1970-71 WCHL season

The 1970–71 WCHL season was the 5th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Ten teams completed a 66 game season, with the Edmonton Oil Kings winning the President's Cup.
==League notes==
*The Regina Pats returned to the WCHL, and joined the East division.
*The Medicine Hat Tigers joined the league and played in the West division.
*The regular season was expanded to 66 games from 60.
==Regular Season==
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Estevan Bruins 	66	41	20	5	87 	283	201
x Flin Flon Bombers 	66	41	23	2	84 	306	224
x Winnipeg Jets 	66	31	32	3	65 	278	269
x Regina Pats 	66	28	36	2	58 	202	246
Brandon Wheat Kings 	66	20	46	0	40 	247	387
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Edmonton Oil Kings 	66	45	20	1	91 	346	258
x Calgary Centennials 	66	37	22	7	81 	244	175
x Saskatoon Blades 	66	29	36	1	59 	295	299
x Swift Current Broncos	66	24	40	2	50 	229	290
Medicine Hat Tigers 	66	22	43	1	45 	271	352
==Playoffs==
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Chuck Arnason 	Flin Flon Bombers 	66	79	84 	163	152
Orest Kindrachuk	Saskatoon Blades 	61	49	100	149	103
Lorne Henning 	Estevan Bruins 	66	64	66 	130	41
Laurie Yaworski 	Saskatoon Blades 	57	73	54 	127	104
Wayne Chernecki 	Winnipeg Jets 	65	50	73 	123	56
Dan Spring 	Edmonton Oil Kings 	65	43	79 	122	44
Don Kozak 	Edmonton Oil Kings 	66	60	61 	121	122
Stan Weir 	Medicine Hat Tigers	66	52	59 	111	88
Gene Carr 	Flin Flon Bombers 	62	36	68 	104	105
Brian Carlin 	Medicine Hat Tigers	65	44	56 	100	46
==All-Star Game==
The 1970–71 WCHL All-Star Game was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the WCHL All-stars defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4–3 before a crowd of 3,543.
==Awards==
Most Valuable Player: Ed Dyck, Calgary Centennials
Top Scorer: Chuck Arnason, Flin Flon Bombers
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Lorne Henning, Estevan Bruins
Defenseman of the Year: Ron Jones, Edmonton Oil Kings
Rookie of the Year: Stan Weir, Medicine Hat Tigers
Goaltender of the Year: Ed Dyck, Calgary Centennials
Coach of the Year: Pat Ginnell, Flin Flon Bombers
Regular Season Champions: Edmonton Oil Kings
==All-Star Team==
*Goaltender: Ed Dyck, Calgary Centennials
*Defenseman: Ron Jones, Edmonton Oil Kings
*Defenseman: Len Frig, Calgary Centennials & Ed Sidebottom, Estevan Bruins (tied)
*Centerman: Gene Carr, Flin Flon Bombers
*Left Winger: Rod Norrish, Regina Pats
*Right Winger: Chuck Arnason, Flin Flon Bombers
==Team Photos==
70-71BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
70-71RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
==Game Ads==
70-71WCHLEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Edmonton
70-71WCHLPOEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Playoff @ Edmonton
70-71WCHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
70-71WCHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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