The 2014–15 WHL season was the 49th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 19, 2014, and ended on March 22, 2015. The Brandon Wheat Kings won their fifth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record. The playoffs began on March 26, 2015, and ended on May 13, 2015. The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Wheat Kings in the final to win their fourth Ed Chynoweth Cup and a berth in the 2015 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec.[1] The Rockets lost the Memorial Cup final to the Oshawa Generals, 2–1 in overtime.[2]
| 2014–15 WHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Western Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 19, 2014 – March 22, 2015 Playoffs March 26, 2015 – May 13, 2015 |
| Number of teams | 22 |
| TV partner(s) | Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest |
| Regular season | |
| Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Brandon Wheat Kings (5) |
| Season MVP | Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks) |
| Top scorer | Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Leon Draisaitl (Rockets) |
| Finals champions | Kelowna Rockets (4) |
| Runners-up | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 2014–15 CHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | OHL September 2014 – March 2015 QMJHL September 2014 – March 2015 WHL September 19, 2014 – March 22, 2015 |
| Number of teams | 60 |
| TV partner(s) | RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV |
| Memorial Cup | |
| Finals champions | Oshawa Generals (OHL) (5th title) |
| Runners-up | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
Standings
edit| R | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Wheat Kings xyz | 72 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 340 | 219 | 114 |
| 2 | Regina Pats x | 72 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 263 | 238 | 85 |
| 3 | Swift Current Broncos x | 72 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 221 | 245 | 73 |
| R | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calgary Hitmen xy | 72 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 289 | 203 | 95 |
| 2 | Medicine Hat Tigers x | 72 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 268 | 213 | 94 |
| 3 | Red Deer Rebels x | 72 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 240 | 227 | 87 |
| R | (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kootenay Ice x | CE | 72 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 245 | 248 | 78 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oil Kingsx | CE | 72 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 217 | 204 | 75 |
| 3 | Moose Jaw Warriors | EA | 72 | 32 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 221 | 266 | 69 |
| 4 | Prince Albert Raiders | EA | 72 | 31 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 215 | 257 | 66 |
| 5 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | CE | 72 | 20 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 202 | 304 | 48 |
| 6 | Saskatoon Blades | EA | 72 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 195 | 308 | 42 |
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 | Kelowna Rockets xy | 72 | 53 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 305 | 183 | 112 |
| 2 | Victoria Royals x | 72 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 219 | 82 |
| 3 | Prince George Cougars x | 72 | 31 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 222 | 295 | 67 |
| R | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everett Silvertips xy | 72 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 242 | 199 | 95 |
| 2 | Portland Winterhawks x | 72 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 287 | 237 | 92 |
| 3 | Seattle Thunderbirds x | 72 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 218 | 201 | 85 |
| R | (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spokane Chiefs x | U.S. | 72 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 219 | 229 | 72 |
| 2 | Tri-City Americans x | U.S. | 72 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 242 | 65 |
| 3 | Kamloops Blazers | B.C. | 72 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 214 | 258 | 63 |
| 4 | Vancouver Giants | B.C. | 72 | 27 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 189 | 251 | 58 |
bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division,
Divisions: BC – B.C., US – U.S.
Statistical leaders
editScoring leaders
editPlayers are listed by points, then goals.[4]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts. | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | Portland Winterhawks | 59 | 63 | 55 | 118 | 35 |
| Trevor Cox | Medicine Hat Tigers | 69 | 29 | 80 | 109 | 57 |
| Tim McGauley | Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 42 | 63 | 105 | 24 |
| Cole Sanford | Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 50 | 45 | 95 | 71 |
| Cole Ully | Kamloops Blazers | 69 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 32 |
| Nick Merkley | Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 20 | 70 | 90 | 79 |
| Nic Petan | Portland Winterhawks | 54 | 15 | 74 | 89 | 41 |
| Adam Helewka | Spokane Chiefs | 69 | 44 | 43 | 87 | 59 |
| Brayden Point | Moose Jaw Warriors | 60 | 38 | 49 | 87 | 46 |
| Adam Tambellini | Calgary Hitmen | 71 | 47 | 39 | 86 | 30 |
Leading goaltenders
editThese are the goaltenders that led the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.[5]
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | Everett Silvertips | 30 | 1648 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2.29 | .915 |
| Taran Kozun | Seattle Thunderbirds | 60 | 3486 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.41 | .915 |
| Jackson Whistle | Kelowna Rockets | 50 | 2962 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.55 | .909 |
| Mack Shields | Calgary Hitmen | 49 | 2630 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.67 | .900 |
| Austin Lotz | Everett Silvertips | 48 | 2721 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.73 | .901 |
2015 WHL playoffs
edit| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | WHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Edmonton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Regina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Regina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Swift Current | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Calgary | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Kootenay | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Calgary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Medicine Hat | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Red Deer | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Brandon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Tri-City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Victoria | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Victoria | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B3 | Prince George | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| U2 | Portland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Spokane | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| U2 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U2 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U3 | Seattle | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference Quarter-finals
editEastern Conference
edit(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (W2) Edmonton Oil Kings
edit| March 26 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 1 – 4 | Edmonton Oil Kings | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:11 - Tyler Robertson (1) 11:55 - Brett Pollock (1) | ||||||
| 17:53 - pp - Peter Quenneville (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:35 - pp - Brett Pollock (2) 9:07 - Lane Bauer (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry (25 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| March 27 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 8 – 1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 0:36 - Tyler Coulter (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:14 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (1) 9:41 - Rihards Bukarts (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:16 - Jayce Hawryluk (2) 5:52 - Eric Roy (1) 10:35 - pp - Tim McGauley (1) 14:39 - pp - John Quenneville (1) 19:30 - Tim McGauley (2) |
Third period | Tyler Robertson (2) - 15:05 | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry (24 saves / 29 shots) Patrick Dea (9 saves / 12 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 2 – 3 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Rexall Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | John Quenneville (2) - 19:33 | ||||||
| 1:54 - Davis Koch (1) 6:30 - pp - Ben Carroll (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jayce Hawryluk (3) - 2:31 Macoy Erkamps (1) - 6:02 | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (41 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 2 – 3 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Rexall Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:03 - Andrew Koep (1) | Second period | Tyler Coulter (2) - 8:24 Rihards Bukarts (2) - pp - 13:45 | ||||||
| 19:21 - Brandon Baddock (1) | Third period | Nolan Patrick (1) - 0:36 | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry (30 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 2 – 3 | 2OT | Brandon Wheat Kings | Rexall Place | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 14:10 - pp - Tim McGauley (3) | ||||||
| 10:05 - Ben Carroll (2) 12:55 - pp - Brett Pollock (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:01 - Eric Roy (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 8:58 - John Quenneville (3) | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry (24 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (42 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| Brandon won series 4 – 1 | |
* 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 30 to April 4.
