2015–16 WHL season

2015–16 CHL season
2015–16 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2015 – March 2016; QMJHL; September 2015 – March 2016; WHL; September 2015 – March 2016
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	London Knights (OHL) (2nd title)
Runners-up	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

2015–16 WHL season
2015–16 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 24, 2015 – March 22, 2016; Playoffs; March 24, 2016 – May 13, 2016
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Victoria Royals (1)
Season MVP	Dryden Hunt (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Top scorer	Adam Brooks (Regina Pats)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Nolan Patrick (Wheat Kings)
Finals champions	Brandon Wheat Kings (3)
Runners-up	Seattle Thunderbirds
WHL seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 WHL season was the 50th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 24, 2015, and ended with the Eastern Conference tiebreaker game on March 22, 2016. The Victoria Royals won their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record, becoming the first team based in Victoria to win the title since the 1980–81 Victoria Cougars.^[1] The playoffs began on March 24, 2016, and ended on May 13, 2016. The Brandon Wheat Kings won their third Ed Chynoweth Cup—their first since 1995–96—and a berth in the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from May 19 to 29, 2016. The Red Deer Rebels qualified for the tournament as hosts.

Standings

East Division^[2]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Brandon Wheat Kings xy	72	48	18	4	2	319	197	102
2	Prince Albert Raiders x	72	38	26	7	1	222	223	84
3	Moose Jaw Warriors x	72	36	27	7	2	249	239	81

Central Division (Top 3)^[2]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Lethbridge Hurricanes xy	72	46	24	1	1	304	218	94
2	Red Deer Rebels x	72	45	24	1	2	260	205	93
3	Calgary Hitmen x	72	42	26	2	2	246	219	88

Wild Card teams^[2]
R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Regina Pats x	EA	72	36	28	3	5	243	253	80
2	Edmonton Oil Kings x	CE	72	29	36	6	1	197	238	65

3	Medicine Hat Tigers	CE	72	30	37	3	2	223	287	65
4	Swift Current Broncos	EA	72	24	38	7	3	189	249	58
5	Saskatoon Blades	EA	72	26	42	4	0	219	318	56
6	Kootenay Ice	CE	72	12	53	6	1	155	320	31

Divisions: EA – East, CE – Central

x – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, z - Clinched regular season title

B.C. Division^[2]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Victoria Royals xyz	72	50	16	3	3	281	166	106
2	Kelowna Rockets x	72	48	20	4	0	269	218	100
3	Kamloops Blazers x	72	38	25	5	4	237	218	85

U.S. Division^[2]
R		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Seattle Thunderbirds xy	72	45	23	4	0	228	186	94
2	Everett Silvertips x	72	38	26	5	3	182	172	84
3	Portland Winterhawks x	72	34	31	6	1	228	227	75

Wild Card Teams^[2]
R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Prince George Cougars x	B.C.	72	36	31	3	2	240	225	77
2	Spokane Chiefs x	U.S.	72	33	30	5	4	223	245	75

3	Tri-City Americans	U.S.	72	35	34	2	1	236	253	73
4	Vancouver Giants	B.C.	72	23	40	5	4	199	273	55

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, z - Clinched regular season title

Divisions: B.C. – B.C., US – U.S.

Map of WHL, 2011–12 to 2018–19

200km
125miles

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Oil Kings

Rebels

Hitmen

Ice

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Silvertips

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

Giants

Royals

East Division

Central Division

BC Division

US Division

Eastern Conference Tiebreaker

Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Edmonton Oil Kings

March 22	Edmonton Oil Kings		6 – 4	Medicine Hat Tigers	Recap
Luke Bertolucci (1) - sh - 8:23 Luke Bertolucci (2) - 10:34 Brett Pollock (1) - pp - 18:25		First period		4:02 - Caleb Fantillo (1) 5:02 - Chad Butcher (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Andrew Koep (1) - 1:54 Dario Meyer (1) - pp - 12:05 Brandon Baddock (1) - en - 19:53		Third period		7:31 - Mark Rassell (1) 8:26 - Mason Shaw (1)
Payton Lee (39 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Nick Schneider (30 saves / 35 shots)

Edmonton claims final playoff spot

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[3]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	72	38	82	120	30
Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors	72	58	58	116	48
Brayden Burke	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	27	82	109	44
Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings	58	47	59	106	101
Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	41	61	102	41
Parker Bowles	Tri-City Americans	72	39	57	96	63
Tyson Baillie	Kelowna Rockets	70	43	52	95	66
Reid Gardiner	Prince Albert Raiders	71	43	49	92	46
Alex Forsberg	Victoria Royals	71	31	60	91	64
Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	43	46	89	42

Leading goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1380 minutes.^[4]

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%
Griffen Outhouse	Victoria Royals	27	1487	18	3	3	1	4	1.82	.937
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	63	3693	35	23	1	3	6	2.14	.918
Coleman Vollrath	Victoria Royals	51	2854	32	13	0	2	1	2.40	.912
Landon Bow	Swift Current/Seattle	53	2886	25	20	4	0	7	2.49	.923
Jackson Whistle	Kelowna Rockets	27	1559	19	6	2	0	2	2.54	.920

