna Rockets | KeyArena at Seattle Center | ||||
| Seattle wins series 4 – 2 | |
(W2) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (W5) Prince George Cougars
| March 30 | Portland Winter Hawks | 5 – 2 | Prince George Cougars | Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| 15:28 - Shawn Roed (1) 19:15 - pp - Paul Gaustad (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dan Baum (1) - 7:34 Mark Kitts (1) - 8:08 | ||||||
| 2:01 - Nick Marach (1) 12:11 - Josh Olson (1) 18:49 - en - Paul Gaustad (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Billy Thompson (38 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 – 2 | OT | Prince George Cougars | Memorial Coliseum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:37 - Joey Hope (1) 5:04 - Dean Beuker (1) |
Third period | Dan Hamhuis (1) - sh - 8:40 Blake Robson (1) - pp - 19:57 | ||||||
| 2:23 - Dean Beuker (2) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Billy Thompson (43 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Prince George Cougars | 6 – 3 | Portland Winter Hawks | CN Centre | ||||
| 6:51 - pp - Aaron Foster (1) 9:31 - pp - Berkeley Buchko (1) 19:52 - pp - Aaron Foster (2) |
First period | Paul Gaustad (3) - pp - 14:44 Marcel Hossa (1) - pp - 19:25 | ||||||
| 5:37 - pp - Justin Cox (1) 7:57 - pp - Justin Cox (2) 15:12 - pp - Christian Chartier (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Matt Girling (1) - pp - 3:16 | ||||||
| Billy Thompson (34 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (16 saves / 22 shots) Jomar Cruz (11 saves / 11 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Prince George Cougars | 4 – 3 | OT | Portland Winter Hawks | CN Centre | |||
| 7:37 - pp - Tim Wedderburn (1) 16:34 - pp - Aaron Foster (3) |
First period | Paul Gaustad (4) - 19:10 Jozef Balej (1) - 19:34 | ||||||
| 2:07 - Berkeley Buchko (2) | Second period | Jozef Balej (2) - 4:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:31 - Derek Boogaard (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Billy Thompson (34 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (17 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 8 | Portland Winter Hawks | 6 – 0 | Prince George Cougars | Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| 5:07 - Nick Marach (2) 11:18 - Josh Olson (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:36 - pp - Shawn Roed (2) 2:03 - Willy Glover (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:07 - Jozef Balej (3) 18:25 - Matt Girling (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (20 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Billy Thompson (18 saves / 22 shots) Kyle Stanton (16 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Prince George Cougars | 3 – 5 | Portland Winter Hawks | CN Centre | ||||
| 5:37 - sh - Dan Hamhuis (2) 13:14 - Justin Cox (3) |
First period | Nick Marach (3) - 12:24 | ||||||
| 8:03 - pp - Berkeley Buchko (3) | Second period | Garrett Prosofsky (1) - pp - 12:55 Marcel Hossa (2) - pp - 18:03 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Marcel Hossa (3) - 4:36 Paul Gaustad (5) - 10:12 | ||||||
| Billy Thompson (33 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (17 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| Portland wins series 4 – 2 | |
(W3) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W4) Spokane Chiefs
| March 30 | Kamloops Blazers | 1 – 3 | Spokane Chiefs | Sport Mart Place | ||||
| April 1 | Kamloops Blazers | 2 – 5 | Spokane Chiefs | Sport Mart Place | ||||
| April 3 | Spokane Chiefs | 9 – 2 | Kamloops Blazers | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| April 8 | Spokane Chiefs | 3 – 0 | Kamloops Blazers | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| Spokane wins series 4 – 0 | |
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference
(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (C3) Calgary Hitmen
| April 6 | Red Deer Rebels | 1 – 4 | Calgary Hitmen | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Matt Kinch (3) - 4:20 | ||||||
| 6:07 - Colby Armstrong (1) | Second period | Pavel Brendl (6) - 1:18 Jordan Krestanovich (4) - pp - 6:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Shaun Sutter (1) - 4:07 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Brady Block (24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Calgary Hitmen | ENMAX Centrium | |||
| 15:03 - Jeff Woywitka (1) | First period | Jordan Krestanovich (5) - 17:27 Kris Beech (1) - pp - 17:41 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:39 - Justin Mapletoft (8) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:30 - Colby Armstrong (2) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (48 saves / 50 shots) | Goalie stats | Brady Block (38 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 11 | Calgary Hitmen | 2 – 6 | Red Deer Rebels | Pengrowth Saddledome | ||||
| 15:02 - pp - Pavel Brendl (7) | First period | Andrew Bergen (4) - 9:34 Martin Erat (5) - sh - 16:00 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Bryce Thoma (1) - 10:09 Jim Vandermeer (1) - pp - 11:28 Martin Erat (6) - 13:05 | ||||||
| 19:21 - Owen Fussey (2) | Third period | Joel Stepp (1) - pp - 12:00 | ||||||
| Brady Block (25 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 – 1 | Red Deer Rebels | Pengrowth Saddledome | ||||
| 13:03 - Robin Gomez (5) | First period | Martin Erat (7) - pp - 12:31 | ||||||
| 11:07 - pp - Rod Sarich (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:27 - en - Jordan Krestanovich (6) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Block (28 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (35 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 – 3 | Calgary Hitmen | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 9:25 - Martin Erat (8) 13:10 - Justin Mapletoft (9) |
