2011–12 WHL season

The 2011–12 WHL season was the 46th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. The playoffs began on March 22 and ended in early May when the regular season-champion Edmonton Oil Kings won their first Ed Chynoweth Cup, defeating the Portland Winterhawks in the championship series and earning a berth in the 2012 Memorial Cup tournament.^[1] This was the inaugural season of the Victoria Royals—the team relocated to Victoria, British Columbia from Chilliwack, where they had played as the Chilliwack Bruins from 2006 until 2011.^[2]

2011–12 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season September 22, 2011 – March 18, 2012 Playoffs March 22, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Edmonton Oil Kings (1)
Season MVP	Brendan Shinnimin (Tri-City Americans)
Top scorer	Brendan Shinnimin (Tri-City Americans)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Laurent Brossoit (Oil Kings)
Finals champions	Edmonton Oil Kings (1)
Runners-up	Portland Winterhawks

2011–12 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL September 2011 – March 2012 QMJHL September 2011 – March 2012 WHL September 2011 – March 2012
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) (1st title)
Runners-up	London Knights (OHL)

Regular season

Standings

Conference standings

Western Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Tri-City Americans x z	72	50	18	2	2	281	190	104
Kamloops Blazers x z	72	47	20	2	3	290	211	99
Portland Winterhawks x	72	49	19	3	1	328	229	102
Vancouver Giants x	72	40	26	2	4	255	234	86
Spokane Chiefs x	72	38	25	5	4	257	225	85
Kelowna Rockets x	72	31	31	4	6	217	242	72
Victoria Royals x	72	24	41	3	4	233	325	55
Everett Silvertips x	72	22	40	2	8	185	268	54
Seattle Thunderbirds e	72	25	45	1	1	173	292	52
Prince George Cougars e	72	24	46	0	2	166	257	50

Eastern Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oil Kings x z	72	50	15	3	4	310	193	107
Moose Jaw Warriors x z	72	45	19	6	2	258	213	98
Calgary Hitmen x	72	44	25	2	1	273	221	91
Medicine Hat Tigers x	72	42	24	2	4	255	209	90
Saskatoon Blades x	72	40	29	1	2	268	250	83
Brandon Wheat Kings x	72	39	28	1	4	273	257	83
Regina Pats x	72	37	27	6	2	230	214	82
Kootenay Ice x	72	36	26	6	4	222	201	82
Red Deer Rebels e	72	32	34	1	5	204	231	70
Swift Current Broncos e	72	27	37	2	6	216	272	62
Lethbridge Hurricanes e	72	29	42	0	1	225	292	59
Prince Albert Raiders e	72	21	45	3	3	219	312	48

x – team has clinched playoff spot y – team is division leader z – team has clinched division

e - team is eliminated from playoff contention

Map of WHL, 2011–12 to 2018–19

190km
118miles

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Oil Kings

Rebels

Hitmen

Ice

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Silvertips

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

Giants

Royals

   

   East Division

   Central Division

   BC Division

   US Division

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[3]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	PIM
Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans	69	58	76	134	82
Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings	66	41	82	123	22
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	69	57	64	121	54
Adam Hughesman	Tri-City Americans	72	50	66	116	42
Jordan Weal	Regina Pats	70	41	75	116	36
Patrick Holland	Tri-City Americans	72	25	84	109	48
Emerson Etem	Medicine Hat Tigers	65	61	46	107	34
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	72	45	60	105	49
Micheal Ferland	Brandon Wheat Kings	68	47	49	96	84
Sven Bärtschi	Portland Winterhawks	47	33	61	94	36

Leading goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.^[4]

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%
Ty Rimmer	Tri-City Americans	46	2665	31	12	1	1	5	2.43	.922
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	61	3574	42	13	2	3	3	2.47	.914
Nathan Lieuwen	Kootenay Ice	57	3340	27	20	6	2	3	2.50	.914
Luke Siemens	Everett/Moose Jaw	56	3202	35	14	4	2	4	2.55	.908
Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers	61	3616	39	17	2	3	3	2.57	.921

Players

2011 NHL Entry Draft

In total, 33 WHL players were selected at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was selected first overall in the draft.

2011 NHL Entry Draft (WHL draftees) This box: view talk edit

1st Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Red Deer Rebels Edmonton Oilers 11 Duncan Siemens Saskatoon Blades Colorado Avalanche 13 Sven Bartschi Portland Winterhawks Calgary Flames 18 Mark McNeill Prince Albert Raiders Chicago Blackhawks 23 Joe Morrow Portland Winterhawks Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 31 David Musil Vancouver Giants Edmonton Oilers 32 Ty Rattie Portland Winterhawks St. Louis Blues 46 Joel Edmundson Moose Jaw Warriors St. Louis Blues 57 Tyler Wotherspoon Portland Winterhawks Calgary Flames 3rd Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 67 Adam Lowry Swift Current Broncos Winnipeg Jets 73 Keegan Lowe Edmonton Oil Kings Carolina Hurricanes 74 Travis Ewanyk Edmonton Oil Kings Edmonton Oilers 84 Harrison Ruopp Prince Albert Raiders Phoenix Coyotes 4th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 106 Michael St. Croix Edmonton Oil Kings New York Rangers 107 Colin Jacobs Seattle Thunderbirds Buffalo Sabres 111 Kale Kessy Medicine Hat Tigers Phoenix Coyotes 115 Marek Tvrdon Vancouver Giants Detroit Red Wings 118 Marcel Noebels Seattle Thunderbirds Philadelphia Flyers 119 Zachary Yuen Tri-City Americans Winnipeg Jets 5th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 125 John Persson Red Deer Rebels New York Islanders 127 Brenden Kichton Spokane Chiefs New York Islanders 134 Shane McColgan Kelowna Rockets New York Rangers 138 Darren Dietz Saskatoon Blades Montreal Canadiens 141 Darian Dziurzynski Saskatoon Blades Phoenix Coyotes 144 Dominik Uher Spokane Chiefs Pittsburgh Penguins 6th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 156 Darren Kramer Spokane Chiefs Ottawa Senators 159 Reece Scarlett Swift Current Broncos New Jersey Devils 164 Laurent Brossoit Edmonton Oil Kings Calgary Flames 165 Matej Stransky Saskatoon Blades Dallas Stars 167 Nathan Lieuwen Kootenay Ice Buffalo Sabres 175 Richard Nedomlel Swift Current Broncos Detroit Red Wings 7th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 186 Jordan Fransoo Brandon Wheat Kings Ottawa Senators 193 Brody Sutter Lethbridge Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes

Subway Super Series

The Subway Super Series was a six-game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL)—one team from each of the QMJHL, the OHL, and the WHL—versus Russia's national junior hockey team.

