1994–95 WHL Season
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The 1994–95 WHL season was the 29th 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), featuring sixteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Kamloops Blazers entrenched their major junior dynasty by winning their seventh Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, their sixth President's Cup championship—their third in four seasons—and their third
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 in four seasons. The season was the first for the
Prince George Cougars The Prince George Cougars are a Canada, Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia. Founded in 1971 as the Victoria Cougars (WHL), Victoria Cougars, the team was relocated to Prince George in 1994, where it b ...
, after the Victoria Cougars relocated to
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in the off-season, making the Cougars the northern-most team in the Canadian Hockey League.


Team changes

*The Victoria Cougars relocate to
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, becoming the
Prince George Cougars The Prince George Cougars are a Canada, Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia. Founded in 1971 as the Victoria Cougars (WHL), Victoria Cougars, the team was relocated to Prince George in 1994, where it b ...
.


Regular season


Final standings


Scoring leaders

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


1995 WHL Playoffs

*In the West Division, 2 groups of 3 teams played a round robin of 4 games to determine who would advance to the Division Semi-Finals. In group A, Kamloops (3-1) and Portland (3-1) advanced while Seattle (0-4) was eliminated. In group B, Spokane (3-1) and Tri-City (2-2) advanced while Tacoma (1-3) was eliminated.


All-Star game

On January 31, A combined WHL/ QMJHL all-star team defeated the OHL all-stars 8–3 at
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before a crowd of 5,679.


WHL awards


All-Star Teams


See also

* 1995 NHL Entry Draft * 1994 in sports * 1995 in sports


References

* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1994-95 WHL season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL