2016–17 WHL season

2016–17 CHL seasons
2016–17 CHL seasons
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2016 – March 2017; QMJHL; September 2016 – March 2017; WHL; September 2016 – March 2017
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	TVA Sports, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) (3rd title)
Runners-up	Erie Otters (OHL)

2016–17 WHL season
2016–17 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 23, 2016 – March 19, 2017; Playoffs; March 24, 2017 – May 14, 2017
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, This TV
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regina Pats (2)
Season MVP	Sam Steel (Regina Pats)
Top scorer	Sam Steel (Regina Pats)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Matthew Barzal (Thunderbirds)
Finals champions	Seattle Thunderbirds (1)
Runners-up	Regina Pats
WHL seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.^[1]

Standings

Updated to game(s) played on March 19, 2017. Source: Western Hockey League

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

East Division (Top 3)^[2]
Pos		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Regina Pats xyz	72	52	12	7	1	353	211	112
2	Moose Jaw Warriors x	72	42	21	8	1	255	219	93
3	Swift Current Broncos x	72	39	23	4	6	247	239	88

Central Division (Top 3)^[2]
Pos		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Medicine Hat Tigers xy	72	51	20	1	0	350	248	103
2	Lethbridge Hurricanes x	72	44	21	4	3	280	253	95
3	Red Deer Rebels x	72	30	29	9	4	239	258	73

Eastern Conference Wild Card^[2]
Pos	Div	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	East	Brandon Wheat Kings x	72	31	31	7	3	225	247	72
2	Central	Calgary Hitmen x	72	30	32	8	2	215	282	70

3	East	Saskatoon Blades	72	28	35	7	2	190	248	65
4	Central	Edmonton Oil Kings	72	23	43	5	1	193	292	52
5	East	Prince Albert Raiders	72	21	44	5	2	198	283	49
6	Central	Kootenay Ice	72	14	46	10	2	177	335	40

B.C. Division (Top 3)^[2]
Pos		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Prince George Cougars xy	72	45	21	3	3	253	201	96
2	Kelowna Rockets x	72	45	22	5	0	283	206	95
3	Kamloops Blazers x	72	42	24	2	4	243	198	90

U.S. Division (Top 3)^[2]
Pos		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Everett Silvertips xy	72	44	16	9	3	229	169	100
2	Seattle Thunderbirds x	72	46	20	4	2	253	206	98
3	Tri-City Americans x	72	41	28	3	0	272	252	85

Western Conference Wild Card^[2]
Pos	Div	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	U.S.	Portland Winterhawks x	72	40	28	1	3	278	256	84
2	B.C.	Victoria Royals x	72	37	29	5	1	239	219	80

3	U.S.	Spokane Chiefs	72	27	33	8	4	235	272	66
4	B.C.	Vancouver Giants	72	20	46	3	3	183	296	46

Map of WHL, 2011–12 to 2018–19

200km
125miles

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Oil Kings

Rebels

Hitmen

Ice

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Silvertips

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

Giants

Royals

East Division

Central Division

BC Division

US Division

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sam Steel	Regina Pats	66	50	81	131	40
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	66	43	87	130	61
Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes	69	51	58	109	53
Chad Butcher	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	27	76	103	75
Jayden Halbgewachs	Moose Jaw Warriors	71	50	51	101	27
Kailer Yamamoto	Spokane Chiefs	65	42	57	99	46
Cody Glass	Portland Winterhawks	69	32	62	94	36
Mason Shaw	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	27	67	94	57
Tyler Steenbergen	Swift Current Broncos	72	51	39	90	22
Matthew Phillips	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.^[4]

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%
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	54	3078	32	11	6	2	9	1.99	.927
Connor Ingram	Kamloops Blazers	45	2577	26	14	2	2	5	2.44	.927
Ty Edmonds	Prince George Cougars	53	3092	31	16	2	3	1	2.48	.916
Tyler Brown	Regina Pats	50	2885	33	8	5	1	5	2.64	.911
Rylan Toth	Seattle Thunderbirds	58	3274	36	18	2	1	1	2.75	.902

2017 WHL playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Regina

4

W2

Calgary

0

E1

Regina

4

E3

Swift Current

3

E2

Moose Jaw

3

E3

Swift Current

4

E1

Regina

4

Eastern

C2

Lethbridge

2

C1

Medicine Hat

4

W1

Brandon

0

C1

Medicine Hat

3

C2

Lethbridge

4

C2

Lethbridge

4

C3

Red Deer

3

E1

Regina

2

U2

Seattle

4

U1

Everett

4

W2

Victoria

2

U1

Everett

0

U2

Seattle

4

U2

Seattle

4

U3

Tri-City

0

U2

Seattle

4

Western

B2

Kelowna

2

B2

Kelowna

4

B3

Kamloops

2

B2

Kelowna

4

W1

Portland

1

B1

Prince George

2

W1

Portland

4

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Regina Pats vs. (W2) Calgary Hitmen

March 24	Regina Pats		5 – 2	Calgary Hitmen	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
16:28 - pp - Josh Mahura (1)		Second period		Jake Kryski (1) - pp - 10:50
4:25 - Adam Brooks (1) 6:03 - Adam Brooks (2) 14:14 - Bryan Lockner (1) 16:59 - sh - Austin Wagner (1)		Third period		Jake Kryski (2) - 9:04
Tyler Brown (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (27 saves / 32 shots)

March 25	Regina Pats		5 – 1	Calgary Hitmen	Brandt Centre	Recap
11:44 - Dawson Leedahl (1)		First period		No scoring
4:17 - pp - Adam Brooks (3) 9:38 - Dawson Leedahl (2)		Second period		Andrew Fyten - (1) 2:16
7:26 - Nick Henry (1) 17:00 - en - Sam Steel (1)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (34 saves / 38 shots)