Results

Date	Location	Winner		Loser
November 7, 2011	Victoriaville, QC	Russian Selects	2	0	QMJHL all-stars
November 9, 2011	Quebec City, QC	Russian Selects	5	4	QMJHL all-stars
November 10, 2011	Ottawa, ON	OHL all-stars	10	7	Russian Selects
November 14, 2011	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	OHL all-stars	6	3	Russian Selects
November 16, 2011	Regina, SK	WHL all-stars	5	2	Russian Selects
November 17, 2011	Moose Jaw, SK	Russian Selects	7	5	WHL all-stars
CHL wins series 3–2–1

2012 WHL Playoffs

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					WHL Championship
	1	Edmonton	4
	8	Kootenay	0
						1	Edmonton	4
						6	Brandon	0
	2	Moose Jaw	4
	7	Regina	1
											1	Edmonton	4
	Eastern
											2	Moose Jaw	1
	3	Calgary	1
	6	Brandon	4
						2	Moose Jaw	4
						4	Medicine Hat	0
	4	Medicine Hat	4
	5	Saskatoon	0
																E1	Edmonton	4
	Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
																W3	Portland	3
	1	Tri-City	4
	8	Everett	0
						1	Tri-City	4
						5	Spokane	3
	2	Kamloops	4
	7	Victoria	0
											1	Tri-City	0
	Western
											3	Portland	4
	3	Portland	4
	6	Kelowna	0
						2	Kamloops	3
						3	Portland	4
	4	Vancouver	2
	5	Spokane	4

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (8) Kootenay Ice

March 23	Edmonton Oil Kings		3 – 0		Kootenay Ice	Rexall Place	Recap
19:54 - Mitch Moroz (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
7:07 - Michael St. Croix (1) 16:41 - Curtis Lazar (1)		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (29 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Nathan Lieuwen (25 saves / 28 shots)

March 25	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 3		Kootenay Ice	Rexall Place	Recap
8:46 - pp - Michael St. Croix (2)		First period			Drew Czerwonka (1) - 1:00 Jesse Ismond (1) - 16:47
2:37 - pp - Tyler Maxwell (1)		Second period			Joey Leach (1) - 12:49
15:05 - Curtis Lazar (2) 16:48 - Keegan Lowe (1)		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Nathan Lieuwen (41 saves / 45 shots)

March 28	Kootenay Ice		3 – 6		Edmonton Oil Kings	Cranbrook Recreational Complex	Recap
3:12 - Elgin Pearce (1) 9:31 - Sam Reinhart (1)		First period			Curtis Lazar (3) - pp - 9:03
15:14 - Dylen McKinlay (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Griffin Reinhart (1) - 1:57 Keegan Lowe (2) - 8:14 Kristiāns Pelšs (1) - 12:44 Mitch Moroz (2) - 13:01 Henrik Samuelsson (1) - en - 19:45
Nathan Lieuwen (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (23 saves / 26 shots)

March 29	Kootenay Ice		1 – 3		Edmonton Oil Kings	Cranbrook Recreational Complex	Recap
No scoring		First period			Mark Pysyk (1) - pp - 4:22
10:21 - pp - Drew Czerwonka (2)		Second period			Rhett Rachinski (1) - 14:09
No scoring		Third period			Rhett Rachinski (2) - en - 19:23
Nathan Lieuwen (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (14 saves / 15 shots)

Edmonton wins series 4 – 0

(2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (7) Regina Pats

March 23	Moose Jaw Warriors		2 – 3		Regina Pats	Mosaic Place	Recap
19:35 - pp - Quinton Howden (1)		First period			Dyson Stevenson (1) - pp - 5:51
17:14 - Sam Fioretti (1)		Second period			Tanner Olstad (1) - sh - 4:12
No scoring		Third period			Dyson Stevenson (2) - pp - 6:52
Luke Siemens (12 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Hewitt (31 saves / 33 shots)

March 24	Moose Jaw Warriors		8 – 1		Regina Pats	Mosaic Place	Recap
15:58 - Cody Beach (1)		First period			No scoring
1:59 - pp - Kenton Miller (1) 5:27 - Cody Beach (2) 8:48 - Eric Arnold (1)		Second period			No scoring
1:39 - Andrew Johnson (1) 10:14 - pp - Cameron Braes (1) 10:23 - Sam Fioretti (2) 10:55 - Eric Arnold (2)		Third period			Dyson Stevenson (3) - 5:32
Luke Siemens (12 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Hewitt (19 saves / 23 shots) Adam Beukeboom (12 saves / 16 shots)

March 27	Regina Pats		3 – 5		Moose Jaw Warriors	Brandt Centre	Recap
18:53 - Chandler Stephenson (1)		First period			Joel Edmundson (1) - 0:23 Quinton Howden (2) - 0:50 Kenton Miller (2) - pp - 13:31 Brayden Point (1) - 15:14 Quinton Howden (3) - 17:24
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
10:37 - Lane Scheidl (1) 19:18 - Lane Scheidl (2)		Third period			No scoring
Matt Hewitt (25 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (33 saves / 36 shots)