First period | Kris Beech (2) - sh - 2:04 Jordan Krestanovich (7) - 15:10 | ||||||
| 15:03 - Jeff Smith (3) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:51 - Martin Erat (9) | Third period | Jordan Krestanovich (8) - 18:04 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Brady Block (25 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Calgary Hitmen | 0 – 4 | Red Deer Rebels | Pengrowth Saddledome | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Martin Erat (10) - 7:16 Joel Stepp (2) - 11:13 Joel Stepp (3) - 15:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Andrew Bergen (5) - 14:35 | ||||||
| Brady Block (25 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (32 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| Red Deer wins series 4 – 2 | |
(E1) Swift Current Broncos vs. (C2) Kootenay Ice
| April 6 | Kootenay Ice | 7 – 1 | Swift Current Broncos | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| April 7 | Kootenay Ice | 1 – 3 | Swift Current Broncos | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| April 10 | Swift Current Broncos | 2 – 3 | OT | Kootenay Ice | Centennial Civic Centre | |||
| April 11 | Swift Current Broncos | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Kootenay Ice | Centennial Civic Centre | |||
| April 13 | Kootenay Ice | 3 – 2 | Swift Current Broncos | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| April 15 | Swift Current Broncos | 3 – 2 | Kootenay Ice | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| April 16 | Kootenay Ice | 2 – 3 | Swift Current Broncos | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| Swift Current wins series 4 – 3 | |
Western Conference
(W4) Spokane Chiefs vs. (W6) Seattle Thunderbirds
| April 13 | Spokane Chiefs | 5 – 3 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| April 14 | Spokane Chiefs | 4 – 1 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| April 16 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 2 – 3 | Spokane Chiefs | KeyArena at Seattle Center | ||||
| Spokane wins series 3 – 0 | |
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E1) Swift Current Broncos
| April 20 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 4 | OT | Swift Current Broncos | ENMAX Centrium | |||
| 19:25 - Colby Armstrong (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:15 - Joel Stepp (4) | Second period | Duncan Milroy (8) - pp - 8:42 | ||||||
| 11:40 - Justin Mapletoft (10) | Third period | Tim Smith (8) - 3:02 Layne Ulmer (4) - sh - 6:31 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Duncan Milroy (9) - 12:15 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (17 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | B.J. Boxma (30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 2 | Swift Current Broncos | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 6:59 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (4) 16:13 - sh - Martin Erat (11) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:42 - Jeff Smith (4) | Second period | Clay Thoring (1) - 8:48 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Tim Smith (9) - 0:26 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | B.J. Boxma (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 24 | Swift Current Broncos | 3 – 2 | OT | Red Deer Rebels | Centennial Civic Centre | |||
| 15:09 - Layne Ulmer (5) | First period | Justin Mapletoft (11) - pp - 9:03 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Martin Erat (12) - sh - 6:59 | ||||||
| 15:51 - Nathan Smith (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:07 - Tim Smith (10) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| B.J. Boxma (40 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (31 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Swift Current Broncos | 1 – 2 | Red Deer Rebels | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:53 - Layne Ulmer (6) | Second period | Colby Armstrong (4) - 5:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Kyle Wanvig (5) - 13:17 | ||||||
| B.J. Boxma (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (19 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 1 | Swift Current Broncos | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 15:58 - Martin Erat (13) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Layne Ulmer (7) - pp - 5:26 | ||||||
| 3:09 - Kyle Wanvig (6) 5:21 - Ross Lupaschuk (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (24 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | B.J. Boxma (35 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 2 | Swift Current Broncos | 0 – 4 | Red Deer Rebels | Centennial Civic Centre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Martin Erat (14) - 5:30 Boyd Gordon (3) - 16:03 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ross Lupaschuk (4) - pp - 0:52 Justin Mapletoft (12) - pp - 19:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| B.J. Boxma (20 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (26 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| Red Deer wins series 4 – 2 | |
(W2) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (W4) Spokane Chiefs
| April 21 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 – 0 | Spokane Chiefs | Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:44 - Garrett Prosofsky (2) 5:12 - pp - Paul Gaustad (6) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:18 - Brad Priestlay (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (32 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler MacKay (19 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Portland Winter Hawks | 2 – 1 | OT | Spokane Chiefs | Memorial Coliseum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:42 - pp - Jozef Balej (4) | Third period | Shawn Thompson (2) - 16:52 | ||||||
