1925-26 WHL season

The 1925–26 WHL season was the fifth and last season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), which was renamed Western Hockey League (WHL) at the start of the season due to one of its Canadian teams, the Regina Capitals, moving to Portland, Oregon in the United States and being renamed the Portland Rosebuds. Six teams played 30 games each. At season's end, some of the teams reorganised to create a minor pro league called the Prairie Hockey League that lasted for two seasons. The WHL was the last league other than the National Hockey League to contest for the Stanley Cup.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Western Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF	GA
Edmonton Eskimos 	30	19	11	0	38 	90	77
Saskatoon Sheiks 	30	18	11	1	37 	93	64
Victoria Cougars 	30	15	11	4	34 	68	53
Portland Rosebuds 	30	12	16	2	26 	84	106
Calgary Tigers 	30	10	17	3	23 	71	80
Vancouver Maroons 	30	10	18	2	22 	64	90
===Scoring leaders===
===Goalkeeper Averages===
Name 	Club 	GP	GA 	SO	Avg.
Holmes, Harry 	Victoria 	30	53 	4 	1.8
Hainsworth, George	Saskatoon	30	64 	4 	2.1
Stuart, Herbert 	Edmonton 	30	77 	2 	2.6
Winkler, Hal 	Calgary 	30	80 	6 	2.7
Lehman, Hugh 	Vancouver	30	90 	3 	3.0
McCusker, Red 	Regina 	30	110	 	3.7
==All-Star Team==
*Goaltender: George Hainsworth, Saskatoon Sheiks
*Defenceman: Eddie Shore, Edmonton Eskimos
*Defenceman: Bobby Trapp, Portland Rosebuds
*Center: Duke Keats, Edmonton
*Left Winger: George Hay, Portland
*Right Winger: Bill Cook, Saskatoon
*Coach: Lester Patrick, Victoria Cougars / Frank Patrick, Vancouver Maroons (tied)
*Substitute: Corbett Denneny, Saskatoon
*Substitute: Frank Fredrickson, Victoria
*Substitute: Mickey MacKay, Vancouver
*Substitute: Art Gagne, Edmonton
==Playoffs==
As in the previous season, the third place Victoria Cougars won the playoff championship. In the semi-final, the Cougars met the Saskatoon Sheiks.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 12	Victoria 	3 	Saskatoon	3 	
March 16	Saskatoon	0 	Victoria 	1 	8'10" overtime
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 4–3.
In the final, the Cougars faced off against the Edmonton Eskimos. As there was no ice available in Edmonton, Edmonton's 'home' game was played in Vancouver.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 20	Edmonton	1 	Victoria	3 	
March 22	Victoria	2 	Edmonton	2 	
Victoria wins two-game, total-goals series 5–3.
==Stanley Cup playoffs==
See 1926 Stanley Cup Finals
As in the previous season, the third place Victoria Cougars won the playoff championship and represented the league in the Stanley Cup finals. They faced the National Hockey League champion Montreal Maroons in a best-of-five series, losing 3 games to 1. After the WHL folded at the end of this season, the Stanley Cup would no longer be contested as a challenge tournament between league champions, but would only be awarded to the NHL champion, a custom formalized in 1947.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
March 30	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
April 1 	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	3 	
April 3 	Victoria Cougars	3 	Montreal Maroons	2 	
April 6 	Victoria Cougars	0 	Montreal Maroons	2 	
==Team Photos==
25-26CalgTig.jpg|Calgary Tigers
25-26EdmEsk.jpg|Edmonton Eskimos
25-26PorRos.jpg|Portland Rosebuds
25-26SasShe.jpg|Saskatoon Sheiks
25-26VicCou.jpg|Victoria Cougars
==Game Ads==
25-26OttawaExh.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
25-26WHLReginaGameAdDec21.jpg|A lack of ice in Calgary forced the Tigers to open in Regina. Over 2000 attended the game. Unfortunately for Regina fans, the Christmas game was played in Calgary when the temperature dropped and the ice in the arena was suitable.
25-26WCHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
25-26WCHLEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Edmonton
25-26WHLSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Saskatoon
25-26WHLVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
25-26WHLVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Victoria
25-26WHLSFVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Victoria
25-26WHLFVictoriaGameAd.jpg|Final @ Victoria
==References==
*HockeyDB
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