March 28	Calgary Hitmen		2 – 5	Regina Pats	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		Sam Steel (2) - 1:02 Sam Steel (3) - 9:31 Wyatt Sloboshan (1) - pp - 19:57
No scoring		Second period		Dawson Leedahl (3) - pp - 16:59
9:41 - pp - Matteo Gennaro (1) 16:42 - Luke Coleman (1)		Third period		Sam Steel (4) - sh - 4:16
Kyle Dumba (30 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (41 saves / 43 shots)

March 30	Calgary Hitmen		1 – 5	Regina Pats	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Dawson Davidson (1) - 2:51 Austin Wagner (2) - pp - 7:47 Austin Wagner (3) - pp - 19:25
7:03 - pp - Tristen Nielsen (1)		Third period		Connor Hobbs (1) - pp - 17:53 Jeff de Wit (1) - pp - 19:11
Cody Porter (34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (20 saves / 21 shots)

Regina wins series 4 – 0

(E2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos

March 24	Moose Jaw Warriors		0 – 2	Swift Current Broncos	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		11:18 - Tyler Steenbergen (1)
No scoring		Third period		19:48 - en - Glenn Gawdin (1)
Zach Sawchenko (31 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (40 saves / 40 shots)

March 25	Moose Jaw Warriors		3 – 2	Swift Current Broncos	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		MacKenzie Wight (1) - 8:36
13:52 - Branden Klatt (1)		Second period		Tyler Steenbergen (2) - 16:53
5:07 - Thomas Foster (1) 15:49 - Brayden Burke (1)		Third period		No scoring
Zach Sawchenko (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (31 saves / 34 shots)

March 28	Swift Current Broncos		3 – 4	Moose Jaw Warriors	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
6:49 - Colby Sissons (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Brayden Burke (2) - 2:16 Thomas Foster (2) - 11:18
8:15 - Glenn Gawdin (2) 19:31 - pp - Ryley Lindgren (1)		Third period		Jayden Halbgewachs (1) - 15:34 Thomas Foster - en - 18:34 (3)
Jordan Papirny (38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (32 saves / 35 shots)

March 29	Swift Current Broncos		5 – 2	Moose Jaw Warriors	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
0:59 - Ryley Lindgren (2) 2:03 - Ryley Lindgren (3) 8:57 - Tyler Steenbergen (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Brett Howden (1) - pp - 1:16 Josh Brook - pp - 2:25 (1)
18:57 - pp - en - Tyler Steenbergen (4) 19:45 - pp - Ryley Lindgren (4)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (20 saves / 24 shots)

March 31	Moose Jaw Warriors		1 – 2	Swift Current Broncos	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
17:22 - pp - Brett Howden (2)		Second period		Lane Pederson (1) - 3:25 Lane Pederson (2) - 14:03
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Zach Sawchenko (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 35 shots)

April 1	Swift Current Broncos		2 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
7:21 - Ryley Lindgren (5)		First period		Noah Gregor (1) - 5:24 Noah Gregor (2) - 14:27
No scoring		Second period		Justin Almeida (1) - 13:52
13:54 - Tyler Steenbergen (5)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (41 saves / 43 shots)

April 3	Moose Jaw Warriors		2 – 3	Swift Current Broncos	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		Colby Sissons (2) - 4:30
7:49 - Justin Almeida (2)		Second period		Tyler Steenbergen (6) - pp - 1:47
14:59 - Josh Brook (2)		Third period		Glenn Gawdin - 3:17 (3)
Zach Sawchenko (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (39 saves / 41 shots)

Swift Current wins series 4 – 3

(C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (W1) Brandon Wheat Kings

March 24	Medicine Hat Tigers		7 – 2	Brandon Wheat Kings	Canalta Centre	Recap
6:46 - Clayton Kirichenko (1) 18:57 - pp - Matt Bradley (1)		First period		No scoring
2:18 - pp - Mark Rassell (1) 8:55 - pp - Zach Fischer (1) 14:48 - Clayton Kirichenko (2)		Second period		Stelio Mattheos (1) - 3:04 Tyler Coulter (1) - pp - 13:43
12:32 - pp - Mark Rassell (2) 19:39 - Mark Rassell (3)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Bullion (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Logan Thompson (45 saves / 52 shots)

March 25	Medicine Hat Tigers		5 – 3	Brandon Wheat Kings	Canalta Centre	Recap
19:49 - Zach Fischer (2)		First period		No scoring
12:22 - pp - Max Gerlach (1)		Second period		No scoring
4:27 - Zach Fischer (3) 7:54 - John Dahlström (1) 19:44 - en - John Dahlström (2)		Third period		Connor Gutenberg (1) - 7:45 Reid Duke (1) - 11:08 Tyler Coulter (2) - 18:09
Michael Bullion (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Logan Thompson (38 saves / 42 shots) Travis Child (1 save / 1 shot)

March 28*	Brandon Wheat Kings		2 – 6	Medicine Hat Tigers	Credit Union Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		Steven Owre (1) - 7:13
3:41 - Ben McCartney (1) 6:50 - pp - Reid Duke (2)		Second period		John Dahlström (3) - 5:42
No scoring		Third period		Mark Rassell (4) - 4:12 Chad Butcher (1) - 5:49 Ryan Jevne (1) - 7:03 David Quenneville (1) - en - 18:50
Logan Thompson (41 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Bullion (27 saves / 29 shots)

March 29*	Brandon Wheat Kings		2 – 3	Medicine Hat Tigers	Credit Union Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
3:11 - pp - Reid Duke (3) 15:48 - pp - Kale Clague (1)		Third period		Clayton Kirichenko (3) - 0:24 David Quenneville - 1:31 (2) David Quenneville (3) - pp - 12:09
Logan Thompson (51 saves / 54 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Bullion (23 saves / 25 shots)

