The 1981–82 WHL season was the 16th 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 ...

. Twelve teams completed a 72-game season. The Portland Winter Hawks won the President's Cup.

League notes

*The New Westminster Bruins relocated to

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, to become the Kamloops Junior Oilers. *The

Spokane Flyers Spokane Flyers could mean: * Spokane Flyers (senior), a former senior ice hockey team in the Western International Hockey League *Spokane Flyers (junior) The Spokane Flyers were a junior ice hockey team that played one and a half seasons in the W ...

ceased operations on December 2, 1981, after playing only 26 games.

Regular season

Final standings

¹Folded mid-season

Scoring leaders

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

1982 WHL Playoffs

First round

*Lethbridge defeated Billings 4 games to 1 *Regina defeated Brandon 4 games to 0 *Calgary defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 1

Division semi-finals

*Lethbridge earned a bye *Regina defeated Calgary 3 games to 1 *Portland defeated Kamloops 4 games to 0 *Seattle defeated Victoria 4 games to 0

Division finals

*Regina defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 3 *Portland defeated Seattle 4 games to 2

WHL Championship

*Portland defeated Regina 4 games to 1

All-Star game

On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–2 at

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, with a crowd of 3,500.

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

References

whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1981-82 Whl Season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL