2022–23 WHL season

The 2022–23 WHL season was the 57th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season started on September 23, 2022, and ended on March 26, 2023, with the 2023 WHL Playoffs beginning on March 31 and ending on May 19. Teams went back to inter-conference games for first time since the 2019–20 season.^[1]

2022–23 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season September 23, 2022 – March 26, 2023 Playoffs March 31, 2023 – May 19, 2023
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	KRCW-TV, KZJO, CBC, TSN, RDS
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Winnipeg Ice (2)
Season MVP	Connor Bedard (Regina Pats)
Top scorer	Connor Bedard (Regina Pats)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Thomas Millic (Thunderbirds)
Finals champions	Seattle Thunderbirds (2)
Runners-up	Winnipeg Ice

2022–23 CHL seasons
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL September 2022–May 2023 QMJHL September 2022–May 2023 WHL September 2022–May 2023
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	CBC Television/Gem, TSN, RDS, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) (3rd title)
Runners-up	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the regular season-champion Winnipeg Ice 4 games to 1 in the finals to win their second Ed Chynoweth Cup and earn a spot in the 2023 Memorial Cup tournament, which was hosted by the Kamloops Blazers.^[2]

Standings

Conference standings

Western Conference view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Seattle Thunderbirds xy	68	54	11	1	2	300	155	111
Kamloops Blazers xy	68	48	13	4	3	313	198	103
Portland Winterhawks x	68	40	20	5	3	244	218	88
Prince George Cougars x	68	37	24	6	1	290	241	81
Tri-City Americans x	68	34	26	5	3	256	245	76
Everett Silvertips x	68	33	32	2	1	221	245	69
Vancouver Giants x	68	28	32	5	3	188	238	64
Kelowna Rockets x	68	27	37	4	0	210	256	58
Victoria Royals e	68	17	43	6	2	199	323	42
Spokane Chiefs e	68	15	43	4	6	195	314	40

Eastern Conference view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Winnipeg Ice xyz	68	57	10	1	0	325	177	115
Red Deer Rebels xy	68	43	19	3	3	248	189	92
Saskatoon Blades x	68	48	15	4	1	257	171	101
Moose Jaw Warriors x	68	41	24	0	3	252	237	85
Lethbridge Hurricanes x	68	36	26	3	3	204	207	78
Regina Pats x	68	34	30	3	1	262	277	72
Calgary Hitmen x	68	31	29	5	3	220	224	70
Medicine Hat Tigers x	68	30	29	8	1	248	224	69
Swift Current Broncos e	68	31	33	1	3	227	242	66
Brandon Wheat Kings e	68	26	33	8	1	212	242	61
Prince Albert Raiders e	68	28	37	3	0	198	239	59
Edmonton Oil Kings e	68	10	54	4	0	131	338	24

x – team has clinched playoff spot y – team has clinched division z – team has clinched best regular season record

e – team is eliminated from playoff contention

Map of WHL, 2019–20 to 2022–23

200km
125miles

Ice

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Oil Kings

Rebels

Hitmen

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Silvertips

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

Giants

Royals

  

   East Division

   Central Division

   BC Division

   US Division

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
Connor Bedard	Regina Pats	57	71	72	143	62
Chase Wheatcroft	Prince George Cougars	68	47	60	107	46
Zach Benson	Winnipeg Ice	60	36	62	98	49
Logan Stankoven	Kamloops Blazers	48	34	63	97	17
Riley Heidt	Prince George Cougars	68	25	72	97	36
Andrew Cristall	Kelowna Rockets	54	39	56	95	50
Matthew Savoie	Winnipeg Ice	62	38	57	95	26
Connor McClennon	Winnipeg Ice	64	46	46	92	49
Koehn Ziemmer	Prince George Cougars	68	41	48	89	43
Jagger Firkus	Moose Jaw Warriors	66	40	48	88	24

Leading goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1,200 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%
Thomas Milic	Seattle Thunderbirds	33	1,964	27	3	1	1	4	2.08	0.928
Scott Ratzlaff	Seattle Thunderbirds	34	2,011	25	8	0	1	5	2.15	0.918
Austin Elliott	Saskatoon Blades	37	2,123	25	6	3	0	2	2.20	0.911
Daniel Hauser	Winnipeg Ice	42	2,504	37	4	1	0	2	2.28	0.917
Rhett Stoesser	Red Deer Rebels	25	1,480	19	6	0	0	2	2.35	0.910

2023 WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Winnipeg

4

E8

Medicine Hat

0

E1

Winnipeg

4

E4

Moose Jaw

2

E2

Red Deer

4

E7

Calgary

1

E1

Winnipeg

4

Eastern

E3

Saskatoon

0

E3

Saskatoon

4

E6

Regina

3

E2

Red Deer

3

E3

Saskatoon

4

E4

Moose Jaw

4

E5

Lethbridge

0

E1

Winnipeg

1

Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.

W1

Seattle

4

W1

Seattle

4

W8

Kelowna

0

W1

Seattle

4

W4

Prince George

0

W2

Kamloops

4

W7

Vancouver

0

W1

Seattle

4

Western

W2

Kamloops

2

W3

Portland

4

W6

Everett

1

W2

Kamloops

4

W3

Portland

0

W4

Prince George

4

W5

Tri-City

2

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E8) Medicine Hat Tigers

March 31	Medicine Hat Tigers		3–5		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
Andrew Basha (1) - 11:01		First period			1:50 - pp - Zack Ostapchuk (1) 8:22 - Matthew Savoie (1)
No scoring		Second period			10:28 - pp - Evan Friesen (1)
Andrew Basha (2) - pp - 10:00 Rhett Parsons (1) - 19:49		Third period			4:55 - pp - Matthew Savoie (2) 18:53 - en - Matthew Savoie (3)
Beckett Langkow (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 1	Medicine Hat Tigers		2–5		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:44 - Briley Wood (1)
Andrew Basha (3) - 6:20		Second period			1:33 - Zack Ostapchuk (2) 15:50 - pp - Connor McClennon (1)
11:58 - pp - Dallon Melin (1)		Third period			13:49 - pp - Connor McClennon (2) 19:33 - en - Matthew Savoie (4)
Beckett Langkow (17 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (25 saves / 27 shots)