Medicine Hat wins series 4 – 0

* 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

March 25	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	ENMAX Centre	Recap
13:52 - Tyler Wong (1)		First period		No scoring
3:14 - Ryan Vandervlis (1)		Second period		Michael Špaček (1) - 18:42
No scoring		Third period		Cameron Hausinger (1) - 1:55 Brandon Hagel (1) - pp - 18:03 Lane Zablocki (1) - pp - en - 19:56
Stuart Skinner (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Riley Lamb (25 saves / 27 shots)

March 26	Lethbridge Hurricanes		5 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	ENMAX Centre	Recap
6:56 - Ryan Bowen (1)		First period		No scoring
1:17 - Egor Babenko (1) 11:57 - sh - Tanner Nagel (1) 17:17 - Egor Babenko (2)		Second period		No scoring
2:18 - Egor Babenko (3)		Third period		Michael Špaček (2) - pp - 5:59 Evan Polei (1) - pp - 11:46
Stuart Skinner (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Riley Lamb (20 saves / 25 shots) Lasse Petersen (4 saves / 4 shots)

March 29	Red Deer Rebels		4 – 3	2OT	Lethbridge Hurricanes	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
2:44 - pp - Lane Zablocki (2)		First period			Tyler Wong (2) - pp - 8:51
No scoring		Second period			Brennan Menell (1) - 18:57
16:53 - pp - Brandon Hagel (2) 19:40 - Lane Zablocki (3)		Third period			Zak Zborosky (1) - 3:10
0:48 - Evan Polei (2)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Riley Lamb (49 saves / 52 shots)		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner (45 saves / 49 shots)

March 30	Red Deer Rebels		5 – 3	Lethbridge Hurricanes	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
19:22 - Lane Zablocki (4)		First period		Tyler Wong (3) - 2:19 Jordy Bellerive (1) - pp - 15:39
5:14 - sh - Brandon Hagel (3)		Second period		Tyler Wong (4) - pp - 17:58
9:11 - pp - Lane Zablocki (5) 18:01 - Evan Polei (3) 19:05 - en - Brandon Hagel (4)		Third period		No scoring
Riley Lamb (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (38 saves / 42 shots)

April 1	Lethbridge Hurricanes		5 – 3	Red Deer Rebels	ENMAX Centre	Recap
13:58 - Alec Baer (1)		First period		No scoring
7:07 - Zane Franklin (1) 10:36 - Matt Alfaro (1)		Second period		Michael Špaček (3) - pp - 4:20 Brandon Hagel (5) - pp - 10:25 Brandon Hagel (6) - 13:49
2:28 - Zak Zborosky (2) 19:34 - en - Giorgio Estephan (1)		Third period		No scoring
Stuart Skinner (39 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Riley Lamb (36 saves / 40 shots)

April 2	Red Deer Rebels		1 – 4	Lethbridge Hurricanes	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
19:04 - Michael Špaček (4)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Ryan Vandervils (2) - 13:51 Alec Baer (2) - 17:13
No scoring		Third period		Tyler Wong - pp - 0:23 (5) Jadon Joseph (1) - en - 18:21
Riley Lamb (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (33 saves / 34 shots)

April 4	Lethbridge Hurricanes		6 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	ENMAX Centre	Recap
7:21 - pp - Brennan Menell (2) 8:24 - pp - Giorgio Estephan (2) 19:30 - Ryan Vandervlis (3)		First period		Lane Zablocki (6) - 19:08
9:29 - sh - Jordy Bellerive (2)		Second period		No scoring
8:18 - pp - Ryan Vandervlis (4) 10:33 - pp - Brennan Menell (3)		Third period		Brandon Hagel (7) - 2:31
Stuart Skinner (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Riley Lamb (15 saves / 19 shots) Lasse Petersen (10 saves / 12 shots)

Lethbridge wins series 4 – 3

Western Conference

(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (W2) Victoria Royals

March 24	Everett Silvertips		4 – 2	Victoria Royals	Xfinity Arena	Recap
8:11 - pp - Kevin Davis (1)		First period		No scoring
12:04 - Patrick Bajkov (1) 14:27 - Dominic Zwerger (1) 16:24 - pp - Dominic Zwerger (2)		Second period		Jack Walker - 19:03
No scoring		Third period		Jack Walker (2) - pp - 14:58
Carter Hart (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Griffen Outhouse (21 saves / 25 shots)

March 25	Everett Silvertips		3 – 4	Victoria Royals	Xfinity Arena	Recap
7:53 - pp - Matt Fonteyne (1)		First period		Matthew Phillips (1) - pp - 12:45
0:49 - pp - Patrick Bajkov (2)		Second period		Tyler Soy (1) - 1:40 Tyler Soy (2) - pp - 7:30
Brandson Hein (1) - 7:49		Third period		Vladimir Bobylev (1) - 15:01
Carter Hart (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Griffen Outhouse (18 saves / 21 shots)

March 28	Victoria Royals		0 – 2	Everett Silvertips	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Patrick Bajkov (3) - pp - 0:22 Eetu Tuulola (1) - pp - 17:37
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Griffen Outhouse (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (25 saves / 25 shots)

March 29	Victoria Royals		2 – 1	Everett Silvertips	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
5:03 - Regan Nagy (1)		First period		No scoring
19:16 - Dante Hannoun (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Patrick Bajkov (4) - pp - 16:05
Griffen Outhouse (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (18 saves / 20 shots)