(E2) Regina Pats vs. (E3) Swift Current Broncos
edit| March 27 | Regina Pats | 4 – 2 | Swift Current Broncos | Brandt Centre | Recap | |||
| 12:38 - Patrick D'Amico (1) 18:34 - Pavel Padakin (1) 19:33 - Pavel Padakin (2) |
First period | Glenn Gawdin (1) - 2:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jay Merkley - 10:53 (1) | ||||||
| 19:42 - en - Braden Christoffer (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Wapple (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Landon Bow (29 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Regina Pats | 3 – 2 | Swift Current Broncos | Brandt Centre | Recap | |||
| 8:39 - Taylor Cooper (1) 14:24 - Jesse Gabrielle (1) |
First period | Brett Lernout (1) - 5:00 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Tyler Steenbergen (1) - 7:32 | ||||||
| 6:34 - Adam Brooks (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Wapple (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Landon Bow (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Swift Current Broncos | 4 – 5 | OT | Regina Pats | Credit Union iPlex | Recap | ||
| 3:48 - Colby Cave (1) | First period | Rykr Cole (1) - 18:55 | ||||||
| 11:11 - pp - Maxime Lajoie (1) 13:43 - Coda Gordon (1) |
Second period | Adam Brooks (2) - sh - 10:01 Patrick D'Amico (2) - 19:42 | ||||||
| 0:25 - Colby Cave (2) | Third period | Colby Williams (1) - 6:46 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Austin Wagner (1) - 4:25 | ||||||
| Landon Bow (43 saves / 48 shots) | Goalie stats | Daniel Wapple (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Swift Current Broncos | 0 – 4 | Regina Pats | Credit Union iPlex | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Adam Brooks (3) - sh - 11:53 Adam Brooks (4) - 15:16 Patrick D'Amico - 16:54 (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Connor Hobbs (1) - pp - 13:06 | ||||||
| Landon Bow (37 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Daniel Wapple (24 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| Regina won series 4 – 0 | |
(C1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (W1) Kootenay Ice
edit| March 27 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 – 4 | Kootenay Ice | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | |||
| 19:44 - pp - Jake Bean (1) | First period | Luke Philp (1) - 7:14 Tyler King (1) - pp - 14:23 | ||||||
| 4:23 - Kenton Helgesen (1) | Second period | Luke Philp (2) - 17:17 | ||||||
| 13:07 - Connor Rankin (1) | Third period | Jaedon Descheneau (1) - sh - 9:57 | ||||||
| Brendan Burke (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Wyatt Hoflin (29 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 – 2 | OT | Kootenay Ice | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:01 - pp - Pavel Karnaukhov (1) | Second period | Sam Reinhart (1) - pp - 17:51 Jaedon Descheneau (2) - 19:36 | ||||||
| 10:31 - pp - Pavel Karnaukhov (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:36 - Adam Tambellini (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Burke (16 saves / 18 shots) Mack Shields (19 saves / 19 shots) |
Goalie stats | Wyatt Hoflin (30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Kootenay Ice | 7 – 8 | OT | Calgary Hitmen | Western Financial Place | Recap | ||
| 2:13 - Sam Reinhart (2) 7:03 - Tim Bozon (1) |
First period | Chase Lang (1) - 4:45 Pavel Karnaukhov (3) - 10:57 Adam Tambellini (2) - pp - 17:18 | ||||||
| 8:58 - Sam Reinhart (3) 14:42 - Tim Bozon (2) 15:45 - Rinat Valiev (1) |
Second period | Chase Lang (2) - 7:44 Travis Sanheim (1) - 13:00 | ||||||
| 2:12 - Matt Alfaro (1) 19:56 - Rinat Valiev (2) |
Third period | Adam Tambellini (3) - pp - 8:50 Taylor Sanheim (1) - 13:19 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Adam Tambellini (4) - 1:12 | ||||||
| Wyatt Hoflin (30 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Mack Shields (17 saves / 21 shots) Brendan Burke (8 saves / 11 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Kootenay Ice | 2 – 7 | Calgary Hitmen | Western Financial Place | Recap | |||
| 16:28 - Jaedon Descheneau (3) | First period | Connor Rankin (2) - 1:12 Travis Sanheim (2) - 10:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Connor Rankin (3) - 3:49 Kenton Helgesen (2) - 5:17 Connor Rankin (4) - pp - 12:56 | ||||||
| 8:39 - Tyler King (2) | Third period | Adam Tambellini (5) - en - 16:17 Kenton Helgesen (3) - 16:52 | ||||||
| Wyatt Hoflin (33 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Brendan Burke (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Calgary Hitmen | 4 – 5 | OT | Kootenay Ice | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | ||
| 9:15 - Radel Fazleev (1) | First period | Rinat Valiev (3) - pp - 14:33 | ||||||
| 0:40 - pp - Radel Fazleev (2) 4:54 - Jordy Stallard (1) 12:51 - pp - Kenton Helgesen (4) |
Second period | Levi Cable (1) - 1:56 Luke Philp (3) - sh - 17:48 Sam Reinhart (4) - pp - 19:51 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Luke Philp (4) - 6:05 | ||||||
| Brendan Burke (31 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Wyatt Hoflin (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Kootenay Ice | 4 – 2 | Calgary Hitmen | Western Financial Place | Recap | |||
| 13:40 - pp - Tim Bozon (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:55 - Jaedon Descheneau (4) 17:45 - Luke Philp (5) |
Second period | Adam Tambellini (6) - 11:19 | ||||||
| 19:59 - pp - en - Sam Reinhart (5) | Third period | Adam Tambellini (7) - sh - 18:35 | ||||||
| Wyatt Hoflin (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Brendan Burke (13 saves / 14 shots) Mack Shields (11 saves / 13 shots) | ||||||
| April 6 | Calgary Hitmen | 6 – 2 | Kootenay Ice | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | |||
| 1:12 - Connor Rankin (5) 17:34 - pp - Connor Rankin (6) 19:04 - Connor Rankin (7) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:44 - Chase Lang (3) | Second period | Sam Reinhart (6) - 14:36 | ||||||