April 4	Winnipeg Ice		7–2		Medicine Hat Tigers	Co-op Place	Recap
Zack Ostapchuk (3) - 1:00 Evan Friesen (2) - 5:45 Matthew Savoie (5) - 5:58		First period			8:21 - Brendan Lee (1)
Ty Nash (1) - 11:48 Conor Geekie (1) - 14:28		Second period			No scoring
Connor McClennon (3) - pp - 0:49 Easton Armstrong (1) - pp - 8:17		Third period			12:29 - pp - Gavin McKenna (1)
Daniel Hauser (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Beckett Langkow (16 shots / 23 saves) Zach Zahara (1 save / 1 shot)

April 5	Winnipeg Ice		3–2		Medicine Hat Tigers	Co-op Place	Recap
Matthew Savoie (6) - sh - 1:14		First period			1:30 - pp - Dru Krebs (1)
Owen Pederson (1) - 10:50		Second period			15:59 - Hunter St. Martin (1)
Ty Nash (2) - 1:10		Third period			No scoring
Daniel Hauser (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Beckett Langkow (18 saves / 21 shots)

Winnipeg wins series 4–0

(E2) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E7) Calgary Hitmen

March 31	Calgary Hitmen		0–3		Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:56 - Kai Uchacz (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:22 - Jayden Grubbe (1) 17:56 - Frantisek Formanek (1)
Brayden Peters (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Kelsey (25 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Calgary Hitmen		2–1	OT	Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Sean Tschigerl (1) - 18:23		Third period			11:20 - Christoffer Sedoff (1)
David Adaszynski (1) - 16:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Brayden Peters (38 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 38 shots)

April 3	Red Deer Rebels		4–2		Calgary Hitmen	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
Matteo Fabrizi (1) - 16:07 Kai Uchacz (2) - 16:56		First period			13:42 - Carson Wetsch (1)
Frantisek Formanek (2) - 0:46		Second period			3:56 - pp - Carter MacAdams (1)
Kai Uchacz (3) - en - 19:23		Third period			No scoring
Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Brayden Peters (42 saves / 45 shots)

April 5	Red Deer Rebels		6–1		Calgary Hitmen	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ben King (1) - pp - 8:04 Ollie Josephson (1) - sh - 9:07 Jhett Larson (1) - sh - 18:31 Hunter Mayo (1) - 19:28		Second period			5:30 - pp - Ethan Moore (1)
Ben King (2) - pp - 5:56 Kai Uchacz (4) - pp - 12:09		Third period			No scoring
Kyle Kelsey (36 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Brayden Peters (33 saves / 39 shots) Ethan Buenaventura (2 saves / 2 shots)

April 7	Calgary Hitmen		5–6	OT	Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
David Adaszynski (2) - pp - 13:19 Brandon Whynott (1) - 14:09		First period			4:22 - pp - Kalan Lind (1) 19:23 - pp - Mats Lindgren (1)
Maxim Muranov (1) - 12:19		Second period			7:32 - pp - Mats Lindgren (2)
Oliver Tulk (1) - pp - 2:46 Maxim Muranov (2) - sh - 9:32		Third period			15:32 - Matteo Fabrizi (2) 17:18 - Christoffer Sedoff (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			4:56 - Ben King (3)
Brayden Peters (38 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Kelsey (19 saves / 24 shots)

Red Deer wins series 4–1

(E3) Saskatoon Blades vs. (E6) Regina Pats

March 31	Regina Pats		6–1		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Zackary Shantz (1) - 4:11 Connor Bedard (1) - 13:12		Second period			No scoring
Riley Ginnell (1) - 0:09 Stanislav Svozil (1) - 9:54 Connor Bedard (2) - 13:27 Tye Spencer (1) - en - 17:29		Third period			0:31 - Lukas Hansen (1)
Drew Sim (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliot (19 saves / 24 shots)

April 2	Regina Pats		6–5	OT	Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
Stanislav Svozil (2) - 5:08 Connor Bedard (3) - 13:33		First period			18:01 - Justin Lies (1)
Zack Stringer (1) - pp - 5:32 Connor Bedard (4) - 12:31		Second period			2:48 - Lukas Hansen (2) 6:42 - Josh Pillar (1)
Connor Bedard (5) - 11:10		Third period			8:32 - Jayden Wiens (1) 8:50 - Vaughn Watterodt (1)
Zack Stringer (2) - pp - 2:58		First overtime period			No scoring
Drew Sim (42 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliot (9 saves / 13 shots) Ethan Chadwick (4 saves / 6 shots)

April 4	Saskatoon Blades		4–3	OT	Regina Pats	Brandt Centre	Recap
Jayden Wiens (2) - pp - 12:21		First period			2:32 - Stanislav Svozil (3) 13:25 - Alexander Suzdalev (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Egor Sidorov (1) - pp - 10:32 Brandon Lisowsky (1) - pp - 19:33		Third period			9:39 - Connor Bedard (6)
Egor Sidorov (2) - 5:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Drew Sim (33 saves / 37 shots)

April 5	Saskatoon Blades		4–3	OT	Regina Pats	Brandt Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Egor Sidorov (3) - pp - 7:18		Second period			19:35 - pp - Connor Bedard (7)
Jayden Wiens (3) - 2:42 Charlie Wright (1) - 10:01		Third period			0:13 - Connor Bedard (8) 0:53 - Tanner Howe (1)
Jake Chiasson (1) - 7:20		First overtime period			No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Drew Sim (33 saves / 37 shots)

April 7	Regina Pats		2–4		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
Zack Stringer (3) - pp - 11:24		First period			3:46 - Vaughn Watterodt (2) 5:26 - pp - Egor Sidorov (4)
No scoring		Second period			15:52 - Conner Roulette (1)
Connor Bedard (9) - 3:09		Third period			10:46 - Egor Sidorov (5)
Drew Sim (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Ethan Chadwick (20 saves / 22 shots)

April 8	Saskatoon Blades		3–5		Regina Pats	Brandt Centre	Recap
Jayden Wiens (4) - 9:42		First period			14:53 - Alexander Suzdalev (2)
Trevor Wong (1) - 17:34		Second period			5:04 - pp - Alexander Suzdalev (3) 12:45 - Tanner Howe (2)
Trevor Wong (2) - 1:04		Third period			1:59 - Connor Bedard (10) 11:24 - Zackary Shantz (2)
Ethan Chadwick (15 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Drew Sim (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 10	Regina Pats		1–4		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:46 - Spencer Shugrue (1)
Stanislav Svozil (4) - 13:10		Third period			7:56 - Jake Chiasson (2) 17:50 - Vaughn Watterodt (3) 18:11 - en - Trevor Wong (3)
Drew Sim (36 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliot (25 saves / 26 shots)

Saskatoon wins series 4–3

(E4) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (E5) Lethbridge Hurricanes

March 31	Lethbridge Hurricanes		1–2	2OT	Moose Jaw Warriors	Moose Jaw Events Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Cole Shepard (1) - sh - 12:04		Second period			4:53 - Logan Dowhaniuk (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			19:43 - pp - Jagger Firkus (1)
Bryan Thomson (52 saves / 54 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ungar (50 saves / 51 shots)

April 1	Lethbridge Hurricanes		1–5		Moose Jaw Warriors	Moose Jaw Events Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:06 - pp - Atley Calvert (1)
No scoring		Second period			8:28 - Ryder Korczak (1)
Anton Astashevich (1) - pp - 13:42		Third period			11:18 - Martin Ryšavý (1) 14:29 - Denton Mateychuk (1) 16:08 - Lucas Brenton (1)
Bryan Thomson (29 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ungar (21 saves / 22 shots)

April 4	Moose Jaw Warriors		6–2		Lethbridge Hurricanes	Enmax Centre	Recap
Atley Calvert (2) - 5:03 Jagger Firkus (2) - 18:52		First period			11:13 - pp - Jett Jones (1)
Jagger Firkus (3) - 8:16 Jagger Firkus (4) - 11:28 Martin Ryšavý (2) - 14:58		Second period			No scoring
Atley Calvert (3) - en - 19:59		Third period			7:20 - Brayden Edwards (1)
Connor Ungar (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Bryan Thomson (13 saves / 18 shots) Harrison Meneghin (5 saves / 5 shots)

April 5	Moose Jaw Warriors		5–2		Lethbridge Hurricanes	Enmax Centre	Recap
Brayden Yager (1) - 13:56		First period			8:50 - Tyson Zimmer (1)
Maximus Wanner (1) - 5:15		Second period			19:00 - Hayden Smith (1)
Lynden Lakovic (1) - 4:48 Denton Mateychuk (2) - 14:32 Brayden Yager (2) - en - 19:29		Third period			No scoring
Connor Ungar (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Harrison Meneghin (25 saves / 29 shots)

Moose Jaw wins series 4–0

Western Conference

(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W8) Kelowna Rockets

March 31	Kelowna Rockets		2–3		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
Jackson DeSouza (1) - 11:02		First period			No scoring
Caden Price (1) - pp - 7:21		Second period			19:32 - Dylan Guenther (1)
No scoring		Third period			3:22 - Dylan Guenther (2) 5:53 - pp - Reid Schaefer (1)
Jari Kykkanen (36 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (23 saves / 25 shots)

April 1	Kelowna Rockets		1–4		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:02 - pp - Dylan Guenther (3)
Dylan Wightman (1) - 7:38		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			9:35 - Lucas Ciona (1) 15:35 - Nolan Allan (1) 17:01 - en - Jared Davidson (1)
Jari Kykkanen (44 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (25 saves / 26 shots)

April 4	Seattle Thunderbirds		4–1		Kelowna Rockets	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			15:40 - Andrew Cristall (1)
Dylan Guenther (4) - 3:31 Jordan Gustafson (1) - 11:07 Lucas Ciona (2) - 13:05 Kyle Crnkovic (1) - sh - en - 19:07		Third period			No scoring
Thomas Milic (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Jari Kykkanen (29 saves / 32 shots)

April 5	Seattle Thunderbirds		3–0		Kelowna Rockets	Prospera Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Lucas Ciona (2) - pp - 8:42		Second period			No scoring
Dylan Guenther (5) - 9:25 Jordan Gustafson (2) - 13:13		Third period			No scoring
Thomas Milic (19 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Talyn Boyko (35 saves / 38 shots)

Seattle wins series 4–0

(W2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W7) Vancouver Giants

March 31	Vancouver Giants		0–8		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:08 - pp - Logan Stankoven (1) 6:18 - Emmitt Finnie (1) 7:10 - Dylan Sydor (1) 14:44 - Logan Stankoven (2)
No scoring		Second period			1:42 - Ryan Hofer (1) 3:59 - pp - Caedan Bankier (1) 6:12 - pp - Logan Stankoven (3)
No scoring		Third period			17:19 - Ashton Ferster (1)
Jesper Vikman (15 saves / 22 shots) Brett Mirwald (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (15 saves / 15 shots)

April 1	Vancouver Giants		1–6		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:41 - Ryan Hofer (2) 6:00 - Olen Zellweger (1)
No scoring		Second period			0:49 - pp - Caedan Bankier (2)
Samuel Honzek (1) - pp - 12:55		Third period			6:43 - Daylan Kuefler (1) 7:55 - Dylan Sydor (2) 13:06 - Emmitt Finnie (2)
Brett Mirwald (49 shots / 55 saves)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (25 shots / 26 saves)

April 4	Kamloops Blazers		5–0		Vancouver Giants	Langley Events Centre	Recap
Logan Stankoven (4) - 7:37		First period			No scoring
Emmitt Finnie (3) - 2:20		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Hofer (3) - 3:05 Caedan Bankier (3) - 5:03 Caedan Bankier (4) - 17:46		Third period			No scoring
Dylan Ernst (17 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Jesper Vikman (41 shots / 45 saves)

April 6	Kamloops Blazers		5–4	OT	Vancouver Giants	Langley Events Centre	Recap
Ryan Hofer (4) - pp - 6:51 Ryan Hofer (5) - 16:23 Connor Levis (1) - pp - 19:58		First period			5:06 - Ty Thorpe (1) 19:29 - sh - Ty Thorpe (2)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Olen Zellweger (2) - 3:45		Third period			0:52 - pp - Ty Thorpe (3) 15:00 - pp - Skyler Bruce (1)
Olen Zellweger (3) - 19:58		First overtime period			No scoring
Dylan Ernst (31 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Jesper Vikman (62 saves / 67 shots)