2016 WHL playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Brandon

4

W2

Edmonton

2

E1

Brandon

4

E3

Moose Jaw

1

E2

Prince Albert

1

E3

Moose Jaw

4

E1

Brandon

4

Eastern

C2

Red Deer

1

C1

Lethbridge

1

W1

Regina

4

W1

Regina

3

C2

Red Deer

4

C2

Red Deer

4

C3

Calgary

1

E1

Brandon

4

U1

Seattle

1

B1

Victoria

4

W2

Spokane

2

B1

Victoria

3

B2

Kelowna

4

B2

Kelowna

4

B3

Kamloops

3

B2

Kelowna

0

Western

U1

Seattle

4

U1

Seattle

4

W1

Prince George

0

U1

Seattle

4

U2

Everett

1

U2

Everett

4

U3

Portland

0

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (W2) Edmonton Oil Kings

March 24	Brandon Wheat Kings		2 – 4	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
0:09 - Reid Duke (1) 17:16 - Nolan Patrick (1)		First period		Andrew Koep (1) - 1:03
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Ben Carroll (1) - 2:07 Jesse Roach (1) - 5:20 Brandon Baddock (1) - 12:22
Jordan Papirny (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (39 saves / 41 shots)

March 25	Brandon Wheat Kings		1 – 2	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
10:03 - sh - John Quenneville (1)		First period		Brandon Baddock (2) - 16:15
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Brett Pollock (1) - 9:32
Jordan Papirny (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (43 saves / 44 shots)

March 30	Edmonton Oil Kings		1 – 3	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
10:27 - Lane Bauer (1)		Second period		Connor Gutenberg (1) - 4:04 Nolan Patrick (2) - pp - 18:37
No scoring		Third period		Tyler Coulter (1) - pp - 5:29
Payton Lee (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 35 shots)

March 31	Edmonton Oil Kings		0 – 5	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		John Quenneville (2) - sh - 9:28 Kale Clague (1) - 12:13
No scoring		Second period		John Quenneville (3) - pp - 3:53
No scoring		Third period		Reid Duke (2) - 3:40 Jayce Hawryluk (1) - pp - 15:57
Payton Lee (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (15 saves / 15 shots)

April 3*	Edmonton Oil Kings		2 – 5	Brandon Wheat Kings	Rexall Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:01 - John Quenneville (4)
Dario Meyer (1) - pp - 14:34		Second period		2:27 - Stelio Mattheos (1)
Tyson Gruninger (1) - 9:46		Third period		7:13 - Jordan Thomson (1) 18:56 - en - Reid Duke (3) 19:23 - en - Jayce Hawryluk (2)
Payton Lee (28 saves / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (22 saves / 24 shots)

April 5	Brandon Wheat Kings		10 – 3	Edmonton Oil Kings	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
Reid Duke (4) - 5:46 Ivan Provorov (1) - 10:11 Kale Clague (2) - 19:08		First period		15:53 - pp - Luke Bertolucci (1)
Reid Duke (5) - 3:34 Kale Clague (3) - 5:21 Ty Lewis (1) - 15:44		Second period		7:58 - Brett Pollock (2)
Nolan Patrick (3) - 0:25 James Shearer (1) - 8:03 Garrett Armour (1) - pp - 10:33 Stelio Mattheos (2) - pp - 16:56		Third period		14:43 - sh - Lane Bauer (2)
Jordan Papirny (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Payton Lee (57 saves / 67 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 2

* Note: Series was played in a 2-3-2 format due to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair taking place at the Westman Communications Group Place from March 28 to April 2.

(E2) Prince Albert Raiders vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors

March 25	Prince Albert Raiders		2 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
8:17 - pp - Reid Gardiner (1)		Second period		Brayden Point (1) - pp - 14:17
14:25 - Austin Glover (1)		Third period		Noah Gregor (1) - 8:03 Noah Gregor (2) - 13:51
Rylan Parenteau (36 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (32 saves / 34 shots)

March 26	Prince Albert Raiders		2 – 4	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Tanner Jeannot (1) - 0:24 Jayden Halbgewachs (1) - 4:48 Brett Howden (1) - 19:29
6:04 - Tim Vanstone (1)		Second period		No scoring
0:54 - Vojtěch Budík (1)		Third period		Brayden Point (2) - 10:07
Rylan Parenteau (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (36 saves / 38 shots)

March 28	Moose Jaw Warriors		3 – 7	Prince Albert Raiders	Mosaic Place	Recap
8:32 - pp - Dryden Hunt (1)		First period		Tim Vanstone (2) - 14:32
14:15 - Jayden Halbgewachs (2)		Second period		Tim Vanstone (3) - 5:50 Kolten Olynek (1) - pp - 13:09
13:08 - pp - Tanner Jeannot (2)		Third period		Luke Coleman (1) - 2:23 Reid Gardiner (2) - pp - 3:42 Jesse Lees (1) - pp - 17:47 Reid Gardiner (3) - en - 19:18
Zach Sawchenko (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (24 saves / 27 saves)

March 29	Moose Jaw Warriors		7 – 0	Prince Albert Raiders	Mosaic Place	Recap
8:31 - Dryden Hunt (2) 9:03 - Josh Brook (1) 10:06 - pp - Brett Howden (2)		First period		No scoring
7:25 - Dryden Hunt (3) 7:42 - Dryden Hunt (4)		Second period		No scoring
13:18 - Jesse Shynkaruk (1) 17:56 - pp - Jayden Halbgewachs (3)		Third period		No scoring
Zach Sawchenko (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Parenteau (17 saves / 21 shots) Ian Scott (12 saves / 15 shots)

April 1	Prince Albert Raiders		0 – 5	Moose Jaw Warriors	Art Hauser Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Dryden Hunt (5) - pp - 5:06
No scoring		Second period		Tanner Jeannot (3) - pp - 4:42 Brett Howden (3) - pp - 4:59
No scoring		Third period		Dryden Hunt (6) - 1:18 Tanner Jeannot (4) - 3:48
Rylan Parenteau (26 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (36 saves / 36 shots)

