The 1972–73 WCHL season was the 7th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 68 game season, with the Medicine Hat Tigers winning the President's Cup.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 WCHL Playoffs 2.1 Quarterfinals 2.2 Semifinals 2.3 Finals 3 All-Star game 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Saskatoon Blades	68	46	11	11	103	323	184
x Flin Flon Bombers	68	39	19	10	88	334	228
x Regina Pats	68	30	28	10	70	294	270
x Brandon Wheat Kings	68	29	30	9	67	307	304
Swift Current Broncos	68	27	35	6	60	300	359
Winnipeg Jets	68	16	42	10	42	288	372

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Edmonton Oil Kings	68	40	20	8	88	311	240
x Medicine Hat Tigers	68	39	20	9	87	348	254
x Calgary Centennials	68	35	22	11	81	302	224
x New Westminster Bruins	68	31	22	15	77	283	264
Victoria Cougars	68	13	51	4	30	231	390
Vancouver Nats	68	10	55	3	23	198	428

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	Medicine Hat Tigers	67	58	96	154	104
Dennis Sobchuk	Regina Pats	66	67	80	147	128
Lanny McDonald	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	62	77	139	84
Darcy Rota	Edmonton Oil Kings	68	73	56	129	104
Blaine Stoughton	Flin Flon Bombers	68	58	60	118	86
Wayne Blanchin	Flin Flon Bombers	68	60	54	114	90
Ron Chipperfield	Brandon Wheat Kings	59	72	41	113	63
Vick Mercredi	New Westminster Bruins	67	52	61	113	63
Mike Rogers	Calgary Centennials	67	54	58	112	44
Boyd Anderson	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	48	64	112	52

[edit] WCHL Playoffs

[edit] Quarterfinals

• Saskatoon defeated Brandon 4 games to 2
• Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 0
• Edmonton defeated New Westminster 4 games to 1
• Medicine Hat defeated Calgary 4 games to 2

[edit] Semifinals

• Saskatoon defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 1
• Medicine Hat defeated Edmonton 4 games to 2

[edit] Finals

• Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0 with 2 ties

[edit] All-Star game

The 1972–73 WCHL All-Star Game was held in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with the West Division All-Stars defeating the East Division All-Stars 6–1 before a crowd of 5,336.

[edit] Awards

Most Valuable Player: Dennis Sobchuk, Regina Pats

Top Scorer: Tom Lysiak, Medicine Hat Tigers

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings

Defenseman of the Year: George Pesut, Saskatoon Blades

Rookie of the Year: Rick Blight, Brandon Wheat Kings

Goaltender of the Year: Ed Humphreys, Saskatoon Blades

Coach of the Year: Pat Ginnell, Flin Flon Bombers

Regular Season Champions: Saskatoon Blades

[edit] See also

• 1972 in sports
• 1973 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1971–72 WCHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1973–74 WCHL season