2018–19 WHL season

2018–19 CHL seasons
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2018 – March 2019; QMJHL; September 2018 – March 2019; WHL; September 2018 – March 2019
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	TVA Sports; Rogers Sportsnet; Rogers TV; Shaw TV

2018–19 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 21, 2018 – March 17, 2019; Playoffs; March 22, 2019 –
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Rogers Sportsnet; This 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	GF	GA	Pts
1	Prince Albert Raiders	9	8	1	0	41	17	16
2	Saskatoon Blades	9	7	2	0	33	20	14
3	Brandon Wheat Kings	6	5	0	1	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	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vancouver Giants	8	7	1	0	27	14	14
2	Victoria Royals	6	6	0	0	22	11	12
3	Kamloops Blazers	8	2	5	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	SO	GAA	Sv%
Trent Miner	Vancouver Giants	2	120	2	0	1	1.00	.964
Brodan Salmond	Moose Jaw Warriors	2	120	2	0	0	1.50	.944
David Tendeck	Vancouver Giants	5	303	4	1	1	1.59	.940
Ian Scott	Prince Albert Raiders	8	479	7	1	1	1.63	.941
Dustin Wolf	Everett Silvertips	6	358	3	3	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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "2018–2019 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved September 24, 2017.
↑ WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on 2018-10-9.

External links

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[standings-conf-western-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.