1991–92 WHL season

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1991–92 WHL season
League Western Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Teams15
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Kamloops Blazers (5)
Season MVP Steve Konowalchuk (Portland Winter Hawks)
Top scorer Kevin St. Jacques (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Jarrett Deuling (Blazers)
Finals champions Kamloops Blazers (4)
  Runners-up Saskatoon Blades
WHL seasons
←  1990–91
1992–93  →
1991–92 CHL season
League Canadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Teams43
OHL
QMJHL
WHL
Memorial Cup
Finals champions Kamloops Blazers (WHL) (1st title)
  Runners-up Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

The 1991–92 WHL season was the 26th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured fifteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Kamloops Blazers won their fifth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as regular season champions, and followed this up in the playoffs by defeating the Saskatoon Blades in the championship series to claim their fourth President's Cup title. With the win, the Blazers advanced to the 1992 Memorial Cup tournament, where they won the franchise's first Memorial Cup championship.

Contents

The season saw the Tacoma Rockets join the league as its fifteenth franchise, and its fifth based in the United States.

Team changes

Regular season

Final standings

East DivisionGPWLTPtsGFGA
x Prince Albert Raiders 7250202102356261
x Medicine Hat Tigers 724824096336264
x Saskatoon Blades 723829581315260
x Lethbridge Hurricanes 723931280350284
x Swift Current Broncos 723533474296313
x Moose Jaw Warriors 723336369279316
Regina Pats 723136567300298
Brandon Wheat Kings 721155628246356
West DivisionGPWLTPtsGFGA
x Kamloops Blazers 7251174106351226
x Spokane Chiefs 723729680267270
x Tri-City Americans 723535272363376
x Seattle Thunderbirds 723334571292285
x Portland Winter Hawks 723137466314342
x Tacoma Rockets 722443553273346
Victoria Cougars 721552535231372

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Kevin St. Jacques Lethbridge Hurricanes 716575140119
Terry Degner Tri-City Americans 72588113963
Brian Sakic Tri-City Americans 72458312835
Kevin Riehl Medicine Hat Tigers 69655011587
Chris Schmidt Moose Jaw Warriors 72605411416
Jeff Nelson Prince Albert Raiders 64486511364
Zac Boyer Kamloops Blazers 70406910970
Steve Konowalchuk Portland Winter Hawks 64515310495
Andy Schneider Swift Current Broncos 634460104100
Donevan Hextall Prince Albert Raiders 71337110495

Players

Trades

1992 WHL Playoffs

First round Division Semi-Finals Division Finals WHL Championship
            
E1 Prince Albert 4
E6 Moose Jaw 0
E1 Prince Albertbye
 
E1 Prince Albert 2
E3 Saskatoon4
E2 Medicine Hat 0
E5 Swift Current 4
E3 Saskatoon3
E5 Swift Current 1
E3 Saskatoon 4
E4 Lethbridge 1
E3 Saskatoon 3
W1 Kamloops4
W1 Kamloops 4
W6 Tacoma 0
W1 Kamloopsbye
 
W1 Kamloops4
W2 Seattle 2
W2 Spokane 4
W5 Portland 2
W2 Spokane 1
W4 Seattle3
W3 Tri-City 1
W4 Seattle 4

All-Star game

On February 5, the WHL All-Stars defeated a combined QMJHL/OHL All-Star team 5–4 in double overtime at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 4,519.

WHL awards

Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Steve Konowalchuk, Portland Winter Hawks
Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Ashley Buckberger, Swift Current Broncos
Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Kevin St. Jacques, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Steve Junker, Spokane Chiefs
Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Richard Matvichuk, Saskatoon Blades
Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Ashley Buckberger, Swift Current Broncos
Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Corey Hirsch, Kamloops Blazers
Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Bryan Maxwell, Spokane Chiefs
Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Daryl Lubiniecki, Saskatoon Blades
Regular season champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Kamloops Blazers
Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Mark Dennis, Tacoma Rockets
WHL Plus-Minus Award: Dean McAmmond, Prince Albert Raiders
WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Jarrett Deuling, Kamloops Blazers

All-Star teams

East Division
First TeamSecond Team
Goal Trevor Robins Saskatoon Blades Sonny Mignacca Medicine Hat Tigers
Defense Richard Matvichuk Saskatoon Blades Mike Rathje Medicine Hat Tigers
David Cooper Medicine Hat Tigers Brent Bilodeau Swift Current Broncos
Center Kevin St. Jacques Lethbridge Hurricanes Jeff Nelson Prince Albert Raiders
Left Wing Brad Zavisha Lethbridge Hurricanes Donevan Hextall Prince Albert Raiders
Right Wing Chris Schmidt Moose Jaw Warriors Frank Kovacs Regina Pats
West Division
First TeamSecond Team
Goal Corey Hirsch Kamloops Blazers Scott Bailey Spokane Chiefs
Defense Darryl Sydor Kamloops Blazers Frank Evans Spokane Chiefs
Scott Niedermayer Kamloops Blazers Todd Klassen Tri-City Americans
Center Steve Konowalchuk Portland Winter Hawks Terry Degner Tri-City Americans
Left Wing Vladimir Vujtek Tri-City Americans Bill Lindsay Tri-City Americans
Right Wing Turner Stevenson Seattle Thunderbirds Mike Kennedy Seattle Thunderbirds

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kent pro wins Oregon Open". Kitsap Sun. June 27, 1991. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2009.

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