• The 195657 WHL season was the fifth season of the Western Hockey League. The Brandon Regals were the President's Cup champions as they beat the New Westminster...
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  • 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969 Ed Chynoweth Cups (2): 1973–74, 1979–80 Scotty Munro Memorial Trophies (2): 1973–74, 2016–17 WHL Division Playoff Champions...
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  • became a WHL team with the merger of the PCHL with the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in 1952. The Canucks played 25 seasons in the WHL between 1945...
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  • Ray Kinasewich (category Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players)
    Hockey League (WHL) and American Hockey League (AHL). He started with the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL before spending two seasons (1956–58) with the Seattle...
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  • team to have played every WHL season in its original location—the Regina Pats were also a founding team, but briefly left the WHL to re-join the SJHL at...
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  • 1965–66 and 1967–68 seasons, the WHL played an interlocking schedule with the American Hockey League. Fears that the WHL (or a WHL/AHL merger) could become...
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  • 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | List of WHL seasons List of QMJHL seasons...
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    the NHL to win the Stanley Cup. For the 1925–26 season the WCHL was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). With the Victoria Cougars' loss in 1926, it...
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  • guided his Spokane Flyers to three consecutive WIHL titles (1956–1958). McBride's 1956-57 Spokane Flyers team was the first United States team to reach...
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  • League (WHL) in 1972, along with Bill Hunter, Ben Hatskin, and Ed Chynoweth. Munro died from cancer on September 20, 1975, at the age of 57. In his honour...
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    year the champions from three CHL member leagues—the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League...
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    Orland Kurtenbach (category Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players)
    Mintos for two seasons, also making brief appearances with the Saskatoon Quakers of the minor professional Western Hockey League (WHL) during that time...
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    Hockey League, which was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) by the 1952–53 season. The WHL was the top professional league in Western Canada and the...
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    Leo Labine (category Los Angeles Blades (WHL) players)
    player. A native of Haileybury, Ontario, Labine played for teams in the NHL, WHL, EPHL, and the AHL. At 5'10", and 178 lbs, Labine had a long and varied career...
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    following season he moved on to the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (subsequently renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). He starred...
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  • The team rejoined the WHL as the Seattle Americans the following season, finishing in first place in 1957 led by a tremendous season by Fielder, who broke...
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  • The 1957–58 WHL season was the sixth season of the Western Hockey League. The Vancouver Canucks were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Calgary...
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    Gump Worsley (category Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players)
    back down to the minor leagues the following season. In 1953-54, playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the WHL, he won the league's most valuable player award...
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  • The 1955–56 WHL season was the fourth season of the Western Hockey League. The Winnipeg Warriors were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Vancouver...
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    Second All-Star Team (1951) Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1953) WHL Championship (1957) WHL Prairie Division First All-Star Team (1957 & 1958) Honoured Member...
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  • Kings hockey team in the WHL that played only one season. The Flin Flon Bombers moved to Edmonton for the 1978–79 WHL season, but only survived one year...
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  • success during this period came in the 195657 season. The Bombers lost only five games in the regular season. In the playoffs, the Bombers beat the Humboldt...
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    Forbes Kennedy (category Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players)
    the most penalized player on the ice. Forbes spent the following season with the WHL's San Francisco Seals before the team was relocated and renamed for...
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  • Rochester Americans (category Ice hockey clubs established in 1956)
    The team was named the "Americans". Upon entering the league for the 195657 season the Americans became a joint affiliate of both the Montreal Canadiens...
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    the first time in CHL history that all three championship series from the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL ended in sweeps. The event was played from May 24 to June...
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    Earl Johnson (ice hockey) (category Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players)
    player. He played one regular season game in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1953–54 season, on March 20, 1954 against the...
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  • form the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the championship reverted to a single series. After winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the...
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    Andy Bathgate (category Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players)
    Hockey League (WHL). He started his professional career with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 1952–53 season. He bounced between...
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    trophy. He was named to the WHL All-Star team three times: 1957, 1958 and 1959. Though he scored 88 points in the 1958–59 season, Mosienko announced his retirement...
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    Willie O'Ree (category Los Angeles Blades (WHL) players)
    minor leagues, O'Ree won two scoring titles in the Western Hockey League (WHL) between 1961 and 1974, scoring 30 or more goals 4 times, with a high of...
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