2022–23 WHL season

2022–23 WHL season
LeagueWestern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 23, 2022 – March 26, 2023
Playoffs
March 31, 2023 – May 19, 2023
Number of teams22
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial TrophyWinnipeg Ice (2)
Season MVPConnor Bedard (Regina Pats)
Top scorerConnor Bedard (Regina Pats)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPThomas Millic (Thunderbirds)
Finals championsSeattle Thunderbirds (2)
  Runners-upWinnipeg Ice
WHL seasons
2022–23 CHL seasons
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOHL
September 2022–May 2023
QMJHL
September 2022–May 2023
WHL
September 2022–May 2023
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)
Memorial Cup
Finals championsQuebec Remparts (QMJHL) (3rd title)
  Runners-upSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

The 2022–23 WHL season was the 57th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season started on September 23, 2022, and ended on March 26, 2023, with the 2023 WHL Playoffs beginning on March 31 and ending on May 19. Teams went back to inter-conference games for first time since the 2019–20 season.[1]

The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the regular season-champion Winnipeg Ice 4 games to 1 in the finals to win their second Ed Chynoweth Cup and earn a spot in the 2023 Memorial Cup tournament, which was hosted by the Kamloops Blazers.[2]

Standings

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Conference standings

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Western Conference
Team GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts
Seattle Thunderbirds xy 68 54 11 1 2 300 155 111
Kamloops Blazers xy 68 48 13 4 3 313 198 103
Portland Winterhawks x 68 40 20 5 3 244 218 88
Prince George Cougars x 68 37 24 6 1 290 241 81
Tri-City Americans x 68 34 26 5 3 256 245 76
Everett Silvertips x 68 33 32 2 1 221 245 69
Vancouver Giants x 68 28 32 5 3 188 238 64
Kelowna Rockets x 68 27 37 4 0 210 256 58
Victoria Royals e 68 17 43 6 2 199 323 42
Spokane Chiefs e 68 15 43 4 6 195 314 40
Eastern Conference
Team GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts
Winnipeg Ice xyz 68 57 10 1 0 325 177 115
Red Deer Rebels xy 68 43 19 3 3 248 189 92
Saskatoon Blades x 68 48 15 4 1 257 171 101
Moose Jaw Warriors x 68 41 24 0 3 252 237 85
Lethbridge Hurricanes x 68 36 26 3 3 204 207 78
Regina Pats x 68 34 30 3 1 262 277 72
Calgary Hitmen x 68 31 29 5 3 220 224 70
Medicine Hat Tigers x 68 30 29 8 1 248 224 69
Swift Current Broncos e 68 31 33 1 3 227 242 66
Brandon Wheat Kings e 68 26 33 8 1 212 242 61
Prince Albert Raiders e 68 28 37 3 0 198 239 59
Edmonton Oil Kings e 68 10 54 4 0 131 338 24

x – team has clinched playoff spot y – team has clinched division z – team has clinched best regular season record

e – team is eliminated from playoff contention

Map of WHL, 2019–20 to 2022–23
Map
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Ice
Winnipeg Ice
Wheat Kings
Brandon Wheat Kings
Pats
Regina Pats
Warriors
Moose Jaw Warriors
Raiders
Prince Albert Raiders
Blades
Saskatoon Blades
Broncos
Swift Current Broncos
Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers
Hurricanes
Lethbridge Hurricanes
Oil Kings
Edmonton Oil Kings
Rebels
Red Deer Rebels
Hitmen
Calgary Hitmen
Chiefs
Spokane Chiefs
Americans
Tri-City Americans
Rockets
Kelowna Rockets
Blazers
Kamloops Blazers
Silvertips
Everett Silvertips
Thunderbirds
Seattle Thunderbirds
Winterhawks
Portland Winterhawks
Cougars
Prince George Cougars
Giants
Vancouver Giants
Royals
Victoria Royals
   East Division
   Central Division
   BC Division
   US Division

Statistical leaders

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Scoring leaders

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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
Connor Bedard Regina Pats 57 71 72 143 62
Chase Wheatcroft Prince George Cougars 68 47 60 107 46
Zach Benson Winnipeg Ice 60 36 62 98 49
Logan Stankoven Kamloops Blazers 48 34 63 97 17
Riley Heidt Prince George Cougars 68 25 72 97 36
Andrew Cristall Kelowna Rockets 54 39 56 95 50
Matthew Savoie Winnipeg Ice 62 38 57 95 26
Connor McClennon Winnipeg Ice 64 46 46 92 49
Koehn Ziemmer Prince George Cougars 68 41 48 89 43
Jagger Firkus Moose Jaw Warriors 66 40 48 88 24

Leading goaltenders

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These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1,200 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%
Thomas Milic Seattle Thunderbirds 33 1,964 27 3 1 1 4 2.08 0.928
Scott Ratzlaff Seattle Thunderbirds 34 2,011 25 8 0 1 5 2.15 0.918
Austin Elliott Saskatoon Blades 37 2,123 25 6 3 0 2 2.20 0.911
Daniel Hauser Winnipeg Ice 42 2,504 37 4 1 0 2 2.28 0.917
Rhett Stoesser Red Deer Rebels 25 1,480 19 6 0 0 2 2.35 0.910

2023 WHL Playoffs

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Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals WHL Championship
            
E1 Winnipeg 4
E8 Medicine Hat 0
E1 Winnipeg 4
E4 Moose Jaw 2
E2 Red Deer 4
E7 Calgary 1
E1 Winnipeg 4
Eastern
E3 Saskatoon 0
E3 Saskatoon 4
E6 Regina 3
E2 Red Deer 3
E3 Saskatoon 4
E4 Moose Jaw 4
E5 Lethbridge 0
E1 Winnipeg 1
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
W1 Seattle 4
W1 Seattle 4
W8 Kelowna 0
W1 Seattle 4
W4 Prince George 0
W2 Kamloops 4
W7 Vancouver 0
W1 Seattle 4
Western
W2 Kamloops 2
W3 Portland 4
W6 Everett 1
W2 Kamloops 4
W3 Portland 0
W4 Prince George 4
W5 Tri-City 2

Conference Quarter-finals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E8) Medicine Hat Tigers