Moose Jaw won series 4 – 1

(C1) Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. (W1) Regina Pats

March 25	Lethbridge Hurricanes		6 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
1:54 - pp - Cory Millette (1) 14:07 - pp - Brayden Burke (1)		First period		Adam Brooks (1) - pp - 18:57
16:21 - Carter Folk (1)		Second period		Austin Wagner (1) - 4:16 Connor Hobbs (1) - 9:27
0:41 - Brayden Burke (2) 5:54 - pp - Cory Millette (2) 15:20 - pp - Kord Pankewicz (1)		Third period		No scoring
Stuart Skinner (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (31 saves / 37 shots)

March 26	Lethbridge Hurricanes		0 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Adam Brooks (2) - 4:13
No scoring		Third period		Adam Brooks (3) - 1:35 Sam Steel (1) - en - 18:34
Stuart Skinner (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (27 saves / 27 shots)

March 29	Regina Pats		3 – 2	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Giorgio Estephan (1) - sh - 7:21
16:38 - pp - Cole Sanford (1)		Second period		No scoring
10:27 - pp - Sam Steel (2) 14:11 - Rykr Cole (1)		Third period		Andrew Nielsen (1) - pp - 18:04
Tyler Brown (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (19 saves / 22 shots)

March 30	Regina Pats		2 – 0	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Brandt Centre	Recap
19:12 - Cole Sanford (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
18:48 - en - Adam Brooks (4)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Jayden Sittler (24 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Lethbridge Hurricanes		2 – 7	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Sam Steel (3) - 1:24 Lane Zablocki (1) - 2:59 Sam Steel (4) - sh - 10:22 Lane Zablocki (2) - 15:05
5:53 - pp - Tyler Wong (1)		Second period		No scoring
3:46 - Giorgio Estephan (2)		Third period		Austin Wagner (2) - 7:11 Adam Brooks (5) - pp - 8:05 Cole Sanford (3) - en - 12:06
Stuart Skinner (5 saves / 9 shots) Jayden Sittler (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (23 saves / 25 shots)

Regina won series 4 – 1

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (C3) Calgary Hitmen

March 25	Red Deer Rebels		3 – 1	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
2:48 - Jeff de Wit (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
15:11 - Adam Helewka (1) 19:55 - en - Adam Helewka (2)		Third period		Keegan Kanzig (1) - 14:20
Trevor Martin (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 26	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 5	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
11:26 - pp - Adam Helewka (3)		First period		Beck Malenstyn (1) - 6:47
5:37 - Evan Polei (1)		Second period		Jakob Stukel (1) - pp - 2:32 Travis Sanheim (1) - 4:21 Jordy Stallard (1) - pp - 8:50
No scoring		Third period		Pavel Karnaukhov (1) - en - 18:58
Trevor Martin (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (35 saves / 37 shots)

March 27	Calgary Hitmen		3 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
3:04 - pp - Jordy Stallard (2) 15:27 - Beck Malenstyn (2)		First period		Evan Polei (2) - 15:51
No scoring		Second period		Jake DeBrusk (1) - 2:08
14:02 - Jakob Stukel (2)		Third period		Jake DeBrusk (2) - 1:16 Evan Polei (3) - 18:16
Cody Porter (14 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (22 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Calgary Hitmen		0 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period		Luke Philp (1) - 4:08
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Jake DeBrusk (3) - 17:35
Cody Porter (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (30 saves / 30 shots)

April 2	Red Deer Rebels		5 – 3	Calgary Hitmen	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
10:01 - Adam Musil (1) 17:04 - pp - Adam Helewka (4)		First period		No scoring
11:26 - pp - Adam Helewka (5)		Second period		Jackson Houck (1) - sh - 5:22 Pavel Karnaukhov (2) - 19:20
3:44 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (1) 4:11 - Jeff de Wit (2)		Third period		Bryce Platt (1) - 5:00
Trevor Martin (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Cody Porter (25 saves / 30 shots)

Red Deer won series 4 – 1

* Note: Game 4 was played at the Stampede Corral due to the 2016 Juno Awards taking place at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Western Conference

(B1) Victoria Royals vs. (W2) Spokane Chiefs

March 25	Victoria Royals		5 – 3	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
14:51 - Tyler Soy (1)		First period		No scoring
9:16 - Joe Hicketts (1)		Second period		Keanu Yamamoto (1) - 5:24
5:58 - Logan Fisher (1) 11:59 - pp - Dante Hannoun (1) 17:30 - en - Tyler Soy (2)		Third period		Hudson Elynuik (1) - pp - 0:44 Hayden Ostir (1) - 19:07
Coleman Vollrath (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (26 saves / 30 shots)

March 26	Victoria Royals		4 – 3	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
12:32 - Jack Walker (1) 14:08 - Jared Dmytriw (1)		First period		Jacob Cardiff (1) - 9:56
17:27 - Jack Walker (2)		Second period		Hudson Elynuik (2) - 4:12
6:31 - Tyler Soy (3)		Third period		Jacob Cardiff (2) - 17:54
Coleman Vollrath (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (17 saves / 21 shots)

March 29	Spokane Chiefs		5 – 2	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
7:26 - Jason Fram (1) 17:39 - Jordan Henderson (1)		First period		No scoring
9:06 - pp - Hudson Elynuik (3) 16:10 - pp - Presten Kopeck (1) 16:39 - Jaret Anderson-Dolan (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Matthew Phillips (1) - pp - 3:40 Scott Walford (1) - 18:02
Lasse Petersen (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (32 saves / 37 shots)