| 3:31 - Radel Fazleev (3) 15:12 - Kenton Helgesen (5) |
Third period | Jaedon Descheneau (5) - 3:59 | ||||||
| Mack Shields (11 saves / 13 shots) | Goalie stats | Wyatt Hoflin (29 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Calgary won series 4 – 3 | |
(C2) Medicine Hat Tigers vs (C3) Red Deer Rebels
edit| March 28 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 2 – 1 | Red Deer Rebels | Medicine Hat Arena | Recap | |||
| 6:32 - Kyle Becker (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:29 - pp - Cole Sanford (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Grayson Pawlenchuk (1) - 11:19 | ||||||
| Marek Langhamer (31 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Rylan Toth (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 1 – 0 | OT | Red Deer Rebels | Medicine Hat Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:05 - Trevor Cox (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marek Langhamer (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Rylan Toth (36 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Red Deer Rebels | 2 – 1 | Medicine Hat Tigers | ENMAX Centrium | Recap | |||
| 12:10 - Scott Feser (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:34 - Wyatt Johnson (1) | Third period | Cole Sanford (2) - 11:53 | ||||||
| Rylan Toth (34 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Marek Langhamer (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 2 | Red Deer Rebels | 3 – 5 | Medicine Hat Tigers | ENMAX Centrium | Recap | |||
| 3:37 - Haydn Fleury (1) | First period | Cole Sanford (3) - 19:40 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Trevor Cox (2) - 3:09 Steven Owre (1) - 10:34 | ||||||
| 7:58 - Conner Bleackley (1) 19:36 - sh - Wyatt Johnson (2) |
Third period | Dryden Hunt (1) - 1:19 Markus Eisenschmid (1) - pp - en - 19:59 | ||||||
| Rylan Toth (38 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Marek Langhamer (39 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 – 3 | Red Deer Rebels | Medicine Hat Arena | Recap | |||
| 6:18 - pp - Cole Sanford (4) 15:16 - Steven Owre (2) |
First period | Riley Sheen (1) - pp - 10:53 Colton Bobyk (1) - 16:35 | ||||||
| 18:03 - Steven Owre (3) | Second period | Evan Polei (1) - pp - 3:29 | ||||||
| 18:14 - Trevor Cox (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marek Langhamer (28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Rylan Toth (32 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| Medicine Hat won series 4 – 1 | |
Western Conference
edit(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W2) Tri-City Americans
edit| March 27 | Kelowna Rockets | 6 – 0 | Tri-City Americans | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| 2:06 - Rourke Chartier (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:20 - sh - Nick Merkley (1) 16:55 - Dillon Dubé (1) 19:22 - Leon Draisaitl (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:51 - sh - Rourke Chartier (2) 8:40 - Madison Bowey (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (18 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (24 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Kelowna Rockets | 3 – 0 | Tri-City Americans | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| 7:42 - Rodney Southam (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:54 - Leon Draisaitl (2) 18:36 - en - Tyson Baillie (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (30 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (42 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Tri-City Americans | 3 – 5 | Kelowna Rockets | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Riley Stadel (1) - 15:37 | ||||||
| 14:14 - pp - Beau McCue (1) | Second period | Tomáš Šoustal (1) - 8:49 Cole Linaker (1) - pp - 15:35 | ||||||
| 3:57 - Jordan Topping (1) 18:06 - Beau McCue (2) |
Third period | Tyson Baillie (2) - pp - 9:31 Chance Braid (1) - 16:02 | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (20 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (19 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Tri-City Americans | 4 – 5 | OT | Kelowna Rockets | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| 11:28 - Dylan Coghlan (1) 18:12 - Tyler Sandhu (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:06 - Richard Nejezchleb (1) 17:57 - sh - Beau McCue (3) |
Second period | Rourke Chartier (3) - 0:30 Madison Bowey (2) - pp - 18:13 Rourke Charier (4) - 18:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Madison Bowey (3) - 0:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Gage Quinney (1) - 18:32 | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (66 saves / 71 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (15 saves / 19 shots) Michael Herringer (11 saves / 11 shots) | ||||||
| Kelowna won series 4 – 0 | |
(B2) Victoria Royals vs. (B3) Prince George Cougars
edit| March 27 | Victoria Royals | 5 – 3 | Prince George Cougars | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Tate Olson (1) - pp - 6:08 Chase Witala (1) - pp - 7:06 | ||||||
| 4:59 - Brandon Magee (1) 5:59 - Brandon Magee (2) 12:20 - Greg Chase (1) 18:44 - Brandon Magee (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:27 - en - Taylor Crunk (1) | Third period | Kody McDonald (1) - pp - 6:32 | ||||||
| Coleman Vollrath (28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Ty Edmonds (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Victoria Royals | 5 – 4 | Prince George Cougars | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Recap | |||
| 13:57 - Jack Walker (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:20 - Tyler Soy (1) 15:11 - Greg Chase (2) |
Second period | Tate Olson (2) - pp - 5:50 Zach Pochiro (1) - 18:28 | ||||||
| 11:51 - Brandon Magee (4) 15:45 - Brandon Magee (5) |
Third period | Tate Olson (3) - pp - 5:02 Chase Witala (2) - 13:49 | ||||||
