The 2016–17 WHL season was the 51st season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 23, 2016, and ended on March 19, 2017. The Regina Pats won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record for the first time since the 1973-74 season. The playoffs began on March 24, 2017, and ended on May 14, 2017. The Seattle Thunderbirds won their first Ed Chynoweth Cup, defeating Regina in the final, and earned a berth in the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario from May 19–28, 2017.
Standings
Updated to game(s) played on March 19, 2017. Source: Western Hockey League
Statistical leaders
Scoring leaders
Players are listed by points, then goals.
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Regina Pats 66 50 81 131 40 Regina Pats 66 43 87 130 61 Lethbridge Hurricanes 69 51 58 109 53 Medicine Hat Tigers 68 27 76 103 75 Moose Jaw Warriors 71 50 51 101 27 Spokane Chiefs 65 42 57 99 46 Portland Winterhawks 69 32 62 94 36 Medicine Hat Tigers 71 27 67 94 57 Swift Current Broncos 72 51 39 90 22 Victoria Royals 70 50 40 90 50
Leading goaltenders These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1800 minutes.WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.
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% Everett Silvertips 54 3078 32 11 6 2 9 1.99 .927 Kamloops Blazers 45 2577 26 14 2 2 5 2.44 .927 Prince George Cougars 53 3092 31 16 2 3 1 2.48 .916 Regina Pats 50 2885 33 8 5 1 5 2.64 .911 Seattle Thunderbirds 58 3274 36 18 2 1 1 2.75 .902
2017 WHL playoffs
Conference Quarter-finals
Eastern Conference
(E1) Regina Pats vs. (W2) Calgary Hitmen
(E2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos
(C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (W1) Brandon Wheat Kings
* Note: Games 3 and 4 were played at Credit Union Place in Dauphin due to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair taking place at the Keystone Centre from March 27 to April 1.
(C2) Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. (C3) Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference
(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (W2) Victoria Royals
(U2) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (U3) Tri-City Americans
(B1) Prince George Cougars vs. (W1) Portland Winterhawks
(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B3) Kamloops Blazers
Conference Semi-finals
Eastern Conference
(E1) Regina Pats vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos
(C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (C2) Lethbridge Hurricanes
Western Conference
(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (U2) Seattle Thunderbirds
(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W1) Portland Winterhawks
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
(E1) Regina Pats vs. (C2) Lethbridge Hurricanes
Western Conference
(U2) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (B2) Kelowna Rockets
WHL Championship
(E1) Regina Pats vs. (U2) Seattle Thunderbirds
Playoff scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIMKeegan Kolesar Seattle Thunderbirds 1912193137Sam Steel Regina Pats 231119308Reid Gardiner Kelowna Rockets 171513286Ethan Bear Seattle Thunderbirds 176202612Dawson Leedahl Regina Pats 2312132534Mathew Barzal Seattle Thunderbirds 167182516Giorgio Estephan Lethbridge Hurricanes 181113248Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes 2011132414Connor Hobbs Regina Pats 236182422Egor Babenko Lethbridge Hurricanes 2010132314
Playoff leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA Griffen Outhouse Victoria Royals 6 458 2 4 16 0 .923 2.10 Connor Ingram Kamloops Blazers 6 357 2 4 13 0 .946 2.18 Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 10 691 4 6 28 1 .908 2.43 Zach Sawchenko Moose Jaw Warriors 7 414 3 4 17 0 .923 2.46 Jordan Papirny Swift Current Broncos 14 896 7 7 37 1 .935 2.48
WHL awards Ed Chynoweth Cup WHL Champions Seattle Thunderbirds Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Regular season champions Regina Pats Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Player of the Year Sam Steel Regina Pats Bob Clarke Trophy Top Scorer Sam Steel Regina Pats Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Top Defenceman Ethan Bear Seattle Thunderbirds Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year Aleksi Heponiemi Swift Current Broncos Del Wilson Trophy Top Goaltender Carter Hart Everett Silvertips WHL Plus-Minus Award Top Plus-Minus Rating Sergey Zborovskiy Regina Pats Brad Hornung Trophy Most Sportsmanlike Player Tyler Steenbergen Swift Current Broncos Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy Scholastic Player of the Year Brian King Everett Silvertips Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy Scholastic team of the Year Victoria Royals Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Coach of the Year John Paddock Regina Pats Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Executive of the Year John Paddock Regina Pats Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy Top Official Brett Iverson St. Clair Group Trophy Marketing/Public Relations Award Regina Pats Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the Year Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL Playoff MVP WHL Finals Most Valuable Player Mathew Barzal Seattle Thunderbirds Professional Hockey AchievementAcademic Recipient Alumni Achievement Awards Mark Reechi, and Kelvin Main
All-Star teams
Eastern Conference First Team Pos. Second Team Player Team Player Team Zach Sawchenko Moose Jaw Warriors G Logan Flodell Saskatoon Blades Connor Hobbs Regina Pats D Sergey Zborovskiy Regina Pats Kale Clague Brandon Wheat Kings D Jake Bean Calgary Hitmen Sam Steel* Regina Pats F Tyler Steenbergen Swift Current Broncos Adam Brooks Regina Pats F Jayden Halbgewachs Moose Jaw Warriors Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes F Chad Butcher Medicine Hat Tigers * - unanimous selection
Western Conference First Team Pos. Second Team Player Team Player Team Carter Hart Everett Silvertips G Connor Ingram Kamloops Blazers Ethan Bear* Seattle Thunderbirds D Parker Wotherspoon Tri-City Americans Noah Juulsen Everett Silvertips D Juuso Valimaki Tri-City Americans Mathew Barzal Seattle Thunderbirds F Kailer Yamamoto Spokane Chiefs Cody Glass Portland Winterhawks F Morgan Geekie Tri-City Americans Matthew Phillips Victoria Royals F Kole Lind Kelowna Rockets * - unanimous selection
See also List of WHL seasons 2016–17 OHL season 2016–17 QMJHL season 2016 in ice hockey 2017 in ice hockey
References
External links Official website of the Western Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Hockey League Official website of the MasterCard Memorial Cup Official website of the Subway Super Series