March 30	Spokane Chiefs		2 – 3	OT	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
4:09 - Dominic Zwerger (1)		First period			Matthew Phillips (2) - pp - 9:51
8:00 - pp - Presten Kopeck (2)		Second period			Alex Forsberg (1) - 9:08
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Alex Forsberg (2) - 8:41
Lasse Petersen (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Griffen Outhouse (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 1	Spokane Chiefs		4 – 1	Victoria Royals	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
Kailer Yamamoto (1) - pp - 7:18 Curtis Miske (1) - 17:26		First period		18:10 - Jack Walker (3)
Jacob Cardiff (3) - 6:28		Second period		No scoring
Keanu Yamamoto (2) - sh - 7:29		Third period		No scoring
Lasse Petersen (44 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats		Griffen Outhouse (19 saves / 23 shots)

April 3	Victoria Royals		6 – 2	Spokane Chiefs	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
Jack Walker (4) - pp - 9:19 Tyler Soy (4) - pp - 12:18 Scott Walford (2) - 17:47		First period		3:40 - Jordan Henderson (2)
Tyler Soy (5) - 4:01		Second period		No scoring
Matthew Phillips (3) - 13:54 Jack Walker (5) - pp - 17:01		Third period		10:22 - Keanu Yamamoto (3)
Griffen Outhouse (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Lasse Petersen (19 saves / 25 shots)

Victoria won series 4 – 2

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

March 25	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 2	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
15:48 - Lucas Johansen (1)		First period		No scoring
6:20 - Dillon Dubé (1) 7:07 - Lucas Johansen (2)		Second period		Gage Quinney (1) - 12:32
No scoring		Third period		Collin Shirley (1) - 19:05
Michael Herringer (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (33 saves / 36 shots)

March 26	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 5	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
0:25 - Tomáš Šoustal (1)		First period		Ryan Rehill (1) - pp - 18:19
2:29 - Rourke Chartier (1) 9:37 - pp - Rodney Southam (1)		Second period		No scoring
14:33 - Tomáš Šoustal (2)		Third period		Garrett Pilon (1) - pp - 6:53 Dawson Davidson (1) - pp - 10:15 Collin Shirley (2) - 19:29 Ryan Rehill (2) - 19:55
Michael Herringer (39 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (40 saves / 44 shots)

March 29*	Kamloops Blazers		0 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Justin Kirkland (1) - 1:45
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (36 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (40 saves / 40 shots)

March 30	Kamloops Blazers		5 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
3:55 - Dallas Valentine (1) 5:02 - Quinn Benjafield (1) 17:45 - Collin Shirley (3)		First period		Calvin Thürkauf (1) - 15:03
7:58 - Matt Revel (1)		Second period		No scoring
13:33 - Collin Shirley (4)		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (37 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (24 saves / 28 shots) Brodan Salmond (9 saves / 10 shots)

April 1	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 0	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
7:35 - pp - Rodney Southam (2)		First period		No scoring
2:35 - Rodney Southam (3) 7:06 - pp - Rourke Chartier (2) 11:36 - Rodney Southam (4)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (42 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Ingram (24 saves / 28 shots)

April 2	Kamloops Blazers		4 – 0	Kelowna Rockets	Sandman Centre	Recap
7:55 - pp - Gage Quinney (2)		First period		No scoring
4:20 - pp - Gage Quinney (3) 9:11 - Collin Shirley (5)		Second period		No scoring
12:21 - Garrett Pilon (2)		Third period		No scoring
Connor Ingram (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (10 saves / 13 shots) Brodan Salmond (19 saves / 20 shots)

April 4	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 1	OT	Kamloops Blazers	Prospera Place	Recap
3:37 - Justin Kirkland (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Nick Chyzowski (1) - pp - 17:03
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
7:07 - Tomáš Šoustal (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Herringer (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ingram (32 saves / 34 shots)

Kelowna won series 4 – 3

* Note: Game 3 was played at the Kamloops Memorial Arena due to the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship being played at the Sandman Centre.

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W1) Prince George Cougars

March 25	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 2	OT	Prince George Cougars	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
18:09 - Donovan Neuls (1)		Second period			Jesse Gabrielle (1) - pp - 6:51
16:34 - Alexander True (1)		Third period			Jansen Harkins (1) - pp - 19:31
11:50 - Cavin Leth (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Edmonds (47 saves / 50 shots)

March 26	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 1	Prince George Cougars	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
8:45 - Keegan Kolesar (1) 15:43 - Ethan Bear (1)		Second period		Chase Witala (1) - 14:29
5:14 - Keegan Kolesar (2) 19:27 - en - Scott Eansor (1)		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Ty Edmonds (40 saves / 43 shots)

March 29	Prince George Cougars		0 – 5	Seattle Thunderbirds	CN Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Nic Holowko (1) - 3:07 Keegan Kolesar (3) - 9:27
No scoring		Second period		Alexander True (2) - pp - 3:31
No scoring		Third period		Cavin Leth (2) - 1:49 Cavin Leth (3) - pp - 6:29
Ty Edmonds (7 saves / 10 shots) Nick McBride (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (27 saves / 27 shots)

March 30	Prince George Cougars		3 – 4	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	CN Centre	Recap
14:04 - Jansen Harkins (2)		First period			Scott Eansor (2) - 4:30 Nolan Volcan (1) - 7:39
11:07 - Chase Witala (2) 13:41 - pp - Jared Bethune (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Ethan Bear (2) - pp - 9:20
No scoring		First overtime period			Nolan Volcan (2) - 0:34
Ty Edmonds (35 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (21 saves / 24 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 0