| Coleman Vollrath (30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Ty Edmonds (20 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Prince George Cougars | 4 – 2 | Victoria Royals | CN Centre | Recap | |||
| 13:23 - sh - Chase Witala (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:22 - pp - Jari Erricson (1) 7:58 - Sam Ruopp (1) |
Second period | Tyler Soy (2) - pp - 13:22 Logan Fisher (1) - 14:06 | ||||||
| 6:06 - Brad Morrison (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ty Edmonds (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Coleman Vollrath (38 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 2 | Prince George Cougars | 0 – 3 | Victoria Royals | CN Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Travis Brown (1) - 4:40 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Regan Nagy (1) - sh - 0:46 Alex Forsberg (1) - pp - 14:53 | ||||||
| Ty Edmonds (21 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Coleman Vollrath (24 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Victoria Royals | 5 – 4 | OT | Prince George Cougars | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Recap | ||
| 9:04 - pp - Greg Chase (3) 13:41 - Brandon Fushimi (1) 17:04 - Greg Chase (4) |
First period | Zach Pochiro (2) - 9:54 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Zach Pochiro (3) - pp - 15:14 | ||||||
| 15:16 - Greg Chase (5) | Third period | Zach Pochiro (4) - 14:00 Brad Morrison (2) - pp - 18:46 | ||||||
| 1:42 - Brandon Magee (6) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Coleman Vollrath (34 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Ty Edmonds (22 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| Victoria won series 4 – 1 | |
(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (W1) Spokane Chiefs
edit| March 27 | Everett Silvertips | 5 – 1 | Spokane Chiefs | Xfinity Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ryan Hofer (1) - 13:55 | ||||||
| 0:17 - Carson Stadnyk (1) 1:34 - Carson Stadnyk (2) 4:03 - Carson Stadnyk (3) 11:31 - pp - Ivan Nikolishin (1) 18:56 - pp - Ivan Nikolishin (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Hart (22 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Hughson (27 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 28 | Everett Silvertips | 2 – 6 | Spokane Chiefs | Xfinity Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Jackson Playfair (1) - 7:15 Dominic Zwerger (1) - pp - 9:33 Adam Helewka (1) - 11:08 Adam Helewka (2) - pp - 13:01 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:21 - Cole MacDonald (1) 15:40 - pp - Matt Fonteyne (1) |
Third period | Dominic Zwerger (2) - 3:20 Jason Fram (1) - pp - 11:06 | ||||||
| Carter Hart (5 saves / 8 shots) Austin Lotz (26 saves / 29 shots) |
Goalie stats | Garret Hughson (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Spokane Chiefs | 1 – 2 | 2OT | Everett Silvertips | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| 14:19 - Adam Helewka (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Brayden Low (1) - 0:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Jake Mykitiuk (1) - 2:07 | ||||||
| Garret Hughson (36 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Hart (45 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Spokane Chiefs | 1 – 3 | Everett Silvertips | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Logan Aasman (1) - 2:21 Nikita Scherbak (1) - 11:54 | ||||||
| 10:53 - pp - Kailer Yamamoto (1) | Third period | Brayden Low (2) - 6:48 | ||||||
| Garret Hughson (19 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Hart (34 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Everett Silvertips | 3 – 4 | OT | Spokane Chiefs | Xfinity Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | Markson Bechtold (1) - 12:19 | ||||||
| 2:59 - pp - Carson Stadnyk (4) 10:17 - Brayden Low (3) 12:44 - Kohl Bauml (1) |
Second period | Ryan Hofer (2) - 11:14 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Nick Charif (1) - 17:42 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Riley Whittingham (1) - 15:25 | ||||||
| Carter Hart (39 saves / 43 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Hughson (36 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Spokane Chiefs | 1 – 2 | 3OT | Everett Silvertips | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | Kohl Bauml (2) - pp - 10:11 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kailer Yamamoto (2) - 19:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | Brayden Low (4) - 3:43 | ||||||
| Garret Hughson (39 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Hart (53 saves / 54 shots) | ||||||
| Everett wins series 4 – 2 | |
(U2) Portland Winterhawks vs. (U3) Seattle Thunderbirds
edit| March 28 | Portland Winterhawks | 3 – 4 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| 19:55 - Blake Heinrich (1) | First period | Mathew Barzal (1) - 1:01 Cory Millette (1) - pp - 15:43 | ||||||
| 8:37 - pp - Adam Henry (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:27 - Evan Weinger (1) | Third period | Scott Eansor (1) - 11:41 Mathew Barzal (2) - 17:18 | ||||||
| Adin Hill (29 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Taran Kozun (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Portland Winterhawks | 3 – 0 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Moda Center | Recap | |||
| 14:23 - Nic Petan (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:02 - en - Dominic Turgeon (1) 18:14 - en - Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (21 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Taran Kozun (36 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 5 – 2 | Portland Winterhawks | ShoWare Center | Recap | |||
| 3:28 - Scott Eansor (2) 8:48 - Roberts Lipsbergs (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:12 - pp - Alexander True (1) | Second period | Dominic Turgeon (2) - 1:37 | ||||||
