2012–13 WHL season

2012–13 CHL season
2012–13 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2012 – March 2013; QMJHL; September 2012 – March 2013; WHL; September 2012 – March 2013
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) (1st title)
Runners-up	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

2012–13 WHL season
2012–13 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 20, 2012 – March 17, 2013; Playoffs; March 21, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Portland Winterhawks (3)
Season MVP	Adam Lowry (Swift Current Broncos)
Top scorer	Brendan Leipsic (Portland Winterhawks)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Ty Rattie (Winterhawks)
Finals champions	Portland Winterhawks (3)
Runners-up	Edmonton Oil Kings
WHL seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 WHL season was the 47th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began in September 2012 and ended in March 2013. The Portland Winterhawks won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy with the best record in the regular season. The playoffs began in late March 2013 and ended in mid-May 2013, with the Winterhawks defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings in a rematch of the 2012 final to win their third Ed Chynoweth Cup, their first since 1997–98, and a berth in the 2013 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.^[1] The Saskatoon Blades also participated in the Memorial Cup tournament by virtue of hosting it.

Standings

Conference standings

Western Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Portland Winterhawks ^{x z}	72	57	12	1	2	334	169	117
Kelowna Rockets ^{x z}	72	52	16	3	1	309	178	108
Kamloops Blazers ^x	72	47	20	2	3	261	180	99
Spokane Chiefs ^x	72	44	26	2	0	269	230	90
Tri-City Americans ^x	72	40	27	2	3	246	227	85
Victoria Royals ^x	72	35	30	2	5	223	252	77
Seattle Thunderbirds ^x	72	24	38	7	3	210	286	58
Everett Silvertips ^x	72	25	40	3	4	172	268	57

Prince George Cougars ^e	72	21	43	2	6	177	273	50
Vancouver Giants ^e	72	21	49	2	0	197	299	44

Eastern Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oil Kings ^{x z}	72	51	15	2	4	278	155	108
Saskatoon Blades ^{x z}	72	44	22	2	4	280	221	94
Calgary Hitmen ^x	72	46	21	1	4	266	204	97
Red Deer Rebels ^x	72	39	26	5	2	208	204	85
Prince Albert Raiders ^x	72	37	28	3	4	234	233	81
Swift Current Broncos ^x	72	36	29	3	4	206	193	79
Medicine Hat Tigers ^x	72	36	33	2	1	243	244	75
Kootenay Ice ^x	72	35	35	2	0	203	221	72

Lethbridge Hurricanes ^e	72	28	34	3	7	212	253	66
Moose Jaw Warriors ^e	72	25	36	4	7	182	249	61
Regina Pats ^e	72	25	38	4	5	193	269	59
Brandon Wheat Kings ^e	72	24	40	4	4	189	284	56

x – team has clinched playoff spot y – team is division leader z – team has clinched division

e – team is eliminated from playoff contention

Map of WHL, 2011–12 to 2018–19

200km
125miles

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Oil Kings

Rebels

Hitmen

Ice

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Silvertips

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

Giants

Royals

East Division

Central Division

BC Division

US Division

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	PIM
Brendan Leipsic	Portland Winterhawks	68	49	71	120	103
Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks	71	46	74	120	43
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	62	48	62	110	27
Justin Feser	Tri-City Americans	72	44	62	106	57
Colin Smith	Kamloops Blazers	72	41	65	106	72
Myles Bell	Kelowna Rockets	69	38	55	93	68
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	72	37	55	92	36
Curtis Valk	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	46	45	91	54
Tim Bozon	Kamloops Blazers	69	36	55	91	58
Cody Sylvester	Calgary Hitmen	68	41	49	90	49

Goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.^[3]

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

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	OTL	SOL	SO	GAA	Sv%
Tristan Jarry	Edmonton Oil Kings	27	1495	18	7	0	0	6	1.61	.936
Mac Carruth	Portland Winterhawks	39	2275	30	7	0	2	7	2.06	.929
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	49	2854	33	8	2	4	5	2.25	.917
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	55	3134	33	14	5	0	5	2.26	.935
Cole Cheveldave	Kamloops Blazers	56	3276	36	16	1	1	6	2.38	.908

