The 1974–75 WCHL season was the 9th season for the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 70 game season. The New Westminster Bruins won the President's 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 Swift Current Broncos relocated to Lethbridge, Alberta to become the Lethbridge Broncos.
• The WCHL season expanded to 70 games from 68.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Saskatoon Blades	70	38	22	10	86	344	244
x Lethbridge Broncos	70	28	32	10	66	302	315
x Regina Pats	70	29	36	5	63	260	288
x Brandon Wheat Kings	70	24	35	11	59	276	320
Winnipeg Clubs	70	23	35	12	58	265	366
Flin Flon Bombers	70	19	42	9	47	262	389

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Victoria Cougars	70	47	18	5	99	416	257
x Medicine Hat Tigers	70	40	22	8	88	380	291
x New Westminster Bruins	70	37	22	11	85	319	260
x Kamloops Chiefs	70	38	24	8	84	327	279
Edmonton Oil Kings	70	34	29	7	75	340	321
Calgary Centennials	70	11	51	8	30	236	399

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mel Bridgman	Victoria Cougars	66	66	91	157	175
Bryan Trottier	Lethbridge Broncos	67	46	98	144	103
Don Murdoch	Medicine Hat Tigers	70	82	59	141	83
Dave Faulkner	Regina Pats	70	56	66	122	59
Don Ashby	Calgary Centennials	70	52	68	120	71
Rich Gosselin	Flin Flon Bombers	70	47	69	116	83
Peter Morris	Victoria Cougars	70	43	72	115	173
Barry Dean	Medicine Hat Tigers	64	40	75	115	173
Danny Lucas	Victoria Cougars	70	57	56	113	74
Rick Blight	Brandon Wheat Kings	65	60	52	112	65
Greg Miazga	Victoria Cougars	70	14	28	42	117

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] League quarter-finals

• Saskatoon defeated Brandon 4 games to 1
• Regina defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 2
• New Westminster defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1
• Victoria defeated Kamloops 4 games to 2

[edit] League semi-finals

• Saskatoon defeated Regina 4 games to 1
• New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 2

[edit] WHL Championship

• New Westminster defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 3

[edit] All-Star game

On January 15, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–1 at Victoria, British Columbia with a crowd of 3,452.

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player: Bryan Trottier, Lethbridge Broncos

Top Scorer: Mel Bridgman, Victoria Cougars

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Danny Arndt, Saskatoon Blades

Top Defenseman: Rick Lapointe, Victoria Cougars

Rookie of the Year: Don Murdoch, Medicine Hat Tigers

Top Goaltender: Bill Oleschuk, Saskatoon Blades

Coach of the Year: Pat Ginnell, Victoria Cougars

Regular season champions: Victoria Cougars

[edit] See also

• 1975 Memorial Cup
• 1975 NHL Entry Draft
• 1974 in sports
• 1975 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1973–74 WCHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1975–76 WCHL season