# 1992–93 WHL season

The 1992–93 WHL season was the 27th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured sixteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Swift Current Broncos won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record and the President's Cup as playoff champions, both for the second time after first winning each trophy in the 1988–89 season.
The Red Deer Rebels joined the WHL as its sixteenth franchise.

## Team changes

* The Red Deer Rebels join the WHL as an expansion team.

## Regular season
### Final standings

| East Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| x Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 100 | 384 | 267 |
| x Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 43 | 25 | 4 | 90 | 347 | 258 |
| x Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 87 | 311 | 236 |
| x Regina Pats | 72 | 35 | 36 | 1 | 71 | 322 | 313 |
| x Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 69 | 317 | 328 |
| x Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 31 | 39 | 2 | 64 | 284 | 329 |
| x Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 63 | 285 | 343 |
| Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 27 | 42 | 3 | 57 | 277 | 326 |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 55 | 252 | 317 |
| West Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| x Portland Winter Hawks | 72 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 93 | 343 | 277 |
| x Tacoma Rockets | 72 | 45 | 27 | 0 | 90 | 324 | 259 |
| x Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 42 | 28 | 2 | 86 | 302 | 253 |
| x Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 31 | 38 | 3 | 65 | 234 | 292 |
| x Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 28 | 40 | 4 | 60 | 311 | 319 |
| x Tri-City Americans | 72 | 28 | 41 | 3 | 59 | 245 | 312 |
| Victoria Cougars | 72 | 20 | 49 | 3 | 43 | 217 | 326 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jason Krywulak | Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 81 | 81 | 162 | 58 |
| Valeri Bure | Spokane Chiefs | 66 | 68 | 79 | 147 | 49 |
| Rick Girard | Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 71 | 70 | 141 | 25 |
| Louis Dumont | Regina Pats | 72 | 62 | 59 | 121 | 97 |
| Domenic Pittis | Lethbridge Hurricanes | 66 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 69 |
| Todd Holt | Swift Current Broncos | 67 | 56 | 57 | 113 | 90 |
| Allan Egeland | Tacoma Rockets | 71 | 56 | 57 | 113 | 119 |
| Dean Tiltgen | Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 50 | 61 | 111 | 33 |
| Ryan Fujita | Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 105 |
| Mike Mathers | Kamloops Blazers | 69 | 52 | 56 | 108 | 63 |

## 1993 WHL Playoffs

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Division Semi-Finals | Division Semi-Finals | Division Semi-Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | | WHL Championship | WHL Championship | WHL Championship |
| E1 | Swift Current | bye | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Swift Current | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E7 | Medicine Hat | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Brandon | 1 | E7 | Medicine Hat | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Medicine Hat | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Medicine Hat | 3 | | | | E1 | Swift Current | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E4 | Regina | 0 | | | | |
| E3 | Saskatoon | 3 | | | | | | | E4 | Regina | 0 | | | | |
| E6 | Red Deer | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Red Deer | 1 | E3 | Saskatoon | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Regina | 4 | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Regina | 3 | E4 | Regina | 4 | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Lethbridge | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Lethbridge | 1 | | | | | | | | E1 | Swift Current | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Portland | 3 |
| W1 | Portland | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Portland | 3 |
| W6 | Tri-City | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Tri-City | 0 | W1 | Portland | bye | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | Portland | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | W3 | Kamloops | 1 | | | | |
| W2 | Tacoma | 3 | | | | | | | W3 | Kamloops | 1 | | | | |
| W5 | Spokane | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Spokane | 4 | W3 | Kamloops | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W5 | Spokane | 0 | | | | | | | |
| W3 | Kamloops | 4 | W5 | Spokane | 0 | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Seattle | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Division quarter-finals
#### East Division
##### (2) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (7) Medicine Hat Tigers

* Medicine Hat wins series 3 – 1

##### (3) Saskatoon Blades vs. (6) Red Deer Rebels

* Saskatoon wins series 3 – 1

##### (4) Regina Pats vs. (5) Lethbridge Hurricanes

* Regina wins series 3 – 1

#### West Division
##### (1) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (6) Tri-City Americans

* Portland wins series 4 – 0

## All-Star game

On January 19, a combined WHL/OHL all-star team defeated the QMJHL all-stars 7–5 at Montreal, Quebec before a crowd of 4,355.

## WHL awards

* Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Jason Krywulak, Swift Current Broncos
* Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: David Trofimenkoff, Lethbridge Hurricanes
* Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Jason Krywulak, Swift Current Broncos
* Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Rick Girard, Swift Current Broncos
* Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Jason Smith, Regina Pats
* Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Jeff Friesen, Regina Pats
* Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Trevor Robins, Brandon Wheat Kings
* Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Marcel Comeau, Tacoma Rockets
* Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Bruce Hamilton, Tacoma Rockets
* Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Swift Current Broncos
* Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Rick Dillabough, Brandon Wheat Kings
* WHL Humanitarian of the Year - Jamie Pushor, Lethbridge Hurricanes
* WHL Plus-Minus Award: Mark Wotton, Saskatoon Blades
* WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Andrew Schneider, Swift Current Broncos

## All-Star Teams

East Division :
| | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Goal | Trevor Robins | Brandon Wheat Kings | Norm Maracle | Saskatoon Blades |
| Defense | Jason Smith | Regina Pats | Mike Rathje | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| Defense | Darren Van Impe | Red Deer Rebels | Brent Bilodeau | Swift Current Broncos |
| Forward | Jeff Shantz | Regina Pats | Louis Dumont | Regina Pats |
| Forward | Jason Krywulak | Swift Current Broncos | Bobby House | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| Forward | Rick Girard | Swift Current Broncos | Andrew Schneider | Swift Current Broncos |
| Forward | Rob Niedermayer | Medicine Hat Tigers | - | - |
| West Division |||||
| | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Goal | Steve Passmore | Kamloops Blazers | Jeff Calvert | Tacoma Rockets |
| Defense | Michal Sýkora | Tacoma Rockets | Bryan McCabe | Spokane Chiefs |
| Defense | Brendan Witt | Seattle Thunderbirds | Brandon Smith | Portland Winter Hawks |
| Forward | Allan Egeland | Tacoma Rockets | Jamie Black | Tacoma Rockets |
| Forward | Valeri Bure | Spokane Chiefs | Colin Foley | Portland Winter Hawks |
| Forward | Mike Mathers | Kamloops Blazers | Craig Lyons | Kamloops Blazers |