March 28	Regina Pats		4 – 5	2OT	Moose Jaw Warriors	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Justin Kirsch (1) - pp - 4:35
6:54 - Jordan Weal (1) 19:30 - Kyle Burroughs (1)		Second period			James Henry (1) - 2:31 Eric Arnold (3) - pp - 18:43
5:48 - Martin Marinčin (1) 7:20 - Martin Marinčin (2)		Third period			Eric Arnold (4) - pp - 15:51
No scoring		Second overtime period			Brayden Point (2) - 6:14
Matt Hewitt (47 saves / 52 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (30 saves / 34 shots)

March 30	Moose Jaw Warriors		5 – 2		Regina Pats	Mosaic Place	Recap
0:16 - Justin Kirsch (2) 5:21 - Brayden Point (3) 8:00 - Torrin White (1) 17:33 - pp - Cody Beach (3)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Trent Ouellette (1) - 9:37
17:27 - James Henry (2)		Third period			Lane Scheidl (3) - 7:51
Luke Siemens (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Beukeboom (28 saves / 33 shots)

Moose Jaw wins series 4 – 1

(3) Calgary Hitmen vs. (6) Brandon Wheat Kings

March 22	Calgary Hitmen		2 – 6		Brandon Wheat Kings	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
19:01 - Brooks Macek (1)		First period			Jason Swyripa (1) - 8:41 Darian Dziurzynski (1) - 9:27
1:16 - pp - Alex Gogolev (1)		Second period			Mark Stone (1) - 16:13
No scoring		Third period			Michael Ferland (1) - 6:22 Darian Dziurzynski (2) - 6:50 Alessio Bertaggia (1) - 16:15
Chris Driedger (26 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Corbin Boes (34 saves / 36 shots)

March 23	Calgary Hitmen		4 – 0		Brandon Wheat Kings	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
1:25 - Alex Roach (1)		First period			No scoring
19:26 - Trevor Cheek (1)		Second period			No scoring
7:54 - Trevor Cheek (2) 19:14 - pp - Trevor Cheek (3)		Third period			No scoring
Brandon Glover (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Corbin Boes (37 saves / 41 shots)

March 25	Brandon Wheat Kings		4 – 1		Calgary Hitmen	MTS Centre	Recap
4:32 - Bruno Mráz (1)		First period			Greg Chase (1) - 19:09
8:01 - pp - Michael Ferland (2) 19:41 - Eric Roy (1)		Second period			No scoring
4:56 - Kevin Sundher (1)		Third period			No scoring
Corbin Boes (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Brandon Glover (38 saves / 42 shots)

March 27	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 1		Calgary Hitmen	MTS Centre	Recap
10:53 - pp - Ryan Pulock (1) 15:25 - Mark Stone (2)		First period			No scoring
1:53 - Alessio Bertaggia (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Alex Gogolev (2) - 8:22
Corbin Boes (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Chris Driedger (13 saves / 16 shots) Brandon Glover (13 saves / 13 shots)

March 29	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 2	OT	Calgary Hitmen	MTS Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Alessio Bertaggia (3) - 0:36		Second period			No scoring
Paul Ciarelli (1) - 4:14		Third period			1:12 - Alex Gogolev (3) 1:45 - Chase Clayton (1)
Paul Ciarelli (2) - 8:26		First overtime period			No scoring
Corbin Boes (42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Brandon Glover (40 saves / 43 shots)

Brandon wins series 4 – 1

(4) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (5) Saskatoon Blades

March 23	Medicine Hat Tigers		5 – 2		Saskatoon Blades	Medicine Hat Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:23 - Matt Konan (1) 11:33 - Curtis Valk (1) 14:44 - Riley Sheen (1) 15:56 - James Bettauer (1)		Second period			Josh Nicholls (1) - 10:00 Duncan Siemens (1) - 16:40
18:17 - en - Emerson Etem (1)		Third period			No scoring
Tyler Bunz (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrey Makarov (25 saves / 29 shots)

March 24	Medicine Hat Tigers		5 – 3		Saskatoon Blades	Medicine Hat Arena	Recap
0:56 - pp - Emerson Etem (2) 11:07 - pp - Emerson Etem (3)		First period			Matt Pufahl (1) - 13:19
16:28 - James Bettauer (2)		Second period			Brett Stovin (1) - 2:52 Josh Nicholls (2) - 6:55
14:32 - Hunter Shinkaruk (1) 19:54 - pp - Curtis Valk (2)		Third period			No scoring
Tyler Bunz (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrey Makarov (35 saves / 40 shots)

March 27	Saskatoon Blades		2 – 3	OT	Medicine Hat Tigers	Credit Union Centre	Recap
11:35 - Michael Burns (1)		First period			Emerson Etem (4) - 4:37
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
16:52 - Matěj Stránský (1)		Third period			Emerson Etem (5) - sh - 2:57
No scoring		First overtime period			Emerson Etem (6) - 9:42
Andrey Makarov (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Bunz (32 saves / 34 shots)

March 28	Saskatoon Blades		0 – 5		Medicine Hat Tigers	Credit Union Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Emerson Etem (7) - 15:46
No scoring		Third period			Scott McKay (1) - 4:35 Dylan Bredo (1) - 6:01 Curtis Valk (3) - 11:50 Curtis Valk (4) - pp - 15:12
Andrey Makarov (23 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Bunz (32 saves / 32 shots)

Medicine Hat wins series 4 – 0

Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Americans vs. (8) Everett Silvertips

March 23	Tri-City Americans		7 – 2		Everett Silvertips	Toyota Center	Recap
3:11 - pp - Jesse Mychan (1) 8:50 - Malte Strömwall (1) 9:07 - Mason Wilgosh (1) 19:18 - Connor Rankin (1)		First period			Ryan Murray (1) - 10:47
8:04 - Adam Hughesman (1)		Second period			J.T. Barnett (1) - 17:53
13:23 - Malte Strömwall (2) 17:46 - Brian Williams (1)		Third period			No scoring
Ty Rimmer (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Kent Simpson (18 saves / 23 shots) Austin Lotz (17 saves / 19 shots)

