1986-87 WHL season

The 1986–87 WHL season was the 21st season of the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup before going on to also capture the Memorial Cup.
==League notes==
*The Lethbridge Broncos returned to Swift Current, Saskatchewan to become the Swift Current Broncos.
*On December 30, 1986, a bus crash involving the Swift Current Broncos caused the deaths of four players: Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka and Brent Ruff. The WHL would later rename its Most Valuable Player award the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in their honor.
*On March 1, 1987, Regina Pats player Brad Hornung was paralyzed during a game by a check. The WHL would later rename its Most Sportsmanlike Player award the Brad Hornung Trophy in his honor.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	48	19	5	101	383	264
x Saskatoon Blades 	72	44	26	2	90 	369	282
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	43	26	3	89 	346	264
x Moose Jaw Warriors 	72	38	31	3	79 	366	321
x Regina Pats 	72	31	37	4	66 	332	356
x Swift Current Broncos	72	28	40	4	60 	331	393
Calgary Wranglers 	72	23	46	3	49 	304	390
Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	19	49	9	42 	282	443
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
x Kamloops Blazers 	72	455	14	3	113	496	292
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	47 	23	2	96 	439	355
x Spokane Chiefs 	72	37 	33	2	76 	374	350
x Victoria Cougars 	72	30 	41	1	61 	334	412
Seattle Thunderbirds 	72	21 	47	4	46 	328	430
New Westminster Bruins 	72	18 	50	4	40 	300	432
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Rob Brown 	Kamloops Blazers 	63	76	136	212	101
Craig Endean 	Regina Pats 	72	69	77 	146	34
Len Nielsen 	Regina Pats 	72	36	100	136	32
Joe Sakic 	Swift Current Broncos	72	60	73 	133	31
Theoren Fleury	Moose Jaw Warriors 	66	61	68 	129	110
Adam Morrison 	Victoria Cougars 	65	55	70 	125	57
Greg Hawgood 	Kamloops Blazers 	61	30	93 	123	139
Ron Shudra 	Kamloops Blazers 	71	49	70 	119	68
Robin Bawa 	Kamloops Blazers 	62	57	62 	113	91
Pat Elynuik 	Prince Albert Raiders	64	51	62 	113	40
==WHL Playoffs==
===First round===
*Medicine Hat earned a bye
*Saskatoon earned a bye
*Prince Albert defeated Swift Current 3 games to 1
*Moose Jaw defeated Regina 3 games to 0
===Division semi-finals===
*Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 4 games to 2
*Saskatoon defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 0
*Kamloops defeated Victoria 5 games to 0
*Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 0
===Division finals===
*Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 3
*Portland defeated Kamloops 5 games to 3
===WHL Championship===
*Medicine Hat defeated Portland 4 games to 3
==All-Star Game==
On January 20, the East Division defeated the West Division 4–3 at Regina, Saskatchewan with a crowd of 3,652.
==East Division Awards==
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86-87MJWar.jpg|Moose Jaw Warriors
86-87BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
1986-87MHTigers.jpg|Champion Medicine Hat Tigers
86-87RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
86-87KamBla.jpg|Kamloops Blazers
==Game Ads==
86-87WCHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
86-87WHLReginaSeasonTickets.jpg|Regina Season Tickets
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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