(U2) Everett Silvertips vs. (U3) Portland Winterhawks

March 25	Everett Silvertips		3 – 0	Portland Winterhawks	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
14:52 - Brandon Ralph (1) 18:13 - Dawson Leedahl (1)		Second period		No scoring
4:49 - Dawson Leedahl (2)		Third period		No scoring
Mario Petit (29 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Adin Hill (48 saves / 51 shots)

March 26	Everett Silvertips		3 – 1	Portland Winterhawks	Xfinity Arena	Recap
4:22 - Brandon Ralph (2) 12:40 - Matt Fonteyne (1)		First period		Rihards Bukarts (1) - pp - 2:06
7:14 - Remi Laurencelle (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mario Petit (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Adin Hill (34 saves / 37 shots)

March 29	Portland Winterhawks		3 – 5	Everett Silvertips	Moda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Patrick Bajkov (1) - 1:04 Dawson Leedahl (3) - 19:42
13:23 - Rihards Bukarts (2) 16:45 - Alex Schoenborn (1) 18:17 - Cody Glass (1)		Second period		Remi Laurencelle (2) - pp - 6:53 Brycen Martin (1) - 15:44
No scoring		Third period		Matt Fonteyne (2) - en - 19:34
Adin Hill (20 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Mario Petit (28 saves / 31 shots)

March 30	Portland Winterhawks		2 – 4	Everett Silvertips	Moda Center	Recap
17:35 - pp - Blake Heinrich (1)		First period		Cole MacDonald (1) - pp - 12:30
10:18 - pp - Keoni Texeira (1)		Second period		Connor Dewar (1) - 2:42 Cole MacDonald (2) - pp - 19:28
No scoring		Third period		Brandon Ralph (3) - 15:08
Adin Hill (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (28 saves / 30 shots)

Everett won series 4 – 0

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors

April 8	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
7:42 - Kale Clague (4)		First period		Jayden Halbgewachs (4) - pp - 2:23
7:41 - pp - Tyler Coulter (2) 19:17 - John Quenneville (5)		Second period		Noah Gregor (3) - 3:49 Brayden Point (3) - 18:21
13:21 - sh - Tanner Kaspick (1) 18:31 - en - John Quenneville (6)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (33 saves / 37 shots)

April 9	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 2	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
10:47 - pp - Tim McGauley (1) 18:33 - Duncan Campbell (1)		First period		Brayden Point (4) - 17:43
4:00 - Ivan Provorov (2) 12:17 - Tanner Kaspick (2) 15:29 - James Shearer (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Dryden Hunt (7) - pp - 5:13
Jordan Papirny (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (33 saves / 38 shots) Brody Willms (12 saves / 12 shots)

April 12	Moose Jaw Warriors		7 – 1	Brandon Wheat Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
10:35 - Jayden Halbgewachs (5) 14:38 - pp - Jayden Halbgewachs (6) 15:57 - Brett Howden (4) 16:39 - Brayden Point (5)		Second period		No scoring
8:21 - Jayden Halbgewachs (7) 17:11 - Tanner Jeannot (5) 19:17 - Nikita Popugaev (1)		Third period		Tim McGauley (2) - 2:59
Zach Sawchenko (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 31 shots)

April 13	Moose Jaw Warriors		2 – 6	Brandon Wheat Kings	Mosaic Place	Recap
0:24 - Jayden Halbgewachs (8) 15:54 - pp - Brayden Point (6)		First period		Macoy Erkamps (1) - 6:23 Reid Duke (6) - 8:00 Tim McGauley (3) - pp - 10:54
No scoring		Second period		John Quenneville (7) - 8:22 Nolan Patrick (4) - pp - 14:16
No scoring		Third period		Nolan Patrick (5) - sh - en - 19:15
Zach Sawchenko (25 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (16 saves / 18 shots)

April 15	Brandon Wheat Kings		7 – 3	Moose Jaw Warriors	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
2:19 - pp - Macoy Erkamps (2) 2:37 - Ty Lewis (2) 6:24 - Tim McGauley (4)		First period		Tanner Jeannot (6) - 14:26
5:13 - Tim McGauley (5) 6:27 - Mitch Wheaton (1)		Second period		Jayden Halbgewachs (9) - 11:37 Nikita Popugaev (2) - pp - 17:46
2:22 – Tyler Coulter (3) 17:23 - en - Tim McGauley (6)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Zach Sawchenko (29 saves / 35 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (W1) Regina Pats

April 9	Red Deer Rebels		3 – 2	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period		Colby Williams (1) - pp - 2:14 Cole Sanford (4) - pp - 13:04
12:46 - pp - Adam Helewka (6) 13:14 - pp - Colton Bobyk (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:51 - Evan Polei (4)		Third period		No scoring
Trevor Martin (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 10	Red Deer Rebels		4 – 3	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
16:57 - pp - Josh Mahura (1)		First period		Sam Steel (5) - pp - 6:22
5:16 - Michael Špaček (1) 17:44 - pp - Adam Helewka (7)		Second period		Cole Sanford (5) - pp - 15:18 Adam Brooks (6) - pp - 19:58
11:18 - Adam Musil (2)		Third period		No scoring
Trevor Martin (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 12	Regina Pats		6 – 3	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
18:15 - pp - Jake Leschyshyn (1)		First period		Jake DeBrusk (4) - pp - 16:08
9:10 - Sam Steel (6) 9:47 - Lane Zablocki (3)		Second period		Michael Špaček (2) - 2:02 Nelson Nogier (1) - 14:53
10:26 - pp - Connor Hobbs (2) 10:38 - Rykr Cole (2) 14:43 - sh - Austin Wagner (3)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (34 saves / 40 shots)

