The 2001–02 WHL season was the 36th season of the
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...
(WHL). The league expanded to nineteen teams with the addition of the
Vancouver Giants. The
Red Deer Rebels won their second consecutive
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for posting the best regular season record; the Rebels also returned to the championship series for a second straight here. However, the
Kootenay Ice defeated the Rebels to win their second
President's Cup and a berth in the
2002 Memorial Cup, where the Ice would win their first
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three Junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tou ...
title.
League notes
*The Vancouver Giants joined the WHL as its 19th franchise. This precipitated a new standings format, with the league moving from three divisions to four, divided into Eastern and Western Conferences. The
Swift Current Broncos moved from the East to the Central division, and the Kootenay Ice movied from the Central to the new B.C. Division—the old West Division was divided into the B.C. and U.S. Divisions.
*The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, with the caveat that the 5th place team in the B.C. Division could qualify in place of the 4th place team in the U.S. Division if they had a better record.
Regular season
Final standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Scoring leaders
''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes''
Goaltending leaders
''Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''
2002 WHL Playoffs
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Conference semifinals
Conference finals
WHL Championship
All-Star games
On January 24, the WHL Eastern All-Stars were defeated by the
OHL Western All-Stars 7–2 at
Red Deer, Alberta
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before a crowd of 6,259.
On February 6, the WHL Western All-Stars defeated the
QMJHL Dilio All-Stars 9–4 at
Rimouski, Quebec before a crowd of 4,762.
WHL awards
All-Star Teams
*source: Western Hockey League press release
See also
*
2002 NHL Entry Draft
*
2001 in sports
2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* 2000–01 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria
** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelić, ...
*
2002 in sports
References
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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