Kamloops wins series 4–0

(W3) Portland Winterhawks vs. (W6) Everett Silvertips

March 31	Everett Silvertips		3–4		Portland Winterhawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Austin Roest (1) - 7:10		First period			8:52 - pp - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (1)
No scoring		Second period			5:26 - pp - Marcus Nguyen (1)
Jackson Berezowski (1) - pp - 4:17 Austin Roest (2) - 16:49		Third period			10:59 - Marcus Nguyen (2) 12:20 - James Stefan (1)
Tyler Palmer (33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Jan Špunar (31 saves / 34 shots)

April 1	Everett Silvertips		0–4		Portland Winterhawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:23 - Marcus Nguyen (3) 13:38 - Marcus Nguyen (4)
No scoring		Second period			15:46 - pp - Jack O'Brien (1)
No scoring		Third period			18:44 - en - Jack O'Brien (2)
Tyler Palmer (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Jan Špunar (23 saves / 23 shots)

April 3	Portland Winterhawks		6–1		Everett Silvertips	Angel of the Winds Arena	Recap
Kyle Chyzowski (1) - 7:09		First period			No scoring
Gabe Klassen (1) - 3:28 James Stefan (2) - pp - 17:11 Kyle Chyzowski (2) - 17:34		Second period			No scoring
James Stefan (3) - pp - 0:29 Nicholas Johnson (1) - 15:53		Third period			17:07 - Jackson Berezowski (2)
Jan Špunar (38 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Palmer (18 saves / 24 shots)

April 7	Portland Winterhawks		0–5		Everett Silvertips	Angel of the Winds Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:49 - Caden Zaplitny (1) 4:14 - Beau Courtney (1)
No scoring		Second period			19:08 - pp - Jackson Berezowski (3)
No scoring		Third period			2:24 - Roan Woodward (1) 14:49 - Austin Roest (3)
Jan Špunar (31 shots / 36 saves)		Goalie stats			Tyler Palmer (27 shots / 27 saves)

April 8	Everett Silvertips		2–3	OT	Portland Winterhawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:39 - Gabe Klassen (2)
Austin Roest (4) - pp - 16:51 Jackson Berezowski (4) - pp - 18:36		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			8:29 - pp - James Stefan (4)
No scoring		First overtime period			9:45 - pp - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (2)
Tyler Palmer (40 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Jan Špunar (19 saves / 21 shots)

Portland wins series 4–1

(W4) Prince George Cougars vs. (W5) Tri-City Americans

March 31	Tri-City Americans		6–4		Prince George Cougars	CN Centre	Recap
Tyson Greenway (1) - 16:45 Tyson Greenway (2) - 19:00		First period			No scoring
Parker Bell (1) - 4:15		Second period			7:20 - Caden Brown (1) 10:38 - Hudson Thornton (1)
Jake Sloan (1) - 4:46 Deagan McMillan (1) - 6:55 Jalen Luypen (1) - en - 19:17		Third period			2:03 - Caden Brown (2) 9:42 - Zac Funk (1)
Tomáš Suchánek (43 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Brennan (27 saves / 32 shots)

April 1	Tri-City Americans		1–2	OT	Prince George Cougars	CN Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Cole Dubinsky (1) - 12:02		Second period			7:22 - Adam Mechura (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			4:52 - Jaxsen Wiebe (1)
Tomáš Suchánek (36 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Brennan (17 saves / 18 shots)

April 4	Prince George Cougars		2–4		Tri-City Americans	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			8:00 - Marc Lajoie (1) 12:01 - Tyson Greenway (3)
Chase Wheatcroft (1) - 3:59		Second period			No scoring
Hudson Thornton (2) - 1:22		Third period			5:31 - pp - Parker Bell (2) 19:09 - en - Jalen Luypen (2)
Tyler Brennan (16 saves / 18 shots) Ty Young (8 saves / 9 shots)		Goalie stats			Tomáš Suchánek (28 saves / 30 shots)

April 5	Prince George Cougars		6–2		Tri-City Americans	Toyota Center	Recap
Koehn Ziemmer (1) - 17:55 Jaxsen Wiebe (2) - 18:54		First period			No scoring
Koehn Ziemmer (2) - 1:50		Second period			3:43 - Tyson Greenway (4)
Riley Heidt (1) - 6:02 Jaxsen Wiebe (3) - en - 17:24 Chase Wheatcroft (2) - pp - 19:59		Third period			15:45 - Jalen Luypen (3)
Ty Young (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Tomáš Suchánek (25 saves / 30 shots)

April 7	Prince George Cougars		6–2		Tri-City Americans	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Jake Sloan (2) - 14:38
5:51 - Zac Funk (2) 14:10 - Bauer Dumanski (1)		Second period			Reese Belton (1) - 16:22
8:01 - Caden Brown (3) 14:39 - Cole Dubinsky (2) 17:42 - en - Zac Funk (3) 18:48 - Bauer Dumanski (2)		Third period			No scoring
Ty Young (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Tomáš Suchánek (28 saves / 33 shots)

April 9	Tri-City Americans		4–5	OT	Prince George Cougars	CN Centre	Recap
12:32 - Reese Belton (2)		First period			Riley Heidt (2) - 4:51 Cole Dubinsky (3) - 7:57 Fischer O'Brien (1) - 17:05
0:17 - Ethan Ernst (1) 17:18 - Tyson Greenway (5)		Second period			No scoring
13:34 - Jake Sloan (3)		Third period			Zac Funk (4) - 2:02
No scoring		First overtime period			Chase Wheatcroft (3) - 2:31
Tomáš Suchánek (32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Young (34 saves / 38 shots)

Prince George wins series 4–2

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E4) Moose Jaw Warriors

April 14	Moose Jaw Warriors		3–5		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
Brayden Yager (3) - 19:38		First period			1:04 - pp - Owen Pederson (2) 7:57 - Zach Benson (1) 16:42 - Matthew Savoie (7)
Maximus Wanner (2) - 4:09 Jagger Firkus (5) - pp - 13:21		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			2:59 - Connor McClennon (4) 6:04 - Graham Sward (1)
Connor Ungar (32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (26 saves / 29 shots)

April 15	Moose Jaw Warriors		5–3		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
Ryder Korczak (2) - 1:02 Brayden Yager (4) - 8:07 Brayden Yager (5) - pp - 9:11 Martin Ryšavý (3) - pp - 9:31		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Josh Hoekstra (1) - en - 19:57		Third period			1:07 - pp - Zack Ostapchuk (4) 13:09 - Connor McClennon (5) 16:10 - Carson Latimer (1)
Connor Ungar (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (7 saves / 11 shots) Mason Beaupit (8 saves / 8 shots)