March 31	Everett Silvertips		3 – 2	OT	Victoria Royals	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
5:14 - Matt Fonteyne (2) 19:59 - pp - Patrick Bajkov (5)		Second period			Carter Folk (1) - 6:02
No scoring		Third period			Jared Dmytriw (1) - 14:20
7:02 - Eetu Tuulola (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Carter Hart (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Griffen Outhouse (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 2	Victoria Royals		2 – 3	5OT	Everett Silvertips	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:42 - Regan Nagy (2) 16:44 - pp - Jared Dmytriw (2)		Second period			Cal Babych (1) - 6:31
No scoring		Third period			Brian King (1) - 1:36
No scoring		Fifth overtime period			Cal Babych (2) - 11:36
Griffen Outhouse (72 saves / 75 shots)		Goalie stats			Carter Hart (64 saves / 66 shots)

Everett wins series 4 – 2

(U2) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (U3) Tri-City Americans

March 24	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 2	Tri-City Americans	ShoWare Center	Recap
5:37 - Keegan Kolesar (1) 8:50 - pp - Ryan Gropp (1)		First period		Jordan Topping (1) - 10:10
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
4:50 - Austin Strand (1) 17:46 - Keegan Kolesar (2)		Third period		Austyn Playfair (1) - sh - 7:26
Carl Stankowski (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (27 saves / 31 shots)

March 25	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 2	Tri-City Americans	ShoWare Center	Recap
8:55 - pp - Nolan Volcan (1) 17:14 - Scott Eansor (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Parker AuCoin (1) - 16:21
15:03 - Matthew Wedman (1) 15:29 - pp - Donovan Neuls (1) 19:42 - pp - Aaron Hyman (1)		Third period		Maxwell James (1) - pp - 6:52
Carl Stankowski (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (36 saves / 41 shots)

March 29	Tri-City Americans		2 – 9	Seattle Thunderbirds	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Ethan Bear (1) - 2:55 Scott Eansor (2) - 7:48 Jarret Tyszka (1) - 10:16 Donovan Neuls (2) - 12:03 Austin Strand (2) - pp - 17:08
16:56 - Austyn Playfair (2) 19:41 - Morgan Geekie (1)		Second period		Keegan Kolesar (3) - 15:03 Alexander True (1) - 17:13 Ethan Bear (2) - pp - 18:40
No scoring		Third period		Austin Strand (3) - pp - 16:10
Evan Sarthou (4 saves / 7 shots) Rylan Parenteau (23 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (21 saves / 23 shots)

March 31	Tri-City Americans		2 – 5	Seattle Thunderbirds	Toyota Center	Recap
6:19 - Kyle Olson (1)		First period		Alexander True (2) - pp - 3:01 Nolan Volcan (2) - 19:59
3:58 - Nolan Yaremko (1)		Second period		Donovan Neuls (3) - 16:59 Sami Moilanen (1) - 19:20
No scoring		Third period		Alexander True (3) - en - 18:33
Rylan Parenteau (27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (28 saves / 30 shots)

Seattle wins series 4 – 0

(B1) Prince George Cougars vs. (W1) Portland Winterhawks

March 24	Prince George Cougars		2 – 4	Portland Winterhawks	CN Centre	Recap
17:49 - pp - Jared Bethune (1)		First period		Brendan De Jong (1) - pp - 4:34 Skyler McKenzie (1) - 18:39
No scoring		Second period		Keegan Iverson (1) - pp - 3:06
2:43 - Jansen Harkins (1)		Third period		Colton Veloso (1) - en - 19:22
Ty Edmonds (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 26	Prince George Cougars		5 – 1	Portland Winterhawks	CN Centre	Recap
15:57 - Brad Morrison (1)		First period		No scoring
8:32 - Aaron Boyd (1) 18:35 - Aaron Boyd (2)		Second period		No scoring
0:22 - Shane Collins (1) 0:57 - pp - Radovan Bondra (1)		Third period		Cody Glass (1) - pp - 12:53
Ty Edmonds (40 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (19 saves / 24 shots) Shane Farkas (12 saves / 12 shots)

March 29	Portland Winterhawks		1 – 6	Prince George Cougars	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
0:14 - Skyler McKenzie (2)		First period		Jansen Harkins (2) - 8:26 Kody McDonald (1) - pp - 12:36 Colby McAuley (1) - 17:42
No scoring		Second period		Tate Olson (1) - pp - 12:03
No scoring		Third period		Brogan O'Brien (1) - 6:26 Colby McAuley (2) - 7:35
Cole Kehler (32 saves / 38 shots) Shane Farkas (7 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats		Ty Edmonds (40 saves / 41 shots)

March 30	Portland Winterhawks		5 – 4	Prince George Cougars	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
17:01 - Evan Weinger (1) 18:33 - pp - Skyler McKenzie (3)		First period		Aaron Boyd (3) - 8:12 Jesse Gabrielle (1) - 11:17
8:20 - pp - Keegan Iverson (2)		Second period		Nikita Popugaev (1) - pp - 15:46 Radovan Bondra (2) - 17:24
8:54 - Matt Revel (1) 15:34 - Matt Revel (2)		Third period		No scoring
Cole Kehler (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Ty Edmonds (27 saves / 32 shots)

April 1	Prince George Cougars		3 – 5	Portland Winterhawks	CN Centre	Recap
1:09 - Jared Bethune (2)		First period		Brad Ginnell (1) - 4:28 Joachim Blichfeld (1) - pp - 15:14
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
10:04 - Brogan O'Brien (2) 13:23 - Colby McAuley (3)		Third period		Joachim Blichfeld (2) - 2:45 Ryan Hughes (1) - 14:22 Cody Glass (2) - 17:25
Ty Edmonds (23 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (48 saves / 51 shots)

