1985–86 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72-game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.

League notes

The Kelowna Wings relocated to Spokane, Washington to become the Spokane Chiefs.
The Seattle Breakers became the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	54	17	1	109	384	245
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	52	17	3	107	424	257
x Regina Pats	72	45	26	1	91	384	295
x Saskatoon Blades	72	38	28	6	82	381	360
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	27	42	3	57	314	379
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	25	44	3	53	294	375
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	24	46	2	50	324	438
Calgary Wranglers	72	23	47	2	48	288	378

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Kamloops Blazers	72	49	19	4	102	449	299
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	47	24	1	95	438	348
x Spokane Chiefs	72	30	41	1	61	373	413
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	27	43	2	56	330	406
New Westminster Bruins	72	25	45	2	52	276	373
Victoria Cougars	72	22	49	1	45	346	439

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rob Brown	Kamloops Blazers	69	58	115	173	171
Simon Wheeldon	Victoria Cougars	70	61	96	157	85
Ken Morrison	Kamloops Blazers/Prince Albert Raiders	72	83	67	150	65
Randy Smith	Saskatoon Blades	70	60	86	146	44
Ken Priestlay	Victoria Cougars	72	73	72	145	45
Rod Matechuk	Saskatoon Blades	72	57	78	135	93
Ray Podloski	Portland Winter Hawks	66	59	75	134	69
Mike Nottingham	Kamloops Blazers	70	61	70	131	101
Craig Endean	Seattle Thunderbirds	70	58	70	128	34
Dave Waldie	Portland Winter Hawks	72	68	58	126	63

1986 WHL Playoffs

First round

The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:

Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
Regina (1–9) eliminated

Division semi-finals

Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0
Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

Division finals

Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

WHL Championship

Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

All-Star game

On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West All-Stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon with a crowd of 3,106.

On January 21, the East All-Stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

WHL awards

Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.

Most Valuable Player: East: Emanuel Viveiros, Prince Albert Raiders; West: Rob Brown, Kamloops Blazers

Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Mark Janssens, Regina Pats

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Rob Brown, Kamloops Blazers

Most Sportsmanlike Player: East: Randy Smith, Saskatoon Blades; Ken Morrison, Kamloops Blazers

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: East: Emanuel Viveiros, Prince Albert Raiders; West: Glen Wesley, Portland Winter Hawks

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: East: Neil Brady, Medicine Hat Tigers; West: (tie) Ron Shudra, Kamloops Blazers and Dave Waldie, Portland Winter Hawks

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Mark Fitzbatrick, Medicine Hat Tigers

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Terry Simpson, Prince Albert Raiders

Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Medicine Hat Tigers

References

whl.ca
2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1984–85 WHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 1986–87 WHL season

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