March 24	Tri-City Americans		3 – 1		Everett Silvertips	Toyota Center	Recap
10:21 - pp - Patrick Holland (1) 12:50 - pp - Mason Wilgosh (2)		First period			No scoring
6:20 - pp - Adam Hughesman (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Ryan Murray (2) - 18:57
Ty Rimmer (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Kent Simpson (33 saves / 36 shots)

March 27	Everett Silvertips		0 – 4		Tri-City Americans	Comcast Arena at Everett	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Brendan Shinnimin (1) - 1:41 Brendan Shinnimin (2) - 3:21
No scoring		Third period			Adam Hughesman (3) - en - 18:14 Justin Feser (1) - 18:51
Kent Simpson (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (23 saves / 23 shots)

March 28	Everett Silvertips		3 – 4	OT	Tri-City Americans	Comcast Arena at Everett	Recap
No scoring		First period			Brendan Shinnimin (3) - 6:05
No scoring		Second period			Mason Wilgosh (3) - pp - 0:31 Mitch Topping (1) - 9:58
6:10 - pp - Ryan Harrison (1) 9:10 - sh - Ryan Murray (3) 19:19 - pp - Josh Caron (1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Zach Yuen (1) - 18:53
Kent Simpson (35 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (42 saves / 45 shots)

Tri-City wins series 4 – 0

(2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (7) Victoria Royals

March 23	Kamloops Blazers		4 – 1		Victoria Royals	Interior Savings Centre	Recap
9:29 - Dylan Willick (1)		First period			Robin Soudek (1) - pp - 11:36
4:13 - Tim Bozon (1) 17:03 - Chase Schaber (1) 17:50 - Tim Bozon (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Cole Cheveldave (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Keith Hamilton (30 saves / 34 shots)

March 24	Kamloops Blazers		7 – 4		Victoria Royals	Interior Savings Centre	Recap
19:24 - ps - Jordan DePape (1)		First period			Jamie Crooks (1) - 2:54
0:38 - Tim Bozon (3) 8:15 - pp - Brady Gaudet (1) 9:03 - Chase Schaber (2) 11:27 - Dylan Willick (2) 14:57 - Cole Ully (1)		Second period			No scoring
16:37 - pp - Jordan DePape (2)		Third period			Austin Carroll (1) - 3:07 Robin Soudek (2) - 14:15 Taylor Crunk (1) - 18:14
Cole Cheveldave (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Keith Hamilton (25 saves / 29 shots) Jared Rathjen (21 saves / 24 shots)

March 27	Victoria Royals		5 – 7		Kamloops Blazers	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
8:02 - Zane Jones (1) 15:16 - Jamie Crooks (2)		First period			No scoring
5:51 - Jamie Crooks (3) 8:26 - Jamie Crooks (4)		Second period			Dylan Willick (3) - sh - 0:54 Tim Bozon (4) - 2:55 Landon Cross (1) - pp - 4:36 Jordan DePape (3) - pp - 14:55 Matt Needham (1) - sh - 17:26 JC Lipon (1) - 18:48
1:20 - Austin Carroll (2)		Third period			Colin Smith (1) - 6:38
Jared Rathjen (16 saves / 21 shots) Keith Hamilton (10 saves / 12 shots)		Goalie stats			Cole Cheveldave (18 saves / 23 shots)

March 28	Victoria Royals		1 – 4		Kamloops Blazers	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
1:40 - Ben Walker (1)		First period			Matt Needham (2) - 12:13
No scoring		Second period			Brendan Ranford (1) - 4:27 Dylan Willick (4) - 13:07
No scoring		Third period			Dylan Willick (5) - en - 18:47
Keith Hamilton (21 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Cole Cheveldave (30 saves / 31 shots)

Kamloops wins series 4 – 0

(3) Portland Winterhawks vs. (6) Kelowna Rockets

March 23	Portland Winterhawks		6 – 3		Kelowna Rockets	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Cody Chikie (1) - pp - 17:23
7:42 - Ty Rattie (1) 11:42 - pp - Ty Rattie (2) 19:59 - Joe Morrow (1)		Second period			Zach Franko (1) - 17:08
3:43 - Oliver Gabriel (1) 10:53 - Taylor Leier (1) 17:31 - Ty Rattie (3)		Third period			Colton Sissons (1) - 8:06
Mac Carruth (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Brown (49 saves / 55 shots)

March 24	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 0		Kelowna Rockets	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:30 - pp - Troy Rutkowski (1) 18:53 - sh - Brad Ross (1)		Second period			No scoring
2:07 - pp - Ty Rattie (4) 9:46 - Tyler Wotherspoon (1)		Third period			No scoring
Mac Carruth (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Brown (35 saves / 39 shots)

March 27	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 6		Portland Winterhawks	Prospera Place	Recap
10:46 - pp - Damon Severson (1)		First period			Ty Rattie (5) - 5:56 Sven Bärtschi (1) - 13:48
6:06 - Cole Martin (1)		Second period			Ty Rattie (6) - 19:19
18:52 - Damon Severson (2)		Third period			Sven Bärtschi (2) - 3:55 Joe Morrow (2) - en - 19:30 Taylor Leier (2) - en - 19:59
Adam Brown (40 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (38 saves / 41 shots)

March 29	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 5		Portland Winterhawks	Prospera Place	Recap
17:34 - Madison Bowey (1)		First period			Ty Rattie (7) - 4:06 Ty Rattie (8) - 19:08
2:27 - pp - Brett Bulmer (1)		Second period			No scoring
7:33 - Myles Bell (1)		Third period			Ty Rattie (9) - 1:28 Taylor Leier (3) - 13:05 Ty Rattie (10) - en - 19:25
Adam Brown (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (29 saves / 32 shots)

