The 1981–82 WHL season was the 16th season for the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The Portland Winter Hawks 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 First round 3.2 Division semi-finals 3.3 Division finals 3.4 WHL Championship 4 All-Star game 5 WHL awards 6 See also 7 References

[edit] League notes

• The New Westminster Bruins relocated to Kamloops, British Columbia to become the Kamloops Junior Oilers.
• The Spokane Flyers ceased operations on December 2, 1981 after playing only 26 games.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	50	22	0	100	421	280
x Regina Pats	72	48	24	0	96	465	368
x Saskatoon Blades	72	44	26	2	90	450	343
x Calgary Wranglers	72	41	29	2	84	334	266
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	34	38	0	68	372	413
x Billings Bighorns	72	27	44	1	55	369	432
Medicine Hat Tigers	72	25	46	1	51	308	446
Winnipeg Warriors	72	23	48	1	47	285	388

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	46	24	2	94	380	323
x Victoria Cougars	72	43	28	1	87	398	314
x Seattle Breakers	72	36	34	3	74	339	310
x Kamloops Junior Oilers	72	18	53	1	37	320	464
Spokane Flyers1	26	3	22	1	7	102	196

¹Folded mid-season

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jock Callander	Regina Pats	71	79	111	190	59
Dave Michayluk	Regina Pats	72	62	111	173	128
Bruce Eakin	Saskatoon Blades	66	42	125	167	120
Jim McGeough	Billings Bighorns	71	93	66	159	142
Ken Yaremchuk	Portland Winter Hawks	72	58	99	157	181
Marc Habscheid	Saskatoon Blades	55	64	87	151	74
Dale Derkatch	Regina Pats	71	62	80	142	92
Kelly Glowa	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	59	78	137	87
Brian Shaw	Portland Winter Hawks	69	56	76	132	193
Wally Schreiber	Regina Pats	68	56	68	124	68

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] First round

• Lethbrdige defeated Billings 4 games to 1
• Regina defeated Brandon 4 games to 0
• Calgary defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 1

[edit] Division semi-finals

• Lethbridge earned a bye
• Regina defeated Calgary 3 games to 1

• Portland defeated Kamloops 4 games to 0
• Seattle defeated Victoria 4 games to 0

[edit] Division finals

• Regina defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 3
• Portland defeated Seattle 4 games to 2

[edit] WHL Championship

• Portland defeated Regina 4 games to 1

[edit] All-Star game

On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–2 at Winnipeg, Manitoba with a crowd of 3,500.

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player: Mike Vernon, Calgary Wranglers

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Jock Callander, Regina Pats

Most Sportsmanlike Player: Mike Moller, Lethbridge Broncos

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Gary Nylund, Portland Winter Hawks

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Dale Derkatch, Regina Pats

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Mike Vernon, Calgary Wranglers

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Jack Sangster, Seattle Breakers

Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Lethbridge Broncos

[edit] See also

• 1982 Memorial Cup
• 1982 NHL Entry Draft
• 1981 in sports
• 1982 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1980–81 WHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1982–83 WHL season