April 3	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 2	Prince George Cougars	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
5:35 - Colton Veloso (2) 7:18 - Ryan Hughes (2) 11:58 - pp - Alex Overhardt (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:43 - Keegan Iverson(3)		Third period		Kody McDonald (2) - 6:38 Colby McAuley (4) - pp - 18:59
Cole Kehler (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Ty Edmonds (38 saves / 42 shots)

Portland wins series 4 – 2

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B3) Kamloops Blazers

March 24	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 0	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
17:20 - Carsen Twarynski (1) 17:48 - Tomáš Šoustal (1)		First period		No scoring
12:40 - pp - Reid Gardiner (1)		Second period		No scoring
8:47 - pp - Carsen Twarynski (2)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (15 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (44 saves / 48 shots)

March 25	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 2	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
2:53 - Cal Foote (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
11:55 - sh - Dillon Dubé (1) 13:24 - pp - Dillon Dubé (2)		Third period		Quinn Benjafield (1) - 13:59 Ondřej Vála (1) - pp - 16:30
Michael Herringer (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (34 saves / 37 shots)

March 28	Kamloops Blazers		4 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
8:06 - Lane Bauer (1)		First period		Kole Lind (1) - 16:28
12:10 - Jermaine Loewen (1) 12:38 - ps - Rūdolfs Balcers (1) 18:07 - Lane Bauer (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (37 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (34 saves / 38 shots)

March 29	Kamloops Blazers		0 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Dillon Dubé (3) - 2:37
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (48 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (24 saves / 24 shots)

March 31	Kelowna Rockets		1 – 4	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
11:05 - Reid Gardiner (2)		First period		Garrett Pilon (1) - 17:46
No scoring		Second period		Quinn Benjafield (2) - 1:22
No scoring		Third period		Rūdolfs Balcers (2) - 5:32 Collin Shirley (1) - sh - 12:22
Michael Herringer (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (32 saves / 33 shots)

April 2	Kamloops Blazers		2 – 4	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Dillon Dubé (4) - 11:57
No scoring		Second period		Reid Gardiner (3) - pp - 5:36
16:49 - Collin Shirley (2) 17:46 - Brodi Stuart (1)		Third period		Reid Gardiner (4) - 18:03 Reid Gardiner (5) - en - 19:37
Connor Ingram (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (21 saves / 23 shots)

Kelowna wins series 4 – 2

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Regina Pats vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos

April 6	Regina Pats		1 – 2	OT	Swift Current Broncos	Brandt Centre	Recap
17:36 - Austin Wagner (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Lane Pederson (3) - 19:21
No scoring		First overtime period			Ryley Lindgren (6) - 15:12
Tyler Brown (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan Papirny (53 saves / 54 shots)

April 7	Regina Pats		6 – 2	Swift Current Broncos	Brandt Centre	Recap
9:36 - Jonathan Smart (1)		First period		Maxime Lajoie (1) - pp - 12:35 Tyler Steenbergen (7) - pp - 16:18
0:43 - pp - Connor Hobbs (2) 6:08 - pp - Nick Henry (2) 14:28 - Austin Wagner (5)		Second period		No scoring
1:30 - Robbie Holmes (1) 14:45 - en - Austin Wagner (6)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (15 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 39 shots)

April 10	Swift Current Broncos		2 – 1	OT	Regina Pats	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
5:10 - pp - Conner Chaulk (1)		Second period			Dawson Leedahl (4) - 3:03
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
1:46 - Colby Sissons (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (33 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Brown (31 saves / 33 shots)

April 11	Swift Current Broncos		5 – 4	3OT	Regina Pats	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
No scoring		First period			Dawson Leedahl (5) - pp - 9:10 Dawson Leedahl (6) - 15:00
15:30 - Ryley Lindgren (7) 19:42 - Artyom Minulin (1)		Second period			No scoring
6:19 - Tyler Steenbergen (8) 17:35 - Ryley Lindgren (8)		Third period			Dawson Leedahl (7) - 4:12 Dawson Leedahl (8) - 19:30
9:54 - pp - Glenn Gawdin (4)		Third overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (65 saves / 69 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Brown (64 saves / 69 shots)

April 14	Regina Pats		3 – 2	Swift Current Broncos	Brandt Centre	Recap
19:46 - pp - Sam Steel (5)		First period		Colby Sissons (4) - pp - 17:16
3:49 - Connor Hobbs (3) 4:27 - Nick Henry (3)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Glenn Gawdin (5) - pp - 13:18
Tyler Brown (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 15	Swift Current Broncos		3 – 5	Regina Pats	Credit Union iPlex	Recap
11:41 - Artyom Minulin (2)		First period		Austin Wagner (7) - 7:24
0:29 - Arthur Miller (1) 2:27 - Glenn Gawdin (6)		Second period		Josh Mahura (2) - 18:36 Wyatt Sloboshan (2) - 19:35
No scoring		Third period		Austin Wagner (8) - 1:15 Filip Ahl (1) - 5:48
Jordan Papirny (23 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (34 saves / 37 shots)

April 17	Regina Pats		5 – 1	Swift Current Broncos	Brandt Centre	Recap
2:19 - Sam Steel (6) 4:57 - Filip Ahl (2)		First period		No scoring
9:19 - Sam Steel (7) 15:36 - Austin Wagner (9)		Second period		No scoring
15:36 - en - sh - Austin Wagner (10)		Third period		Conner Chaulk (2) - pp - 14:33
Tyler Brown (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (38 saves / 42 shots)

Regina wins series 4 – 3

(C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (C2) Lethbridge Hurricanes

April 7	Medicine Hat Tigers		4 – 0	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canalta Centre	Recap
15:23 - John Dahlström (4)		First period		No scoring
5:42 - Chad Butcher (2) 17:25 - Steven Owre (2)		Second period		No scoring
15:01 - Zach Fischer (4)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Bullion (16 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (33 saves / 37 shots)