Portland wins series 4 – 0

(4) Vancouver Giants vs. (5) Spokane Chiefs

March 23	Vancouver Giants		7 – 5		Spokane Chiefs	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
19:57 - Austin Fyten (1)		First period			No scoring
1:44 - Cain Franson (1) 3:30 - Marek Tvrdoň (1) 7:23 - pp - Jordan Martinook (1) 16:34 - Jordan Martinook (2)		Second period			Blake Gal (1) - sh - 6:42 Steven Kuhn (1) - 15:26
16:12 - Cain Franson (2) 19:58 - en - Cain Franso (3)		Third period			Jason Fram (1) - pp - 6:32 Dominik Uher (1) - sh - 7:37 Mike Aviani (1) - 18:29
Adam Morrison (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Engel (33 saves / 39 shots)

March 24	Vancouver Giants		7 – 3		Spokane Chiefs	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
8:10 - Neil Manning (1) 10:20 - Jordan Martinook (3)		First period			No scoring
9:53 - Marek Tvrdoň (2) 11:32 - pp - Brendan Gallagher (1) 16:29 - Marek Tvrdoň (3)		Second period			No scoring
8:07 - Neil Manning (2) 14:40 - Brendan Gallagher (2)		Third period			Steven Kuhn (2) - pp - 1:03 Mitch Holmberg (1) - 3:05 Mitch Holmberg (2) - 10:54
Adam Morrison (38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Engel (12 saves / 17 shots) Eric Williams (10 saves / 12 shots)

March 27	Spokane Chiefs		3 – 2		Vancouver Giants	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
3:48 - Reid Gow (1) 16:57 - Blake Gal (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Cain Franson (4) - 3:48
15:56 - Corbin Baldwin (1)		Third period			Brendan Gallagher (3) - 17:30
Eric Williams (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison (25 saves / 28 shots)

March 28	Spokane Chiefs		3 – 2	OT	Vancouver Giants	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
8:26 - Darren Kramer (1)		First period			No scoring
9:33 - Ryan Hofer (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Austin Fyten (2) - 9:21 Brendan Gallagher (4) - 19:21
6:43 - Mitch Holmberg (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Eric Williams (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison (23 saves / 26 shots)

March 30	Vancouver Giants		1 – 5		Spokane Chiefs	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Ryan Hofer (2) - 7:20
15:06 - pp - Brendan Gallagher (5)		Second period			Darren Kramer (2) - 1:09
No scoring		Third period			Mitch Holmberg (4) - 4:47 Mitch Holmberg (5) - pp - 9:17 Blake Gal (3) - 9:37
Adam Morrison (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Eric Williams (23 saves / 24 shots)

April 1	Spokane Chiefs		3 – 1		Vancouver Giants	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
15:17 - Mike Aviani (2)		First period			Cain Franson (5) - 1:40
19:57 - Corbin Baldwin (2)		Second period			No scoring
6:26 - Mitch Holmberg (6)		Third period			No scoring
Eric Williams (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Morrison (29 saves / 32 shots)

Spokane wins series 4 – 2

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (6) Brandon Wheat Kings

April 6	Edmonton Oil Kings		2 – 1		Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
9:08 - Kristiāns Pelšs (2)		First period			No scoring
3:45 - pp - Dylan Wruck (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Brodie Melnychuk (1) - 8:23
Laurent Brossoit (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Corbin Boes (45 saves / 47 shots)

April 7	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 3		Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			Michael Ferland (3) - 0:39
5:56 - Kristiāns Pelšs (3) 8:28 - Kristiāns Pelšs (4) 9:54 - Travis Ewanyk (1) 10:55 - Jordan Peddle (1)		Second period			Alessio Bertaggia 4) - 6:26 Ryan Pulock (2) - 19:59
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Corbin Boes (31 saves / 35 shots)

April 10	Brandon Wheat Kings		1 – 5		Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Place	Recap
10:48 - pp - Ryan Pulock (3)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Travis Ewanyk (2) - 5:24 Curtis Lazar (4) - 14:21
		Third period			T.J. Foster (1) - pp - 0:46 Mitchell Moroz (3) - pp - 6:10 Stephane Legault (1) - 14:53
Corbin Boes (37 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (25 saves / 26 shots)

April 11	Brandon Wheat Kings		0 – 6		Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			Henrik Samuelsson (2) - 2:50 Mark Pysyk (2) - sh - 9:00 Travis Ewanyk (3) - 11:48 Martin Gernát (1) - 14:51
No scoring		Second period			Martin Gernát (2) - 3:19
No scoring		Third period			Michael St. Croix (3) - 17:13
Corbin Boes (11 saves / 15 shots) Brandon Anderson (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (24 saves / 24 shots)

Edmonton wins series 4 – 0

(2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (4) Medicine Hat Tigers

April 6	Moose Jaw Warriors		2 – 1		Medicine Hat Tigers	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
8:11 - Joel Edmundson (2)		Second period			No scoring
11:41 - Joel Edmundson (3)		Third period			Curtis Valk (5) - pp - 19:06
Luke Siemens (16 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Bunz (41 saves / 43 shots)

April 7	Moose Jaw Warriors		6 – 1		Medicine Hat Tigers	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			Hunter Shinkaruk (2) - sh - 18:02
9:50 - Quinton Howden (4) 10:35 - Quinton Howden (5)		Second period			No scoring
0:13 - Eric Arnold (5) 5:19 - Kenton Miller (3) 14:07 - pp - Justin Kirsch (3) 17:06 - Cody Beach (4)		Third period			No scoring
Luke Siemens (14 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Bunz (34 saves / 40 shots)

April 10	Medicine Hat Tigers		2 – 4		Moose Jaw Warriors	Medicine Hat Arena	Recap
8:15 - Curtis Valk (6)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Brayden Point (4) - 1:49 Kendall McFaull (1) - 12:40
18:02 - Matt Konan (2)		Third period			Eric Arnold (6) - 10:41 James Henry (3) - 13:42
Tyler Bunz (48 saves / 52 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 11	Medicine Hat Tigers		3 – 4	OT	Moose Jaw Warriors	Medicine Hat Arena	Recap
9:09 - pp - James Bettauer (3) 16:58 - pp - Boston Leier (1) 17:43 - pp - James Bettauer (4)		First period			James Henry (4) - 1:43
No scoring		Second period			Kenton Miller (4) - pp - 3:08
No scoring		Third period			Sam Fioretti (3) - 15:51
No scoring		First overtime period			Brayden Point (5) - pp - 8:50
Tyler Bunz (43 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (28 saves / 31 shots)

