1981–82 WHL season

The 1981–82 WHL season was the 16th season for the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The Portland Winter Hawks won the President's Cup.
==League notes==
*The New Westminster Bruins relocated to Kamloops, British Columbia to become the Kamloops Junior Oilers.
*The Spokane Flyers ceased operations on December 2, 1981 after playing only 26 games.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Lethbridge Broncos 	72	50	22	0	100	421	280
x Regina Pats 	72	48	24	0	96 	465	368
x Saskatoon Blades 	72	44	26	2	90 	450	343
x Calgary Wranglers 	72	41	29	2	84 	334	266
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	34	38	0	68 	372	413
x Billings Bighorns 	72	27	44	1	55 	369	432
Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	25	46	1	51 	308	446
Winnipeg Warriors 	72	23	48	1	47 	285	388
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks 	72	46	24	2	94 	380	323
x Victoria Cougars 	72	43	28	1	87 	398	314
x Seattle Breakers 	72	36	34	2	74 	339	310
x Kamloops Junior Oilers	72	18	53	1	37 	320	464
Spokane Flyers1 	26	3 	22	1	7 	102	196
1Folded mid-season
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jock Callander 	Regina Pats 	71	79	111	190	59
Dave Michayluk 	Regina Pats 	72	62	111	173	128
Bruce Eakin 	Saskatoon Blades 	66	42	125	167	120
Jim McGeough 	Billings Bighorns 	71	93	66 	159	142
Ken Yaremchuk 	Portland Winter Hawks	72	58	99 	157	181
Marc Habscheid 	Saskatoon Blades 	55	64	87 	151	74
Dale Derkatch 	Regina Pats 	71	62	80 	142	92
Kelly Glowa 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	59	78 	137	87
Brian Shaw 	Portland Winter Hawks	69	56	76 	132	193
Wally Schreiber	Regina Pats 	68	56	68 	124	68
==WHL Playoffs==
===First round===
*Lethbrdige defeated Billings 4 games to 1
*Regina defeated Brandon 4 games to 0
*Calgary defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 1
===Division semi-finals===
*Lethbridge earned a bye
*Regina defeated Calgary 3 games to 1
*Portland defeated Kamloops 4 games to 0
*Seattle defeated Victoria 4 games to 0
===Division finals===
*Regina defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 3
*Portland defeated Seattle 4 games to 2
===WHL Championship===
*Portland defeated Regina 4 games to 1
==All-Star Game==
On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–2 at Winnipeg, Manitoba with a crowd of 3,500.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player: Mike Vernon, Calgary Wranglers
Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Jock Callander, Regina Pats
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Mike Moller, Lethbridge Broncos
Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Gary Nylund, Portland Winter Hawks
Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Dale Derkatch, Regina Pats
Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Mike Vernon, Calgary Wranglers
Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Jack Sangster, Seattle Breakers
Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Lethbridge Broncos
==All-Star Teams==
Ken Yaremchuk (tied)	Portland Winter Hawks	- 	- 	
Left Wing 	Todd Strueby 	Saskatoon Blades 	Paul Cyr 	Victoria Cougars
Right Wing 	Mike Moller 	Lethbridge Broncos	Dave Michayluk	Regina Pats
==Team Photos==
81-82RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
81-82BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
81-82CalWra.jpg|Calgary Wranglers
==Game Ads==
81-82WHLSpokaneGameAd.jpg|Spokane
81-82JrReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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