Sports 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 | |
| ← 2014–152016–17 → | |
| 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) |
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. 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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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.
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.
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
All-Star Teams
Eastern Conference
* - unanimous selection
Western Conference
* - unanimous selection
See also
- 2016 Memorial Cup
- List of WHL seasons
- 2015–16 OHL season
- 2015–16 QMJHL season
- 2015 in ice hockey
- 2016 in ice hockey
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.
- ^ "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
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