April 8	Medicine Hat Tigers		4 – 7	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canalta Centre	Recap
0:20 - Zach Fischer (5) 2:23 - Zach Fischer (6) 11:10 - pp - Ryan Jevne (2)		First period		Giorgio Estephan (3) - 8:16 Alec Baer (3) - 8:43 Tyler Wong (6) - 17:33
8:37 - Dylan Cozens (1)		Second period		James Hamblin (1) - 6:03
No scoring		Third period		Giorgio Estephan (4) - pp - 12:51 Giorgio Estephan (5) - en - 18:35 Tanner Nagel (2) - sh - en - 19:12
Michael Bullion (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 11	Lethbridge Hurricanes		5 – 2	Medicine Hat Tigers	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		James Hamblin (2) - 12:27
12:13 - Jordy Bellerive (3) 13:17 - pp - Giorgio Estephan (6)		Second period		Mark Rassell (5) - 8:39
4:04 - pp - Tyler Wong (7) 11:28 - Giorgio Estephan (7) 18:58 - en - Brennan Menell (4)		Third period		No scoring
Stuart Skinner (36 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Bullion (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 12	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 3	OT	Medicine Hat Tigers	ENMAX Centre	Recap
10:25 - Giorgio Estephan (8) 17:22 - Egor Babenko (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Chad Butcher (3) - 18:06
No scoring		Third period			Max Gerlach (2) - pp - 13:28
No scoring		First overtime period			John Dahlström (5) - 11:32
Stuart Skinner (56 saves / 59 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Bullion (28 saves / 30 shots)

April 14	Medicine Hat Tigers		4 – 5	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canalta Centre	Recap
6:17 - Max Gerlach (3) 12:44 - Clayton Kirichenko (4)		First period		Tyler Wong (8) - 3:36 Ryan Bowen (2) - 8:33 Tyler Wong (9) 8 - pp - 17:48
14:00 - Max Gerlach (4)		Second period		No scoring
14:34 - pp - David Quenneville (4)		Third period		Ryan Vandervlis (5) - pp - 4:14 Brennan Riddle (1) - pp - 10:27
Michael Bullion (22 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (37 saves / 41 shots)

April 16	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 5	Medicine Hat Tigers	ENMAX Centre	Recap
9:48 - Egor Babenko (5) 15:03 - pp - Egor Babenko (6)		First period		Max Gerlach (5) - pp - 5:13 Matt Bradley (2) - pp - 13:00
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Steven Owre (3) - pp - 4:20 Matt Bradley (3) - 11:55 John Dahlström (6) - en - 18:11
Stuart Skinner (32 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Bullion (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 18	Medicine Hat Tigers		4 – 5	OT	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canalta Centre	Recap
8:47 - Zach Fischer (7)		First period			Jordy Bellerive (4) - 8:56 Tyler Wong (10) - 16:22 Egor Babenko (7) - 19:13
4:07 - Matt Bradley (4) 5:14 - Mark Rassell (6) 9:26 - pp - Mark Rassell (7)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Dylan Cozens (2) - 17:17
No scoring		First overtime period			Tyler Wong (11) - sh - 3:02
Michael Bullion (25 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner (36 saves / 40 shots)

Lethbridge wins series 4 – 3

Western Conference

(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (U2) Seattle Thunderbirds

April 7	Everett Silvertips		2 – 3	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
17:53 - Eetu Tuulola (3)		Second period		Mathew Barzal (1) - 2:07
18:22 - Aaron Irving (1)		Third period		Tyler Adams (1) - 5:31 Donovan Neuls (4) - 19:01
Carter Hart (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (21 saves / 23 shots)

April 8	Everett Silvertips		3 – 4	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
7:56 - Bryce Kindopp (1) 12:52 - Connor Dewar (1)		First period		Scott Eansor (3) - 7:05
No scoring		Second period		Zack Andrusiak (1) - 11:12 Sami Moilanen (2) - 11:30 Ethan Bear (3) - pp - 16:34
12:33 - Eetu Tuulola (4)		Third period		No scoring
Carter Hart (11 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (20 saves / 23 shots)

April 11	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 4	OT	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
12:35 - Keegan Kolesar (4)		First period			No scoring
0:32 - Nolan Volcan (3) 3:33 - Alexander True (4)		Second period			Aaron Irving (2) - 7:22 Eetu Tuulola (5) - pp - 9:41 13:29 - pp - Dominic Zwerger (3) - pp - 13:29 Eetu Tuulola (6) - 14:37
4:23 - Mathew Barzal (2)		Third period			No scoring
1:30 - Mathew Barzal (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Carl Stankowski (14 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Carter Hart (28 saves / 33 shots)

April 14	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 1	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
14:03 - Donovan Neuls (5) 16:47 - Keegan Kolesar (5)		First period		No scoring
6:24 - pp - Mathew Barzal (4) 12:51 - Keegan Kolesar (6)		Second period		Dominic Zwerger (4) - sh - 10:05
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Carl Stankowski (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (27 saves / 31 shots)

Seattle wins series 4 – 0

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W1) Portland Winterhawks

April 7	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 2	Portland Winterhawks	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
3:42 - Calvin Thürkauf (1) 4:32 - Kole Lind (2) 5:17 - Reid Gardiner (6) 16:08 - pp - Dillon Dubé (5)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Brad Ginnell (2) - 10:58 Cody Glass (3) - pp - 17:34
Michael Herringer (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (50 saves / 54 shots)

