1961-62 WHL (minor pro) Season

This is the 1961-62 season of the Western Hockey League. It was the tenth season of the league.
The Winnipeg Warriors moved to become the San Francisco Seals and the Victoria Cougars became the Los Angeles Blades.
The league was again split into two divisions.
==Standings==
Northern Division
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Edmonton Flyers 	70	39	27	4	296	243	82
Calgary Stampeders	70	36	29	5	292	271	77
Seattle Totems 	70	36	29	5	244	222	77
Vancouver Canucks 	70	18	48	4	223	324	40
Southern Division
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Portland Buckaroos 	70	42	23	5	265	203	89
Spokane Comets 	70	37	28	5	272	242	79
San Francisco Seals	70	29	39	2	229	20 	60
Los Angeles Blades 	70	25	39	6	265	309	56
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Al Millar, Calgary Stampeders
*Defenceman: Doug Barkley, Calgary Stampeders
*Defenceman: Lloyd Haddon, Edmonton Flyers
*Center: Norm Johnson, Calgary Stampeders
*Right Winger: Tom McVie, Portland Buckaroos
*Left Winger: Bill McFarland, Seattle Totems
===Second Team===
*Goaltender: Ed Johnston, Spokane Comets
*Defenceman: Fred Hucul, Calgary Stampeders
*Defenceman: (tie) Sandy Hucul, Spokane Comets / Ron Matthews, Portland Buckaroos
*Center: Phil Maloney, Vancouver Canucks
*Right Winger: Bob Solinger, San Francisco Seals
*Left Winger: Lou Jankowski, Calgary Stampeders
==Playoffs==
===Northern Division===
====Semi Final====
Best of 3
Calgary Stampeders beat Seattle Totems 2 wins to none. (2-1, 5-2)
====Final====
Best of 7
Edmonton Flyers beat Calgary Stampeders 4 wins to 1. (5-4, 2-4, ?, 5-2, 9-2)
===Southern Division===
====Semi Final====
Best of 3
Spokane Comets beat San Francisco Seals 2 wins to none. (4-1, 7-3)
====Final====
Best of 7
Spokane Comets beat Portland Buckaroos 4 wins to 3. (2-1, 1-0, 4-6, 2-7, 2-3, 4-1, ?)
==League Final==
Best of 7
Edmonton Flyers beat Spokane Comets 4 wins to 3 (1-3, 4-9, 11-2, 7-5, 5-3, 4-7, 4-2)
Edmonton Flyers won the Lester Patrick Cup.
==All-Star Game==
The league`s fifth annual all-star game was played in Portland on Sunday, January 7, 1962. The attendance was 4,126.
North Division 7 South Division 3
==Team Photos==
61-62EdmFly.jpg|Edmonton Flyers
61-62PorBuc.jpg|Portland Buckaroos
61-62SeaTot.jpg|Seattle Totems
61-62SpoCom.jpg|Spokane Comets
61-62CalSta.jpg|Calgary Stampeders
Seattle Totems' picture from 
==Regular Season Attendance==
Los Angeles: 244,387
==Game Ads==
61-62WHLCalgaryExh.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
61-62WHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
62-62WHLEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Edmonton
61-62WHLLABladesISSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Los Angeles intra-squad game @ Saskatoon
61-62WHLexhSpokaeGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Spokane
61-62WHLSpokaneGameAd.jpg|Spokane
61-62WHLExhVancouverGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Vancouver
61-62WHLVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
==See Also==
List of WHL (minor pro) Seasons
Category:Western Hockey League (minor pro) seasons
Category:1962 in hockey