| 2019–20 WHL season | |
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| League: | Western Hockey League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 20, 2019 – March 18, 2020 |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | None (cancelled) |
| No Of Teams: | 22 |
| Tv: | KRCW-TV, KZJO, Sportsnet |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy |
| Season Champs: | Portland Winterhawks (4) |
| Mvp Link: | Four Broncos Memorial Trophy |
| Mvp: | Adam Beckman (Spokane Chiefs) |
| Top Scorer Link: | Bob Clarke Trophy |
| Top Scorer: | Adam Beckman (Spokane Chiefs) |
| Seasonslistnames: | WHL |
| Prevseason Year: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2020–21 |
| 2019–20 CHL seasons | |
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| League: | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport: | Hockey |
| Duration: | OHL September 2019 – March 2020 QMJHL September 2019 – March 2020 WHL September 2019 – March 2020 |
| No Of Teams: | 60 |
| Tv: | TVA Sports, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV |
| Playoffs: | Memorial Cup |
| Finals Champ: | None (cancelled) |
The 2019–20 WHL season was the 54th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 20, 2019, and was scheduled to end on March 22, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America the regular season was suspended on March 12 and cancelled six days later along with the playoffs. The post-season had been scheduled to begin on March 27, in which sixteen teams would have competed for the Ed Chynoweth Cup.
This was the first season for the Winnipeg Ice after being moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, from Cranbrook, British Columbia.
On March 12, the WHL suspended the season until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Six days later, on March 18, the WHL cancelled the remainder of the regular season, but stated its intention to hold playoffs at a later time. The final WHL standings are based on win percentage for all clubs.[2] [3] The Portland Winterhawks were awarded the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as regular season champions.[4]
On March 23, the WHL announced that it had cancelled the playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The Canadian Hockey League cancelled the 2020 Memorial Cup, which had been scheduled to take place in Kelowna, British Columbia.[6]
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
| 1 | Edmonton Oil Kings xy | 64 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 239 | 167 | 94 | |
| 2 | Medicine Hat Tigers x | 63 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 182 | 85 | |
| 3 | Lethbridge Hurricanes x | 63 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 249 | 193 | 81 |
| 1 | Prince Albert Raiders xy | 64 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 210 | 160 | 82 | |
| 2 | Winnipeg Ice x | 63 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 207 | 77 | |
| 3 | Brandon Wheat Kings x | 63 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 227 | 173 | 76 |
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| Cen. | Calgary Hitmen x | 64 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 219 | 201 | 75 | ||
| East | Saskatoon Blades x | 63 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 211 | 197 | 73 | ||
| Cen. | 63 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 181 | 250 | 54 | |||
| East | 63 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 183 | 258 | 50 | |||
| East | 62 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 146 | 291 | 32 | |||
| Cen. | 63 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 129 | 298 | 25 |
| 1 | Portland Winterhawks xyz | 63 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 270 | 164 | 97 | |
| 2 | Everett Silvertips x | 63 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 142 | 96 | |
| 3 | Spokane Chiefs x | 64 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 258 | 179 | 87 |
| 1 | Kamloops Blazers xy | 63 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 271 | 166 | 86 | |
| 2 | Victoria Royals x | 64 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 176 | 190 | 72 | |
| 3 | Vancouver Giants x | 62 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 189 | 166 | 70 |
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| B.C. | Kelowna Rockets x | 63 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 181 | 208 | 64 | ||
| U.S. | Seattle Thunderbirds x | 63 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 175 | 240 | 55 | ||
| B.C. | 62 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 144 | 205 | 48 | |||
| U.S. | 63 | 17 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 157 | 302 | 40 |
Players are listed by points, then goals.[7]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
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| align=left | Adam Beckman | align=left | Spokane Chiefs | 63 | 48 | 59 | 107 | 18 |
| align=left | Seth Jarvis | align=left | Portland Winterhawks | 58 | 42 | 56 | 98 | 24 |
| align=left | James Hamblin | align=left | Medicine Hat Tigers | 63 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 35 |
| align=left | Zane Franklin | align=left | Kamloops Blazers | 63 | 29 | 62 | 91 | 89 |
| align=left | Connor Zary | align=left | Kamloops Blazers | 57 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 51 |
| align=left | Eli Zummack | align=left | Spokane Chiefs | 64 | 22 | 64 | 86 | 18 |
| align=left | Dylan Cozens | align=left | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 51 | 38 | 47 | 85 | 38 |
| align=left | Orrin Centazzo | align=left | Kamloops Blazers | 63 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 33 |
| align=left | Aliaksei Protas | align=left | Prince Albert Raiders | 58 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 8 |
| align=left | Brett Kemp | align=left | Medicine Hat Tigers | 62 | 30 | 47 | 77 | 43 |
These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1500 minutes.[8]
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% | ||
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| align=left | Dustin Wolf | align=left | Everett Silvertips | 46 | 2713 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.88 | 0.935 |
| align=left | Shane Farkas | align=left | Victoria Royals | 28 | 1585 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.20 | 0.929 |
| align=left | Dylan Garand | align=left | Kamloops Blazers | 42 | 2443 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.21 | 0.921 |
| align=left | Sebastian Cossa | align=left | Edmonton Oil Kings | 33 | 1880 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.23 | 0.921 |
| align=left | David Tendeck | align=left | Vancouver Giants | 35 | 2017 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.29 | 0.920 |
| Name | Award | Winner | |
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| WHL Champions | Not Awarded | ||
| Regular season champions | Portland Winterhawks | ||
| Player of the Year | Adam Beckman, Spokane Chiefs | ||
| Top Scorer | Adam Beckman, Spokane Chiefs | ||
| Top Defenceman | Ty Smith, Spokane Chiefs | ||
| Rookie of the Year | Dylan Guenther, Edmonton Oil Kings | ||
| Top Goaltender | Dustin Wolf, Everett Silvertips | ||
| Top Plus-Minus Rating | Noah King, Spokane Chiefs | ||
| Most Sportsmanlike Player | Seth Jarvis, Portland Winterhawks | ||
| Scholastic Player of the Year | Dylan Garand, Kamloops Blazers | ||
| Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy | Scholastic team of the Year | Kamloops Blazers | |
| Coach of the Year | Brad Lauer, Edmonton Oil Kings | ||
| Executive of the Year | Peter Anholt, Lethbridge Hurricanes | ||
| Top Official | Jeff Ingram | ||
| Marketing/Public Relations Award | Lethbridge Hurricanes | ||
| Humanitarian of the Year | Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Calgary Hitmen | ||
| WHL Finals Most Valuable Player | Not Awarded | ||
| Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient | Alumni Achievement Awards |
| Team | Home average[11] | |
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| Edmonton | 7,008 | |
| Calgary | 6,742 | |
| Everett | 5,730 | |
| Spokane | 5,709 | |
| Portland | 5,540 | |
| Kelowna | 5,136 | |
| Seattle | 4,735 | |
| Regina | 4,710 | |
| Victoria | 4,638 | |
| Kamloops | 4,178 | |
| Lethbridge | 3,969 | |
| Red Deer | 3,963 | |
| Vancouver | 3,919 | |
| Tri-City | 3,729 | |
| Saskatoon | 3,605 | |
| Brandon | 3,489 | |
| Moose Jaw | 2,981 | |
| Medicine Hat | 2,946 | |
| Prince Albert | 2,641 | |
| Prince George | 2,433 | |
| Swift Current | 1,953 | |
| Winnipeg | 1,512 | |
| Total Average | 4,153 | |
| Total | 2,882,799 | |
| total games | 694 |