2004–05 WHL Season
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The 2004–05 WHL season was the 39th season for the
Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major 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 h ...
. Twenty teams completed a 72-game schedule. The
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won the
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.


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''


2005 WHL playoffs


Conference quarterfinals


Eastern Conference


Western Conference


Conference semifinals


Conference finals


WHL Championship


ADT Canada-Russia Challenge The CHL Canada–Russia Series is an annual junior ice hockey exhibition tournament, held between a select team of Russian players and all-star teams representing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, and the Western ...

On December 1, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 6–0 in
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before a crowd of 6,443. On December 2, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 5–2 in
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before a crowd of 5,152. The WHL has an all-time record of 4–0 against the Russian Selects since the tournament began in 2003–04.


WHL awards


All-Star Teams

*source: Western Hockey League press release


2005 Bantam Draft

The 2005
WHL Bantam Draft The WHL Bantam Draft is an annual outing, in which the teams of the Western Hockey League select players who have graduated from bantam. The draft's order of selection depends on where the team finishes in the league standings. The teams that mi ...
was the 16th annual draft into the WHL. It was held at the WHL head office in Calgary, on May 5, 2005. :''List of first round picks in the bantam draft.''


See also

*
2005 Memorial Cup The 2005 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2005 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was held May 21–29, 2005 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. It was the 87th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ic ...
* 2005 NHL Entry Draft *
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* 2005 in sports


References


whl.ca
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