1985–86 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.

League notes

*The Kelowna Wings relocated to Spokane, Washington to become the Spokane Chiefs.
*The Seattle Breakers became the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Regular season

Final standings

WHL Playoffs

First Round

The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:
*Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
*Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
*Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
*Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
*Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
*Regina (1–9) eliminated

Division Semi-finals

*Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
*Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0

*Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
*Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

Division Finals

*Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
*Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

WHL Championship

*Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

All-Star Game

On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West all-stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon before a crowd of 3,106

On January 21, the East all-stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

WHL awards

*Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.

ee also

*1986 Memorial Cup
*1986 NHL Entry Draft
*1985 in sports
*1986 in sports

References

* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]
* 2005–06 WHL Guide


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