The 2001–02 WHL season was the 36th 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 ...

. Nineteen teams completed a 72-game season. The

Kootenay Ice The Kootenay Ice (officially stylized as ICE) were a major junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and competed in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team played its home games at Western Financial Place. The franchise ...

won the President's Cup before going on to win the

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between ...

League notes

*The

Vancouver Giants The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in ...

joined the WHL as its 19th franchise. *The Swift Current Broncos moved from the East division to the Central division. *The

moved from the Central division to the B.C. division. *With the addition of the Giants, the WHL abandoned the three division format and moved to two conferences of two divisions each. Ten teams in the East and nine in the West. *The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, though 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 game

On January 24, the WHL Eastern All-Stars were defeated by the OHL Western All-Stars 7–2 at

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with a crowd of 6,259. On February 6, the WHL Western All-Stars defeated the

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Dilio All-Stars 9–4 at

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with a crowd of 4,762.

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

*source: Western Hockey League press release

References

whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 WHL season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL

League notes

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

2002 WHL Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

WHL Championship

All-Star game

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

See also

References