Moose Jaw wins series 4 – 0

Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Americans vs. (5) Spokane Chiefs

April 6	Tri-City Americans		2 – 3	OT	Spokane Chiefs	Toyota Center	Recap
8:05 - pp - Brendan Shinnimin (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Mike Aviani (3) - 16:22
14:34 - Mason Wilgosh (4)		Third period			Darren Kramer (3) - 2:39
No scoring		First overtime period			Mitch Holmberg (7) - 14:34
Ty Rimmer (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Eric Williams (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 7	Tri-City Americans		2 – 1		Spokane Chiefs	Toyota Center	Recap
13:21 - Adam Hughesman (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
4:01 - Justin Feser (2)		Third period			Mitch Holmberg (8) - pp - 18:35
Ty Rimmer (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Eric Williams (31 saves / 33 shots)

April 11	Spokane Chiefs		1 – 2		Tri-City Americans	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Nathan MacMaster (1) - 9:20 Brendan Shinnimin (5) - 14:56
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
12:16 - Steven Kuhn (3)		Third period			No scoring
Eric Williams (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (24 saves / 25 shots)

April 13	Spokane Chiefs		3 – 2	OT	Tri-City Americans	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
3:42 - Collin Valcourt (1) 11:43 - pp - Mitch Holmberg (9)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Derek Ryckman (1) - 3:00 Adam Hughesman (5) - pp - 12:32
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
6:28 - Dominik Uher (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Eric Williams (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (34 saves / 37 shots)

April 14	Tri-City Americans		5 – 3		Spokane Chiefs	Toyota Center	Recap
13:33 - Patrick Holland (2)		First period			Steven Kuhn (4) - 4:04
7:37 - pp - Adam Hughesman (6) 11:08 - sh - Dominik Uher (3)		Second period			Reid Gow (2) - 0:41
11:53 - Mitch Topping (2) 16:44 - Justin Hamonic 19:00 - en - Connor Rankin (2)		Third period			No scoring
Ty Rimmer (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Eric Williams (28 saves / 32 shots)

April 16	Spokane Chiefs		4 – 3	OT	Tri-City Americans	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
5:35 - pp - Dominik Uher (4) 6:28 - Mitch Holmberg (10)		First period			Derek Ryckman (2) - 2:56
9:20 - pp - Steven Kuhn (5)		Second period			Justin Feser (3) - sh - 8:47 Patrick Holland (3) - 18:31
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
9:33 - Ryan Hofer (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Eric Williams (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (20 saves / 24 shots)

April 18	Tri-City Americans		3 – 2		Spokane Chiefs	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Dominik Uher (5) - pp - 18:48
5:03 - Brian Williams (2)		Second period			No scoring
14:38 - pp - Malte Strömwall (3) 15:42 - Brendan Shinnimin (6)		Third period			Mitch Holmberg (11) - 5:47
Ty Rimmer (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Eric Williams (45 saves / 48 shots)

Tri-City wins series 4 – 3

(2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (3) Portland Winterhawks

April 6	Portland Winterhawks		5 – 3		Kamloops Blazers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:24 - Matt Needham (3) 7:56 - Jordan DePape (4)
Ty Rattie (11) - 5:19		Second period			9:11 - Chase Souto (1)
Sven Bärtschi (3) - 9:02 Ty Rattie (12) - 10:09 Brad Ross (2) - pp - 14:47 Brad Ross (3) - sh - en - 19:31		Third period			No scoring
Mac Carruth (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Cole Cheveldae (41 saves / 45 shots)

April 7	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 1		Kamloops Blazers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Sven Bärtschi (4) - 19:14		Second period			No scoring
Taylor Leier (4) - 0:56 Cam Reid (1) - 1:15 Sven Bärtschi (5) - pp - 7:12		Third period			1:54 - Chase Souto (2)
Mac Carruth (39 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Cam Lanigan (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 10	Kamloops Blazers		2 – 5		Portland Winterhawks	Interior Savings Centre	Recap
Brendan Ranford (2) - 15:53		First period			3:11 - Brad Ross (4)
Colin Smith (2) - pp - 16:11		Second period			5:16 - sh - Taylor Leier (5) 5:49 - sh - Brad Ross (5) 16:59 - Brad Ross (6)
No scoring		Third period			19:23 - sh - en - Brad Ross (7)
Cam Lanigan (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (38 saves / 40 shots)

April 11	Kamloops Blazers		5 – 4		Portland Winterhawks	Interior Savings Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:19 - Ty Rattie (13) 5:21 - Derrick Pouliot (1) 8:22 - Cam Reid (2) 10:58 - Derrick Pouliot (2)
Bronson Maschmeyer (1) - pp - 15:06 Brandon Herrod (1) - 18:30		Second period			No scoring
Brendan Ranford (3) - 6:03 Dylan Willick (6) - pp - 7:37		Third period			No scoring
Cam Lanigan (27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (29 saves / 34 shots)

April 14^	Portland Winterhawks		2 – 7		Kamloops Blazers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			8:53 - Marek Hrbas (1) 16:46 - Jordan DePape (5)
Brendan Leipsic (1) - 8:42		Second period			5:30 - Ryan Hanes (1) 19:18 - pp - Brendan Ranford (4)
Marcel Noebels (1) - 11:23		Third period			6:30 - ps - Tim Bozon (5) 7:37 - Chase Souto (3) 10:51 - Jordan DePape (6)
Mac Carruth (26 saves / 32 shots) Brendan Burke (1 save / 2 shots)		Goalie stats			Cam Lanigan (34 saves / 36 shots)