April 13	Regina Pats		6 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
17:18 - pp - Lane Zablocki (4) 18:42 - pp - Connor Hobbs (3)		First period		Austin Strand (1) - 13:13
4:05 - Luc Smith (1) 12:18 - pp - Lane Zablocki (5) 17:07 - pp - Lane Zablocki (6)		Second period		Luke Philp (2) - 19:37
18:42 - en - Cole Sanford (6)		Third period		Nelson Nogier (2) - 4:06 Luke Philp (3) - pp - 10:38
Tyler Brown (44 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats		Trevor Martin (18 saves / 22 shots) Rylan Toth (9 saves / 10 shots)

April 15	Red Deer Rebels		5 – 1	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
3:02 - pp - Haydn Fleury (1)		First period		No scoring
12:26 - Brandon Hagel (1)		Second period		No scoring
3:51 - Josh Mahura (2) 4:42 - Evan Polei (5) 12:38 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (2)		Third period		Sean Richards (1) - 14:53
Rylan Toth (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (37 saves / 42 shots) Jordan Hollett (4 saves / 4 shots)

April 17	Regina Pats		5 – 1	Red Deer Rebels	Brandt Centre	Recap
2:24 - Jared McAmmond (1)		First period		Jake DeBrusk (5) - 13:20
0:24 - Connor Hobbs (4) 5:36 - Cole Sanford (7) 13:03 - Lane Zablocki (7)		Second period		No scoring
7:07 - Colby Williams (2)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Brown (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (35 saves / 40 shots)

April 19	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 1	Regina Pats	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
14:59 - pp - Adam Helewka (8)		Second period		Adam Brooks (7) - 19:47
12:46 - Adam Musil (3) - 12:46		Third period		No scoring
Rylan Toth (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Brown (24 saves / 26 shots)

Red Deer won series 4 – 3

Western Conference

(B1) Victoria Royals vs (B2) Kelowna Rockets

April 7	Victoria Royals		2 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
4:01 - Jack Walker (6)		First period		Tyson Baillie (1) - 5:04
1:25 - Dante Hannoun (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Coleman Vollrath (40 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (29 saves / 31 shots)

April 9	Victoria Royals		3 – 2	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
8:19 - pp - Jack Walker (7)		First period		No scoring
16:56 - Regan Nagy (1)		Second period		Tyson Baillie (2) - pp - 6:02
6:33 - pp - Alex Forsberg (3)		Third period		Justin Kirkland (3) - 10:49
Coleman Vollrath (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (23 saves / 26 shots)

April 12	Kelowna Rockets		3 – 2	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
14:29 - pp - Dillon Dubé (2) 18:20 - Rourke Chartier (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matthew Phillips (4) - 8:38
10:26 - Tomáš Šoustal (4)		Third period		Alex Forsberg (4) - 18:52
Michael Herringer (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 14	Kelowna Rockets		4 – 3	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
13:04 - Joe Gatenby (1)		First period		Ethan Price (1) - 10:45
5:04 - Tomáš Šoustal (5)		Second period		Logan Fisher (2) - 5:45
5:21 - pp - Justin Kirkland (4) 19:49 - pp - Cole Linaker (1)		Third period		Logan Fisher (3) - 8:26
Michael Herringer (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 15	Victoria Royals		1 – 4	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
16:31 - Matthew Phillips (5)		Second period		Rourke Chartier (4) - 12:02
No scoring		Third period		Tyson Baillie (3) - 9:33 Justin Kirkland (5) - pp - 10:41 Rourke Chartier (5) - en - 19:21
Coleman Vollrath (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (28 saves / 29 shots)

April 17	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 3	Victoria Royals	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jack Walker (8) - 9:03 Tyler Soy (6) - pp - 17:08
19:43 - Cal Foote (1)		Second period		Regan Nagy (2) - 15:40
3:12 - Justin Kirkland (6)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Coleman Vollrath (25 saves / 27 shots)

April 19	Victoria Royals		2 – 3	OT	Kelowna Rockets	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Recap
1:44 - Tyler Soy (7) 10:31 - pp - Alex Forsberg (5)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Justin Kirkland (7) - 1:13 Justin Kirkland (8) - 19:59
No scoring		First overtime period			Calvin Thürkauf (2) - 5:56
Coleman Vollrath (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Herringer (28 saves / 30 shots)

Kelowna won series 4 – 3

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs (U2) Everett Silvertips

April 8	Seattle Thunderbirds		0 – 3	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Remi Laurencelle (3) - 11:00
No scoring		Third period		Matt Fonteyne (3) - pp - 2:11 Remi Laurencelle (4) - 3:37
Landon Bow (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (26 saves / 26 shots)

April 10	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 1	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
10:00 - Mathew Barzal (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Cole MacDonald (3) - pp - 14:21
4:32 - Mathew Barzal (2) 19:47 - en - Keegan Kolesar (4)		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 13	Everett Silvertips		0 – 5	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Scott Eansor (3) - 1:39 Ethan Bear (3) - 9:14 Keegan Kolesar (5) - 16:08
No scoring		Third period		Turner Ottenbreit (1) - pp - 14:10 Donovan Neuls (2) - pp - 15:07
Carter Hart (26 saves / 31 shots) Mario Petit (1 save / 1 shot)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (23 saves / 23 shots)

April 15	Everett Silvertips		1 – 2	Seattle Thunderbirds	Xfinity Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Josh Uhrich (1) - 15:05
9:20 - Patrick Bajkov (2)		Second period		Ryan Gropp (1) - 3:08
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Carter Hart (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (15 saves / 16 shots)