| 4:06 - Jerret Smith (1) 18:34 - en - Jerret Smith (2) |
Third period | Nic Petan (2) - 16:15 | ||||||
| Taran Kozun (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 2 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 5 – 8 | Portland Winterhawks | ShoWare Center | Recap | |||
| 17:43 - Ryan Gropp (1) | First period | Chase De Leo (1) - 0:54 Alex Overhardt (1) - 2:15 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Adam Henry (2) - 8:41 Nic Petan (3) - pp - 10:06 Keegan Iverson (1) - 15:03 | ||||||
| 1:17 - Mathew Barzal (3) 10:47 - pp - Alexander True (2) 14:59 - Ethan Bear (1) 17:10 - pp - Shea Theodore (1) |
Third period | Dominic Turgeon (3) - 4:02 Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) - pp - 12:30 Nic Petan (4) - en - 19:09 | ||||||
| Taran Kozun (17 saves / 22 shots) Logan Flodell (19 saves / 21 shots) |
Goalie stats | Adin Hill (34 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Portland Winterhawks | 5 – 3 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| 7:56 - Keegan Iverson (2) 17:08 - Paul Bittner (1) |
First period | Scott Eansor (3) - sh - 19:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:54 - pp - Paul Bittner (2) 11:41 - Alex Schoenborn (1) 19:24 - en - Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) |
Third period | Shea Theodore (2) - pp - 7:54 Mathew Barzal (4) - 12:38 | ||||||
| Adin Hill (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Taran Kozun (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 4 – 5 | OT | Portland Winterhawks | ShoWare Center | Recap | ||
| 14:48 - Scott Eansor (4) | First period | Oliver Bjorkstrand (4) - 8:53 | ||||||
| 6:37 - Shea Theodore (3) 11:37 - pp - Cory Millette (2) |
Second period | Dominic Turgeon (4) - 2:17 Oliver Bjorkstrand (5) - 3:23 | ||||||
| 18:20 - Scott Eansor (5) | Third period | Miles Koules (1) - 11:25 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Nic Petan (5) - 19:01 | ||||||
| Taran Kozun (36 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (46 saves / 50 shots) | ||||||
| Portland won series 4 – 2 | |
Conference Semi-finals
editEastern Conference
edit(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (E2) Regina Pats
edit| April 10 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 5 – 1 | Regina Pats | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 9:48 - Duncan Campbell (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:56 - Tim McGauley (4) 13:50 - John Quenneville (4) |
Second period | Taylor Cooper (2) - 9:12 | ||||||
| 10:41 - Ivan Provorov (1) 14:04 - Jayce Hawryluk (4) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (21 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Daniel Wapple (26 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 11 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 5 – 2 | Regina Pats | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 4:00 - sh - Tyler Coulter (3) 13:01 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (5) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:19 - pp - Ivan Provorov (2) 19:57 - Macoy Erkamps (2) |
Second period | Colby Williams (2) - pp - 9:31 Pavel Padakin (3) - pp - 16:24 | ||||||
| 10:56 - pp - Kale Clague (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Daniel Wapple (36 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Regina Pats | 3 – 2 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Brandt Centre | Recap | |||
| 4:45 - Jared McAmmond (1) | First period | Stelio Mattheos (1) - 15:48 | ||||||
| 1:53 - Braden Christoffer (2) 5:08 - Taylor Cooper (3) |
Second period | Peter Quenneville (2) - pp - 18:32 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Wapple (39 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Regina Pats | 2 – 3 | OT | Brandon Wheat Kings | Brandt Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | Nolan Patrick (2) - 19:37 | ||||||
| 4:27 - Colby Williams (3) 6:27 - pp - Connor Hobbs (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Peter Quenneville (3) - pp - 7:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Tanner Kaspick (1) - 3:36 | ||||||
| Daniel Wapple (45 saves / 48 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 2 | OT | Regina Pats | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | ||
| 12:52 - sh - Nolan Patrick (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jake Leschyshyn (1) - 13:41 Taylor Cooper (4) - 18:58 | ||||||
| 13:39 - Nolan Patrick (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:15 - Peter Quenneville (4) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Daniel Wapple (48 saves / 51 shots) | ||||||
| Brandon won series 4 – 1 | |
(C1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (C2) Medicine Hat Tigers
edit| April 10 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 1 – 3 | Calgary Hitmen | Medicine Hat Arena | Recap | |||
| Dryden Hunt (2) - 19:50 | First period | 7:57 - Connor Rankin (8) 16:30 - Jake Virtanen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:30 - Chase Lang (4) | ||||||
| Marek Langhamer (11 saves / 14 shots) | Goalie stats | Mack Shields (33 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Calgary Hitmen | 2 – 3 | OT | Medicine Hat Tigers | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:57 - Travis Sanheim (3) | Second period | Steven Owre (4) - pp - 19:29 | ||||||
| 7:06 - Jordy Stallard (2) | Third period | Dryden Hunt (3) - 3:55 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Matt Staples (1) - 17:35 | ||||||
| Mack Shields (47 saves / 50 shots) | Goalie stats | Marek Langhamer (39 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Calgary Hitmen | 5 – 4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | |||
| Adam Tambellini (8) - 6:20 Kenton Helgesen (6) - pp - 10:36 Connor Rankin (9) - pp - 13:28 |
First period | 1:34 - Chad Labelle (1) 2:33 - Steven Owre (5) | ||||||
