# WHL 2011/12

Die WHL-Saison 2011/12 war die 46. Spielzeit der Western Hockey League. Die reguläre Saison begann am 22. September 2011 und endete am 18. März 2012. Die Edmonton Oil Kings gewannen als punktbestes Team der Vorrunde die Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy. Die Play-offs begannen am 22. März 2012 und endeten mit dem erstmaligen Ed-Chynoweth-Cup-Gewinn der Edmonton Oil Kings am 13. Mai 2012, die sich im WHL-Finale gegen die Portland Winterhawks durchsetzten.

## Teamänderungen

Folgende Änderungen wurden vor Beginn der Saison vorgenommen:
* Die Chilliwack Bruins aus Chilliwack, British Columbia wurden nach Victoria, British Columbia, umgesiedelt und der Name des Teams in Victoria Royals geändert.

## Reguläre Saison
### Abschlussplatzierungen

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Niederlage nach Overtime, SOL= Niederlage nach Shootout, GF = Erzielte Tore, GA = Gegentore, Pts = Punkte Erläuterungen: = Play-off-Qualifikation, = Division-Sieger, = Conference-Sieger, = Scotty-Munro-Memorial-Trophy-Gewinner

#### Eastern Conference

| East Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 258 | 213 | 98 |
| Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 40 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 250 | 83 |
| Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 273 | 257 | 83 |
| Regina Pats | 72 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 230 | 214 | 82 |
| Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 27 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 216 | 272 | 62 |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 219 | 312 | 48 |
| Central Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Edmonton Oil Kings | 72 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 310 | 193 | 107 |
| Calgary Hitmen | 72 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 221 | 91 |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 255 | 209 | 90 |
| Kootenay Ice | 72 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 222 | 201 | 82 |
| Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 204 | 231 | 70 |
| Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 29 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 292 | 59 |

#### Western Conference

| B.C. Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 290 | 211 | 99 |
| Vancouver Giants | 72 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 255 | 234 | 86 |
| Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 217 | 242 | 72 |
| Victoria Royals | 72 | 24 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 233 | 325 | 55 |
| Prince George Cougars | 72 | 24 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 257 | 50 |
| U.S. Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Tri-City Americans | 72 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 281 | 190 | 104 |
| Portland Winterhawks | 72 | 49 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 328 | 229 | 102 |
| Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 257 | 225 | 85 |
| Everett Silvertips | 72 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 185 | 268 | 54 |
| Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 25 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 292 | 52 |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Brendan Shinnimin | Tri-City Americans | 69 | 58 | 76 | 134 | 82 |
| Mark Stone | Brandon Wheat Kings | 66 | 41 | 82 | 123 | 22 |
| Ty Rattie | Portland Winterhawks | 69 | 57 | 64 | 121 | 54 |
| Adam Hughesman | Tri-City Americans | 72 | 50 | 66 | 116 | 42 |
| Jordan Weal | Regina Pats | 70 | 41 | 75 | 116 | 36 |
| Patrick Holland | Tri-City Americans | 72 | 25 | 84 | 109 | 48 |
| Emerson Etem | Medicine Hat Tigers | 65 | 61 | 46 | 107 | 34 |
| Michael St. Croix | Edmonton Oil Kings | 72 | 45 | 60 | 105 | 49 |
| Micheal Ferland | Brandon Wheat Kings | 68 | 47 | 49 | 96 | 84 |
| Sven Bärtschi | Portland Winterhawks | 47 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 36 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime/Shootout-Niederlagen, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt
| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | OTL | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Ty Rimmer | Tri-City Americans | 46 | 2665 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 108 | 5 | 92,2 | 2,43 |
| Tyler Bunz | Medicine Hat Tigers | 61 | 3616 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 155 | 3 | 92,1 | 2,57 |
| Corbin Boes | Brandon Wheat Kings | 41 | 2243 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 106 | 1 | 91,6 | 2,84 |
| Patrik Bartošák | Red Deer Rebels | 25 | 1466 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 91,5 | 2,74 |
| Nathan Lieuwen | Kootenay Ice | 57 | 3340 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 139 | 3 | 91,4 | 2,50 |