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March 31 Medicine Hat Tigers 3–5 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
Andrew Basha (1) - 11:01 First period 1:50 - pp - Zack Ostapchuk (1)
8:22 - Matthew Savoie (1)
No scoring Second period 10:28 - pp - Evan Friesen (1)
Andrew Basha (2) - pp - 10:00
Rhett Parsons (1) - 19:49 		Third period 4:55 - pp - Matthew Savoie (2)
18:53 - en - Matthew Savoie (3)
Beckett Langkow (30 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (33 saves / 36 shots)
April 1 Medicine Hat Tigers 2–5 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:44 - Briley Wood (1)
Andrew Basha (3) - 6:20 Second period 1:33 - Zack Ostapchuk (2)
15:50 - pp - Connor McClennon (1)
11:58 - pp - Dallon Melin (1) Third period 13:49 - pp - Connor McClennon (2)
19:33 - en - Matthew Savoie (4)
Beckett Langkow (17 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (25 saves / 27 shots)
April 4 Winnipeg Ice 7–2 Medicine Hat Tigers Co-op Place Recap  
Zack Ostapchuk (3) - 1:00
Evan Friesen (2) - 5:45
Matthew Savoie (5) - 5:58 		First period 8:21 - Brendan Lee (1)
Ty Nash (1) - 11:48
Conor Geekie (1) - 14:28 		Second period No scoring
Connor McClennon (3) - pp - 0:49
Easton Armstrong (1) - pp - 8:17 		Third period 12:29 - pp - Gavin McKenna (1)
Daniel Hauser (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Beckett Langkow (16 shots / 23 saves)
Zach Zahara (1 save / 1 shot)
April 5 Winnipeg Ice 3–2 Medicine Hat Tigers Co-op Place Recap  
Matthew Savoie (6) - sh - 1:14 First period 1:30 - pp - Dru Krebs (1)
Owen Pederson (1) - 10:50 Second period 15:59 - Hunter St. Martin (1)
Ty Nash (2) - 1:10 Third period No scoring
Daniel Hauser (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Beckett Langkow (18 saves / 21 shots)
Winnipeg wins series 4–0


(E2) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E7) Calgary Hitmen

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March 31 Calgary Hitmen 0–3 Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
No scoring First period 17:56 - Kai Uchacz (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:22 - Jayden Grubbe (1)
17:56 - Frantisek Formanek (1)
Brayden Peters (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Kyle Kelsey (25 saves / 25 shots)
April 1 Calgary Hitmen 2–1 OT Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Sean Tschigerl (1) - 18:23 Third period 11:20 - Christoffer Sedoff (1)
David Adaszynski (1) - 16:42 First overtime period No scoring
Brayden Peters (38 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 38 shots)
April 3 Red Deer Rebels 4–2 Calgary Hitmen Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
Matteo Fabrizi (1) - 16:07
Kai Uchacz (2) - 16:56 		First period 13:42 - Carson Wetsch (1)
Frantisek Formanek (2) - 0:46 Second period 3:56 - pp - Carter MacAdams (1)
Kai Uchacz (3) - en - 19:23 Third period No scoring
Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Brayden Peters (42 saves / 45 shots)
April 5 Red Deer Rebels 6–1 Calgary Hitmen Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ben King (1) - pp - 8:04
Ollie Josephson (1) - sh - 9:07
Jhett Larson (1) - sh - 18:31
Hunter Mayo (1) - 19:28 		Second period 5:30 - pp - Ethan Moore (1)
Ben King (2) - pp - 5:56
Kai Uchacz (4) - pp - 12:09 		Third period No scoring
Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Brayden Peters (33 saves / 39 shots)
Ethan Buenaventura (2 saves / 2 shots)
April 7 Calgary Hitmen 5–6 OT Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
David Adaszynski (2) - pp - 13:19
Brandon Whynott (1) - 14:09 		First period 4:22 - pp - Kalan Lind (1)
19:23 - pp - Mats Lindgren (1)
Maxim Muranov (1) - 12:19 Second period 7:32 - pp - Mats Lindgren (2)
Oliver Tulk (1) - pp - 2:46
Maxim Muranov (2) - sh - 9:32 		Third period 15:32 - Matteo Fabrizi (2)
17:18 - Christoffer Sedoff (2)
No scoring First overtime period 4:56 - Ben King (3)
Brayden Peters (38 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Kyle Kelsey (19 saves / 24 shots)
Red Deer wins series 4–1


(E3) Saskatoon Blades vs. (E6) Regina Pats

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March 31 Regina Pats 6–1 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Zackary Shantz (1) - 4:11
Connor Bedard (1) - 13:12 		Second period No scoring
Riley Ginnell (1) - 0:09
Stanislav Svozil (1) - 9:54
Connor Bedard (2) - 13:27
Tye Spencer (1) - en - 17:29 		Third period 0:31 - Lukas Hansen (1)
Drew Sim (27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliot (19 saves / 24 shots)
April 2 Regina Pats 6–5 OT Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
Stanislav Svozil (2) - 5:08
Connor Bedard (3) - 13:33 		First period 18:01 - Justin Lies (1)
Zack Stringer (1) - pp - 5:32
Connor Bedard (4) - 12:31 		Second period 2:48 - Lukas Hansen (2)
6:42 - Josh Pillar (1)
Connor Bedard (5) - 11:10 Third period 8:32 - Jayden Wiens (1)
8:50 - Vaughn Watterodt (1)
Zack Stringer (2) - pp - 2:58 First overtime period No scoring
Drew Sim (42 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliot (9 saves / 13 shots)
Ethan Chadwick (4 saves / 6 shots)
April 4 Saskatoon Blades 4–3 OT Regina Pats Brandt Centre Recap  
Jayden Wiens (2) - pp - 12:21 First period 2:32 - Stanislav Svozil (3)
13:25 - Alexander Suzdalev (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Egor Sidorov (1) - pp - 10:32
Brandon Lisowsky (1) - pp - 19:33 		Third period 9:39 - Connor Bedard (6)
Egor Sidorov (2) - 5:19 First overtime period No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Drew Sim (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 5 Saskatoon Blades 4–3 OT Regina Pats Brandt Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Egor Sidorov (3) - pp - 7:18 Second period 19:35 - pp - Connor Bedard (7)
Jayden Wiens (3) - 2:42
Charlie Wright (1) - 10:01 		Third period 0:13 - Connor Bedard (8)
0:53 - Tanner Howe (1)
Jake Chiasson (1) - 7:20 First overtime period No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Drew Sim (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 7 Regina Pats 2–4 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
Zack Stringer (3) - pp - 11:24 First period 3:46 - Vaughn Watterodt (2)
5:26 - pp - Egor Sidorov (4)
No scoring Second period 15:52 - Conner Roulette (1)
Connor Bedard (9) - 3:09 Third period 10:46 - Egor Sidorov (5)
Drew Sim (29 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Ethan Chadwick (20 saves / 22 shots)
April 8 Saskatoon Blades 3–5 Regina Pats Brandt Centre Recap  
Jayden Wiens (4) - 9:42 First period 14:53 - Alexander Suzdalev (2)
Trevor Wong (1) - 17:34 Second period 5:04 - pp - Alexander Suzdalev (3)
12:45 - Tanner Howe (2)
Trevor Wong (2) - 1:04 Third period 1:59 - Connor Bedard (10)
11:24 - Zackary Shantz (2)
Ethan Chadwick (15 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Drew Sim (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 10 Regina Pats 1–4 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:46 - Spencer Shugrue (1)
Stanislav Svozil (4) - 13:10 Third period 7:56 - Jake Chiasson (2)
17:50 - Vaughn Watterodt (3)
18:11 - en - Trevor Wong (3)
Drew Sim (36 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliot (25 saves / 26 shots)
Saskatoon wins series 4–3