| Travis Sanheim (4) - pp - 2:14 Adam Tambellini (9) - 5:17 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:09 - Chad Labelle (2) 6:04 - Dryden Hunt (4) | ||||||
| Mack Shields (29 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Marek Langhamer (26 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 1 – 2 | OT | Calgary Hitmen | Medicine Hat Arena | Recap | ||
| 19:41 - pp - Tyler Lewington (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jake Virtanen (2) - ps - 6:24 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Jordy Stallard (3) - 7:22 | ||||||
| Marek Langhamer (20 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Mack Shields (35 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Calgary Hitmen | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Medicine Hat Tigers | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | ||
| 15:03 - Jake Virtanen (3) | First period | 3:22 - Cole Sanford (5) | ||||||
| 17:31 - Jake Bean (2) | Second period | Dryden Hunt (5) - 0:59 | ||||||
| 19:15 - pp - Jake Virtanen (4) | Third period | Markus Eisenschmid (2) - 12:03 | ||||||
| 7:45 - Travis Sanheim (5) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mack Shields (52 saves / 55 shots) | Goalie stats | Marek Langhamer (54 saves / 58 shots) | ||||||
| Calgary won series 4 – 1 | |
* Note: Game 1 was held at the Medicine Hat Arena due to scheduling conflicts with a Calgary Roughnecks home game and an Eric Church concert at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Western Conference
edit(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B2) Victoria Royals
edit| April 10 | Kelowna Rockets | 5 – 0 | Victoria Royals | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:40 - Tyson Baillie (3) 19:37 - Cole Martin (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:59 - Gage Quinney (2) 10:36 - pp - Rourke Chartier (5) 19:27 - pp - Tomáš Šoustal (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (20 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Coleman Vollrath (39 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| April 11 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 – 3 | OT | Victoria Royals | Prospera Place | Recap | ||
| 18:44 - pp - Tyson Baillie (4) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:11 - Tomáš Šoustal (3) 11:16 - pp - Gage Quinney (3) |
Second period | Brandon Magee (7) - pp - 18:02 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Alex Forsberg (2) - pp - 7:31 Brandon Magee (8) - 18:26 | ||||||
| 0:58 - Tyson Baillie (5) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (38 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Coleman Vollrath (12 saves / 15 shots) Justin Paulic (11 saves / 12 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Victoria Royals | 2 – 4 | Kelowna Rockets | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Recap | |||
| 1:03 - Alex Forsberg (3) | First period | Leon Draisaitl (3) - sh - 8:18 Nick Merkley (2) - pp - 14:10 | ||||||
| 0:54 - Greg Chase (6) | Second period | Gage Quinney (4) - 9:02 Madison Bowey (4) - pp - 15:16 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Coleman Vollrath (24 saves / 28 shots) Justin Paulic (8 saves / 8 shots) |
Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Victoria Royals | 5 – 4 | OT | Kelowna Rockets | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Recap | ||
| 17:47 - Austin Carrol (1) | First period | Lucas Johansen (1) - 5:15 Tyson Baillie (6) - 17:34 Rourke Chartier (6) - 18:09 | ||||||
| 11:01 - Jack Walker (2) | Second period | Tomáš Šoustal (4) - 18:28 | ||||||
| 10:42 - Jack Walker (3) 11:06 - Brandon Magee (9) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:30 - Greg Chase (7) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Paulic (36 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (27 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Kelowna Rockets | 7 – 3 | Victoria Royals | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| 1:24 - Leon Draisaitl (4) 19:26 - Josh Morrissey (1) |
First period | Jack Walker (4) - 17:54 Brandon Fushimi (2) - 18:17 | ||||||
| 2:18 - Rodney Southam (2) 14:52 - pp - Tyson Baillie (7) 16:53 - pp - Josh Morrissey (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:35 - Rourke Chartier (7) 13:11 - Cole Linaker (2) |
Third period | Travis Brown (2) - pp - 13:59 | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (7 saves / 9 shots) Michael Herringer (11 saves / 12 shots) |
Goalie stats | Justin Paulic (21 saves / 26 shots) Coleman Vollrath (11 saves / 13 shots) | ||||||
| Kelowna won series 4 – 1 | |
(U1) Everett Silvertips vs. (U2) Portland Winterhawks
edit| April 10 | Everett Silvertips | 5 – 3 | Portland Winterhawks | Xfinity Arena | Recap | |||
| 5:25 - Kohl Bauml (3) 8:29 - Remi Laurencelle (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:42 - Remi Laurencelle (2) 19:57 - Jake Mykitiuk (2) |
Second period | Miles Koules (2) - 19:43 | ||||||
| 7:58 - pp - Patrick Bajkov (1) | Third period | Dominic Turgeon (5) - 11:05 Alex Schoenborn (2) - 16:22 | ||||||
| Carter Hart (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (16 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 11 | Everett Silvertips | 3 – 4 | 2OT | Portland Winterhawks | Xfinity Arena | Recap | ||
| 3:12 - Jake Mykitiuk (3) | First period | Blake Heinrich (2) - 12:48 Chase De Leo (2) - pp - 15:29 | ||||||
| 12:49 - Nikita Scherbak (2) 19:25 - Nikita Scherbak (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Adam Henry (3) - 10:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Oliver Bjorkstrand (5) - 0:29 | ||||||
| Carter Hart (41 saves / 45 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (41 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Portland Winterhawks | 5 – 3 | Everett Silvertips | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:52 - Anton Cederholm (1) 18:13 - pp - Nic Petan (6) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:22 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (7) 5:09 - pp - Oliver Bjorkstrand (8) 14:27 - Dominic Turgeon (6) |