2013 WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals			Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals			WHL Championship

1	Edmonton	4

8	Kootenay	1
			1	Edmonton	4

			7	Medicine Hat	0
2	Saskatoon	0

7	Medicine Hat	4
						1	Edmonton	4
Eastern
						3	Calgary	3
3	Calgary	4

6	Swift Current	1
			3	Calgary	4

			4	Red Deer	1
4	Red Deer	4

5	Prince Albert	0
									E1	Edmonton	2
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
									W1	Portland	4
1	Portland	4

8	Everett	2
			1	Portland	4

			4	Spokane	0
2	Kelowna	4

7	Seattle	3
						1	Portland	4
Western
						3	Kamloops	1
3	Kamloops	4

6	Victoria	2
			2	Kelowna	0

			3	Kamloops	4
4	Spokane	4

5	Tri-City	1

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (8) Kootenay Ice

March 22

Edmonton Oil Kings

9 – 0

Kootenay Ice

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Mac Carruth	Portland Winterhawks	21	1254	16	4	35	5	.937	1.63
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	1322	14	5	40	5	.935	1.82
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	9	548	5	4	18	1	.941	1.97
Cam Lanigan	Medicine Hat Tigers	8	440	4	4	17	1	.944	2.32
Chris Driedger	Calgary Hitmen	17	1006	11	6	40	1	.931	2.39

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regular season champions	Portland Winterhawks
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Player of the Year	Adam Lowry	Swift Current Broncos
Bob Clarke Trophy	Top Scorer	Brendan Leipsic & Nic Petan (tie)	Portland Winterhawks
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy	Top Defenseman	Brenden Kichton	Spokane Chiefs
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the Year	Seth Jones	Portland Winterhawks
Del Wilson Trophy	Top Goaltender	Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels
WHL Plus-Minus Award	Top Plus-Minus Rating	Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks
Brad Hornung Trophy	Most Sportsmanlike Player	Dylan Wruck	Edmonton Oil Kings
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Scholastic Player of the Year	Josh Morrissey	Prince Albert Raiders
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy	Scholastic team of the Year	Portland Winterhawks
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Coach of the Year	Ryan McGill	Kootenay Ice
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Executive of the Year	Bob Green	Edmonton Oil Kings
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Top Official	Nathan Wieler
St. Clair Group Trophy	Marketing/Public Relations Award	Kamloops Blazers
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Humanitarian of the Year	Cody Sylvester	Calgary Hitmen
WHL Playoff MVP	WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks
Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	G	Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings
Morgan Rielly	Moose Jaw Warriors	D	Alex Roach	Calgary Hitmen
Darren Dietz	Saskatoon Blades	D	Keegan Lowe	Edmonton Oil Kings
Adam Lowry	Swift Current Broncos	F	Sam Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	F	Cody Sylvester	Calgary Hitmen
Curtis Valk	Medicine Hat Tigers	F	Hunter Shinkaruk	Medicine Hat Tigers

Edmonton wins series 4 – 1

Calgary wins series 4 – 1

Portland wins series 4 – 2

2012–13 WHL season

Standings

Conference standings

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Goaltenders

2013 WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (8) Kootenay Ice

(2) Saskatoon Blades vs. (7) Medicine Hat Tigers

(3) Calgary Hitmen vs. (6) Swift Current Broncos

(4) Red Deer Rebels vs (5) Prince Albert Raiders

Western Conference

(1) Portland Winterhawks vs. (8) Everett Silvertips

(2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (7) Seattle Thunderbirds

(3) Kamloops Blazers vs. (6) Victoria Royals

(4) Spokane Chiefs vs. (5) Tri-City Americans

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (7) Medicine Hat Tigers

(3) Calgary Hitmen vs. (4) Red Deer Rebels

Western Conference

(1) Portland Winterhawks vs. (4) Spokane Chiefs

(2) Kelowna Rockets vs. (3) Kamloops Blazers

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (3) Calgary Hitmen

Western Conference

(1) Portland Winterhawks vs. (3) Kamloops Blazers

WHL Championship

(W1) Portland Winterhawks vs. (E1) Edmonton Oil Kings

Playoff scoring leaders

Playoff leading goaltenders

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

See also

References

External links