1976-77 WCHL season

The 1976–77 WCHL season was the 11th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The New Westminster Bruins won their third consecutive President's Cup as well as the Memorial Cup.
==League notes==
*The Edmonton Oil Kings relocated to Portland, Oregon to become the Portland Winter Hawks, the first United States based team in the WCHL.
*The Winnipeg Clubs became the Winnipeg Monarchs.
*The WCHL split into three divisions of four teams each.
==Regular Season==
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	54	10	8 	116	447	242
x Saskatoon Blades 	72	30	30	12	72 	317	290
Flin Flon Bombers 	72	16	42	14	46 	294	411
Regina Pats 	72	8 	53	11	27 	218	464
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	32	28	12	76 	330	304
x Winnipeg Monarchs 	72	31	34	7 	69 	341	384
x Lethbridge Broncos 	72	28	32	12	68 	324	335
x Calgary Centennials 	72	22	35	15	59 	329	397
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x New Westminster Bruins	72	47	14	11	105	363	216
x Kamloops Chiefs 	72	34	26	12	80 	308	291
x Portland Winter Hawks 	72	36	29	7 	79 	359	294
x Victoria Cougars 	72	27	32	13	67 	299	301
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bill Derlago 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	96	82 	178	63
Ray Allison 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	71	45	92 	137	198
Brian Propp 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	55	80 	135	47
Kevin McCarthy	Winnipeg Monarchs 	72	22	105	127	110
Dan Bonar 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	75	50 	125	70
Tony Currie 	Portland Winter Hawks 	72	73	52 	125	50
Mark Lofthouse	New Westminster Bruins	70	54	58 	112	59
Wayne Babych 	Portland Winter Hawks 	72	50	62 	112	76
Brent Peterson	Portland Winter Hawks 	69	34	78 	112	98
Kim Davis 	Flin Flon Bombers 	69	56	55 	111	250
==WHL Playoffs==
===Preliminary round===
*Calgary defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 0
*Lethbridge defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 2
===League quarter-finals===
*Brandon defeated Winnipeg 5 games to 2
*Lethbridge defeated Calgary 3 games to 2
*New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 0
*Portland defeated Kamloops 4 games to 1
===League semi-finals===
*Brandon defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 0
*New Westminster defeated Portland 4 games to 1
===WHL Championship===
*New Westminster defeated Brandon 4 games to 1
==All-Star Game==
On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 3–2 at Brandon, Manitoba with a crowd of 4,120.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player: Barry Beck, New Westminster Bruins
Top Scorer: Bill Derlago, Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Steve Tambellini, Lethbridge Broncos
Top Defenseman: Barry Beck, New Westminster Bruins
Rookie of the Year: Brian Propp, Brandon Wheat Kings
Top Goaltender: Glen Hanlon, Brandon Wheat Kings
Coach of the Year: Dunc McCallum, Brandon Wheat Kings
Regular season champions: Brandon Wheat Kings
==All-Star Teams==
{| BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="100%"
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE " align="center" 
76-77BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
76077RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
==Game Ads==
76-77WCJHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
==Media Ads==
76-77WCHLReginaRadioAd.jpg|Regina Radio Ad
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
Category:Western Hockey League seasons
WHL