2011–12 WHL season

2011–12 CHL season
2011–12 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL; September 2011 – March 2012; QMJHL; September 2011 – March 2012; WHL; September 2011 – March 2012
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) (1st title)
Runners-up	London Knights (OHL)

2011–12 WHL season
2011–12 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 22, 2011 – March 18, 2012; Playoffs; March 22, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Edmonton Oil Kings (1)
Season MVP	Brendan Shinnimin (Tri-City Americans)
Top scorer	Brendan Shinnimin (Tri-City Americans)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Laurent Brossoit (Oil Kings)
Finals champions	Edmonton Oil Kings (1)
Runners-up	Portland Winterhawks
WHL seasons
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 WHL season was the 46th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began in September 2011 and ended in March 2012. The playoffs began on March 22 and ended in early May when the regular season-champion Edmonton Oil Kings won their first Ed Chynoweth Cup, defeating the Portland Winterhawks in the championship series and earning a berth in the 2012 Memorial Cup tournament.^[1] This was the inaugural season of the Victoria Royals—the team relocated to Victoria, British Columbia from Chilliwack, where they had played as the Chilliwack Bruins from 2006 until 2011.^[2]

Regular season

Standings

Conference standings

Western Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Tri-City Americans ^{x z}	72	50	18	2	2	281	190	104
Kamloops Blazers ^{x z}	72	47	20	2	3	290	211	99
Portland Winterhawks ^x	72	49	19	3	1	328	229	102
Vancouver Giants ^x	72	40	26	2	4	255	234	86
Spokane Chiefs ^x	72	38	25	5	4	257	225	85
Kelowna Rockets ^x	72	31	31	4	6	217	242	72
Victoria Royals ^x	72	24	41	3	4	233	325	55
Everett Silvertips ^x	72	22	40	2	8	185	268	54

Seattle Thunderbirds ^e	72	25	45	1	1	173	292	52
Prince George Cougars ^e	72	24	46	0	2	166	257	50

Eastern Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oil Kings ^x ^z	72	50	15	3	4	310	193	107
Moose Jaw Warriors ^x ^z	72	45	19	6	2	258	213	98
Calgary Hitmen ^x	72	44	25	2	1	273	221	91
Medicine Hat Tigers ^x	72	42	24	2	4	255	209	90
Saskatoon Blades ^x	72	40	29	1	2	268	250	83
Brandon Wheat Kings ^x	72	39	28	1	4	273	257	83
Regina Pats ^x	72	37	27	6	2	230	214	82
Kootenay Ice ^x	72	36	26	6	4	222	201	82

Red Deer Rebels ^e	72	32	34	1	5	204	231	70
Swift Current Broncos ^e	72	27	37	2	6	216	272	62
Lethbridge Hurricanes ^e	72	29	42	0	1	225	292	59
Prince Albert Raiders ^e	72	21	45	3	3	219	312	48

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.^[3]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	PIM
Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans	69	58	76	134	82
Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings	66	41	82	123	22
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	69	57	64	121	54
Adam Hughesman	Tri-City Americans	72	50	66	116	42
Jordan Weal	Regina Pats	70	41	75	116	36
Patrick Holland	Tri-City Americans	72	25	84	109	48
Emerson Etem	Medicine Hat Tigers	65	61	46	107	34
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	72	45	60	105	49
Micheal Ferland	Brandon Wheat Kings	68	47	49	96	84
Sven Bartschi	Portland Winterhawks	47	33	61	94	36

Goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.^[4]

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%
Ty Rimmer	Tri-City Americans	46	2665	31	12	1	1	5	2.43	.922
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	61	3574	42	13	2	3	3	2.47	.914
Nathan Lieuwen	Kootenay Ice	57	3340	27	20	6	2	3	2.50	.914
Luke Siemens	Moose Jaw Warriors¹	56	3202	35	14	4	2	4	2.55	.908
Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers	61	3616	39	17	2	3	3	2.57	.921

¹ - Also played for Everett Silvertips

Players

2011 NHL Entry Draft

In total, 33 WHL players were selected at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was selected first overall in the draft.

2011 NHL Entry Draft (WHL draftees)

1st Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
1	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Red Deer Rebels	Edmonton Oilers
11	Duncan Siemens	Saskatoon Blades	Colorado Avalanche
13	Sven Bartschi	Portland Winterhawks	Calgary Flames
18	Mark McNeill	Prince Albert Raiders	Chicago Blackhawks
23	Joe Morrow	Portland Winterhawks	Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
31	David Musil	Vancouver Giants	Edmonton Oilers
32	Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	St. Louis Blues
46	Joel Edmundson	Moose Jaw Warriors	St. Louis Blues
57	Tyler Wotherspoon	Portland Winterhawks	Calgary Flames

3rd Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
67	Adam Lowry	Swift Current Broncos	Winnipeg Jets
73	Keegan Lowe	Edmonton Oil Kings	Carolina Hurricanes
74	Travis Ewanyk	Edmonton Oil Kings	Edmonton Oilers
84	Harrison Ruopp	Prince Albert Raiders	Phoenix Coyotes