Third period | Kevin Davis (1) - 16:05 Ivan Nikolishin (3) - 17:37 Graham Millar (1) - 17:51 | ||||||
| Adin Hill (16 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Hart (30 saves / 34 shots) Austin Lotz (1 save / 2 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Portland Winterhawks | 2 – 1 | OT | Everett Silvertips | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:15 - Chase De Leo (3) | Second period | Ben Betker (1) - 12:55 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:40 - Blake Heinrich (3) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Hart (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Everett Silvertips | 2 – 3 | Portland Winterhawks | Xfinity Arena | Recap | |||
| 12:10 - Jordan Wharrie (1) | First period | Nic Petan (7) - pp - 6:43 | ||||||
| 18:53 - Cole MacDonald (2) | Second period | Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) - 3:19 Oliver Bjorkstrand (10) - 8:40 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Hart (28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (31 shots / 33 shots) | ||||||
| Portland won series 4 – 1 | |
Conference Finals
editEastern Conference
edit(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (C1) Calgary Hitmen
edit| April 24 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 9 – 4 | Calgary Hitmen | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 5:04 - Jayce Hawryluk (6) 7:39 - pp - John Quenneville (5) |
First period | Pavel Karnaukhov (4) - 17:34 | ||||||
| 9:02 - pp - Peter Quenneville (3) 12:17 - Braylon Shmyr (1) 12:39 - Nolan Patrick (5) 18:53 - pp - John Quenneville (6) |
Second period | Beck Malenstyn (1) - 5:26 Jake Virtanen (5) - pp - 18:21 | ||||||
| 0:17 - Braylon Shmyr (2) 4:08 - Morgan Klimchuk (1) 16:56 - Tim McGauley (5) |
Third period | Carsen Twarynski (1) - 17:04 | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (34 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Mack Shields (15 saves / 19 shots) Brendan Burke (17 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 2 | OT | Calgary Hitmen | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | ||
| 3:49 - Jayce Hawryluk (7) 11:03 - pp - Peter Quenneville (6) |
First period | Adam Tambellini (10) - 16:48 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Micheal Zipp (1) - 6:51 | ||||||
| 0:51 - Tyler Coulter (4) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Brendan Burke (43 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| April 28 | Calgary Hitmen | 2 – 1 | OT | Brandon Wheat Kings | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | John Quenneville (7) - 4:23 | ||||||
| 10:41 - pp - Adam Tambellini (11) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:07 - Adam Tambellini (12) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Burke (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 29 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 – 8 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Scotiabank Saddledome | Recap | |||
| 13:46 - Layne Bensmiller (1) | First period | John Quenneville (8) - 19:00 | ||||||
| 15:58 - Pavel Karnaukhov (5) | Second period | Jayce Hawryluk (8) - pp - 6:03 Braylon Shmyr (3) - 10:38 Morgan Klimchuk (2) - 14:15 Nolan Patrick (6) - 15:13 Tyler Coulter (5) - 16:28 | ||||||
| 1:51 - pp - Radel Fazleev (4) | Third period | Peter Quenneville (7) - 10:27 Colton Waltz (1) - sh - en - 12:49 | ||||||
| Brendan Burke (10 saves / 14 shots) Mack Shields (12 saves / 15 shots) |
Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| May 1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 8 – 2 | Calgary Hitmen | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Pavel Karnaukhov (6) - pp - 17:22 | ||||||
| 8:35 - Eric Roy (3) 9:41 - Ryan Pilon (1) 9:51 - Nolan Patrick (7) 12:58 - pp - Jayce Hawryluk (9) 15:23 - pp - John Quenneville (9) |
Second period | Adam Tambellini (13) - 16:25 | ||||||
| 4:23 - Jayce Hawryluk (10) 15:24 - sh - en - Tim McGauley (6) 15:55 - John Quenneville (10) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (31 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Mack Shields (15 saves / 18 shots) Brendan Burke (11 saves / 15 shots) | ||||||
| Brandon won series 4 – 1 | |
Western Conference
edit(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (U2) Portland Winterhawks
edit| April 24 | Kelowna Rockets | 3 – 2 | Portland Winterhawks | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:35 - Oliver Bjorkstrand (11) 18:00 - Adam Henry (4) | ||||||
| 1:38 - sh - Madison Bowey (5) 2:24 - Justin Kirkland (1) 15:56 - Rourke Chartier (8) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (43 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Kelowna Rockets | 2 – 3 | Portland Winterhawks | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Paul Bittner (3) - pp - 16:33 | ||||||
| 13:29 - pp - Rourke Chartier (9) 15:51 - pp - Dillon Dubé (2) |
Second period | Dominic Turgeon (7) - 11:46 Nic Petan (8) - 19:12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (29 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| April 28 | Portland Winterhawks | 7 – 3 | Kelowna Rockets | Moda Center | Recap | |||
| 12:50 - pp - Dominic Turgeon (8) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:33 - Keoni Texeira (1) 3:13 - pp - Chase De Leo (4) 13:51 - Alex Schoenborn (3) |
Second period | Leon Draisaitl (5) - 10:46 | ||||||
| 1:26 - pp - Oliver Bjorkstrand (12) 12:57 - pp - Paul Bittner (4) |
Third period | Cole Linaker (3) - pp - 4:21 Riley Stadel (2) - 15:37 | ||||||
| Adin Hill (41 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (14 saves / 18 shots) Michael Herringer (19 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 29 | Portland Winterhawks | 2 – 3 | Kelowna Rockets | Moda Center | Recap | |||
