2016–17 WHL season explained

2016–17 WHL season
Color:	E03A3E
Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	Western Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season September 23, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Playoffs March 24, 2017 – May 14, 2017
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Playoffs Mvp:	Matthew Barzal (Thunderbirds)
Finals Champ:	Seattle Thunderbirds (1)
Finals Runner-Up:	Regina Pats
No Of Teams:	22
Tv:	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, This TV
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
Season Champs:	Regina Pats (2)
Mvp Link:	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
Mvp:	Sam Steel (Regina Pats)
Top Scorer Link:	Bob Clarke Trophy
Top Scorer:	Sam Steel (Regina Pats)
Seasonslistnames:	WHL
Prevseason Year:	2015–16
Nextseason Year:	2017–18

2016–17 CHL seasons
Color:	4B489D
Color Text:	FFF
League:	Canadian Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	OHL September 2016 – March 2017 QMJHL September 2016 – March 2017 WHL September 2016 – March 2017
No Of Teams:	60
Tv:	TVA Sports, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Playoffs:	Memorial Cup
Finals Champ:	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Num Championships:	3
Finals Runner-Up:	Erie Otters (OHL)

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

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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

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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

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	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)
	East	Brandon Wheat Kings x	72	31	31	7	3	225	247	72
	Central	Calgary Hitmen x	72	30	32	8	2	215	282	70
	East		72	28	35	7	2	190	248	65
	Central		72	23	43	5	1	193	292	52
	East		72	21	44	5	2	198	283	49
	Central		72	14	46	10	2	177	335	40

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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

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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

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	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)
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.		72	27	33	8	4	235	272	66
4	B.C.		72	20	46	3	3	183	296	46

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[2]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
align=left	Sam Steel	align=left	Regina Pats	66	50	81	131	40
align=left	Adam Brooks	align=left	Regina Pats	66	43	87	130	61
align=left	Tyler Wong	align=left	Lethbridge Hurricanes	69	51	58	109	53
align=left	Chad Butcher	align=left	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	27	76	103	75
align=left	Jayden Halbgewachs	align=left	Moose Jaw Warriors	71	50	51	101	27
align=left	Kailer Yamamoto	align=left	Spokane Chiefs	65	42	57	99	46
align=left	Cody Glass	align=left	Portland Winterhawks	69	32	62	94	36
align=left	Mason Shaw	align=left	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	27	67	94	57
align=left	Tyler Steenbergen	align=left	Swift Current Broncos	72	51	39	90	22
align=left	Matthew Phillips	align=left	Victoria Royals	70	50	40	90	50

Goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1800 minutes.^[3]

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

2017 WHL playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

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

• 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

Western Conference

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

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

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

Western Conference

(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

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Keegan Kolesar		19	12	19	31	37
Sam Steel		23	11	19	30	8
Reid Gardiner		17	15	13	28	6
Ethan Bear		17	6	20	26	12
Dawson Leedahl		23	12	13	25	34
Mathew Barzal		16	7	18	25	16
Giorgio Estephan		18	11	13	24	8
Tyler Wong		20	11	13	24	14
Connor Hobbs		23	6	18	24	22
Egor Babenko		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
		6	458	2	4	16	0	.923	2.10
		6	357	2	4	13	0	.946	2.18
		10	691	4	6	28	1	.908	2.43
		7	414	3	4	17	0	.923	2.46
		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^[4]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		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		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

See also

• List of WHL seasons
• 2016–17 OHL season
• 2016–17 QMJHL season
• 2016 in ice hockey
• 2017 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Western Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Hockey League
• Official website of the MasterCard Memorial Cup
• Official website of the Subway Super Series

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-05-14 . Seattle Thunderbirds beat Regina in OT to take WHL title . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170515055759/http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/seattle-thunderbirds-beat-regina-in-ot-to-take-whl-title/ . 2017-05-15 . The Seattle Times.
2. Web site: WHL Regular Season: Scoring leaders . October 5, 2016.
3. http://www.whl.ca/stats/goalies/257 WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders
4. http://whl.ca/article/whl-announces-2016-17-conference-all-star-teams WHL Announces 2016-17 Conference All-Star teams

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