The 1970–71 WCHL season was the 5th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Ten teams completed a 66 game season, with the Edmonton Oil Kings winning the President's Cup.

Contents 1 League notes 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Scoring leaders 3 WCHL Playoffs 3.1 Quarterfinals 3.2 Semifinals 3.3 Finals 4 All-Star Game 5 Awards 6 See also 7 References

[edit] League notes

• The Regina Pats returned to the WCHL, and joined the East division.
• The Medicine Hat Tigers joined the league and played in the West division.
• The regular season was expanded to 66 games from 60.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Estevan Bruins	66	41	20	5	87	283	201
x Flin Flon Bombers	66	41	23	2	84	306	224
x Winnipeg Jets	66	31	32	3	65	278	269
x Regina Pats	66	28	36	2	58	202	246
Brandon Wheat Kings	66	20	46	0	40	247	387

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Edmonton Oil Kings	66	45	20	1	91	346	258
x Calgary Centennials	66	37	22	7	81	244	175
x Saskatoon Blades	66	29	36	1	59	295	299
x Swift Current Broncos	66	24	40	2	50	229	290
Medicine Hat Tigers	66	22	43	1	45	271	352

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Chuck Arnason	Flin Flon Bombers	66	79	84	163	152
Orest Kindrachuk	Saskatoon Blades	61	49	100	149	103
Lorne Henning	Estevan Bruins	66	64	66	130	41
Laurie Yaworski	Saskatoon Blades	57	73	54	127	104
Wayne Chernecki	Winnipeg Jets	65	50	73	123	56
Dan Spring	Edmonton Oil Kings	65	43	79	122	44
Don Kozak	Edmonton Oil Kings	66	60	61	121	122
Stan Weir	Medicine Hat Tigers	66	52	59	111	88
Gene Carr	Flin Flon Bombers	62	36	68	104	105
Brian Carlin	Medicine Hat Tigers	65	44	56	100	46

[edit] WCHL Playoffs

[edit] Quarterfinals

• Winnipeg defeated Estevan 4 games to 2 with 1 tie
• Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 1 with 1 tie
• Edmonton defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 1
• Calgary defeated Swift Current 3 games to 0 with 2 ties

[edit] Semifinals

• Flin Flon defeated Winnipeg 5 games to 2
• Edmonton defeated Calgary 4 games to 1

[edit] Finals

• Edmonton defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 1 with 1 tie

[edit] All-Star Game

The 1970–71 WCHL All-Star Game was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the WCHL All-stars defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4–3 before a crowd of 3,543.

[edit] Awards

Most Valuable Player: Ed Dyck, Calgary Centennials

Top Scorer: Chuck Arnason, Flin Flon Bombers

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Lorne Henning, Estevan Bruins

Defenseman of the Year: Ron Jones, Edmonton Oil Kings

Rookie of the Year: Stan Weir, Medicine Hat Tigers

Goaltender of the Year: Ed Dyck, Calgary Centennials

Coach of the Year: Pat Ginnell, Flin Flon Bombers

Regular Season Champions: Edmonton Oil Kings

[edit] See also

• 1970 in sports
• 1971 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1969–70 WCHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1971–72 WCHL season