(E4) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (E5) Lethbridge Hurricanes

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March 31 Lethbridge Hurricanes 1–2 2OT Moose Jaw Warriors Moose Jaw Events Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Cole Shepard (1) - sh - 12:04 Second period 4:53 - Logan Dowhaniuk (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 19:43 - pp - Jagger Firkus (1)
Bryan Thomson (52 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ungar (50 saves / 51 shots)
April 1 Lethbridge Hurricanes 1–5 Moose Jaw Warriors Moose Jaw Events Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 13:06 - pp - Atley Calvert (1)
No scoring Second period 8:28 - Ryder Korczak (1)
Anton Astashevich (1) - pp - 13:42 Third period 11:18 - Martin Ryšavý (1)
14:29 - Denton Mateychuk (1)
16:08 - Lucas Brenton (1)
Bryan Thomson (29 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ungar (21 saves / 22 shots)
April 4 Moose Jaw Warriors 6–2 Lethbridge Hurricanes Enmax Centre Recap  
Atley Calvert (2) - 5:03
Jagger Firkus (2) - 18:52 		First period 11:13 - pp - Jett Jones (1)
Jagger Firkus (3) - 8:16
Jagger Firkus (4) - 11:28
Martin Ryšavý (2) - 14:58 		Second period No scoring
Atley Calvert (3) - en - 19:59 Third period 7:20 - Brayden Edwards (1)
Connor Ungar (24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Bryan Thomson (13 saves / 18 shots)
Harrison Meneghin (5 saves / 5 shots)
April 5 Moose Jaw Warriors 5–2 Lethbridge Hurricanes Enmax Centre Recap  
Brayden Yager (1) - 13:56 First period 8:50 - Tyson Zimmer (1)
Maximus Wanner (1) - 5:15 Second period 19:00 - Hayden Smith (1)
Lynden Lakovic (1) - 4:48
Denton Mateychuk (2) - 14:32
Brayden Yager (2) - en - 19:29 		Third period No scoring
Connor Ungar (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Harrison Meneghin (25 saves / 29 shots)
Moose Jaw wins series 4–0


Western Conference

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(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W8) Kelowna Rockets

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March 31 Kelowna Rockets 2–3 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
Jackson DeSouza (1) - 11:02 First period No scoring
Caden Price (1) - pp - 7:21 Second period 19:32 - Dylan Guenther (1)
No scoring Third period 3:22 - Dylan Guenther (2)
5:53 - pp - Reid Schaefer (1)
Jari Kykkanen (36 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (23 saves / 25 shots)
April 1 Kelowna Rockets 1–4 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
No scoring First period 12:02 - pp - Dylan Guenther (3)
Dylan Wightman (1) - 7:38 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 9:35 - Lucas Ciona (1)
15:35 - Nolan Allan (1)
17:01 - en - Jared Davidson (1)
Jari Kykkanen (44 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (25 saves / 26 shots)
April 4 Seattle Thunderbirds 4–1 Kelowna Rockets Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:40 - Andrew Cristall (1)
Dylan Guenther (4) - 3:31
Jordan Gustafson (1) - 11:07
Lucas Ciona (2) - 13:05
Kyle Crnkovic (1) - sh - en - 19:07 		Third period No scoring
Thomas Milic (24 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Jari Kykkanen (29 saves / 32 shots)
April 5 Seattle Thunderbirds 3–0 Kelowna Rockets Prospera Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Lucas Ciona (2) - pp - 8:42 Second period No scoring
Dylan Guenther (5) - 9:25
Jordan Gustafson (2) - 13:13 		Third period No scoring
Thomas Milic (19 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (35 saves / 38 shots)
Seattle wins series 4–0


(W2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W7) Vancouver Giants

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March 31 Vancouver Giants 0–8 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 2:08 - pp - Logan Stankoven (1)
6:18 - Emmitt Finnie (1)
7:10 - Dylan Sydor (1)
14:44 - Logan Stankoven (2)
No scoring Second period 1:42 - Ryan Hofer (1)
3:59 - pp - Caedan Bankier (1)
6:12 - pp - Logan Stankoven (3)
No scoring Third period 17:19 - Ashton Ferster (1)
Jesper Vikman (15 saves / 22 shots)
Brett Mirwald (30 saves / 31 shots) 		Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (15 saves / 15 shots)
April 1 Vancouver Giants 1–6 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 5:41 - Ryan Hofer (2)
6:00 - Olen Zellweger (1)
No scoring Second period 0:49 - pp - Caedan Bankier (2)
Samuel Honzek (1) - pp - 12:55 Third period 6:43 - Daylan Kuefler (1)
7:55 - Dylan Sydor (2)
13:06 - Emmitt Finnie (2)
Brett Mirwald (49 shots / 55 saves) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (25 shots / 26 saves)
April 4 Kamloops Blazers 5–0 Vancouver Giants Langley Events Centre Recap  
Logan Stankoven (4) - 7:37 First period No scoring
Emmitt Finnie (3) - 2:20 Second period No scoring
Ryan Hofer (3) - 3:05
Caedan Bankier (3) - 5:03
Caedan Bankier (4) - 17:46 		Third period No scoring
Dylan Ernst (17 saves / 17 shots) Goalie stats Jesper Vikman (41 shots / 45 saves)
April 6 Kamloops Blazers 5–4 OT Vancouver Giants Langley Events Centre Recap  
Ryan Hofer (4) - pp - 6:51
Ryan Hofer (5) - 16:23
Connor Levis (1) - pp - 19:58 		First period 5:06 - Ty Thorpe (1)
19:29 - sh - Ty Thorpe (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Olen Zellweger (2) - 3:45 Third period 0:52 - pp - Ty Thorpe (3)
15:00 - pp - Skyler Bruce (1)
Olen Zellweger (3) - 19:58 First overtime period No scoring
Dylan Ernst (31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Jesper Vikman (62 saves / 67 shots)
Kamloops wins series 4–0


