1978-79 WHL season

The 1978–79 WHL season was the 13th season of the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The Brandon Wheat Kings won the President's Cup.
==League notes==
*The league shortened its name to the Western Hockey League.
*The Flin Flon Bombers relocated to Edmonton, Alberta to become the second incarnation of the Edmonton Oil Kings. 
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	58	5 	9 	125	491	230
x Saskatoon Blades 	72	26	32	14	66 	385	398
x Edmonton Oil Kings 	72	17	43	12	46 	288	403
Regina Pats 	72	18	47	7 	43 	297	481
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Billings Bighorns 	72	38	23	11	87 	378	302
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	37	28	7 	81 	389	326
x Calgary Wranglers 	72	28	38	6 	62 	349	392
Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	15	50	7 	37 	270	479
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks 	72	49	10	13	111	432	265
x Victoria Cougars 	72	34	27	11	79 	318	295
x New Westminster Bruins	72	34	32	6 	74 	310	301
Seattle Breakers 	72	21	40	11	53 	299	334
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Brian Propp 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	71	94	100	194	127
Ray Allison 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	62	60	93 	153	191
Laurie Boschman	Brandon Wheat Kings 	65	66	83 	149	215
Duane Sutter 	Lethbridge Broncos 	71	50	75 	125	212
Doug Morrison 	Lethbridge Broncos 	72	56	67 	123	159
Kelly Kisio 	Calgary Wranglers 	70	60	61 	121	73
Mike Toal 	Portland Winter Hawks	71	38	83 	121	32
Brent Ashton 	Saskatoon Blades 	62	64	65 	119	180
Perry Turnbull 	Portland Winter Hawks	70	75	43 	118	191
Gord Williams 	Lethbridge Broncos 	72	58	59 	117	60
==WHL Playoffs==
===Division semi-finals===
Round robin format
*Brandon (7–1) advanced
*Saskatoon (3–5) advanced
*Edmonton (2–6) eliminated 
*Lethbridge (5–3) advanced
*Calgary (4–4) advanced
*Billings (3–5) eliminated
*Portland (7–1) advanced
*Victoria (3–5) advanced
*New Westminster (2–6) eliminated
===Division finals===
*Brandon defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
*Lethbridge defeated Calgary 4 games to 3
*Portland defeated Victoria 4 games to 3
===League semi-finals===
Round Robin format
*Brandon (3–1) advanced
*Portland (3–1) advanced
*Lethbridge (0–4) eliminated
===WHL Championship===
*Brandon defeated Portland 4 games to 2
==All-Star Game==
There was no All-Star game in 1978–79.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player: Perry Turnbull, Portland Winter Hawks
Top Scorer: Brian Propp, Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Errol Rausse, Seattle Breakers
Top Defenseman: Keith Brown, Portland Winter Hawks
Rookie of the Year: Kelly Kisio, Calgary Wranglers
Top Goaltender: Rick Knickle, Brandon Wheat Kings
Coach of the Year: Dunc McCallum, Brandon Wheat Kings
Regular season champions: Brandon Wheat Kings
==All-Star Teams==
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78-79BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
==Game Ads==
78-79WHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
78-79WHLEdmontonExhGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Edmonton
78-79WHLEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Edmonton
78-79WHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
78-79WHLNewWestGameAd.jpg|New Westminster
78-79WHLExhNWestGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ New Westminster
78-79WHLDivSFNewWesGameAd.jpg|Division semi finals @ New Westminster
78-79WHLPOCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Division semi finals @ Calgary
Edmonton ad from http://www.vintageedmonton.com
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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