- 1985–86 WHL season
The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season for the
Western Hockey League . Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. TheKamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.League notes
*The
Kelowna Wings relocated toSpokane, Washington to become theSpokane Chiefs .
*TheSeattle Breakers became theSeattle Thunderbirds .Regular season
Final standings
WHL Playoffs
First Round
The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:
*Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
*Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
*Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
*Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
*Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
*Regina (1–9) eliminatedDivision Semi-finals
*Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
*Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0*Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
*Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4Division Finals
*Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
*Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1WHL Championship
*Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1
All-Star Game
On
January 20 , thePortland Winter Hawks defeated the West all-stars 4–3 inPortland, Oregon before a crowd of 3,106On
January 21 , the East all-stars defeated thePrince Albert Raiders 6–3 inPrince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.WHL awards
*Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.
ee also
*
1986 Memorial Cup
*1986 NHL Entry Draft
*1985 in sports
*1986 in sports References
* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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