## Play-offs
### Play-off-Baum

| Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | | | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | | | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft |
| E1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Kootenay Ice | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Kootenay Ice | 0 | | | E1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E6 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Calgary Hitmen | 1 | | | E6 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 4 | | | | | | E1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 4 | | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 1 | | | | | |
| E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 4 | | | | | | | | E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 1 | | | | | |
| E7 | Regina Pats | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Regina Pats | 1 | | | E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | E4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Saskatoon Blades | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Saskatoon Blades | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Edmonton Oil Kings | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 3 |
| W1 | Tri-City Americans | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 3 |
| W8 | Everett Silvertips | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Everett Silvertips | 0 | | | W1 | Tri-City Americans | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | W5 | Spokane Chiefs | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Vancouver Giants | 2 | | | W5 | Spokane Chiefs | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Spokane Chiefs | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Spokane Chiefs | 4 | | | | | | W1 | Tri-City Americans | 0 | | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 | | | | | |
| W2 | Kamloops Blazers | 4 | | | | | | | | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 | | | | | |
| W7 | Victoria Royals | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | Victoria Royals | 0 | | | W2 | Kamloops Blazers | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 | | | W3 | Portland Winterhawks | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Kelowna Rockets | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Ed-Chynoweth-Cup-Sieger

| Ed-Chynoweth-Cup-Sieger Edmonton Oil Kings | Torhüter: Laurent Brossoit, Tristan Jarry Verteidiger: Cody Corbett, Ryan Dech, Mason Geertsen, Martin Gernát, Keegan Lowe, Mark Pysyk, Griffin Reinhart, Ashton Sautner Angreifer: Cole Benson, Travis Ewanyk, T. J. Foster, Curtis Lazar, Stephane Legault, Tyler Maxwell, Mitchell Moroz, Jordan Peddle, Kristiāns Pelšs, Rhett Rachinski, Henrik Samuelsson, Tristan Sieben, Michael St. Croix, Klarc Wilson, Dylan Wruck Cheftrainer: Derek Laxdal  General Manager: Bob Green |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sven Bärtschi | Portland | 22 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 10 |
| Ty Rattie | Portland | 21 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 12 |
| Marcel Noebels | Portland | 22 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 6 |
| Brendan Shinnimin | Tri-City | 15 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 28 |
| Brad Ross | Portland | 22 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 57 |
| Adam Hughesman | Tri-City | 15 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 |
| Curtis Lazar | Edmonton | 20 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 |
| Michael St. Croix | Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 |
| Patrick Holland | Tri-City | 14 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 |
| James Henry | Moose Jaw | 14 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime/Shootout-Niederlagen, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt
| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Brandon Glover | Calgary | 4 | 224 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 94,1 | 1,87 |
| Laurent Brossoit | Edmonton | 20 | 1204 | 16 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 93,3 | 2,04 |
| Eric Williams | Spokane | 12 | 702 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 92,6 | 2,22 |

## Auszeichnungen
### All-Star-Teams
#### Eastern Conference

First All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Emerson Etem – Mark Stone – Jordan Weal |
| Verteidigung: | Alex Petrovic – Ryan Pulock |
| Tor: | Tyler Bunz |
Second All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Michael St. Croix – Max Reinhart – Micheal Ferland |
| Verteidigung: | Mark Pysyk – Brandon Davidson |
| Tor: | Nathan Lieuwen |

#### Western Conference

First All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Brendan Gallagher – Brendan Shinnimin – Ty Rattie |
| Verteidigung: | Joe Morrow – Brenden Kichton |
| Tor: | Ty Rimmer |
Second All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Patrick Holland – Adam Hughesman – Sven Bärtschi |
| Verteidigung: | Austin Madaisky – Ryan Murray |
| Tor: | Cole Cheveldave |

### Vergebene Trophäen

| Auszeichnung | Auszeichnung | Team |
| Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Edmonton Oil Kings |
| Auszeichnung | Spieler | Team |
| Four Broncos Memorial Trophy | Brendan Shinnimin | Tri-City Americans |
| Bob Clarke Trophy | Brendan Shinnimin | Tri-City Americans |
| Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy | Alex Petrovic | Red Deer Rebels |
| Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy | Sam Reinhart | Kootenay Ice |
| Del Wilson Trophy | Tyler Bunz | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| WHL Plus-Minus Award | Brendan Shinnimin Mark Stone Zach Yuen | Tri-City Americans Brandon Wheat Kings Tri-City Americans |
| Brad Hornung Trophy | Mark Stone | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy | Reid Gow | Spokane Chiefs |
| Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy | Jim Hiller | Tri-City Americans |
| Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy | Bob Green | Edmonton Oil Kings |
| Allan Paradice Memorial Trophy | Pat Smith | |
| St. Clair Group Trophy | | |
| Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy | Taylor Vause | Swift Current Broncos |
| WHL Playoff MVP | Laurent Brossoit | Edmonton Oil Kings |