1973-74 WCHL season

The 1973–74 WCHL season was the 8th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 68 game season. The Regina Pats won the President's Cup before going on to win the Memorial Cup.
==League notes==
*The Vancouver Nats relocated to Kamloops, British Columbia to become the Kamloops Chiefs
*The Winnipeg Jets became the Winnipeg Clubs.
==Regular Season==
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Regina Pats 	68	43	14	11	97 	377	225
x Flin Flon Bombers 	68	34	21	13	81 	322	259
x Swift Current Broncos 	68	35	24	9 	79 	340	306
x Saskatoon Blades 	68	30	29	9 	69 	283	272
Brandon Wheat Kings 	68	27	37	4 	58 	305	348
Winnipeg Clubs 	68	23	38	7 	53 	258	338
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Calgary Centennials 	68	41	18	9 	91 	328	236
x New Westminster Bruins	68	36	21	11	83 	284	250
x Medicine Hat Tigers 	68	29	31	8 	66 	305	314
x Edmonton Oil Kings 	68	25	36	7 	57 	252	301
Victoria Cougars 	68	22	40	6 	50 	259	336
Kamloops Chiefs 	68	13	49	6 	32 	248	376
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Ron Chipperfield	Brandon Wheat Kings 	66	90	72 	162	82
Dennis Sobchuk 	Regina Pats 	66	68	78 	146	78
Mike Rogers 	Calgary Centennials 	66	67	73 	140	32
Al Hiller 	Flin Flon Bombers 	68	30	108	138	33
Terry Ruskowski 	Swift Current Broncos	68	40	93 	133	243
Rick Blight 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	67	49	81 	130	122
Danny Gare 	Calgary Centennials 	65	68	59 	127	238
Jerry Holland 	Calgary Centennials 	67	55	65 	120	54
Ed Johnstone 	Medicine Hat Tigers 	68	64	54 	118	164
Clark Gillies 	Regina Pats 	65	46	66 	112	179
==WHL Playoffs==
===League quarter-finals===
*Swift Current defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 3
*Regina defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 2
*New Westminster defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 2
*Calgary defeated Edmonton 4 games to 1
===League semi-finals===
*Regina defeated Swift Current 4 games to 2
*Calgary defeated New Westminster 4 games to 1
===WHL Championship===
*Regina defeated Calgary 4 games to 0
Regina advanced to the 1974 Memorial Cup tournament.
==All-Star Game==
On January 29, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 6–5 at Edmonton, Alberta with a crowd of 2,471.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings
Top Scorer: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Mike Rogers, Calgary Centennials
Top Defenseman: Pat Price, Saskatoon Blades
Rookie of the Year: Cam Connor, Flin Flon Bombers
Top Goaltender: Garth Malarchuk, Calgary Centennials
Coach of the Year: Stan Dunn, Swift Current Broncos
Regular season champions: Regina Pats
==All-Star Team==
*Goaltender: Larry Hendrick, Edmonton Oil Kings
*Defenseman: Pat Price, Saskatoon Blades
*Defenseman: Ron Greschner, New Westminster Bruins & Greg Joly, Regina Pats (tied)
*Centerman: Ron Chipperfield, Brandon Wheat Kings & Dennis Sobchuk, Regina Pats (tied)
*Left Winger: Clark Gillies, Regina Pats
*Right Winger: Danny Gare, Calgary Centennials
==Team Photos==
73-74BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
73-74MHTig.jpg|Medicine Hat Tigers
73-74RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
==Game Ads==
73-74WCHLEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Edmonton
73-74WCHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
73-74WCHLPOEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Playoffs @ Edmonton
73-74WCHLExhReginaGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Regina
73-74WCHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
73-74WCHLQFReginaGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Regina
73-74WCHLSFReginaGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Regina
73-74WCHLFReginaGameAd.jpg|Final @ Regina
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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