1968–69 WCHL season

The 1968–69 WCHL season was the 3rd season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eight teams completed a 60 game season, with the Flin Flon Bombers winning the President's Cup.

League notes

*League name shortened to Western Canada Hockey League from Western Canada Junior Hockey League.
*Three teams, the Moose Jaw Canucks, Regina Pats and Weyburn Red Wings left the league over concerns about the WCHL's poor relationship with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
*The remaining eight teams were broken into East and West Divisions.
*League agreed to compete for a National Championship against a similar league in Ontario known as the Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The Flin Flon Bombers beat the WOJAHL Champions St. Thomas Barons in 4 straight games.

Regular season

Final standings

WCHL Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Calgary defeated Swift Current 4 games to 0
*Edmonton defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
*Estevan defeated Brandon 4 games to 1
*Flin Flon defeated Winnipeg 4 games to 2 with 1 tie

emifinals

*Flin Flon defeated Estevan 4 games to 0 with 1 tie
*Edmonton defeated Calgary 4 games to 2 with 1 tie

Finals

*Flin Flon defeated Edmonton 4 games to 2

National Championship

*Flin Flon defeated St. Thomas 4 games to 0

All-Star Game

The 1968–69 WCHL all-star game was held in Flin Flon, Manitoba, with the WCHL All-stars and Flin Flon Bombers ending in a 4–4 draw before a crowd of 2,100.

Awards

ee also

*1968 in sports
*1969 in sports

References

* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
* "The Rink - Stories From Hockey's Home Towns" (1997), written by Chris Cuthbert and Scott Russell, Pp. 209–210, Penguin Books