April 16	Kamloops Blazers		7 – 6		Portland Winterhawks	Interior Savings Centre	Recap
Brendan Ranford (5) - 7:15 Bronson Maschmeyer (2) - 14:13		First period			6:46 - Derrick Pouliot (3) 8:06 - pp - Brad Ross (8) 17:32 - pp - Brad Ross (9)
No scoring		Second period			6:43 - Oliver Gabriel (2) 11:24 - pp - Brendan Leipsic (2)
Marek Hrbas (2) - pp - 5:55 Jordan DePape (7) - 8:49 Aspen Sterzer (1) - 9:00 Collin Smith (3) - pp - 15:21 Bronson Maschmeyer (3) - 19:39		Third period			15:47 - Cam Reid (3)
Cam Lanigan (24 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (36 saves / 43 shots)

April 18	Portland Winterhawks		2 – 0		Kamloops Blazers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Marcel Noebels (2) - 1:01		Second period			No scoring
Brendan Leipsic (3) - 9:49		Third period			No scoring
Mac Carruth (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Cam Lanigan (37 saves / 39 shots)

Portland wins series 4 – 3

^ Game 5 was played at Rose Garden.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (2) Moose Jaw Warriors

April 20	Edmonton Oil Kings		6 – 1		Moose Jaw Warriors	Rexall Place	Recap
9:15 - Klarc Wilson (1)		First period			No scoring
0:18 - Stephane Legault (2) 5:07 - Rhett Rachinski (3) 12:55 - Curtis Lazar (5) 18:22 - Tyler Maxwell (2)		Second period			Jordan Wyton (1) - 14:30
9:21 - pp - Stephane Legault (3)		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (19 saves / 24 shots) Spencer Tremblay (5 saves / 6 shots)

April 22	Edmonton Oil Kings		6 – 1		Moose Jaw Warriors	Rexall Place	Recap
13:19 - Jordan Peddle (2)		First period			No scoring
10:01 - Henrik Samuelsson (3) 14:35 - pp - Martin Gernát (3)		Second period			Kenton Miller (5) - pp - 11:37
6:54 - Curtis Lazar (6) 17:47 - en - Jordan Peddle (3) 18:40 - pp - Mitchell Moroz (4)		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (48 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats			Luke Siemens (26 saves / 31 shots)

April 24	Moose Jaw Warriors		2 – 3		Edmonton Oil Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
Brayden Point (6) - pp - 17:07		First period			T.J. Foster (2) - 8:05
No scoring		Second period			Curtis Lazar (7) - pp - 1:44
15:33 - James Henry (5)		Third period			Michael St. Croix (4) - 5:38
Luke Siemens (20 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 25	Moose Jaw Warriors		5 – 1		Edmonton Oil Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
5:59 - pp - Brayden Point (7) 14:47 - Cam Braes (2) 19:58 - Kenton Miller (6)		First period			No scoring
6:24 - Kenton Miller (7)		Second period			Tyler Maxwell (3) - 8:28
17:35 - en - James Henry (6)		Third period			No scoring
Justin Paulic (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (29 saves / 33 shots)

April 27	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 1		Moose Jaw Warriors	Rexall Place	Recap
2:46 - Michael St. Croix (5) 17:44 - pp - Martin Gernát (4)		First period			No scoring
17:05 - Curtis Lazar (8)		Second period			Sam Fioretti (4) - 7:09
9:06 - pp - Martin Gernát (5)		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (37 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Paulic (20 saves / 24 shots)

Edmonton wins series 4 – 1

Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Americans vs. (3) Portland Winterhawks

April 20	Tri-City Americans		4 – 5	OT	Portland Winterhawks	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Brendan Leipsic (4) - 19:40
6:26 - pp - Brendan Shinnimin (7) 18:37 - pp - Patrick Holland (5)		Second period			Sven Bärtschi (6) - 8:25 Cam Reid (4) - 15:48
9:07 - pp - Patrick Holland (6) 15:09 - Mitch Topping (3)		Third period			Joe Morrow (3) - pp - 10:56
No scoring		First overtime period			Marcel Noebels (3) - 7:52
Ty Rimmer (26 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (43 saves / 47 shots)

April 21	Tri-City Americans		4 – 5	OT	Portland Winterhawks	Toyota Center	Recap
4:27 - pp - Jordan Messier (1) 8:50 - Adam Hughesman (7)		First period			Ty Rattie (14) - pp - 13:39
0:46 - pp - Patrick Holland (6)		Second period			Brad Ross (10) - 13:01
4:52 - Justin Feser (4)		Third period			Joey Baker (1) - 9:55 Ty Rattie (15) - pp - 18:07
No scoring		First overtime period			Ty Rattie (16) - sh - 7:58
Ty Rimmer (43 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (34 saves / 38 shots)

April 25	Portland Winterhawks		3 – 1		Tri-City Americans	Moda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Hughesman (8) - 1:16
10:40 - Marcel Noebels (4)		Second period			No scoring
11:21 - pp - Ty Rattie (17) 19:26 - en - Brad Ross (11)		Third period			No scoring
Mac Carruth (38 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (44 saves / 46 shots)

April 26	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 1		Tri-City Americans	Moda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Hughesman (9) - pp - 17:40
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
6:42 - Cam Reid (5) 7:38 - Marcel Noebels (5) 16:57 - Sven Bärtschi (7) 17:23 - Brad Ross (12)		Third period			No scoring
Mac Carruth (39 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Rimmer (57 saves / 61 shots)

Portland wins series 4 – 0

WHL Championship

(E1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (W3) Portland Winterhawks

May 3	Edmonton Oil Kings		3 – 2		Portland Winterhawks	Rexall Place	Recap
1:25 - Rhett Rachinski (4)		First period			No scoring
4:59 - Martin Gernát (6) 14:30 - sh - Jordan Peddle (4)		Second period			Marcel Noebels (6) - 14:42 Sven Bärtschi (8) - 16:39
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (26 saves / 29 shots)

