1977-78 WCHL season

The 1977–78 WCHL season was the 12th season for the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The New Westminster Bruins won their fourth consecutive President's Cup and second consecutive Memorial Cup.
==League notes==
*The Calgary Centennials relocated to Billings, Montana to become the Billings Bighorns.
*The Winnipeg Monarchs relocated to Calgary, Alberta to become the Calgary Wranglers.
*The Kamloops Chiefs relocated to Seattle, Washington to become the Seattle Breakers.
==Regular Season==
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Brandon Wheat Kings 	72	46	12	14	106	424	299
x Flin Flon Bombers 	72	33	30	9 	75 	396	380
x Regina Pats 	72	29	38	5 	63 	363	405
Saskatoon Blades 	72	20	50	2 	42 	340	460
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Lethbridge Broncos 	72	36	29	7 	79 	341	328
x Billings Bighorns 	72	32	31	9 	73 	342	336
x Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	22	41	9 	53 	293	365
Calgary Wranglers 	72	18	40	14	50 	303	404
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks 	72	41	20	11	93 	361	296
x Victoria Cougars 	72	34	29	9 	77 	365	333
x New Westminster Bruins	72	33	28	11	77 	345	310
Seattle Breakers 	72	32	28	12	76 	359	316
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Brian Propp 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	70	70	112	182	200
Ray Allison 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	71	73	86 	160	254
Steve Tambellini 	Lethbridge Broncos 	66	75	80 	155	32
Errol Rausse 	Seattle Breakers 	72	62	92 	154	60
Bill Derlago 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	52	89	63 	152	105
Geordie Robertson	Victoria Cougars 	61	64	72 	136	85
Gerald Minor 	Regina Pats 	66	54	75 	129	236
Merlin Malinowski	Medicine Hat Tigers 	72	48	78 	126	131
Ryan Walter 	Seattle Breakers 	62	54	71 	125	148
Wayne Babych 	Portland Winter Hawks	68	50	71 	121	218
==WHL Playoffs==
===Division Semi Finals===
Round Robin format
*Flin Flon (4–4) advanced
*Regina (4–4) advanced
*Brandon (4–4) eliminated
*Billings (6–2) advanced
*Medicine Hat (3–5) advanced
*Lethbridge (3–5) eliminated
*New Westminster (7–1) advanced
*Victoria (4–4) advanced
*Portland (1–7) eliminated
===Division Finals===
*Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 1
*Billings defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 0
*New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 1
===League semi-finals===
Round Robin format
*Billings (3–1) advanced
*New Westminster (3–1) advanced
*Flin Flon (0–4) eliminated
===WHL Championship===
*New Westminster defeated Billings 4 games to 0
==All-Star Game==
On January 18, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 2–1 at Regina, Saskatchewan with a crowd of 2,814.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player: Ryan Walter, Seattle Breakers
Top Scorer: Brian Propp, Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Steve Tambellini, Lethbridge Broncos
Top Defenseman: Brad McCrimmon, Brandon Wheat Kings
Rookie of the Year: (tie)Keith Brown, Portland Winter Hawks and John Ogrodnick, New Westminster Bruins
Top Goaltender: Bart Hunter, Portland Winter Hawks
Coach of the Year: (tie) Dave King, Billings Bighorns and Jack Shupe, Victoria Cougars
Regular season champions: Brandon Wheat Kings
==All-Star Teams==
- 	- 	Brian Young (tie) 	New Westminster Bruins	
Center 	Ryan Walter 	Seattle Breakers 	Bill Derlago 	Brandon Wheat Kings
Left Wing 	Brian Propp 	Brandon Wheat Kings 	Errol Rausse 	Seattle Breakers
Right Wing	Wayne Babych	Portland Winter Hawks	Ray Allison 	Brandon Wheat Kings
==Team Photos==
77-78BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
77-78NWBrui.jpg|New Westminster Bruins
==Game Ads==
77-78WCHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
77-78WCHLASReginaGameAd.jpg|All Star Game @ Regina
77-78WHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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