April 18	Winnipeg Ice		4–8		Moose Jaw Warriors	Mosaic Place	Recap
Zack Ostapchuk (5) - 7:07 Briley Wood (2) - 7:18 Vladislav Shilo (1) - 17:06		First period			8:45 - pp - Ryder Korczak (3) 11:33 - pp - Jagger Firkus (6) 14:52 - Lynden Lakovic (2)
No scoring		Second period			10:52 - Eric Alarie (1) 11:46 - Lynden Lakovic (3)
Josh Medernach (1) - 9:55		Third period			4:14 - Cosmo Wilson (1) 9:46 - Martin Ryšavý (4) 16:01 - Jagger Firkus (7)
Daniel Hauser (5 saves / 8 shots) Mason Beaupit (12 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ungar (25 saves / 29 shots)

April 19	Winnipeg Ice		3–2	OT	Moose Jaw Warriors	Mosaic Place	Recap
Vladislav Shilo (2) - 8:22		First period			12:57 - Martin Ryšavý (5)
Matthew Savoie (8) - 0:50		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			1:22 - Jagger Firkus (8)
Zack Ostapchuk (6) - pp - 11:56		First overtime period			No scoring
Daniel Hauser (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ungar (38 saves / 41 shots)

April 22	Moose Jaw Warriors		2–5		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
Jagger Firkus (9) - 13:35 Brayden Yager (6) - 15:03		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			2:27 - Conor Geekie (2) 11:32 - Conor Geekie (3)
No scoring		Third period			15:06 - Matthew Savoie (9) 17:50 - en - Conor Geekie (4) 19:01 - en - Zach Benson (2)
Connor Ungar (34 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (26 saves / 28 shots)

April 24	Winnipeg Ice		8–2		Moose Jaw Warriors	Mosaic Place	Recap
Zack Ostapchuk (7) - 10:49 Vladislav Shilo (3) - 11:40		First period			No scoring
Connor McClennon (6) - 0:28 Connor McClennon (7) - 2:20 Graham Sward (2) - 6:12 Conor Geekie (5) - 7:33 Conor Geekie (6) - 17:54 Evan Friesen (3) - 18:33		Second period			9:25 - pp - Denton Mateychuk (3)
No scoring		Third period			18:13 - pp - Jagger Firkus (10)
Daniel Hauser (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Connor Ungar (28 saves / 33 shots) Jackson Unger (4 saves / 7 shots)

Winnipeg wins series 4–2

(E2) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E3) Saskatoon Blades

April 14	Red Deer Rebels		3–1		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
4:28 - Jhett Larson (2)		Second period			No scoring
14:19 - Jace Isley (1) 19:56 - en - Christoffer Sedoff (3)		Third period			Jake Chiasson (3) - 18:08
Kyle Kelsey (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliott (17 saves / 19 shots)

April 16	Red Deer Rebels		5–2		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:53 - pp - Ben King (4) 9:42 - Christoffer Sedoff (4) 12:10 - Jhett Larson (3)		Second period			No scoring
3:38 - Carson Birnie (1) 12:47 - Jayden Grubbe (2)		Third period			Brandon Lisowsky (2) - pp - 9:48 Charlie Wright (2) - pp - 19:54
Kyle Kelsey (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliott (11 saves / 14 shots) Ethan Chadwick (4 saves / 6 shots)

April 18	Saskatoon Blades		1–3		Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
5:04 - Trevor Wong (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			František Formánek (3) - 9:46 Dwayne Jean (1) - 9:46
No scoring		Third period			Kalan Lind (2) - en - 19:14
Austin Elliott (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Kelsey (22 saves / 23 shots)

April 19	Saskatoon Blades		4–2		Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
No scoring		First period			Kai Uchacz (5) - pp - 6:27 Kai Uchacz (6) - 13:05
12:09 - pp - Aidan De La Gorgendiere (1)		Second period			No scoring
4:12 - Jayden Wiens (5) 4:55 - Brandon Lisowsky (3) 8:15 - Tanner Molendyk (1)		Third period			No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Kelsey (20 saves / 24 shots)

April 21	Red Deer Rebels		3–6		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
11:08 - Kai Uchacz (7) 16:58 - Kai Uchacz (8)		First period			Tanner Molendyk (2) - 5:39 Egor Sidorov (6) - pp - 11:59 Egor Sidorov (7) - pp - 18:03
1:28 - Ollie Josephson (2)		Second period			Aidan De La Gorgendiere (2) - pp - 19:35
No scoring		Third period			Jayden Wiens (6) - 5:41 Tanner Molendyk (3) - 12:34
Kyle Kelsey (4 saves / 7 shots) Chase Coward (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Ethan Chadwick (14 saves / 17 shots)

April 23	Saskatoon Blades		5–3		Red Deer Rebels	Peavey Mart Centrium	Recap
0:34 - Egor Sidorov (8) 16:24 - Trevor Wong (5)		First period			Jace Isley (2) - 5:09
9:53 - pp - Egor Sidorov (9) 17:37 - Jake Chiasson (4)		Second period			Kai Uchacz (9) - 19:31
18:08 - Jayden Wiens (7)		Third period			Jace Isley (3) - 12:13
Austin Elliott (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Chase Coward (18 saves / 22 shots)

April 25	Red Deer Rebels		2–5		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
12:10 - Hunter Mayo (2)		First period			Conner Roulette (2) - 14:45
7:35 - Ryker Singer (1)		Second period			Spencer Shugrue (2) - 5:41
No scoring		Third period			Spencer Shugrue (3) - 4:29 Conner Roulette (3) - 5:09 Vaughn Watterodt (4) - en - 19:32
Kyle Kelsey (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliott (23 saves / 25 shots)

Saskatoon wins series 4–3

Western Conference

(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W4) Prince George Cougars

April 14	Prince George Cougars		1–4		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
Koehn Ziemmer (3) - pp - 18:14		First period			1:50 - Dylan Guenther (6) 15:23 - pp - Dylan Guenther (7)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			2:48 - Lucas Ciona (4) 19:36 - en - Nico Myatovic (1)
Ty Young (40 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (23 saves / 24 shots)