May 4	Edmonton Oil Kings		1 – 5		Portland Winterhawks	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			Brendan Leipsic (5) - 2:37
No scoring		Second period			Brendan Leipsic (6) - 9:20 Sven Bärtschi (9) - pp - 10:28 Taylor Peters (1) - 18:38
4:44 - Kristiāns Pelšs (5)		Third period			Sven Bärtschi (10) - en - 18:34
Laurent Brossoit (22 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (38 saves / 39 shots)

May 6	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 3		Edmonton Oil Kings	Moda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
4:53 - Sven Bärtschi (11) 12:06 - pp - Ty Rattie (18) 12:35 - pp - Oliver Gabriel (3)		Second period			No scoring
4:37 - Brendan Leipsic (7)		Third period			Henrik Samuelsson (4) - pp - 0:20 Martin Gernát (7) - 7:16 Keegan Lowe (3) - 10:34
Mac Carruth (34 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (29 saves / 33 shots)

May 8	Portland Winterhawks		3 – 4	OT	Edmonton Oil Kings	Moda Center	Recap
1:21 - Marcel Noebels (7)		First period			Rhett Rachinski (5) - 15:50
No scoring		Second period			Tyler Maxwell (4) - 8:17 Stephane Legault (4) - 19:04
3:49 - Sven Bärtschi (12) 9:06 - Sven Bärtschi (13)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Rhett Rachinski (6) - 9:07
Mac Carruth (38 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (39 saves / 42 shots)

May 10	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 3		Portland Winterhawks	Rexall Place	Recap
18:00 - Jordan Peddle (5)		First period			Marcel Noebels (8) - 1:45
4:44 - Griffin Reinhart (2) 7:20 - Jordan Peddle (6)		Second period			Ty Rattie (19) - pp - 5:27
19:04 - Mark Pysyk (3)		Third period			Sven Bärtschi (14) - 5:07
Laurent Brossoit (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (31 saves / 35 shots)

May 12	Portland Winterhawks		3 – 2		Edmonton Oil Kings	Moda Center	Recap
11:07 - Oliver Gabriel (4)		First period			Michael St. Croix (6) - 7:53
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
8:44 - Joe Morrow (4) 17:21 - Oliver Gabriel (5)		Third period			Stephane Legault (5) - 11:05
Mac Carruth (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Laurent Brossoit (42 saves / 45 shots)

May 13	Edmonton Oil Kings		4 – 1		Portland Winterhawks	Rexall Place	Recap
1:51 - Rhett Rachinski (7) 19:42 - Tyler Maxwell (5)		First period			No scoring
4:41 - Michael St. Croix (7) 10:16 - T.J. Foster (3)		Second period			Oliver Gabriel (6) - 11:40
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Mac Carruth (28 saves / 32 shots)

Edmonton wins series 4 – 3

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sven Baertschi	Portland Winterhawks	22	14	20	34	10
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	21	19	14	33	12
Marcel Noebels	Portland Winterhawks	22	8	15	23	6
Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans	15	7	16	23	28
Brad Ross	Portland Winterhawks	22	12	10	22	57
Adam Hughesman	Tri-City Americans	15	9	10	19	12
Curtis Lazar	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	8	11	19	4
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	7	12	19	6
Patrick Holland	Tri-City Americans	14	6	13	19	22
James Henry	Moose Jaw Warriors	14	6	12	18	16

Playoff leading goaltenders

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
Brandon Glover	Calgary Hitmen	4	224	1	2	7	1	0.941	1.87
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	1204	16	4	41	2	0.933	2.04
Eric Williams	Spokane Chiefs	12	702	7	4	26	0	0.926	2.22
Ty Rimmer	Tri-City Americans	15	951	8	7	39	1	0.919	2.46
Justin Paulic	Moose Jaw Warriors	2	117	1	1	5	0	0.906	2.57

Memorial Cup

Main article: 2012 Memorial Cup

WHL awards

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regular season champions	Edmonton Oil Kings
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Player of the Year	Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans
Bob Clarke Trophy	Top Scorer	Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans
Bill Hunter Trophy	Top Defenseman	Alex Petrovic	Red Deer Rebels
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the Year	Sam Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Del Wilson Trophy	Top Goaltender	Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers
WHL Plus-Minus Award	Top Plus-Minus Rating	Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings
Brad Hornung Trophy	Most Sportsmanlike Player	Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Scholastic Player of the Year	Reid Gow	Spokane Chiefs
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy	Scholastic team of the Year	Edmonton Oil Kings
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Coach of the Year	Jim Hiller	Tri-City Americans
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Executive of the Year	Bob Green	Edmonton Oil Kings
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Top Official	Pat Smith
St. Clair Group Trophy	Marketing/Public Relations Award	Corey Nyhagen	Moose Jaw Warriors
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Humanitarian of the Year	Taylor Vause	Swift Current Broncos
WHL Playoff MVP	WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings
Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		Player	Team
Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers	G	Nathan Lieuwen	Kootenay Ice
Alex Petrovic	Red Deer Rebels	D	Mark Pysyk	Edmonton Oil Kings
Ryan Pulock	Brandon Wheat Kings	D	Brandon Davidson	Regina Pats
Emerson Etem	Medicine Hat Tigers	F	Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings
Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings	F	Max Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Jordan Weal	Regina Pats	F	Micheal Ferland	Brandon Wheat Kings

Western Conference

First Team[5]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		Player	Team
Ty Rimmer	Tri-City Americans	G	Cole Cheveldave	Kamloops Blazers
Brenden Kichton	Spokane Chiefs	D	Ryan Murray	Everett Silvertips
Joe Morrow	Portland Winterhawks	D	Austin Madaisky	Kamloops Blazers
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	F	Sven Bartschi	Portland Winterhawks
Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans	F	Adam Hughesman	Tri-City Americans
Brendan Gallagher	Vancouver Giants	F	Patrick Holland	Tri-City Americans

See also

• List of WHL seasons
• 2011–12 OHL season
• 2011–12 QMJHL season
• 2011 in ice hockey
• 2012 in ice hockey