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This is a list of Western Hockey League seasons since inception of the league in 1966. The league was founded as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, before being renamed the Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1967, the Western Canada Hockey League in 1968, and the Western Hockey League in 1978. [1]
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States.The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada, alongside the Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
2001–02 WHL season; 2002–03 WHL season; 2003–04 WHL season; 2004–05 WHL season; 2005–06 WHL season; 2006–07 WHL season; 2007–08 WHL season; 2008–09 WHL season; 2009–10 WHL season; 2010–11 WHL season; 2011–12 WHL season; 2012–13 WHL season; 2013–14 WHL season; 2014–15 WHL season; 2015–16 WHL season; 2016–17 WHL ...
Western Canada Hockey League (1921–1926; known as Western Hockey League, 1925–1926) Western Hockey League (1952–1974) Western International Hockey League (1946–1962, 1963–1988) Western Professional Hockey League (1996–2001) Western States Hockey League (1994-2022) Western Women's Hockey League (2004–2011) World Hockey Association ...
By the 1925–26 season, WHL teams were openly selling players to their richer NHL rivals to stay afloat. Nevertheless, financial problems were too great to overcome, the NHL board of governors intervened by purchasing the contracts of every player in the WHL for $258,000 and the league formally disbanded.
1978: Following the addition of American teams, the WCHL is renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL). The Flin Flon Bombers move and become a second incarnation of the Edmonton Oil Kings. 1979: The Brandon Wheat Kings establish a league record with 125 points on the season; Brandon wins the league title, but loses in the Memorial Cup final. [6]
WHL may refer to: Western Hockey League (1925–26), final iteration of the Western Canada Hockey League major pro ice hockey league Western Hockey League (founded 1966 as CMJHL), a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States
The 2020–21 WHL season was the 55th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season began on February 26 and ended on May 12. The season began on February 26 and ended on May 12. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a late start, the season was shortened from 68 to 24 games, and the WHL officially termed the season as a ...