The 1990–91 WHL season was the 25th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL), featuring fourteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Kamloops Blazers won their second consecutive Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for posting the league's best regular season record. In the playoffs, the Spokane Chiefs defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes to win the club's first President's Cup title, before going on to win the 1991 Memorial Cup tournament, becoming the second American club to win the championship.
Regular season
Final standings
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Ray Whitney Spokane Chiefs 72 67 118 185 36 Brian Sakic Tri-City Americans 69 40 122 162 19 Cal McGowan Kamloops Blazers 71 58 81 139 147 Pat Falloon Spokane Chiefs 61 64 74 138 154 Jason Ruff Lethbridge Hurricanes 66 61 75 136 154 Jason Miller Medicine Hat Tigers 66 60 76 136 31 Brad Rubachuk Lethbridge Hurricanes 70 64 68 132 237 Kyle Reeves Tri-City Americans 63 89 40 129 146 Jeff Nelson Prince Albert Raiders 72 46 74 120 58 Kimbi Daniels Swift Current Broncos 69 54 64 118 68
1991 WHL Playoffs
All-Star game
On February 5, the East Division defeated the West Division 8–2 at Calgary, Alberta before a crowd of 7,473.
WHL awards Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Ray Whitney, Spokane ChiefsScholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Scott Niedermayer, Kamloops BlazersTop Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Ray Whitney, Spokane ChiefsMost Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Pat Falloon, Spokane ChiefsTop Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Darryl Sydor, Kamloops BlazersRookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Donevan Hextall, Prince Albert RaidersTop Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Jamie McLennan, Lethbridge HurricanesCoach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Tom Renney, Kamloops BlazersExecutive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Bob Brown, Kamloops BlazersRegular season champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Kamloops BlazersMarketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Bill Lee, Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL Plus-Minus Award: Frank Evans, Spokane Chiefs
All-Star teams East Division First Team Second Team Goal Jamie McLennan Lethbridge Hurricanes Chris Osgood Medicine Hat TigersDefense Troy Neumeier Prince Albert Raiders Brent Thompson Medicine Hat Tigers Jamie Heward Regina Pats Darcy Werenka Lethbridge Hurricanes Center Mike Sillinger Regina Pats Jeff Nelson Prince Albert Raiders Left Wing Jason Ruff Lethbridge Hurricanes Jason Miller Medicine Hat Tigers Right Wing Brian Pellerin Prince Albert Raiders Kevin St. Jacques Lethbridge HurricanesWest Division First Team Second Team Goal Corey Hirsch Kamloops Blazers Scott Bailey Spokane ChiefsDefense Darryl Sydor Kamloops Blazers Vince Boe Seattle Thunderbirds Scott Niedermayer Kamloops Blazers Jon Klemm Spokane ChiefsCenter Cal McGowan (tied) Kamloops Blazers Douglas Barrault Seattle Thunderbirds Ray Whitney (tied) Spokane Chiefs - - Left Wing Brian Sakic Tri-City Americans Murray Duval Kamloops Blazers Right Wing Pat Falloon Spokane Chiefs Kyle Reeves Tri-City Americans
See also 1990–91 OHL season 1990–91 QMJHL season 1991 NHL entry draft 1990 in sports 1991 in sports
References 2005–06 WHL Guide