The 1977–78 WCHL season was the 12th season for the

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. Twelve teams completed a 72-game season. The

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won their fourth consecutive

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and second consecutive

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League notes

*The Calgary Centennials relocated to

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to become the Billings Bighorns. *The Winnipeg Monarchs relocated to

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to become the

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. *The

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relocated to

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to become the

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Regular season

Final standings

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes''

1978 WCHL Playoffs

Division Semi-finals

Round Robin format *Flin Flon (4–4) advanced *Regina (4–4) advanced *Brandon (4–4) eliminated *Billings (6–2) advanced *Medicine Hat (3–5) advanced *Lethbridge (3–5) eliminated *New Westminster (7–1) advanced *Victoria (4–4) advanced *Portland (1–7) eliminated

Division Finals

*Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 1 *Billings defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 0 *New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 1

League semi-finals

Round Robin format *Billings (3–1) advanced *New Westminster (3–1) advanced *Flin Flon (0–4) eliminated

WHL Championship

*New Westminster defeated Billings 4 games to 0

All-Star game

On January 18, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 2–1 at

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with a crowd of 2,814.

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

References

whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1977-78 Wchl Season Western Hockey League seasons WCHL WCHL