The 2010–11 WHL season was the 45th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 24, 2010, and ended on March 20, 2011. The 2010 Subway Super Series, featuring Team WHL versus Team Russia, took place mid-season from November 17 to 18, 2010. The Saskatoon Blades won their fourth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record. The playoffs began on March 25, 2011, and concluded on May 13. The Kootenay Ice won the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the third time, defeating the Portland Winterhawks in the championship series. This earned Kootenay a berth in the 2011 Memorial Cup tournament.
On January 15, 2011, the Spokane Chiefs hosted the Kootenay Ice in the WHL's first ever outdoor game, played at Avista Stadium. On February 21, the defending champion Calgary Hitmen hosted the Regina Pats at McMahon Stadium for a second outdoor game, this one in conjunction with the National Hockey League's 2011 Heritage Classic.
The 2010–11 season was the first to be featured in an EA Sports NHL video game, with all teams and rosters appearing in NHL 11.
Regular season Standings
Conference standings
Division standings
Statistical leaders
Scoring leaders Players are listed by points, then goals.2010–11 WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders . Retrieved on December 29, 2010.
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts. PIM Medicine Hat Tigers 69 46 70 116 36 Spokane Chiefs 71 53 62 115 48 Brandon Wheat Kings 71 37 69 106 28 Red Deer Rebels 69 31 75 106 51 Regina Pats 72 43 53 96 70 Tri-City Americans 60 34 62 96 84 Portland Winterhawks 63 40 52 92 64 Vancouver Giants 66 44 47 91 108 Brandon Wheat Kings 70 35 56 91 58 Saskatoon Blades 63 36 52 88 52
Leading goaltenders These are goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 900 minutes.2010–11 WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders . Retrieved on December 29, 2010.
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage
Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL SO GAA Sv% Red Deer Rebels 62 3685 45 12 3 2 13 1.86 .933 Spokane Chiefs 32 1484 13 8 2 1 4 2.30 .909 Medicine Hat Tigers 56 3350 35 13 4 4 3 2.47 .919 Spokane Chiefs 50 2808 35 9 2 1 4 2.52 .904 Kelowna Rockets 60 3428 36 22 0 1 3 2.59 .916
Players
2010 NHL entry draft In total, 40 WHL players were selected at the 2010 NHL entry draft. 1st Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 4 Ryan Johansen Portland Winterhawks Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Nino Niederreiter Portland Winterhawks New York Islanders 6 Brett Connolly Prince George Cougars Tampa Bay Lightning 10 Dylan McIlrath Moose Jaw Warriors New York Rangers 23 Mark Pysyk Edmonton Oil Kings Buffalo Sabres 25 Quinton Howden Moose Jaw Warriors Florida Panthers 29 Emerson Etem Medicine Hat Tigers Anaheim Ducks
2nd Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 39 Brett Bulmer Kelowna Rockets Minnesota Wild 43 Bradley Ross Portland Winterhawks Toronto Maple Leafs 48 Curtis Hamilton Saskatoon Blades Edmonton Oilers 49 Calvin Pickard Seattle Thunderbirds Colorado Avalanche 58 Kent Simpson Everett Silvertips Chicago Blackhawks
3rd Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 64 Maxwell Reinhart Kootenay Ice Calgary Flames 66 Radko Gudas Everett Silvertips Tampa Bay Lightning 70 Jordan Weal Regina Pats Los Angeles Kings 73 Joey Leach Kootenay Ice Calgary Flames 75 Kevin Sundher Chilliwack Bruins Buffalo Sabres 78 Taylor Aronson Portland Winterhawks Nashville Predators 83 Matt MacKenzie Calgary Hitmen Buffalo Sabres
4th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 97 Craig Cunningham Vancouver Giants Boston Bruins 109 Alex Theriau Everett Silvertips Dallas Stars 5th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 121 Tyler Bunz Medicine Hat Tigers Edmonton Oilers 124 Austin Madaisky Kamloops Blazers Columbus Blue Jackets 133 Mike Ferland Brandon Wheat Kings Calgary Flames 134 Cody Beach Calgary Hitmen St. Louis Blues 137 Troy Rutkowski Portland Winterhawks Colorado Avalanche 139 Luke Walker Portland Winterhawks Colorado Avalanche 147 Brendan Gallagher Vancouver Giants Montreal Canadiens 6th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 155 Kendall McFaull Moose Jaw Warriors Atlanta Thrashers 162 Brandon Davidson Regina Pats Edmonton Oilers 166 Drew Czerwonka Kootenay Ice Edmonton Oilers 167 Tyler Stahl Chilliwack Bruins Carolina Hurricanes 178 Mark Stone Brandon Wheat Kings Ottawa Senators 7th Round # Nat. Player WHL team NHL team 182 Josh Nicholls Saskatoon Blades Toronto Maple Leafs 186 Teigan Zahn Saskatoon Blades Tampa Bay Lightning 189 Dylan McKinlay Chilliwack Bruins Minnesota Wild 190 Randy McNaught Saskatoon Blades New York Rangers 191 Macmillan Carruth Portland Winterhawks Chicago Blackhawks 193 Patrick Holland Tri-City Americans Calgary Flames 208 Riley Boychuk Portland Winterhawks Buffalo Sabres 209 Brendan Ranford Kamloops Blazers Philadelphia Flyers
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