(W3) Portland Winterhawks vs. (W6) Everett Silvertips

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March 31 Everett Silvertips 3–4 Portland Winterhawks Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Austin Roest (1) - 7:10 First period 8:52 - pp - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (1)
No scoring Second period 5:26 - pp - Marcus Nguyen (1)
Jackson Berezowski (1) - pp - 4:17
Austin Roest (2) - 16:49 		Third period 10:59 - Marcus Nguyen (2)
12:20 - James Stefan (1)
Tyler Palmer (33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Jan Špunar (31 saves / 34 shots)
April 1 Everett Silvertips 0–4 Portland Winterhawks Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 10:23 - Marcus Nguyen (3)
13:38 - Marcus Nguyen (4)
No scoring Second period 15:46 - pp - Jack O'Brien (1)
No scoring Third period 18:44 - en - Jack O'Brien (2)
Tyler Palmer (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Jan Špunar (23 saves / 23 shots)
April 3 Portland Winterhawks 6–1 Everett Silvertips Angel of the Winds Arena Recap  
Kyle Chyzowski (1) - 7:09 First period No scoring
Gabe Klassen (1) - 3:28
James Stefan (2) - pp - 17:11
Kyle Chyzowski (2) - 17:34 		Second period No scoring
James Stefan (3) - pp - 0:29
Nicholas Johnson (1) - 15:53 		Third period 17:07 - Jackson Berezowski (2)
Jan Špunar (38 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Palmer (18 saves / 24 shots)
April 7 Portland Winterhawks 0–5 Everett Silvertips Angel of the Winds Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 2:49 - Caden Zaplitny (1)
4:14 - Beau Courtney (1)
No scoring Second period 19:08 - pp - Jackson Berezowski (3)
No scoring Third period 2:24 - Roan Woodward (1)
14:49 - Austin Roest (3)
Jan Špunar (31 shots / 36 saves) Goalie stats Tyler Palmer (27 shots / 27 saves)
April 8 Everett Silvertips 2–3 OT Portland Winterhawks Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 17:39 - Gabe Klassen (2)
Austin Roest (4) - pp - 16:51
Jackson Berezowski (4) - pp - 18:36 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 8:29 - pp - James Stefan (4)
No scoring First overtime period 9:45 - pp - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (2)
Tyler Palmer (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Jan Špunar (19 saves / 21 shots)
Portland wins series 4–1


(W4) Prince George Cougars vs. (W5) Tri-City Americans

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March 31 Tri-City Americans 6–4 Prince George Cougars CN Centre Recap  
Tyson Greenway (1) - 16:45
Tyson Greenway (2) - 19:00 		First period No scoring
Parker Bell (1) - 4:15 Second period 7:20 - Caden Brown (1)
10:38 - Hudson Thornton (1)
Jake Sloan (1) - 4:46
Deagan McMillan (1) - 6:55
Jalen Luypen (1) - en - 19:17 		Third period 2:03 - Caden Brown (2)
9:42 - Zac Funk (1)
Tomáš Suchánek (43 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Brennan (27 saves / 32 shots)
April 1 Tri-City Americans 1–2 OT Prince George Cougars CN Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Cole Dubinsky (1) - 12:02 Second period 7:22 - Adam Mechura (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 4:52 - Jaxsen Wiebe (1)
Tomáš Suchánek (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Brennan (17 saves / 18 shots)
April 4 Prince George Cougars 2–4 Tri-City Americans Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period 8:00 - Marc Lajoie (1)
12:01 - Tyson Greenway (3)
Chase Wheatcroft (1) - 3:59 Second period No scoring
Hudson Thornton (2) - 1:22 Third period 5:31 - pp - Parker Bell (2)
19:09 - en - Jalen Luypen (2)
Tyler Brennan (16 saves / 18 shots)
Ty Young (8 saves / 9 shots) 		Goalie stats Tomáš Suchánek (28 saves / 30 shots)
April 5 Prince George Cougars 6–2 Tri-City Americans Toyota Center Recap  
Koehn Ziemmer (1) - 17:55
Jaxsen Wiebe (2) - 18:54 		First period No scoring
Koehn Ziemmer (2) - 1:50 Second period 3:43 - Tyson Greenway (4)
Riley Heidt (1) - 6:02
Jaxsen Wiebe (3) - en - 17:24
Chase Wheatcroft (2) - pp - 19:59 		Third period 15:45 - Jalen Luypen (3)
Ty Young (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tomáš Suchánek (25 saves / 30 shots)
April 7 Prince George Cougars 6–2 Tri-City Americans Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period Jake Sloan (2) - 14:38
5:51 - Zac Funk (2)
14:10 - Bauer Dumanski (1) 		Second period Reese Belton (1) - 16:22
8:01 - Caden Brown (3)
14:39 - Cole Dubinsky (2)
17:42 - en - Zac Funk (3)
18:48 - Bauer Dumanski (2) 		Third period No scoring
Ty Young (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tomáš Suchánek (28 saves / 33 shots)
April 9 Tri-City Americans 4–5 OT Prince George Cougars CN Centre Recap  
12:32 - Reese Belton (2) First period Riley Heidt (2) - 4:51
Cole Dubinsky (3) - 7:57
Fischer O'Brien (1) - 17:05
0:17 - Ethan Ernst (1)
17:18 - Tyson Greenway (5) 		Second period No scoring
13:34 - Jake Sloan (3) Third period Zac Funk (4) - 2:02
No scoring First overtime period Chase Wheatcroft (3) - 2:31
Tomáš Suchánek (32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Ty Young (34 saves / 38 shots)
Prince George wins series 4–2


Conference Semi-finals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E4) Moose Jaw Warriors

