2006–07 WHL season

The 2006–07 WHL season was the 41st season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty-one teams completed a 72 game season. The Everett Silvertips won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, after having the best record in the WHL during the regular season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup, defeating the Vancouver Giants in seven games. The Giants captured the 2007 Memorial Cup, defeating the Tigers in the championship game.

League notes

* The Chilliwack Bruins joined the WHL as an expansion team, playing in the B.C. Division of the Western Conference.
* The Kootenay Ice returned to the Central Division of the Eastern Conference.
* The Swift Current Broncos moved to the East Division of the Eastern Conference.

* On October 23, three players with the Moose Jaw Warriors were struck by a suspected drunk driver while returning home following a road trip. Two players were treated and released from a Moose Jaw hospital, however Garrett Robinson was critically injured in the accident. [http://www.whl.ca/news/index.php?id=5190&showToc=1&]
* The WHL announced that the championship trophy would be renamed the Ed Chynoweth Cup in honour of Ed Chynoweth, who served as WHL president from 1972 until 1995, and two terms as Chairman of the Board following. [http://whl.ca/news/index.php?id=7030&showToc=1&]

Final Standings

Eastern Conference

WHL Playoffs

Overview

16TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Quarter-finals
RD2=Conference Semi-finals
RD3=Conference Finals
RD4=WHL Championship
group1=Eastern
group2=Western

RD1-seed01=C1
RD1-team01=Medicine Hat
RD1-seed02=C4
RD1-team02=Red Deer
RD1-score01=4
RD1-score02=3

RD1-seed03=E3
RD1-team03=Swift Current
RD1-seed04=E2
RD1-team04=Regina
RD1-score03=2
RD1-score04=4

RD1-seed05=E1
RD1-team05=Brandon
RD1-seed06=E4
RD1-team06=Prince Albert
RD1-score05=4
RD1-score06=1

RD1-seed07=C3
RD1-team07=Calgary
RD1-seed08=C2
RD1-team08=Kootenay
RD1-score07=4
RD1-score08=3

RD1-seed09=B1
RD1-team09=Vancouver
RD1-seed10=B4
RD1-team10=Chilliwack
RD1-score09=4
RD1-score10=1

RD1-seed11=U3
RD1-team11=Seattle
RD1-seed12=U2
RD1-team12=Tri-City
RD1-score11=4
RD1-score12=2

RD1-seed13=U1
RD1-team13=Everett
RD1-seed14=U4
RD1-team14=Spokane
RD1-score13=4
RD1-score14=2

RD1-seed15=B3
RD1-team15=Prince George
RD1-seed16=B2
RD1-team16=Kamloops
RD1-score15=4
RD1-score16=0

RD2-seed01=C1
RD2-team01=Medicine Hat
RD2-seed02=E2
RD2-team02=Regina
RD2-score01=4
RD2-score02=0

RD2-seed03=E1
RD2-team03=Brandon
RD2-seed04=C3
RD2-team04=Calgary
RD2-score03=2
RD2-score04=4

RD2-seed05=B1
RD2-team05=Vancouver
RD2-seed06=U3
RD2-team06=Seattle
RD2-score05=4
RD2-score06=1

RD2-seed07=U1
RD2-team07=Everett
RD2-seed08=B3
RD2-team08=Prince George
RD2-score07=2
RD2-score08=4

RD3-seed01=C1
RD3-team01=Medicine Hat
RD3-seed02=C3
RD3-team02=Calgary
RD3-score01=4
RD3-score02=1

RD3-seed03=B1
RD3-team03=Vancouver
RD3-seed04=B3
RD3-team04=Prince George
RD3-score03=4
RD3-score04=1

RD4-seed01=C1
RD4-team01=Medicine Hat
RD4-seed02=B1
RD4-team02=Vancouver
RD4-score01= 4
RD4-score02= 3

*Note:For the first round, the first place team in each division plays the fourth place team; the second place team faces the third. After the first round, the four remaining teams in each conference are reseeded by regular season record.

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Conference semifinals

Conference finals

WHL Championship

Memorial Cup

The Vancouver Giants hosted the 2007 Memorial Cup tournament, which also featured the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers. The Plymouth Whalers represented the Ontario Hockey League, and the Lewiston MAINEiacs represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

The Tigers earned a spot in the Championship game with a 2–1 round robin record, falling 3–1 to the MAINEiacs before defeating the Whalers 4–1, and the Giants 1–0.

The Giants also finished 2–1, defeating Plymouth 4–3 in Overtime and Lewiston 2–1. Their loss to Medicine Hat dropped them into a semi-final game.

The Giants prevailed in the semi-final to meet the Tigers in the Cup Final, and defeated Medicine Hat 3–1 to take the title.

2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

On November 29, the WHL defeated the Russian Selects 5–3 before a crowd of 4,404 at Chilliwack, British Columbia.

On November 30, the WHL defeated the Russian Selects 8–1 before a crowd of 4,136 at Kamloops, British Columbia.

All time, the WHL has a 8–0 lead in the series which began in 2003.

WHL awards

2007 Bantam draft

The 2007 WHL Bantam Draft was the 18th Bantam Draft. It was hosted by the Stampede Park Round-Up Centre on Thursday May 3rd, 2007, via the internet.

:"List of first round picks in the bantam draft."

ee also

*2006–07 OHL season
*2006–07 QMJHL season
*2007 Memorial Cup
*2007 NHL Entry Draft
*2006 in ice hockey
*2007 in ice hockey

References

* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]