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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.
Pages in category "Western Hockey League seasons" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. ... 1979–80 WHL season; 1980–81 WHL season; 1981 ...
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]
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In 1952, the league changed its name to the Western Hockey League (WHL), and the Ironmen themselves changed their name to the Seattle Bombers the following season. The team continued to play poorly for two seasons, and the only bright spot was the debut for Seattle of the greatest minor league scorer of all time, Guyle Fielder. After two ...
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.
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