| 18:15 - Kevin Young (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (36 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler MacKay (38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| April 24 | Spokane Chiefs | 1 – 2 | Portland Winter Hawks | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| 12:53 - pp - Lynn Loyns (6) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Paul Gaustad (7) - 3:30 Shawn Roed (3) - 11:58 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler MacKay (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (31 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Spokane Chiefs | 3 – 0 | Portland Winter Hawks | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | ||||
| 9:26 - Scott Henkelman (4) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:38 - Scott Henkelman (5) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:01 - Tim Krymusa (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler MacKay (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Portland Winter Hawks | 4 – 1 | Spokane Chiefs | Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| 9:57 - Willy Glover (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:03 - Paul Gaustad (8) 17:30 - pp - Garrett Prosofsky (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:51 - sh - en - Paul Gaustad (9) | Third period | Roman Tvrdoň (5) - pp - 0:56 | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler MacKay (42 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| Portland wins series 4 – 1 | |
WHL Championship
(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (W2) Portland Winter Hawks
| May 4 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 2 | Portland Winter Hawks | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| 13:02 - Justin Mapletoft (13) | First period | Josh Olson (3) - 9:17 | ||||||
| 15:35 - Darcy Robinson (1) 15:52 - Joel Stepp (5) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jozef Balej (5) - pp - 2:00 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (26 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (14 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| May 5 | Red Deer Rebels | 5 – 4 | Portland Winter Hawks | ENMAX Centrium | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:56 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (7) 13:57 - sh - Colby Armstrong (5) 15:00 - sh - Joel Stepp (6) 18:54 - Martin Erat (15) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:02 - Andrew Bergen (6) | Third period | Josh Olson (4) - pp - 2:35 Dean Beuker (3) - pp - 11:17 Dan Hulak (1) - pp - 17:14 Jozef Balej (6) - 18:45 | ||||||
| Shane Bendera (19 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Lanny Ramage (28 saves / 32 shots) Jomar Cruz (4 saves / 5 shots) | ||||||
| May 9 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 – 2 | OT | Red Deer Rebels | Memorial Coliseum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:16 - pp - Jesse Ferguson (1) 13:40 - pp - Marcel Hossa (4) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Ross Lupaschuk (5) - 2:50 Bryce Thoma (2) - pp - 11:08 | ||||||
| 6:33 - Josh Olson (5) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (21 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| May 11 | Portland Winter Hawks | 1 – 4 | Red Deer Rebels | Memorial Coliseum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Andrew Bergen (7) - 7:11 Jim Vandermeer (2) - 16:43 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Colby Armstrong (6) - 18:25 | ||||||
| 5:06 - Garrett Prosofsky (4) | Third period | Jeff Woywitka (2) - 10:04 | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (31 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (26 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| May 12 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 – 4 | OT | Red Deer Rebels | Memorial Coliseum | |||
| Paul Gaustad (10) - 7:08 Garrett Prosofsky (5) - 12:37 |
First period | 5:57 - Jim Vandermeer (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:34 - Kyle Wanvig (8) 15:00 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (9) | ||||||
| Marcel Hossa (5) - 12:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 7:41 - Kyle Wanvig (10) | ||||||
| Lanny Ramage (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Shane Bendera (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| Red Deer wins series 4 – 1 | |
All-Star games
WHL awards
All-Star teams
| Eastern Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Team | Second Team | |||
| Goal | Dan Blackburn | Kootenay Ice | Shane Bendera | Red Deer Rebels |
| Defense | Matt Kinch | Calgary Hitmen | Ross Lupaschuk | Red Deer Rebels |
| Jim Vandermeer | Red Deer Rebels | Filip Novak | Regina Pats | |
| Forward | Justin Mapletoft | Red Deer Rebels | Nathan Barrett | Lethbridge Hurricanes |
| Layne Ulmer | Swift Current Broncos | Blake Evans | Regina Pats | |
| Jarret Stoll | Kootenay Ice | Kyle Wanvig | Red Deer Rebels | |
| Western Conference | ||||
| First Team | Second Team | |||
| Goal | Tyler MacKay | Spokane Chiefs | Kevin Swanson | Kelowna Rockets |
| Defense | Christian Chartier | Prince George Cougars | Dan Hulak | Portland Winterhawks |
| Dan Hamhuis | Prince George Cougars | Gerard Dicaire | Seattle Thunderbirds | |
| Forward | Jared Aulin | Kamloops Blazers | Brandin Cote | Spokane Chiefs |
| Jamie Lundmark | Seattle Thunderbirds | Marcel Hossa | Portland Winterhawks | |
| Konstantin Panov | Kamloops Blazers | Rory McDade | Kelowna Rockets | |
- source: Western Hockey League press release