| 1:12 - Chase De Leo (5) | First period | Leon Draisaitl (6) - 7:50 | ||||||
| 12:03 - Nic Petan (9) | Second period | Chance Braid (2) - 2:40 Tyrell Goulbourne (1) - pp - 9:16 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (40 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| May 1 | Kelowna Rockets | 2 – 1 | OT | Portland Winterhawks | Prospera Place | Recap | ||
| 17:35 - Riley Stadel (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Nic Petan (10) - 16:27 | ||||||
| 14:55 - Tyson Baillie (8) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (42 saves / 43 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (47 saves / 49 shots) | ||||||
| May 3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 – 8 | Kelowna Rockets | Moda Center | Recap | |||
| 6:16 - Chase De Leo (6) 9:06 - Adam Henry (5) 13:30 - Chase De Leo (7) |
First period | Madison Bowey (6) - 14:45 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dillon Dubé (3) - 4:12 Madison Bowey (7) - sh - 12:18 | ||||||
| 8:12 - Keoni Texeira (2) | Third period | Tyson Baillie (9) - 6:58 Justin Kirkland (2) - 10:35 Cole Linaker (4) - 12:18 Dillon Dubé (4) - en - 18:28 Chance Braid (3) - en - 18:50 | ||||||
| Adin Hill (33 shots / 39 saves) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (5 saves / 8 shots) Michael Herringer (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| Kelowna won series 4 – 2 | |
WHL Championship
edit(E1) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (B1) Kelowna Rockets
edit| May 8 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 4 | Kelowna Rockets | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 4:58 - pp - Rihards Bukarts (3) | First period | Tyson Baillie (10) - pp - 17:41 | ||||||
| 15:58 - pp - Peter Quenneville (8) 17:55 - Rihards Bukarts (4) |
Second period | Justin Kirkland (3) - 0:52 Chance Braid (4) - 1:19 Leon Draisaitl (7) - 18:50 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (36 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (25 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| May 9 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 5 | Kelowna Rockets | Westman Communications Group Place | Recap | |||
| 1:20 - Tim McGauley (7) | First period | Rourke Chartier (10) - 11:33 Nick Merkley (3) - 19:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Gage Quinney (5) - 0:27 | ||||||
| 2:49 - Peter Quenneville (9) 6:37 - pp - Peter Quenneville (10) |
Third period | Nick Merkley (4) - sh - 10:16 Leon Draisaitl (8) - en - 19:39 | ||||||
| Jordan Papirny (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Whistle (38 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| May 11 | Kelowna Rockets | 5 – 3 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| 6:35 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (9) 8:47 - Gage Quinney (6) |
First period | Morgan Klimchuk (3) - pp - 7:48 | ||||||
| 4:15 - Dillon Dubé (5) 15:02 - Rourke Chartier (11) |
Second period | Nolan Patrick (8) - 15:28 | ||||||
| 13:48 - Rourke Chartier (12) | Third period | Tim McGauley (8) - 10:06 | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (27 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| May 13 | Kelowna Rockets | 3 – 0 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Prospera Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:10 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (10) 1:29 - sh - Rourke Chartier (13) 14:30 - Nick Merkley (5) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Whistle (19 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Papirny (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Kelowna won series 4 – 0 | |
Playoff scoring leaders
editNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic Petan | Portland Winterhawks | 17 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 20 |
| Leon Draisaitl | Kelowna Rockets | 19 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 12 |
| Nick Merkley | Kelowna Rockets | 19 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 18 |
| Adam Tambellini | Calgary Hitmen | 16 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 10 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | Portland Winterhawks | 17 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 10 |
| Tyson Baillie | Kelowna Rockets | 19 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 24 |
| Rourke Chartier | Kelowna Rockets | 16 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
| Peter Quenneville | Brandon Wheat Kings | 19 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
| Jayce Hawryluk | Brandon Wheat Kings | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 24 |
| John Quenneville | Brandon Wheat Kings | 19 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 18 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
editNote: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Herringer | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | 153 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .934 | 1.96 |
| Carter Hart | Everett Silvertips | 11 | 710 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .929 | 2.28 |
| Marek Langhamer | Medicine Hat Tigers | 10 | 657 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .924 | 2.28 |
| Garret Hughson | Spokane Chiefs | 6 | 438 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .916 | 2.33 |
| Rylan Toth | Red Deer Rebels | 5 | 308 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .934 | 2.34 |
WHL awards
editAll-Star Teams
editEastern Conference
editWestern Conference
editSee also
editReferences
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- ^ "Generals down Rockets in OT to win Memorial Cup". Sportsnet. Canadian Press. May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
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- ^ "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 ALL-STARS & AWARDS FINALISTS Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine