1995–96 WHL season
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The 1995–96 WHL season was the 30th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL), featuring seventeen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Brandon Wheat Kings won the franchise's fourth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for posting the best regular season record, and followed this up in the playoffs by securing their second President's Cup as league champions, their first since 1978–79.
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1995–96 WHL season | |
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League | Western Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of teams | 17 |
Regular season | |
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Brandon Wheat Kings (4) |
Season MVP | Jarome Iginla (Kamloops Blazers) |
Top scorer | Mark Deyell (Saskatoon Blades) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Bobby Brown (Wheat Kings) |
Finals champions | Brandon Wheat Kings (2) |
Runners-up | Spokane Chiefs |
WHL seasons | |
← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
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1995–96 CHL season | |
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League | Canadian Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of teams | 48 |
OHL | |
QMJHL | |
WHL | |
Memorial Cup | |
Finals champions | Granby Prédateurs (QMJHL) (1st title) |
Runners-up | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
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The Calgary Hitmen joined the WHL as its seventeenth franchise, and the first to be located in Calgary since the Calgary Wranglers in 1987. The Tacoma Rockets relocated to Kelowna, British Columbia and became the Kelowna Rockets.