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April 14 Moose Jaw Warriors 3–5 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
Brayden Yager (3) - 19:38 First period 1:04 - pp - Owen Pederson (2)
7:57 - Zach Benson (1)
16:42 - Matthew Savoie (7)
Maximus Wanner (2) - 4:09
Jagger Firkus (5) - pp - 13:21 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:59 - Connor McClennon (4)
6:04 - Graham Sward (1)
Connor Ungar (32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (26 saves / 29 shots)
April 15 Moose Jaw Warriors 5–3 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
Ryder Korczak (2) - 1:02
Brayden Yager (4) - 8:07
Brayden Yager (5) - pp - 9:11
Martin Ryšavý (3) - pp - 9:31 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Josh Hoekstra (1) - en - 19:57 Third period 1:07 - pp - Zack Ostapchuk (4)
13:09 - Connor McClennon (5)
16:10 - Carson Latimer (1)
Connor Ungar (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (7 saves / 11 shots)
Mason Beaupit (8 saves / 8 shots)
April 18 Winnipeg Ice 4–8 Moose Jaw Warriors Mosaic Place Recap  
Zack Ostapchuk (5) - 7:07
Briley Wood (2) - 7:18
Vladislav Shilo (1) - 17:06 		First period 8:45 - pp - Ryder Korczak (3)
11:33 - pp - Jagger Firkus (6)
14:52 - Lynden Lakovic (2)
No scoring Second period 10:52 - Eric Alarie (1)
11:46 - Lynden Lakovic (3)
Josh Medernach (1) - 9:55 Third period 4:14 - Cosmo Wilson (1)
9:46 - Martin Ryšavý (4)
16:01 - Jagger Firkus (7)
Daniel Hauser (5 saves / 8 shots)
Mason Beaupit (12 saves / 17 shots) 		Goalie stats Connor Ungar (25 saves / 29 shots)
April 19 Winnipeg Ice 3–2 OT Moose Jaw Warriors Mosaic Place Recap  
Vladislav Shilo (2) - 8:22 First period 12:57 - Martin Ryšavý (5)
Matthew Savoie (8) - 0:50 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 1:22 - Jagger Firkus (8)
Zack Ostapchuk (6) - pp - 11:56 First overtime period No scoring
Daniel Hauser (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ungar (38 saves / 41 shots)
April 22 Moose Jaw Warriors 2–5 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
Jagger Firkus (9) - 13:35
Brayden Yager (6) - 15:03 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 2:27 - Conor Geekie (2)
11:32 - Conor Geekie (3)
No scoring Third period 15:06 - Matthew Savoie (9)
17:50 - en - Conor Geekie (4)
19:01 - en - Zach Benson (2)
Connor Ungar (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (26 saves / 28 shots)
April 24 Winnipeg Ice 8–2 Moose Jaw Warriors Mosaic Place Recap  
Zack Ostapchuk (7) - 10:49
Vladislav Shilo (3) - 11:40 		First period No scoring
Connor McClennon (6) - 0:28
Connor McClennon (7) - 2:20
Graham Sward (2) - 6:12
Conor Geekie (5) - 7:33
Conor Geekie (6) - 17:54
Evan Friesen (3) - 18:33 		Second period 9:25 - pp - Denton Mateychuk (3)
No scoring Third period 18:13 - pp - Jagger Firkus (10)
Daniel Hauser (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ungar (28 saves / 33 shots)
Jackson Unger (4 saves / 7 shots)
Winnipeg wins series 4–2


(E2) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E3) Saskatoon Blades

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April 14 Red Deer Rebels 3–1 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
4:28 - Jhett Larson (2) Second period No scoring
14:19 - Jace Isley (1)
19:56 - en - Christoffer Sedoff (3) 		Third period Jake Chiasson (3) - 18:08
Kyle Kelsey (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliott (17 saves / 19 shots)
April 16 Red Deer Rebels 5–2 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
7:53 - pp - Ben King (4)
9:42 - Christoffer Sedoff (4)
12:10 - Jhett Larson (3) 		Second period No scoring
3:38 - Carson Birnie (1)
12:47 - Jayden Grubbe (2) 		Third period Brandon Lisowsky (2) - pp - 9:48
Charlie Wright (2) - pp - 19:54
Kyle Kelsey (14 saves / 16 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliott (11 saves / 14 shots)
Ethan Chadwick (4 saves / 6 shots)
April 18 Saskatoon Blades 1–3 Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
5:04 - Trevor Wong (4) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period František Formánek (3) - 9:46
Dwayne Jean (1) - 9:46
No scoring Third period Kalan Lind (2) - en - 19:14
Austin Elliott (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Kyle Kelsey (22 saves / 23 shots)
April 19 Saskatoon Blades 4–2 Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
No scoring First period Kai Uchacz (5) - pp - 6:27
Kai Uchacz (6) - 13:05
12:09 - pp - Aidan De La Gorgendiere (1) Second period No scoring
4:12 - Jayden Wiens (5)
4:55 - Brandon Lisowsky (3)
8:15 - Tanner Molendyk (1) 		Third period No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Kyle Kelsey (20 saves / 24 shots)
April 21 Red Deer Rebels 3–6 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
11:08 - Kai Uchacz (7)
16:58 - Kai Uchacz (8) 		First period Tanner Molendyk (2) - 5:39
Egor Sidorov (6) - pp - 11:59
Egor Sidorov (7) - pp - 18:03
1:28 - Ollie Josephson (2) Second period Aidan De La Gorgendiere (2) - pp - 19:35
No scoring Third period Jayden Wiens (6) - 5:41
Tanner Molendyk (3) - 12:34
Kyle Kelsey (4 saves / 7 shots)
Chase Coward (21 saves / 24 shots) 		Goalie stats Ethan Chadwick (14 saves / 17 shots)
April 23 Saskatoon Blades 5–3 Red Deer Rebels Peavey Mart Centrium Recap  
0:34 - Egor Sidorov (8)
16:24 - Trevor Wong (5) 		First period Jace Isley (2) - 5:09
9:53 - pp - Egor Sidorov (9)
17:37 - Jake Chiasson (4) 		Second period Kai Uchacz (9) - 19:31
18:08 - Jayden Wiens (7) Third period Jace Isley (3) - 12:13
Austin Elliott (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Chase Coward (18 saves / 22 shots)
April 25 Red Deer Rebels 2–5 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
12:10 - Hunter Mayo (2) First period Conner Roulette (2) - 14:45
7:35 - Ryker Singer (1) Second period Spencer Shugrue (2) - 5:41
No scoring Third period Spencer Shugrue (3) - 4:29
Conner Roulette (3) - 5:09
Vaughn Watterodt (4) - en - 19:32
Kyle Kelsey (23 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliott (23 saves / 25 shots)
Saskatoon wins series 4–3