April 15	Prince George Cougars		1–5		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:12 - pp - Jared Davidson (2)
No scoring		Second period			9:23 - Brad Lambert (1) 13:43 - Dylan Guenther (8)
Ondřej Becher (1) - 0:14		Third period			5:53 - pp - Kyle Crnkovic (2) 19:16 - pp - Jared Davidson (3)
Ty Young (29 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (26 saves / 27 shots)

April 18	Seattle Thunderbirds		8–1		Prince George Cougars	CN Centre	Recap
Reid Schaefer (2) - 1:42 Colton Dach (1) - 5:40 Jared Davidson (4) - pp - 10:42 Gracyn Sawchyn (1) - pp - 12:15		First period			No scoring
Brad Lambert (2) - 0:37 Mekai Sanders (1) - 16:03 Dylan Guenther (9) - pp - 19:05		Second period			12:10 - Chase Wheatcroft (4)
Dylan Guenther (10) - 9:51		Third period			No scoring
Thomas Milic (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Young (32 saves / 40 shots)

April 19	Seattle Thunderbirds		8–2		Prince George Cougars	CN Centre	Recap
Sam Popowich (1) - 11:50 Jeremy Hanzel (1) - 16:00		First period			No scoring
Colton Dach (2) - 1:57 Bryce Pickford (1) - 7:41 Luke Prokop (1) - 16:24		Second period			No scoring
Mekai Sanders (2) - 5:09 Reid Schaefer (3) - pp - 7:59 Jared Davidson (5) - 9:01		Third period			0:24 - pp - Zac Funk (5) 19:28 - Chase Wheatcroft (5)
Thomas Milic (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Ty Young (32 saves / 40 shots)

Seattle wins series 4–0

(W2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W3) Portland Winterhawks

April 14	Portland Winterhawks		4–6		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
James Stefan (5) - 9:50		First period			8:30 - Emmitt Finnie (4)
James Stefan (6) - 17:04		Second period			13:43 - Jakub Demek (1) 15:22 - Fraser Minten (1) 19:36 - Jakub Demek (2)
Marcus Nguyen (5) - pp - 16:48 James Stefan (7) - pp - 19:58		Third period			1:03 - Matthew Seminoff (1) 4:26 - pp - Logan Stankoven (5)
Jan Špunar (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (28 saves / 32 shots)

April 15	Portland Winterhawks		0–5		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:44 - pp - Caedan Bankier (5)
No scoring		Second period			17:34 - Olen Zellweger (4) 19:05 - pp - Logan Stankoven (6)
No scoring		Third period			7:53 - Logan Stankoven (7) 17:35 - pp - Daylan Kuefler (2)
Jan Špunar (37 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (29 saves / 29 shots)

April 19	Kamloops Blazers		3–2		Portland Winterhawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Jakub Demek (3) - 9:48		First period			11:23 - pp - Jack O'Brien (3)
Logan Stankoven (8) - pp - 4:35		Second period			No scoring
Fraser Minten (2) - pp - 1:56		Third period			14:02 - Luca Cagnoni (1)
Dylan Ernst (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Jan Špunar (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 20	Kamloops Blazers		10–4		Portland Winterhawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Recap
Matthew Seminoff (2) - pp - 0:31 Kyle Masters (1) - 9:45 Logan Stankoven (9) - pp - 10:24		First period			14:20 - pp - Ryan McCleary (1) 15:52 - Diego Buttazzoni (1)
Matthew Seminoff (3) - 2:29 Matthew Seminoff (4) - pp - 5:24 Olen Zellweger (5) - pp - 8:22 Logan Stankoven (10) - 10:23 Olen Zellweger (6) - 19:38		Second period			6:47 - Jack O'Brien (4) 17:57 - Diego Buttazzoni (2)
Olen Zellweger (7) - 1:59 14:27 - Caedan Bankier (6) - 14:27		Third period			No scoring
Dylan Ernst (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Dante Giannuzzi (8 saves / 11 shots) Jan Špunar (30 saves / 37 shots)

Kamloops wins series 4–0

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (E3) Saskatoon Blades

April 28	Saskatoon Blades		0–3		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:39 - Ben Zloty (1) 16:05 - sh - ps - Zack Ostapchuk (8)
No scoring		Second period			7:45 - Carson Lambos (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ethan Chadwick (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 16 shots)

April 29	Saskatoon Blades		2–6		Winnipeg Ice	Wayne Fleming Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			6:09 - Connor McClennon (8) 17:31 - pp - Connor McClennon (9)
No scoring		Second period			3:25 - Zach Benson (3) 12:29 - Owen Pederson (3)
Justin Lies (2) - 10:48 Jayden Wiens (8) - pp - 14:39		Third period			1:08 - Connor McClennon (10) 16:27 - en - Matthew Savoie (10)
Austin Elliott (27 saves /32 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (27 saves / 29 shots)

May 2	Winnipeg Ice		5–1		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
Matthew Savoie (11) - pp - 2:46 Zach Benson (4) - 9:48 Evan Friesen (4) - 10:33		First period			No scoring
Connor McClennon (11) - pp - 1:13		Second period			5:40 - Justin Lies (3)
Owen Pederson (4) - pp - 19:26		Third period			No scoring
Daniel Hauser (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Ethan Chadwick (20 saves / 24 shots) Austin Elliott (9 saves / 10 shots)

May 3	Winnipeg Ice		3–2		Saskatoon Blades	SaskTel Centre	Recap
Connor McClennon (12) - pp - 18:08		First period			15:08 - Aidan De La Gorgendiere (3)
Connor McClennon (13) - 13:30		Second period			No scoring
Briley Wood (3) - 6:19		Third period			2:45 - Trevor Wong (6)
Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Austin Elliott (33 saves / 36 shots)

Winnipeg wins series 4–0

Western Conference

(W1) Seattle Thunderbirds vs. (W2) Kamloops Blazers

April 29	Kamloops Blazers		1–5		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:00 - Jared Davidson (6)
Olen Zellweger (8) - 16:11		Second period			13:44 - Nico Myatovic (2)
No scoring		Third period			10:19 - Dylan Guenther (11) 14:21 - Jared Davidson (7) 16:13 - pp - Gracyn Sawchyn (2)
Dylan Ernst (30 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (24 saves / 25 shots)

