1978–79 WHL season

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The 1978–79 WHL season was the 13th season for the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The Brandon Wheat Kings won the President's Cup.

Contents

[edit] League notes

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
x Brandon Wheat Kings 72 58 5 9 125 491 230
x Saskatoon Blades 72 26 32 14 66 385 398
x Edmonton Oil Kings 72 17 43 12 46 288 403
Regina Pats 72 18 47 7 43 297 481
Central Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
x Billings Bighorns 72 38 23 11 87 378 302
x Lethbridge Broncos 72 37 28 7 81 389 326
x Calgary Wranglers 72 28 38 6 62 349 392
Medicine Hat Tigers 72 15 50 7 37 270 479
West Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
x Portland Winter Hawks 72 49 10 13 111 432 265
x Victoria Cougarss 72 34 27 11 79 318 295
x New Westminster Bruins 72 34 32 6 74 310 301
Seattle Breakers 72 21 40 11 53 299 334

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Brian Propp Brandon Wheat Kings 71 94 100 194 127
Ray Allison Brandon Wheat Kings] 62 60 93 153 191
Laurie Boschman Brandon Wheat Kings] 65 66 83 149 215
Duane Sutter Lethbridge Broncos 71 50 75 125 212
Doug Morrison Lethbridge Broncos 72 56 67 123 159
Kelly Kisio Calgary Wranglers 70 60 61 121 73
Mike Toal Portland Winter Hawks 71 38 83 121 32
Brent Ashton Saskatoon Blades 62 64 65 119 180
Perry Turnbull Portland Winter Hawks 70 75 43 118 191
Gord Williams Lethbridge Broncos 72 58 59 117 60

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] Division Semi-finals

Round Robin format

  • Brandon (7–1) advanced
  • Saskatoon (3–5) advanced
  • Edmonton (2–6) eliminated
  • Lethbridge (5–3) advanced
  • Calgary (4–4) advanced
  • Billings (3–5) eliminated
  • Portland (7–1) advanced
  • Victoria (3–5) advanced
  • New Westminster (2–6) eliminated

[edit] Division Finals

  • Brandon defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
  • Lethbridge defeated Calgary 4 games to 3
  • Portland defeated Victoria 4 games to 3

[edit] League semi-finals

Round Robin format

  • Brandon (3–1) advanced
  • Portland (3–1) advanced
  • Lethbridge (0–4) eliminated

[edit] WHL Championship

  • Brandon defeated Portland 4 games to 2

[edit] All-Star Game

There was no all-star game in 1978–79

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player: Perry Turnbull, Portland Winter Hawks
Top Scorer: Brian Propp, Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Errol Rausse, Seattle Breakers
Top Defenseman: Keith Brown, Portland Winter Hawks
Rookie of the Year: Kelly Kisio, Calgary Wranglers
Top Goaltender: Rick Knickle, Brandon Wheat Kings
Coach of the Year: Dunc McCallum, Brandon Wheat Kings
Regular season champions: Brandon Wheat Kings

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Preceded by
1977–78 WCHL season		 WHL seasons Succeeded by
1979–80 WHL season