Western Conference

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(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W4) Prince George Cougars

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April 14 Prince George Cougars 1–4 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
Koehn Ziemmer (3) - pp - 18:14 First period 1:50 - Dylan Guenther (6)
15:23 - pp - Dylan Guenther (7)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:48 - Lucas Ciona (4)
19:36 - en - Nico Myatovic (1)
Ty Young (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (23 saves / 24 shots)
April 15 Prince George Cougars 1–5 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:12 - pp - Jared Davidson (2)
No scoring Second period 9:23 - Brad Lambert (1)
13:43 - Dylan Guenther (8)
Ondřej Becher (1) - 0:14 Third period 5:53 - pp - Kyle Crnkovic (2)
19:16 - pp - Jared Davidson (3)
Ty Young (29 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (26 saves / 27 shots)
April 18 Seattle Thunderbirds 8–1 Prince George Cougars CN Centre Recap  
Reid Schaefer (2) - 1:42
Colton Dach (1) - 5:40
Jared Davidson (4) - pp - 10:42
Gracyn Sawchyn (1) - pp - 12:15 		First period No scoring
Brad Lambert (2) - 0:37
Mekai Sanders (1) - 16:03
Dylan Guenther (9) - pp - 19:05 		Second period 12:10 - Chase Wheatcroft (4)
Dylan Guenther (10) - 9:51 Third period No scoring
Thomas Milic (19 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Ty Young (32 saves / 40 shots)
April 19 Seattle Thunderbirds 8–2 Prince George Cougars CN Centre Recap  
Sam Popowich (1) - 11:50
Jeremy Hanzel (1) - 16:00
First period No scoring
Colton Dach (2) - 1:57
Bryce Pickford (1) - 7:41
Luke Prokop (1) - 16:24 		Second period No scoring
Mekai Sanders (2) - 5:09
Reid Schaefer (3) - pp - 7:59
Jared Davidson (5) - 9:01 		Third period 0:24 - pp - Zac Funk (5)
19:28 - Chase Wheatcroft (5)
Thomas Milic (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Ty Young (32 saves / 40 shots)
Seattle wins series 4–0


(W2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W3) Portland Winterhawks

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April 14 Portland Winterhawks 4–6 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
James Stefan (5) - 9:50 First period 8:30 - Emmitt Finnie (4)
James Stefan (6) - 17:04 Second period 13:43 - Jakub Demek (1)
15:22 - Fraser Minten (1)
19:36 - Jakub Demek (2)
Marcus Nguyen (5) - pp - 16:48
James Stefan (7) - pp - 19:58 		Third period 1:03 - Matthew Seminoff (1)
4:26 - pp - Logan Stankoven (5)
Jan Špunar (32 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (28 saves / 32 shots)
April 15 Portland Winterhawks 0–5 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 11:44 - pp - Caedan Bankier (5)
No scoring Second period 17:34 - Olen Zellweger (4)
19:05 - pp - Logan Stankoven (6)
No scoring Third period 7:53 - Logan Stankoven (7)
17:35 - pp - Daylan Kuefler (2)
Jan Špunar (37 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (29 saves / 29 shots)
April 19 Kamloops Blazers 3–2 Portland Winterhawks Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Jakub Demek (3) - 9:48 First period 11:23 - pp - Jack O'Brien (3)
Logan Stankoven (8) - pp - 4:35 Second period No scoring
Fraser Minten (2) - pp - 1:56 Third period 14:02 - Luca Cagnoni (1)
Dylan Ernst (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Jan Špunar (33 saves / 36 shots)
April 20 Kamloops Blazers 10–4 Portland Winterhawks Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap  
Matthew Seminoff (2) - pp - 0:31
Kyle Masters (1) - 9:45
Logan Stankoven (9) - pp - 10:24 		First period 14:20 - pp - Ryan McCleary (1)
15:52 - Diego Buttazzoni (1)
Matthew Seminoff (3) - 2:29
Matthew Seminoff (4) - pp - 5:24
Olen Zellweger (5) - pp - 8:22
Logan Stankoven (10) - 10:23
Olen Zellweger (6) - 19:38 		Second period 6:47 - Jack O'Brien (4)
17:57 - Diego Buttazzoni (2)
Olen Zellweger (7) - 1:59
14:27 - Caedan Bankier (6) - 14:27 		Third period No scoring
Dylan Ernst (23 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Dante Giannuzzi (8 saves / 11 shots)
Jan Špunar (30 saves / 37 shots)
Kamloops wins series 4–0


Conference Finals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E3) Saskatoon Blades

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April 28 Saskatoon Blades 0–3 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 14:39 - Ben Zloty (1)
16:05 - sh - ps - Zack Ostapchuk (8)
No scoring Second period 7:45 - Carson Lambos (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 16 shots)
April 29 Saskatoon Blades 2–6 Winnipeg Ice Wayne Fleming Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 6:09 - Connor McClennon (8)
17:31 - pp - Connor McClennon (9)
No scoring Second period 3:25 - Zach Benson (3)
12:29 - Owen Pederson (3)
Justin Lies (2) - 10:48
Jayden Wiens (8) - pp - 14:39 		Third period 1:08 - Connor McClennon (10)
16:27 - en - Matthew Savoie (10)
Austin Elliott (27 saves /32 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (27 saves / 29 shots)
May 2 Winnipeg Ice 5–1 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
Matthew Savoie (11) - pp - 2:46
Zach Benson (4) - 9:48
Evan Friesen (4) - 10:33 		First period No scoring
Connor McClennon (11) - pp - 1:13 Second period 5:40 - Justin Lies (3)
Owen Pederson (4) - pp - 19:26 Third period No scoring
Daniel Hauser (17 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Ethan Chadwick (20 saves / 24 shots)
Austin Elliott (9 saves / 10 shots)
May 3 Winnipeg Ice 3–2 Saskatoon Blades SaskTel Centre Recap  
Connor McClennon (12) - pp - 18:08 First period 15:08 - Aidan De La Gorgendiere (3)
Connor McClennon (13) - 13:30 Second period No scoring
Briley Wood (3) - 6:19 Third period 2:45 - Trevor Wong (6)
Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Austin Elliott (33 saves / 36 shots)
Winnipeg wins series 4–0