April 16	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 2	Everett Silvertips	ShoWare Center	Recap
12:16 - Scott Eansor (4) 15:41 - Nic Holowko (2)		First period		No scoring
11:43 - Ryan Gropp (2)		Second period		Brandon Ralph (4) - 10:11 Devon Skoleski (1) - pp - 18:49
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Carter Hart (39 saves / 42 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 1

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C2) Red Deer Rebels

April 22	Brandon Wheat Kings		4 – 3	OT	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
19:33 - John Quenneville (8)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
13:39 - Ivan Provorov (3) 19:16 - Stelio Mattheos (3)		Third period			Evan Polei (6) - pp - 3:39 Adam Helewka (9) - 7:54 Haydn Fleury (2) - 19:55
2:53 - John Quenneville (9)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Rylan Toth (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 23	Brandon Wheat Kings		6 – 4	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
17:44 - pp - Tim McGauley (7)		First period		Jake DeBrusk (6) - pp - 13:39
8:30 - Nolan Patrick (6) 11:02 - Kale Clague (5)		Second period		Luke Philp (4) - 0:23
12:21 - Tyler Coulter (4) 14:29 - Nolan Patrick (7) 19:18 - en - John Quenneville (10)		Third period		Colton Bobyk (2) - 10:36 Haydn Fleury (3) - 11:33
Jordan Papirny (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (35 saves / 40 shots)

April 26	Red Deer Rebels		6 – 2	Brandon Wheat Kings	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
1:51 - Austin Strand (2) 12:44 - Haydn Fleury (4) 12:51 - Braden Purtill (1) 14:46 - Evan Polei (7)		First period		No scoring
11:06 - Jeff de Wit (3)		Second period		Tanner Kaspick (3) - 12:39
11:37 - pp - Michael Špaček (3)		Third period		John Quenneville (11) - pp - 1:34
Rylan Toth (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (5 saves / 9 shots) Logan Thompson (23 saves / 25 shots)

April 27	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 4	Brandon Wheat Kings	ENMAX Centrium	Recap
3:54 - Grayson Pawlenchuk (3)		First period		Macoy Erkamps (3) - 5:43 John Quenneville (12) - 16:00
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
0:17 - pp - Jake DeBrusk (7)		Third period		Tim McGauley (8) - 6:36 Tanner Kaspick (4) - en - 19:05
Rylan Toth (39 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 36 shots)

April 29	Brandon Wheat Kings		5 – 2	Red Deer Rebels	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
10:02 - Nolan Patrick (8)		First period		Jake DeBrusk (8) - 7:16 Evan Polei (8) - 14:23
1:26 - Nolan Patrick (9) 16:19 - Nolan Patrick (10) 19:12 - sh - John Quenneville (13)		Second period		No scoring
12:08 - Kale Clague (6)		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Papirny (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Rylan Toth (26 saves / 31 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

Western Conference

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds

April 22	Kelowna Rockets		1 – 2	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matthew Barzal (3) - pp - 18:34 Scott Eansor (5) - 19:10
19:38 - pp - Rourke Chartier (6)		Third period		No scoring
Michael Herringer (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (23 saves / 24 shots)

April 23	Kelowna Rockets		2 – 3	Seattle Thunderbirds	Prospera Place	Recap
17:52 - Cole Linaker (2)		First period		Matthew Barzal (4) - pp - 12:50 Scott Eansor (6) - 13:23
15:42 - Rourke Chartier (7)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Scott Eansor (7) - 16:54
Michael Herringer (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Landon Bow (28 saves / 30 shots)

April 26	Seattle Thunderbirds		3 – 1	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
14:51 - pp - Bryan Allbee (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Justin Kirkland (9) - 13:17
0:58 - Ethan Bear (4) 18:31 - sh - en - Matthew Barzal (5)		Third period		No scoring
Landon Bow (36 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Herringer (30 saves / 32 shots)

April 27	Seattle Thunderbirds		5 – 4	2OT	Kelowna Rockets	ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Rodney Southam (5) - 13:50 Tyson Baillie (4) - 14:15
0:46 - Ryan Gropp (3) 15:08 - Ethan Bear (5)		Second period			Justin Kirkland (10) - 4:59
18:45 - Ethan Bear (6) 19:57 - Keegan Kolesar (6)		Third period			Justin Kirkland (11) - pp - 13:50
7:52 - Matthew Wedman (1)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Landon Bow (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Herringer (71 saves / 76 shots)

Seattle won series 4 – 0

WHL Championship

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds

May 6	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 2	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
17:36 - pp - Reid Duke (7)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Donovan Neuls (3) - sh - 8:55
4:50 - Nolan Patrick (11)		Third period			Ryan Gropp (4) - pp - 0:28
6:22 - Tanner Kaspick (5)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (29 saves / 32 shots)

May 7	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 2	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	Westman Communications Group Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
2:21 - sh - Nolan Patrick (12)		Second period			Donovan Neuls (4) - 1:00
14:40 - Tyler Coulter (5)		Third period			Ethan Bear (7) - pp - 10:30
6:56 - Jayce Hawryluk (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jordan Papirny (37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Landon Bow (36 saves / 39 shots)

May 10	Seattle Thunderbirds		2 – 3	OT	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
12:27 - pp - Alexander True (4) 13:05 - pp - Keegan Kolesar (7)		First period			John Quenneville (14) - 5:17
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			John Quenneville (15) - 8:38
No scoring		First overtime period			Reid Duke (8) - 2:59
Landon Bow (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan Papirny (22 saves / 24 shots)