April 8	Kelowna Rockets		5 – 2	Portland Winterhawks	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:33 - Kole Lind (3) 9:56 - pp - Tomáš Šoustal (2)		Second period		Joachim Blichfeld (3) - 18:50
14:07 - James Hilsendager (1) 18:40 - en - Nick Merkley (1) 19:33 - en - Nick Merkley (2)		Third period		Ryan Hughes (3) - 19:20
Michael Herringer (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (38 saves / 41 shots)

April 11	Portland Winterhawks		4 – 2	Kelowna Rockets	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Calvin Thürkauf (2) - pp - 11:23		First period		Evan Weinger (2) - 4:06
5:29 - pp - Joachim Blichfeld (4) 16:41 - Caleb Jones (1) 19:03 - sh - Skyler McKenzie (4)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Calvin Thürkauf (3) - pp - 18:33
Cole Kehler (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 12	Portland Winterhawks		2 – 7	Kelowna Rockets	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:48 - Carsen Twarynski (3)
9:41 - pp - Cody Glass (4)		Second period		Reid Gardiner (7) - pp - 2:07 Reid Gardiner (8) - pp - 5:49 Nick Merkley (3) - ps - 14:09 Calvin Thürkauf (4) - 14:37 Calvin Thürkauf (5) - 17:55
16:34 - pp - Caleb Jones (2)		Third period		Rodney Southam (1) - sh - 18:45
Cole Kehler (26 saves / 32 shots) Shane Farkas (7 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (35 saves / 37 shots)

April 14	Kelowna Rockets		6 – 2	Portland Winterhawks	Prospera Place	Recap
4:54 - pp - Reid Gardiner (9) 8:51 - pp - Rodney Southam (2) 12:41 - pp - Reid Gardiner (10)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Joachim Blichfeld (5) - 7:06 Matt Revel (3) - sh - 9:04
9:27 - Reid Gardiner (11) 16:02 - pp - Reid Gardiner (12) 17:32 - en - Dillon Dubé (6)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Cole Kehler (38 saves / 43 shots)

Kelowna wins series 4 – 1

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Regina Pats vs. (C2) Lethbridge Hurricanes

April 21	Regina Pats		1 – 3	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
1:10 - Austin Wagner (11)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Giorgio Estephan (9) - 13:23
No scoring		Third period		Jordy Bellerive (5) - pp - 1:59 Giorgio Estephan (10) - en - 18:38
Tyler Brown (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (36 saves / 37 shots)

April 22	Regina Pats		3 – 2	OT	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
9:44 - Jeff de Wit (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
7:21 - sh - Austin Wagner (12)		Third period			Zane Franklin (2) - 9:21 Jordy Bellerive (6) - 9:54
17:05 - Adam Brooks (4)		First overtime period			No scoring
Tyler Brown (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner (48 saves / 51 shots)

April 25	Lethbridge Hurricanes		3 – 1	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
0:16 - Brennan Menell (5)		First period		No scoring
13:54 - Jadon Joseph (2)		Second period		Dawson Leedahl (9) - 10:43
4:08 - Egor Babenko (8)		Third period		No scoring
Stuart Skinner (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 26	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 6	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Braydon Buziak (1) - 9:53
2:21 - Dylan Cozens (3) 9:34 - Ryan Vandervils (6)		Second period		Jeff de Wit (3) - 9:00 Adam Brooks (5) - 18:06 Dawson Leedahl (10) - 19:16
No scoring		Third period		Connor Hobbs (4) - pp - 7:53 Wyatt Sloboshan (3) - en - 17:04
Stuart Skinner (28 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 28	Regina Pats		5 – 3	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
15:37 - Josh Mahura (3)		First period		Josh Tarzwell (1) - 2:53
5:10 - pp - Sam Steel (8) 11:29 - Filip Ahl (3)		Second period		Ryan Vandervlis (7) - pp - 3:04 Egor Babenko (9) - 13:54
6:25 - Dawson Leedahl (11) 19:57 - en - Austin Wagner (13)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 30	Lethbridge Hurricanes		4 – 7	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
1:43 - Egor Babenko (10) 6:56 - pp - Jordy Bellerive (7) 8:02 - pp - Ryan Vandervlis (8)		First period		Robbie Holmes (2) - 8:25 Josh Mahura (4) - 10:46
1:05 - pp - Giorgio Estephan (11)		Second period		Filip Ahl (4) - pp - 15:47 Nick Henry (4) - 17:20
No scoring		Third period		Jeff de Wit (4) - 8:41 Austin Wagner (14) - 9:41 Wyatt Sloboshan (4) - en - 19:19
Stuart Skinner (38 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (24 saves / 28 shots)

Regina wins series 4 – 2

Western Conference

(U2) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (B2) Kelowna Rockets

April 21	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 4	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
10:00 - Ryan Gropp (2)		First period		Kole Lind (4) - pp - 19:53
19:57 - Alexander True (5)		Second period		Reid Gardiner (13) - 1:09
0:52 - Turner Ottenbreit (1) 3:52 - Sami Moilanen (3) 19:48 - pp - Ethan Bear (4)		Third period		Tomáš Šoustal (3) - pp - 5:53 Calvin Thürkauf (6) - pp - 15:00
Carl Stankowski (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (20 saves / 25 shots)

April 22	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 4	OT	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Nick Merkley (4) - 12:52 Reid Gardiner (14) - sh - 19:59
3:12 - pp - Ethan Bear (5)		Second period			Kole Lind (5) - pp - 19:34
1:43 - pp - Keegan Kolesar (7) 9:06 - Donovan Neuls (6)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			4:56 - Reid Gardiner (15)
Carl Stankowski (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Herringer (30 saves / 33 shots)

April 25	Kelowna Rockets		1 – 2	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Keegan Kolesar (8) - 11:33
13:53 - pp - Calvin Thürkauf (7)		Third period		Keegan Kolesar (9) - 19:40
Michael Herringer (12 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (34 saves / 35 shots)