April 30	Kamloops Blazers		3–4	OT	Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
Caedan Bankier (7) - 19:20		First period			No scoring
Olen Zellweger (9) - pp - 0:59 Matthew Seminoff (5) - pp - 12:53		Second period			7:33 - pp - Lucas Ciona (5) 15:56 - Colton Dach (3)
No scoring		Third period			2:04 - Brad Lambert (3)
No scoring		First overtime period			6:21 - Jeremy Hanzel (2)
Dylan Ernst (35 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (39 saves / 42 shots)

May 2	Seattle Thunderbirds		1–4		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
Nolan Allan (2) - 10:00		First period			8:29 - pp - Daylan Kuefler (3) 17:43 - Jakub Demek (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:53 - en - Ryan Hofer (6) 19:18 - Matthew Seminoff (6)
Thomas Milic (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (22 saves / 23 shots)

May 4	Seattle Thunderbirds		8–4		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
Dylan Guenther (12) - 3:09 Kevin Korchinski (1) - 11:48 Dylan Guenther (13) - 19:58		First period			18:53 - pp - Matthew Seminoff (7)
Kyle Crnkovic (3) - 13:32		Second period			1:12 - Olen Zellweger (10) 11:21 - Olen Zellweger (11)
Jared Davidson (8) - 5:36 Bryce Pickford (2) - 8:13 Dylan Guenther (14) - 14:19 Reid Schaefer (4) - en - 14:56		Third period			12:01 - Dylan Sydor (3)
Thomas Milic (36 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (33 saves / 40 shots)

May 6	Kamloops Blazers		4–2		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Matthew Seminoff (8) - 16:00		Second period			6:25 - Jared Davidson (9)
Matthew Seminoff (9) - 0:43 Ryan Hofer (7) - 1:06 Ryan Hofer (8) - sh - 5:31		Third period			5:48 - pp - Reid Schaefer (5)
Dylan Ernst (36 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (26 saves / 30 shots)

May 8	Seattle Thunderbirds		4–2		Kamloops Blazers	Sandman Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:57 - Dylan Sydor (4)
Jared Davidson (10) - 4:46		Second period			No scoring
Sawyer Mynio (1) - 5:33 Kyle Crnkovic (4) - 10:00 Reid Schaefer (6) - en - 19:21		Third period			18:17 - pp - Matthew Seminoff (10)
Thomas Milic (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Ernst (39 saves / 42 shots)

Seattle wins series 4–2

WHL Championship

(E1) Winnipeg Ice vs. (W1) Seattle Thunderbirds

May 12	Seattle Thunderbirds		2–3		Winnipeg Ice	Canada Life Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			9:13 - pp - Connor McClennon (14) 15:22 - Evan Friesen (5)
No scoring		Second period			7:02 - Carson Latimer (2)
Reid Schaefer (7) - 0:28 Kevin Korchinski (2) - 18:18		Third period			No scoring
Thomas Milic (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (27 saves / 29 shots)

May 13	Seattle Thunderbirds		4–2		Winnipeg Ice	Canada Life Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:11 - Zach Benson (5)
Jeremy Hanzel (3) - 1:24		Second period			No scoring
Brad Lambert (4) - 5:02 Reid Schaefer (8) - 5:10 Brad Lambert (5) - 17:14		Third period			8:27 - Zach Benson (6)
Thomas Milic (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Daniel Hauser (35 saves / 39 shots)

May 16	Winnipeg Ice		3–6		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
Carson Latimer (3) - 1:27		First period			0:25 - Kyle Crnkovic (5) 13:24 - pp - Jeremy Hanzel (4) 13:47 - Brad Lambert (6) 14:09 - Jared Davidson (11)
Zach Benson (7) - 13:42		Second period			8:09 - pp - Dylan Guenther (15) 18:25 - Jeremy Hanzel (5)
Zack Ostapchuk (9) - pp - 12:12		Third period			No scoring
Daniel Hauser (16 saves / 22 shots) Mason Beaupit (11 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (35 saves / 38 shots)

May 17	Winnipeg Ice		2–4		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
Carson Latimer (4) - 16:25		First period			19:43 - Kevin Korchinski (3)
Evan Friesen (6) - 8:33		Second period			4:31 - pp - Gracyn Sawchyn (3)
No scoring		Third period			7:47 - Dylan Guenther (16) 19:52 - en - Nico Myatovic (3)
Daniel Hauser (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (31 saves / 33 shots)

May 19	Winnipeg Ice		1–3		Seattle Thunderbirds	accesso ShoWare Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Sam Popowich (2) - 13:45
5:02 - Evan Friesen (7)		Third period			Nico Myatovic (4) - ps - 2:27 Kyle Crnkovic (6) - en - 18:54
Daniel Hauser (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Thomas Milic (30 saves / 31 shots)

Seattle wins 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
Logan Stankoven	Kamloops Blazers	14	10	20	30	4
Olen Zellweger	Kamloops Blazers	14	11	18	29	10
Matthew Savoie	Winnipeg Ice	19	11	18	29	8
Dylan Guenther	Seattle Thunderbirds	19	16	12	28	12
Brad Lambert	Seattle Thunderbirds	17	6	20	26	8
Ben Zloty	Winnipeg Ice	19	1	23	24	2
Connor McClennon	Winnipeg Ice	19	14	9	23	15
Jared Davidson	Seattle Thunderbirds	19	11	12	23	17
Jeremy Hanzel	Seattle Thunderbirds	19	5	17	22	18
Jagger Firkus	Moose Jaw Warriors	10	10	11	21	10

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
Thomas Milic	Seattle Thunderbirds	19	1,141	16	3	37	1	0.933	1.95
Kyle Kelsey	Red Deer Rebels	11	636	7	3	25	1	0.912	2.36
Dylan Ernst	Kamloops Blazers	14	863	10	4	37	3	0.913	2.57
Daniel Hauser	Winnipeg Ice	19	1,042	13	5	47	1	0.906	2.71
Connor Ungar	Moose Jaw Warriors	10	635	6	4	29	0	0.915	2.74