May 11	Seattle Thunderbirds		6 – 1	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
7:54 - Ryan Gropp (5)		First period		No scoring
7:37 - Alexander True (5) 9:51 - Alexander True (6)		Second period		No scoring
9:22 - Ryan Gropp (6) 12:07 - pp - Donovan Neuls (5) 14:12 - pp - Ethan Bear (8)		Third period		Jayce Hawryluk (3) - pp - 17:46
Landon Bow (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (25 saves / 31 shots)

May 13	Seattle Thunderbirds		4 – 8	Brandon Wheat Kings	ShoWare Center	Recap
Josh Uhrich (2) - 8:44		First period		3:15 - John Quenneville (16) 14:18 - pp - Macoy Erkamps (4)
Josh Uhrich (3) - 2:38 Jerret Smith (1) - pp - 3:09 Alexander True (6) - 12:38		Second period		1:33 - Tyler Coulter (6) 18:47 - Jayce Hawryluk (4)
No scoring		Third period		2:55 - Nolan Patrick (13) 6:19 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (4) 16:41 - en - Jayce Hawryluk (5) 19:40 - en - Stelio Mattheos (4)
Landon Bow (31 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Jordan Papirny (27 saves / 31 shots)

Brandon won series 4 – 1

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	13	17	30	16
Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	7	22	29	39
John Quenneville	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	16	11	27	8
Tim McGauley	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	8	18	26	8
Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	5	21	26	16
Reid Duke	Brandon Wheat Kings	21	8	16	24	24
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	12	7	16	23	6
Ethan Bear	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	8	14	22	8
Adam Helewka	Red Deer Rebels	17	9	9	18	18
Jake DeBrusk	Red Deer Rebels	17	8	9	17	20

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
Mario Petit	Everett Silvertips	4	185	3	0	4	1	.953	1.30
Jayden Sittler	Lethbridge Hurricanes	2	102	0	1	3	0	.940	1.76
Landon Bow	Seattle Thunderbirds	18	1131	13	5	37	2	.927	1.96
Connor Ingram	Kamloops Blazers	7	424	3	4	15	1	.938	2.12
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	6	352	2	4	14	1	.929	2.39

WHL awards

Ed Chynoweth Cup	WHL Champions	Brandon Wheat Kings
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regular season champions	Victoria Royals
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Player of the Year	Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors
Bob Clarke Trophy	Top Scorer	Adam Brooks	Regina Pats
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy	Top Defenceman	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the year	Matthew Phillips	Victoria Royals
Del Wilson Trophy	Top Goaltender	Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips
WHL Plus-Minus Award	Top Plus-Minus Rating	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings
Brad Hornung Trophy	Most Sportsmanlike Player	Tyler Soy	Victoria Royals
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Scholastic Player of the Year	Tanner Kaspick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy	Scholastic team of the Year	Spokane Chiefs
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Coach of the Year	Dave Lowry	Victoria Royals
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Executive of the Year	Peter Anholt	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Top Official	Chris Schlenker
St. Clair Group Trophy	Marketing/Public Relations Award	Victoria Royals
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Humanitarian of the Year	Tyler Wong	Lethbridge Hurricanes
WHL Playoff MVP	WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards	TBD

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

First Team^[5]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Zach Sawchenko	Moose Jaw Warriors	G	Rylan Parenteau	Prince Albert Raiders
Ivan Provorov*	Brandon Wheat Kings	D	Jake Bean	Calgary Hitmen
Andrew Nielsen	Lethbridge Hurricanes	D	Travis Sanheim	Calgary Hitmen
Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors	F	Brayden Burke	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Brayden Point	Moose Jaw Warriors	F	Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings
Adam Brooks	Regina Pats	F	Jayce Hawryluk	Brandon Wheat Kings

* - unanimous selection

Western Conference

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Carter Hart	Everett Silvertips	G	Connor Ingram	Kamloops Blazers
Joe Hicketts*	Victoria Royals	D	Noah Juulsen	Everett Silvertips
Ethan Bear	Seattle Thunderbirds	D	Jason Fram	Spokane Chiefs
Tyson Baillie	Kelowna Rockets	F	Tyler Soy	Victoria Royals
Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	F	Chase Witala	Prince George Cougars
Parker Bowles	Tri-City Americans	F	Collin Shirley	Kamloops Blazers

* - unanimous selection

References

^ Dheensaw, Cleve (March 17, 2016). "One goal down, few more to go for Victoria Royals". The Times-Colonist. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
^ "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
^ WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.
^ WHL Announces 2015-16 All-Star Teams^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Preceded by 2014–15 WHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 2016–17 WHL season

[1] Dheensaw, Cleve (March 17, 2016). "One goal down, few more to go for Victoria Royals". The Times-Colonist. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

[standings-conf-western-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2016–2017 Wild Card Standings". Western Hockey League. Retrieved September 24, 2016.

[3] "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

[4] WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 18, 2014.

[5] WHL Announces 2015-16 All-Star Teams^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Standings

Eastern Conference Tiebreaker

Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Edmonton Oil Kings

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

2016 WHL playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (W2) Edmonton Oil Kings

(E2) Prince Albert Raiders vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors

(C1) Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. (W1) Regina Pats

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (C3) Calgary Hitmen

Western Conference

(B1) Victoria Royals vs. (W2) Spokane Chiefs

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

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W1) Prince George Cougars

(U2) Everett Silvertips vs. (U3) Portland Winterhawks

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors

(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs (W1) Regina Pats

Western Conference

(B1) Victoria Royals vs (B2) Kelowna Rockets

(U1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs (U2) Everett Silvertips

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C2) Red Deer Rebels

Western Conference

(B2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL Championship

(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (U1) Seattle Thunderbirds

Playoff scoring leaders

Playoff leading goaltenders

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

See also

References

External links