The 1973–74 WCHL season was the 8th season for the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 68 game season. The Regina Pats won the President's Cup before going on to win the Memorial Cup.

Contents 1 League notes 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Scoring leaders 3 WHL Playoffs 3.1 League quarter-finals 3.2 League semi-finals 3.3 WHL Championship 4 All-Star game 5 WHL awards 6 See also 7 References

[edit] League notes

• The Vancouver Nats relocated to Kamloops, British Columbia to become the Kamloops Chiefs
• The Winnipeg Jets became the Winnipeg Clubs.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Regina Pats	68	43	14	11	97	377	225
x Flin Flon Bombers	68	34	21	13	81	322	259
x Swift Current Broncos	68	35	24	9	79	240	306
x Saskatoon Blades	68	30	29	9	69	283	272
Brandon Wheat Kings	68	27	37	4	58	305	348
Winnipeg Clubs	68	23	38	7	53	258	338

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Calgary Centennials	68	41	18	9	91	328	236
x New Westminster Bruins	68	36	21	11	83	284	250
x Medicine Hat Tigers	68	29	31	8	66	305	314
x Edmonton Oil Kings	68	25	36	7	57	252	301
Victoria Cougars	68	22	40	6	50	259	336
Kamloops Chiefs	68	13	49	6	32	248	376

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ron Chipperfield	Brandon Wheat Kings	66	90	72	162	82
Dennis Sobchuk	Regina Pats	66	68	78	146	78
Mike Rogers	Calgary Centennials	66	67	73	140	32
Al Hiller	Flin Flon Bombers	68	30	108	138	33
Terry Ruskowski	Swift Current Broncos	68	40	93	133	243
Rick Blight	Brandon Wheat Kings	67	49	81	130	122
Danny Gare	Calgary Centennials	65	68	59	127	238
Jerry Holland	Calgary Centennials	67	55	65	120	54
Ed Johnstone	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	64	54	118	164
Clark Gillies	Regina Pats	65	46	66	112	179

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] League quarter-finals

• Swift Current defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 3
• Regina defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 2
• New Westminster defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 2
• Calgary defeated Edmonton 4 games to 1

[edit] League semi-finals

• Regina defeated Swift Current 4 games to 2
• Calgary defeated New Westminster 4 games to 1

[edit] WHL Championship

• Regina defeated Calgary 4 games to 0

[edit] All-Star game

On January 29, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 6–5 at Edmonton, Alberta with a crowd of 2,471.

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings

Top Scorer: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Mike Rogers, Calgary Centennials

Top Defenseman: Pat Price, Saskatoon Blades

Rookie of the Year: Cam Connor, Flin Flon Bombers

Top Goaltender: Garth Malarchuk, Calgary Centennials

Coach of the Year: Stan Dunn, Swift Current Broncos

Regular season champions: Regina Pats

[edit] See also

• 1974 Memorial Cup
• 1974 NHL Entry Draft
• 1973 in sports
• 1974 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1972–73 WCHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1974–75 WCHL season