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1985–86 WHL season

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1984–85 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.

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Scoring leaders

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

First round

The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:

  • Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
  • Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
  • Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
  • Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
  • Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
  • Regina (1–9) eliminated

    • Division semi-finals

  • Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
  • Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0
  • Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
  • Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

    • Division finals

  • Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
  • Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

    • WHL Championship

  • Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

    • All-Star game

    On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West All-Stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon with a crowd of 3,106.

    On January 21, the East All-Stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

    WHL awards

  • Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.

    • References

    1985–86 WHL season Wikipedia
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