1996-97 WPHL season

The 1996-97 WPHL season was the inaugural season of the Western Professional Hockey League. The leagues first season consisted of six teams in the American Southwest. The inaugural francises were placed in: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Amarillo, Texas, Austin, Texas, Belton, Texas, El Paso, Texas and Waco, Texas. The 6 teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The New Mexico Scorpions finished first overall in the regular season. The El Paso Buzzards won the first President's Cup championship.
==Regular Season==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Loses; OTL = Overtime loses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot
Western Professional Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
New Mexico Scorpions 	64	42	20	2 	86 	323	258
Austin Ice Bats 	64	35	22	7 	77 	271	249
El Paso Buzzards 	64	33	23	8 	74 	284	272
Central Texas Stampede 	64	35	27	2 	72 	284	272
Waco Wizards 	64	30	30	4 	64 	220	249
Amarillo Rattlers 	64	17	39	8 	42 	239	323
==President's Cup Playoffs==
==References==
All stats from Internet Hockey Database
WPHL 1996-97 season
WPHL 1996-97 season
Category:WPHL seasons