WHL awards

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regular season champions	Winnipeg Ice
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Player of the Year	Connor Bedard, Regina Pats
Bob Clarke Trophy	Top Scorer	Connor Bedard, Regina Pats
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy	Top Defenceman	Olen Zellweger, Kamloops Blazers
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the Year	Ryder Ritchie, Prince Albert Raiders
Del Wilson Trophy	Top Goaltender	Thomas Milic, Seattle Thunderbirds
WHL Plus-Minus Award	Top Plus-Minus Rating	Jeremy Hanzel, Seattle Thunderbirds
Brad Hornung Trophy	Most Sportsmanlike Player	Brayden Yager, Moose Jaw Warriors
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Scholastic player of the Year	Quinn Mantei, Brandon Wheat Kings
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy	Scholastic team of the Year	Portland Winterhawks
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Coach of the Year	Brennan Sonne, Saskatoon Blades
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Executive of the Year	Bil La Forge, Seattle Thunderbirds
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Top Official	Chris Crich
St. Clair Group Trophy	Marketing/Public Relations Award	Spokane Chiefs
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Humanitarian of the Year	Logan Stankoven, Kamloops Blazers
WHL Playoff MVP	WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	Thomas Millic, Seattle Thunderbirds
Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

Central Division

First Team[5]		Pos.	Second Team[6]
Player	Team		Player	Team
Rhett Stoesser	Red Deer Rebels	G	Harrison Meneghin	Lethbridge Hurricanes
Owen Pickering	Swift Current Broncos	D	Dru Krebs	Medicine Hat Tigers
Christoffer Sedoff	Red Deer Rebels	D	Carter Yakemchuk	Calgary Hitmen
Riley Fiddler-Schultz	Calgary Hitmen	F	Jayden Grubbe	Red Deer Rebels
Josh Filmon	Swift Current Broncos	F	Mathew Ward	Swift Current Broncos
Kai Uchacz	Red Deer Rebels	F	Oazis Wiesblatt	Medicine Hat Tigers

East Division

First Team[7]		Pos.	Second Team[8]
Player	Team		Player	Team
Daniel Hauser	Winnipeg Ice	G	Austin Elliott	Saskatoon Blades
Stanislav Svozil	Regina Pats	D	Aidan De La Gorgendiere	Saskatoon Blades
Ben Zloty	Winnipeg Ice	D	Landon Kosior	Prince Albert Raiders
Connor Bedard	Regina Pats	F	Nate Danielson	Brandon Wheat Kings
Zach Benson	Winnipeg Ice	F	Matthew Savoie	Winnipeg Ice
Connor McClennon	Winnipeg Ice	F	Trevor Wong	Saskatoon Blades

Western Conference

B.C. Division

First Team[9]		Pos.	Second Team[10]
Player	Team		Player	Team
Jesper Vikman	Vancouver Giants	G	Dylan Ernst	Kamloops Blazers
Ethan Samson	Prince George Cougars	D	Kyle Masters	Kamloops Blazers
Olen Zellweger	Kamloops Blazers	D	Hudson Thornton	Prince George Cougars
Andrew Cristall	Kelowna Rockets	F	Caedan Bankier	Kamloops Blazers
Logan Stankoven	Kamloops Blazers	F	Riley Heidt	Prince George Cougars
Chase Wheatcroft	Prince George Cougars	F	Matthew Seminoff	Kamloops Blazers

U.S. Division

First Team[11]		Pos.	Second Team[12]
Player	Team		Player	Team
Thomas Milic	Seattle Thunderbirds	G	Tomas Suchanek	Tri-City Americans
Lukas Dragicevic	Tri-City Americans	D	Nolan Allan	Seattle Thunderbirds
Kevin Korchinski	Seattle Thunderbirds	D	Luca Cagnoni	Portland Winterhawks
Jackson Berezowski	Everett Silvertips	F	Chase Bertholet	Spokane Chiefs
Jared Davidson	Seattle Thunderbirds	F	Lucas Ciona	Seattle Thunderbirds
Gabe Klassen	Portland Winterhawks	F	Austin Roest	Everett Silvertips

Attendance

Team	Home average[13]
Edmonton	6,500
Spokane	5,842
Everett	5,839
Kamloops	4,902
Calgary	4,874
Portland	4,508
Saskatoon	4,506
Regina	4,500
Seattle	4,342
Kelowna	4,304
Red Deer	4,163
Victoria	3,559
Lethbridge	3,525
Tri-City	3,510
Vancouver	3,462
Brandon	3,178
Moose Jaw	2,883
Prince George	2,755
Medicine Hat	2,651
Prince Albert	2,392
Swift Current	1,837
Winnipeg	1,649
Total Average	3,895
Total	2,913,612
total games	748

Playoffs

Home Team	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance [14]
Saskatoon Blades	10	8,780	87,801
Regina Pats	3	6,499	19,497
Kamloops Blazers	7	5,173	36,216
Red Deer Rebels	6	5,062	30,375
Seattle Thunderbirds	10	4,867	48,677
Prince George Cougars	5	4,609	23,046
Everett Silvertips	2	3,946	7,892
Portland Winterhawks	5	3,891	19,455
Kelowna Rockets	2	3,456	6,912
Medicine Hat Tigers	2	3,239	6,479
Calgary Hitmen	2	3,217	6,434
Moose Jaw Warriors	5	3,210	16,051
Lethbridge Hurricanes	2	2,953	5,906
Vancouver Giants	2	2,909	5,818
Tri-City Americans	3	2,750	8,251
Winnipeg Ice	9	2,536	22,827
League	75	4,701	352,637

See also

• List of WHL seasons
• 2022–23 OHL season
• 2022–23 QMJHL season

References

1. "Western Hockey League announces 2022-23 Regular Season schedule".
2. Crabtree, Curtis (May 19, 2023). "Thunderbirds win second WHL title, beat Winnipeg 3-1 in Game 5 to win Ed Chynoweth Cup". Fox 13 Seattle. Fox Sports. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
3. "WHL Regular season: Scoring leaders". Retrieved October 22, 2022.
4. WHL Regular season: Goaltending leaders. Retrieved on October 22, 2022.
5. WHL names 2022-23 Central Division First All-Star Team
6. WHL names 2022-23 Central Division Second All-Star Team
7. WHL Names 2022-23 East Division First All-Star Team
8. WHL Names 2022-23 East Division Second All-Star Team
9. WHL names 2022-23 B.C. Division First All-Star Team
10. WHL names 2022-23 B.C. Division Second All-Star Team
11. WHL names 2022-23 U.S. Division First All-Star Team
12. WHL names 2022-23 U.S. Division Second All-Star Team
13. "WHL Network".
14. "WHL Schedule". CHL.ca/WHL. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

External links

• Official website of the Western Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Hockey League