Western Conference

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(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W2) Kamloops Blazers

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April 29 Kamloops Blazers 1–5 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
No scoring First period 17:00 - Jared Davidson (6)
Olen Zellweger (8) - 16:11 Second period 13:44 - Nico Myatovic (2)
No scoring Third period 10:19 - Dylan Guenther (11)
14:21 - Jared Davidson (7)
16:13 - pp - Gracyn Sawchyn (2)
Dylan Ernst (30 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (24 saves / 25 shots)
April 30 Kamloops Blazers 3–4 OT Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
Caedan Bankier (7) - 19:20 First period No scoring
Olen Zellweger (9) - pp - 0:59
Matthew Seminoff (5) - pp - 12:53 		Second period 7:33 - pp - Lucas Ciona (5)
15:56 - Colton Dach (3)
No scoring Third period 2:04 - Brad Lambert (3)
No scoring First overtime period 6:21 - Jeremy Hanzel (2)
Dylan Ernst (35 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (39 saves / 42 shots)
May 2 Seattle Thunderbirds 1–4 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
Nolan Allan (2) - 10:00 First period 8:29 - pp - Daylan Kuefler (3)
17:43 - Jakub Demek (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:53 - en - Ryan Hofer (6)
19:18 - Matthew Seminoff (6)
Thomas Milic (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (22 saves / 23 shots)
May 4 Seattle Thunderbirds 8–4 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
Dylan Guenther (12) - 3:09
Kevin Korchinski (1) - 11:48
Dylan Guenther (13) - 19:58 		First period 18:53 - pp - Matthew Seminoff (7)
Kyle Crnkovic (3) - 13:32 Second period 1:12 - Olen Zellweger (10)
11:21 - Olen Zellweger (11)
Jared Davidson (8) - 5:36
Bryce Pickford (2) - 8:13
Dylan Guenther (14) - 14:19
Reid Schaefer (4) - en - 14:56 		Third period 12:01 - Dylan Sydor (3)
Thomas Milic (36 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (33 saves / 40 shots)
May 6 Kamloops Blazers 4–2 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Matthew Seminoff (8) - 16:00 Second period 6:25 - Jared Davidson (9)
Matthew Seminoff (9) - 0:43
Ryan Hofer (7) - 1:06
Ryan Hofer (8) - sh - 5:31 		Third period 5:48 - pp - Reid Schaefer (5)
Dylan Ernst (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (26 saves / 30 shots)
May 8 Seattle Thunderbirds 4–2 Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 15:57 - Dylan Sydor (4)
Jared Davidson (10) - 4:46 Second period No scoring
Sawyer Mynio (1) - 5:33
Kyle Crnkovic (4) - 10:00
Reid Schaefer (6) - en - 19:21 		Third period 18:17 - pp - Matthew Seminoff (10)
Thomas Milic (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Dylan Ernst (39 saves / 42 shots)
Seattle wins series 4–2


WHL Championship

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(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (W1) Seattle Thunderbirds

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May 12 Seattle Thunderbirds 2–3 Winnipeg Ice Canada Life Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 9:13 - pp - Connor McClennon (14)
15:22 - Evan Friesen (5)
No scoring Second period 7:02 - Carson Latimer (2)
Reid Schaefer (7) - 0:28
Kevin Korchinski (2) - 18:18 		Third period No scoring
Thomas Milic (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (27 saves / 29 shots)
May 13 Seattle Thunderbirds 4–2 Winnipeg Ice Canada Life Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 4:11 - Zach Benson (5)
Jeremy Hanzel (3) - 1:24 Second period No scoring
Brad Lambert (4) - 5:02
Reid Schaefer (8) - 5:10
Brad Lambert (5) - 17:14 		Third period 8:27 - Zach Benson (6)
Thomas Milic (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Hauser (35 saves / 39 shots)
May 16 Winnipeg Ice 3–6 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
Carson Latimer (3) - 1:27 First period 0:25 - Kyle Crnkovic (5)
13:24 - pp - Jeremy Hanzel (4)
13:47 - Brad Lambert (6)
14:09 - Jared Davidson (11)
Zach Benson (7) - 13:42 Second period 8:09 - pp - Dylan Guenther (15)
18:25 - Jeremy Hanzel (5)
Zack Ostapchuk (9) - pp - 12:12 Third period No scoring
Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 22 shots)
Mason Beaupit (11 saves / 11 shots) 		Goalie stats Thomas Milic (35 saves / 38 shots)
May 17 Winnipeg Ice 2–4 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
Carson Latimer (4) - 16:25 First period 19:43 - Kevin Korchinski (3)
Evan Friesen (6) - 8:33 Second period 4:31 - pp - Gracyn Sawchyn (3)
No scoring Third period 7:47 - Dylan Guenther (16)
19:52 - en - Nico Myatovic (3)
Daniel Hauser (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (31 saves / 33 shots)
May 19 Winnipeg Ice 1–3 Seattle Thunderbirds accesso ShoWare Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Sam Popowich (2) - 13:45
5:02 - Evan Friesen (7) Third period Nico Myatovic (4) - ps - 2:27
Kyle Crnkovic (6) - en - 18:54
Daniel Hauser (35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Thomas Milic (30 saves / 31 shots)
Seattle wins series 4–1


Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Logan Stankoven Kamloops Blazers 14 10 20 30 4
Olen Zellweger Kamloops Blazers 14 11 18 29 10
Matthew Savoie Winnipeg Ice 19 11 18 29 8
Dylan Guenther Seattle Thunderbirds 19 16 12 28 12
Brad Lambert Seattle Thunderbirds 17 6 20 26 8
Ben Zloty Winnipeg Ice 19 1 23 24 2
Connor McClennon Winnipeg Ice 19 14 9 23 15
Jared Davidson Seattle Thunderbirds 19 11 12 23 17
Jeremy Hanzel Seattle Thunderbirds 19 5 17 22 18
Jagger Firkus Moose Jaw Warriors 10 10 11 21 10

Playoff leading goaltenders

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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
Thomas Milic Seattle Thunderbirds 19 1,141 16 3 37 1 0.933 1.95
Kyle Kelsey Red Deer Rebels 11 636 7 3 25 1 0.912 2.36
Dylan Ernst Kamloops Blazers 14 863 10 4 37 3 0.913 2.57
Daniel Hauser Winnipeg Ice 19 1,042 13 5 47 1 0.906 2.71
Connor Ungar Moose Jaw Warriors 10 635 6 4 29 0 0.915 2.74