April 26	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 2	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
8:34 - pp - Nolan Foote (1) 9:02 - Kole Lind (6)		First period		Ryan Gropp (3) - pp - 3:09
2:40 - Nick Merkley (5)		Second period		No scoring
4:29 - Tomáš Šoustal (4)		Third period		Scott Eansor - 10:54 (4)
Michael Herringer (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (31 saves / 35 shots)

April 28	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 3	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
3:15 - sh - Scott Eansor (5) 10:57 - Sami Moilanen (4)		First period		Calvin Thürkauf (8) - pp - 12:07
17:34 - pp - Alexander True (6) 18:54 - Ryan Gropp (4)		Second period		Nick Merkley (6) - pp - 9:23
6:57 - pp - Alexander True (7)		Third period		Dillon Dubé (7) - pp - 19:25
Carl Stankowski (37 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (19 saves / 24 shots)

April 30	Kelowna Rockets		1 – 3	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
15:57 - pp - Nolan Foote (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Austin Strand (4) - 4:56 Alexander True (8) - pp - 9:30 Mathew Barzal (5) - 15:14
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Carl Stankowski (17 saves / 18 shots)

Seattle wins series 4 – 2

WHL Championship

(E1) Regina Pats vs. (U2) Seattle Thunderbirds

May 5	Regina Pats		1 – 2	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Ethan Bear (6) - pp - 4:55
12:11 - pp - Connor Hobbs (5)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Donovan Neuls (7) - 0:14
Tyler Brown (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Carl Stankowski (31 saves / 32 shots)

May 6	Regina Pats		4 – 3	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Brandt Centre	Recap
0:50 - Sam Steel (9)		First period			No scoring
18:35 - pp - Josh Mahura (5)		Second period			Tyler Adams (2) - 3:56 Turner Ottenbreit (2) - 4:12 Alexander True (9) - pp - 4:52
5:20 - Filip Ahl (5)		Third period			No scoring
5:22 - pp - Josh Mahura (6)		First overtime period			No scoring
Tyler Brown (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Carl Stankowski (22 saves / 26 shots)

May 9	Seattle Thunderbirds		2 – 3	Regina Pats	ShoWare Center	Recap
7:18 - pp - Alexander True (10) 14:48 - Sami Moilanen (5)		First period		Connor Hobbs (6) - pp - 3:27 Chase Harrison (1) - pp - 12:27
No scoring		Second period		Robbie Holmes (3) - 4:49
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Carl Stankowski (25 shots / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (35 saves / 37 shots)

May 10	Seattle Thunderbirds		6 – 1	Regina Pats	ShoWare Center	Recap
16:06 - pp - Ryan Gropp (5) 16:25 - Sami Moilanen (6) 19:28 - Nolan Volcan (4)		First period		Sam Steel (10) - pp - 13:15
6:51 - Jarret Tyszka (2) 13:52 - pp - Alexander True (11) 18:51 - Keegan Kolesar (10)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Carl Stankowski (18 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (18 saves / 24 shots) Jordan Hollett (12 saves / 12 shots)

May 12	Seattle Thunderbirds		7 – 4	Regina Pats	ShoWare Center	Recap
Donovan Neuls (8) - pp - 5:09 Mathew Barzal (6) - pp - 6:01		First period		1:05 - Josh Mahura (7) 3:17 - Jeff de Wit (5)
Keegan Kolesar (11) - 16:40 Mathew Barzal (7) - pp - 17:37		Second period		9:37 - pp - Dawson Leedahl (12)
2:21 - Nolan Volcan (5) - 2:21 3:55 - Ryan Gropp (6) - 3:55 Turner Ottenbreit (3) - en - 19:58		Third period		11:22 - Austin Wagner (15)
Carl Stankowski (33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (32 saves / 38 shots)

May 14	Regina Pats		3 – 4	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Brandt Centre	Recap
Sam Steel (11) - pp - 7:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			8:55 - Sami Moilanen (7)
Josh Mahura (8) - 11:50 Austin Wagner (16) - 13:12		Third period			14:38 - Ryan Gropp (7) 17:06 - pp - Keegan Kolesar (12)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:36 - Alexander True (12)
Tyler Brown (39 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Carl Stankowski (28 saves / 31 shots)

Seattle wins series 4 – 2

Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Keegan Kolesar	Seattle Thunderbirds	19	12	19	31	37
Sam Steel	Regina Pats	23	11	19	30	8
Reid Gardiner	Kelowna Rockets	17	15	13	28	6
Ethan Bear	Seattle Thunderbirds	17	6	20	26	12
Dawson Leedahl	Regina Pats	23	12	13	25	34
Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	16	7	18	25	16
Giorgio Estephan	Lethbridge Hurricanes	18	11	13	24	8
Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes	20	11	13	24	14
Connor Hobbs	Regina Pats	23	6	18	24	22
Egor Babenko	Lethbridge Hurricanes	20	10	13	23	14

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 Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards	TBD

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

First Team^[5]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	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	Pos.	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

References

^ "Seattle Thunderbirds beat Regina in OT to take WHL title". The Seattle Times. May 14, 2017. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
^ "WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved October 5, 2016.
^ WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.
^ WHL Announces 2016-17 Conference All-Star teams

External links

Preceded by 2015–16 WHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 2017–18 WHL season

[1] "Seattle Thunderbirds beat Regina in OT to take WHL title". The Seattle Times. May 14, 2017. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017.

[standings-conf-western-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.

[3] "WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved October 5, 2016.

[4] WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.

[5] WHL Announces 2016-17 Conference All-Star teams

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2016–17 WHL season

Standings

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

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

(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

Playoff leading goaltenders

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

See also

References

External links