1985–86 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season of the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.
==League notes==
*The Kelowna Wings relocated to Spokane, Washington to become the Spokane Chiefs.
*The Seattle Breakers became the Seattle Thunderbirds.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	54	17	1	109	384	245
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	52	17	3	107	424	257
x Regina Pats 	72	45	26	1	91 	384	295
x Saskatoon Blades 	72	38	28	6	82 	381	360
x Lethbridge Broncos 	72	27	42	3	57 	314	379
x Moose Jaw Warriors 	72	25	44	3	53 	294	375
Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	24	46	2	50 	324	438
Calgary Wranglers 	72	23	47	2	48 	288	378
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Kamloops Blazers 	72	49	19	4	102	449	299
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	47	24	1	95 	438	348
x Spokane Chiefs 	72	30	41	1	61 	373	413
x Seattle Thunderbirds 	72	27	43	2	56 	330	406
New Westminster Bruins 	72	25	45	2	52 	276	373
Victoria Cougars 	72	22	49	1	45 	346	439
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Rob Brown 	Kamloops Blazers 	69	58	115	173	171
Simon Wheeldon 	Victoria Cougars 	70	61	96 	157	85
Ken Morrison 	Kamloops Blazers/Prince Albert Raiders	72	83	67 	150	65
Randy Smith 	Saskatoon Blades 	70	60	86 	146	44
Ken Priestlay 	Victoria Cougars 	72	73	72 	145	45
Rod Matechuk 	Saskatoon Blades 	72	57	78 	135	93
Ray Podloski 	Portland Winter Hawks 	66	59	75 	134	69
Mike Nottingham	Kamloops Blazers 	70	61	70 	131	101
Craig Endean 	Seattle Thunderbirds 	70	58	70 	128	34
Dave Waldie 	Portland Winter Hawks 	72	68	58 	126	63
==WHL Playoffs==
===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.
Most Valuable Player: East: Emanuel Viveiros, Prince Albert Raiders; West: Rob Brown, Kamloops Blazers
Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Mark Janssens, Regina Pats
Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Rob Brown, Kamloops Blazers
Most Sportsmanlike Player: East: Randy Smith, Saskatoon Blades; Ken Morrison, Kamloops Blazers
Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: East: Emanuel Viveiros, Prince Albert Raiders; West: Glen Wesley, Portland Winter Hawks
Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: East: Neil Brady, Medicine Hat Tigers; West: (tie) Ron Shudra, Kamloops Blazers and Dave Waldie, Portland Winter Hawks
Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Mark Fitzbatrick, Medicine Hat Tigers
Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Terry Simpson, Prince Albert Raiders
Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Medicine Hat Tigers
==All-Star Teams==
Greg Hawgood (tied)	Kamloops Blazers	- 	- 	
Center 	Rob Brown 	Kamloops Blazers 	Simon Wheeldon	Victoria Cougars
Left Wing 	Dave Waldie 	Portland Winter Hawks	Ken Priestlay 	Victoria Cougars
Right Wing 	Ken Morrison 	Kamloops Blazers 	Terry Perkins 	Spokane Chiefs
==Team Photos==
85-86BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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