- 1970–71 WCHL season
The 1970–71 WCHL season was the 5th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the
Western Hockey League . Ten teams completed a 66 game season, with the Edmonton Oil Kings winning the President's Cup.League notes
*The
Regina Pats returned to the WCHL, and joined the East division.
*TheMedicine Hat Tigers joined the league and played in the West division.
*The regular season was expanded to 66 games from 60.Regular season
Final standings
WCHL Playoffs
Quarterfinals
*Winnipeg defeated Estevan 4 games to 2 with 1 tie
*Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 1 with 1 tie
*Edmonton defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 1
*Calgary defeated Swift Current 3 games to 0 with 2 tiesemifinals
*Flin Flon defeated Winnipeg 5 games to 2
*Edmonton defeated Calgary 4 games to 1Finals
*Edmonton defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 1 with 1 tie
All-Star Game
The 1970–71 WCHL all-star game was held in
Winnipeg, Manitoba , with the WCHL All-stars defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4–3 before a crowd of 3,543.Awards
ee also
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1970 in sports
*1971 in sports References
* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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