The 1983–84 WHL season was the 18th season of the

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(WHL). The Kamloops Junior Oilers won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record and the President's Cup as playoff champions—defeating the Regina Pats in the championship series—both for the first time in club history. The season was the first for the second incarnation of the

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after the Nanaimo Islanders relocated from Vancouver Island prior to the season. The season saw

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set a league record with a 108-goal season for the

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Team changes

*The Nanaimo Islanders are relocated to

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, becoming the

Regular season

Final standings

Scoring leaders

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

1984 WHL Playoffs

Qualification playoff

* Calgary defeated Saskatoon 8–7 in overtime to claim the sixth-place tiebreaker.

First round

* Regina defeated Calgary 4 games to 0 * Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 1 * Brandon defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 1

East division round-robin

* Medicine Hat (4–0) advanced directly to the division final. * Regina (2–2) and Brandon (0–4) played in the division semifinal

Division semi-finals

* Medicine Hat earned a bye * Regina defeated Brandon 2 games to 1 * Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0 * Portland defeated New Westminster 5 games to 4

Division finals

* Regina defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1 * Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 0

WHL Championship

* Kamloops defeated Regina 4 games to 3

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

Notes

References

* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1983-84 Whl Season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL