• Trophy "1975 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1976 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1977 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1978 WHA Playoffs Summary". "1979 WHA Playoffs Summary"....
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  • Trophy – Coach of the year WHA Playoff MVP – Most valuable player in the playoffs Three Canadian teams completed all seven WHA seasons based in the same...
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  • the first former WHA team to win the Stanley Cup. After the series, Mark Messier was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. The following season...
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  • The 1972–73 WHA season was the first season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Twelve teams played 78 games each. The league was officially incorporated...
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  • the playoffs. Oilers Nordiques Toros Blazers Jets Cougars Crusaders Racers Whalers Aeros Stags Blades Fighting Saints Roadrunners Mariners The WHA expanded...
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    1978 WHA semifinals. This was Hartford's lone playoff series victory in their NHL history prior to moving to Carolina. This was the 21st playoff matchup...
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  • The 1976–77 WHA season was the fifth season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Prior to the season, the Toronto Toros moved to Birmingham, Alabama...
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  • Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players WHA Hall of Fame WHA Playoff MVP WHA Amateur Draft WHA General Player Draft WHA Playoff MVP WHA Amateur Draft List of WHA head coaches...
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    New York Islanders Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff assists: 2,297 Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff points: 3,369 Source: Big Mouth...
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    Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
    (1974) WHA First All-Star Team (1976 and 1978) Playoff MVP (WHA) (1976) WHA Second All-Star Team (1977) Avco Cup (WHA Championship) (1976 and 1978) WHA all-time...
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  • The 1975–76 WHA season was the fourth season of the World Hockey Association. After the Baltimore Blades and Chicago Cougars folded, the league stayed...
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  • Association/Avco Trophy playoffs. Per the conditions of the NHL–WHA merger, the NHL does not officially recognize the WHA history, playoffs and records. Furthermore...
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    time since 1987, and only time until 2020 where all former WHA teams clinched the playoffs. Despite his team being eliminated in the Conference Finals...
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  • 1976–77 Quebec Nordiques season (category 1976–77 WHA season by team)
    their first Avco Cup in team history. Serge Bernier would win the WHA Playoff MVP trophy, as he earned 36 points for the Nordiques in 17 post-season...
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  • The 1978–79 WHA season was the seventh and final season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Prior to the start of the season, the Houston Aeros folded...
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    Michael (September 3, 2009). "Thursday (Derek Jeter over Joe Mauer for MVP?) edition: Wha' Happened?". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Archived from the original...
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  • The 1977–78 WHA season was the sixth season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Eight teams played 80 games each. The Avco World Trophy winner was the...
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    Bobby Hull (category Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players)
    litigation by the NHL, Hull instantly became the WHA's greatest star winning the Gordie Howe Trophy as league MVP in 1972–73 and 1974–75. With Swedish linemates...
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    defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs. It was the ninth championship for Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman...
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    Pearson Award)". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 13, 2015. "WHA WHA Playoff MVP Winners". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July...
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    Philadelphia. Retrieved November 21, 2016. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from...
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  • Ftorek, who retired from the NHL after the 1984–85 season. Robbie Ftorek – (WHA MVP 1977) Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points...
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    Liut played for the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1977 to 1979 and for the St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, and Washington...
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    Wayne Gretzky (category Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players)
    draft order. The WHA completed the playoffs of its final season as planned. The Oilers reached the Avco World Trophy finals (the only WHA championship series...
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    brilliantly as his opposing counterpart Bernie Parent who was named playoff MVP. In the 1975–76 NHL season, Gilbert set the NHL record for most consecutive...
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    Mike Gartner (section WHA)
    Phoenix Coyotes. He also played one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Cincinnati Stingers. He was a two-time Canada Cup champion with...
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  • and two skaters on their WHA rosters. With the league expansion from 17 to 21 teams, both the regular-season schedule and playoff format were set without...
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    Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. He also played a short four-game...
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    Jacques Demers (section WHA)
    coach Wayne Gretzky in the 1979 WHA All-Star Series. The format of the series was a three-game set that pitted the WHA All-Stars against HC Moscow Dynamo...
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  • victory over the Minnesota Lynx. Tamika Catchings was named the 2012 Finals MVP. In 2015, the Fever again reached the WNBA Finals but fell short to Minnesota...
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