WHL awards

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Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Regular season champions Winnipeg Ice
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Player of the Year Connor Bedard, Regina Pats
Bob Clarke Trophy Top Scorer Connor Bedard, Regina Pats
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Top Defenceman Olen Zellweger, Kamloops Blazers
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year Ryder Ritchie, Prince Albert Raiders
Del Wilson Trophy Top Goaltender Thomas Milic, Seattle Thunderbirds
WHL Plus-Minus Award Top Plus-Minus Rating Jeremy Hanzel, Seattle Thunderbirds
Brad Hornung Trophy Most Sportsmanlike Player Brayden Yager, Moose Jaw Warriors
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy Scholastic player of the Year Quinn Mantei, Brandon Wheat Kings
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy Scholastic team of the Year Portland Winterhawks
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Coach of the Year Brennan Sonne, Saskatoon Blades
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Executive of the Year Bil La Forge, Seattle Thunderbirds
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy Top Official Chris Crich
St. Clair Group Trophy Marketing/Public Relations Award Spokane Chiefs
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the Year Logan Stankoven, Kamloops Blazers
WHL Playoff MVP WHL Finals Most Valuable Player Thomas Millic, Seattle Thunderbirds
Professional Hockey Achievement
Academic Recipient 		Alumni Achievement Awards

All-Star Teams

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Eastern Conference

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Central Division

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First Team[5] Pos. Second Team[6]
Player Team Player Team
Rhett Stoesser Red Deer Rebels G Harrison Meneghin Lethbridge Hurricanes
Owen Pickering Swift Current Broncos D Dru Krebs Medicine Hat Tigers
Christoffer Sedoff Red Deer Rebels D Carter Yakemchuk Calgary Hitmen
Riley Fiddler-Schultz Calgary Hitmen F Jayden Grubbe Red Deer Rebels
Josh Filmon Swift Current Broncos F Mathew Ward Swift Current Broncos
Kai Uchacz Red Deer Rebels F Oazis Wiesblatt Medicine Hat Tigers

East Division

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First Team[7] Pos. Second Team[8]
Player Team Player Team
Daniel Hauser Winnipeg Ice G Austin Elliott Saskatoon Blades
Stanislav Svozil Regina Pats D Aidan De La Gorgendiere Saskatoon Blades
Ben Zloty Winnipeg Ice D Landon Kosior Prince Albert Raiders
Connor Bedard Regina Pats F Nate Danielson Brandon Wheat Kings
Zach Benson Winnipeg Ice F Matthew Savoie Winnipeg Ice
Connor McClennon Winnipeg Ice F Trevor Wong Saskatoon Blades

Western Conference

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B.C. Division

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First Team[9] Pos. Second Team[10]
Player Team Player Team
Jesper Vikman Vancouver Giants G Dylan Ernst Kamloops Blazers
Ethan Samson Prince George Cougars D Kyle Masters Kamloops Blazers
Olen Zellweger Kamloops Blazers D Hudson Thornton Prince George Cougars
Andrew Cristall Kelowna Rockets F Caedan Bankier Kamloops Blazers
Logan Stankoven Kamloops Blazers F Riley Heidt Prince George Cougars
Chase Wheatcroft Prince George Cougars F Matthew Seminoff Kamloops Blazers

U.S. Division

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First Team[11] Pos. Second Team[12]
Player Team Player Team
Thomas Milic Seattle Thunderbirds G Tomas Suchanek Tri-City Americans
Lukas Dragicevic Tri-City Americans D Nolan Allan Seattle Thunderbirds
Kevin Korchinski Seattle Thunderbirds D Luca Cagnoni Portland Winterhawks
Jackson Berezowski Everett Silvertips F Chase Bertholet Spokane Chiefs
Jared Davidson Seattle Thunderbirds F Lucas Ciona Seattle Thunderbirds
Gabe Klassen Portland Winterhawks F Austin Roest Everett Silvertips

Attendance

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Team Home average[13]
Edmonton 6,500
Spokane 5,842
Everett 5,839
Kamloops 4,902
Calgary 4,874
Portland 4,508
Saskatoon 4,506
Regina 4,500
Seattle 4,342
Kelowna 4,304
Red Deer 4,163
Victoria 3,559
Lethbridge 3,525
Tri-City 3,510
Vancouver 3,462
Brandon 3,178
Moose Jaw 2,883
Prince George 2,755
Medicine Hat 2,651
Prince Albert 2,392
Swift Current 1,837
Winnipeg 1,649
Total Average 3,895
Total 2,913,612
total games 748

Playoffs

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Home Team Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance [14]
Saskatoon Blades 10 8,780 87,801
Regina Pats 3 6,499 19,497
Kamloops Blazers 7 5,173 36,216
Red Deer Rebels 6 5,062 30,375
Seattle Thunderbirds 10 4,867 48,677
Prince George Cougars 5 4,609 23,046
Everett Silvertips 2 3,946 7,892
Portland Winterhawks 5 3,891 19,455
Kelowna Rockets 2 3,456 6,912
Medicine Hat Tigers 2 3,239 6,479
Calgary Hitmen 2 3,217 6,434
Moose Jaw Warriors 5 3,210 16,051
Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 2,953 5,906
Vancouver Giants 2 2,909 5,818
Tri-City Americans 3 2,750 8,251
Winnipeg Ice 9 2,536 22,827
League 75 4,701 352,637

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Western Hockey League announces 2022-23 Regular Season schedule".
  2. ^ Crabtree, Curtis (May 19, 2023). "Thunderbirds win second WHL title, beat Winnipeg 3-1 in Game 5 to win Ed Chynoweth Cup". Fox 13 Seattle. Fox Sports. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  4. ^ WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on October 22, 2022.
  5. ^ WHL names 2022-23 Central Division First All-Star Team
  6. ^ WHL names 2022-23 Central Division Second All-Star Team
  7. ^ WHL Names 2022-23 East Division First All-Star Team
  8. ^ WHL Names 2022-23 East Division Second All-Star Team
  9. ^ WHL names 2022-23 B.C. Division First All-Star Team
  10. ^ WHL names 2022-23 B.C. Division Second All-Star Team
  11. ^ WHL names 2022-23 U.S. Division First All-Star Team
  12. ^ WHL names 2022-23 U.S. Division Second All-Star Team
  13. ^ "WHL Network".
  14. ^ "WHL Schedule". CHL.ca/WHL. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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