The 2021–22 WHL season is the 56th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The league plans on playing a full 68-game regular season having begun on October 1, 2021, and scheduled to end on April 17, 2022.
The WHL announced that no interconference games will be played during the regular season. On August 16, 2021, the WHL announced a mandatory
COVID-19 vaccination policy for all players, hockey operations staff, officials, and all other employees who regularly interact with players. On September 8, 2021, the WHL announced that due to COVID-19 border restrictions, the schedule had been re-aligned so that the B.C. Division and U.S. Division will not play interdivision games until at least November 2021.
The playoffs are scheduled to begin on April 22, 2022, and end on June 14, 2022; The winning team will be awarded the
Ed Chynoweth Cup
The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honou ...
and will earn a berth in the
2022 Memorial Cup which is to be hosted by the
Saint John Sea Dogs of the
QMJHL
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...
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Standings
Conference standings
x – team has clinched playoff spot
y – team is division leader
z – team has clinched division
e – team is eliminated from playoff contention
Statistical leaders
Scoring leaders
Players are listed by points, then goals.
''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''
Goaltenders
These are the goaltenders that lead the league in
GAA that have played at least 1,200 minutes.
WHL Regular Season: Goaltending leaders
Retrieved on October 4, 2021.
''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage ''
WHL awards
Attendance
See also
* List of WHL seasons
* 2021–22 OHL season
The 2021–22 OHL season was the 42nd season of operation (41st season of play) of the Ontario Hockey League. After the 2020–21 OHL season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league played a full 68-game regular season having begun o ...
* 2021–22 QMJHL season
The 2021–22 QMJHL season was the 53rd season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The league plans on returning to a full 68-game regular season having begun on October 1, 2021 and ending on May 1, 2022.
The playoffs started M ...
References
External links
Official website of the Western Hockey League
Official website of the Canadian Hockey League
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