1968-69 WHL (minor pro) Season

This is the 1968-69 season of the Western Hockey League. It was the seventeenth season of the league.
The Denver Spurs entered the league as a new team.
==Standings==
 Portland Buckaroos 74-40-18-16-96 296-201
 Vancouver Canucks 74-36-24-14-86 259-223
 San Diego Gulls 74-33-29-12-78 273-260
 Seattle Totems 74-33-30-11-77 236-238
 Phoenix Roadrunners 74-21-41-12-54 199-282
 Denver Spurs 74-23-44- 7-53 254-308
==Playoffs==
===Semi Finals===
Best of 5
*Vancouver Canucks beat Seattle Totems 4 wins to none. (7-1, 6-0, 3-1, 3-2)
*Portland Buckaroos beat San Diego Gulls 4 wins to 3. (4-3, 2-5, 1-6, 3-1, 5-1, 4-5, 5-4)
===Final===
Best of 7
Vancouver Canucks beat Portland Buckaroos 4 wins to none. (6-3. 5-2 , 3-2, 2-1)
Vancouver Canucks won the Lester Patrick Cup.
68-69WHLVancouverFinal.jpg|A record crowd of 14,470 watch the Canucks beat Portland 5-2 in the second game of the final series.
68-69CanucksWinCup.jpg|Canucks celebrate.
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Jim McLeod, Portland Buckaroos
*Defenceman: John Hanna, Seattle Totems
*Defenceman: Connie Madigan, Portland
*Center: Art Jones, Portland
*Left Winger: Bill Saunders, Portland
*Right Winger: Bob Courcy, Seattle
===Second Tea===
*Goaltender: Jack McCartan, San Diego Gulls
*Defenceman: Darryl Sly, Vancouver Canucks
*Defenceman: Dennis Kearns, Portland
*Center: Norm Johnson, Portland
*Left Winger: Bob Barlow, Vancouver
*Right Winger: Willie O'Ree, San Diego
==Team Photos==
68-69DenSpu.jpg|Denver Spurs
68-69PortBuck.jpg|Portland Buckaroos
68-69SDGulls.jpg|San Diego Gulls
68-69SeaTot.jpg|Seattle Totems
68-69VanCan.jpg|Vancouver Canucks
==Game Ads==
68-69WHLVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
69-70WHLSFVancouverGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Vancouver
69-70WHLFVancouverGameAd.jpg|Final @ Vancouver
==See Also==
List of WHL (minor pro) Seasons
Category:1969 in hockey
Category:Western Hockey League (minor pro) seasons