4th Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
106	Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	New York Rangers
107	Colin Jacobs	Seattle Thunderbirds	Buffalo Sabres
111	Kale Kessy	Medicine Hat Tigers	Phoenix Coyotes
115	Marek Tvrdon	Vancouver Giants	Detroit Red Wings
118	Marcel Noebels	Seattle Thunderbirds	Philadelphia Flyers
119	Zachary Yuen	Tri-City Americans	Winnipeg Jets

5th Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
125	John Persson	Red Deer Rebels	New York Islanders
127	Brenden Kichton	Spokane Chiefs	New York Islanders
134	Shane McColgan	Kelowna Rockets	New York Rangers
138	Darren Dietz	Saskatoon Blades	Montreal Canadiens
141	Darian Dziurzynski	Saskatoon Blades	Phoenix Coyotes
144	Dominik Uher	Spokane Chiefs	Pittsburgh Penguins

6th Round
#	Player	WHL team	NHL team
156	Darren Kramer	Spokane Chiefs	Ottawa Senators
159	Reece Scarlett	Swift Current Broncos	New Jersey Devils
164	Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	Calgary Flames
165	Matej Stransky	Saskatoon Blades	Dallas Stars
167	Nathan Lieuwen	Kootenay Ice	Buffalo Sabres
175	Richard Nedomlel	Swift Current Broncos	Detroit Red Wings

7th Round
#	Nat.	Player	WHL team	NHL team
186		Jordan Fransoo	Brandon Wheat Kings	Ottawa Senators
193		Brody Sutter	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Carolina Hurricanes

Subway Super Series

The Subway Super Series was a six-game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL)—one team from each of the QMJHL, the OHL, and the WHL—versus Russia's national junior hockey team.

Results

Date	Location	Winner		Loser
November 7, 2011	Victoriaville, QC	Russian Selects	2	0	QMJHL all-stars
November 9, 2011	Quebec City, QC	Russian Selects	5	4	QMJHL all-stars
November 10, 2011	Ottawa, ON	OHL all-stars	10	7	Russian Selects
November 14, 2011	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	OHL all-stars	6	3	Russian Selects
November 16, 2011	Regina, SK	WHL all-stars	5	2	Russian Selects
November 17, 2011	Moose Jaw, SK	Russian Selects	7	5	WHL all-stars
CHL wins series 3–2–1

2012 WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals			Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals			WHL Championship

1	Edmonton	4

8	Kootenay	0
			1	Edmonton	4

			6	Brandon	0
2	Moose Jaw	4

7	Regina	1
						1	Edmonton	4
Eastern
						2	Moose Jaw	1
3	Calgary	1

6	Brandon	4
			2	Moose Jaw	4

			4	Medicine Hat	0
4	Medicine Hat	4

5	Saskatoon	0
									E1	Edmonton	4
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
									W3	Portland	3
1	Tri-City	4

8	Everett	0
			1	Tri-City	4

			5	Spokane	3
2	Kamloops	4

7	Victoria	0
						1	Tri-City	0
Western
						3	Portland	4
3	Portland	4

6	Kelowna	0
			2	Kamloops	3

			3	Portland	4
4	Vancouver	2

5	Spokane	4

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

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

March 23

Edmonton Oil Kings

3 – 0

Kootenay Ice

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sven Baertschi	Portland Winterhawks	22	14	20	34	10
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	21	19	14	33	12
Marcel Noebels	Portland Winterhawks	22	8	15	23	6
Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans	15	7	16	23	28
Brad Ross	Portland Winterhawks	22	12	10	22	57
Adam Hughesman	Tri-City Americans	15	9	10	19	12
Curtis Lazar	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	8	11	19	4
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	7	12	19	6
Patrick Holland	Tri-City Americans	14	6	13	19	22
James Henry	Moose Jaw Warriors	14	6	12	18	16

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Brandon Glover	Calgary Hitmen	4	224	1	2	7	1	0.941	1.87
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	1204	16	4	41	2	0.933	2.04
Eric Williams	Spokane Chiefs	12	702	7	4	26	0	0.926	2.22
Ty Rimmer	Tri-City Americans	15	951	8	7	39	1	0.919	2.46
Justin Paulic	Moose Jaw Warriors	2	117	1	1	5	0	0.906	2.57

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Regular season champions	Edmonton Oil Kings
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy	Player of the Year	Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans
Bob Clarke Trophy	Top Scorer	Brendan Shinnimin	Tri-City Americans
Bill Hunter Trophy	Top Defenseman	Alex Petrovic	Red Deer Rebels
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the Year	Sam Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Del Wilson Trophy	Top Goaltender	Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers
WHL Plus-Minus Award	Top Plus-Minus Rating	Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings
Brad Hornung Trophy	Most Sportsmanlike Player	Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy	Scholastic Player of the Year	Reid Gow	Spokane Chiefs
Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy	Scholastic team of the Year	Edmonton Oil Kings
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy	Coach of the Year	Jim Hiller	Tri-City Americans
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy	Executive of the Year	Bob Green	Edmonton Oil Kings
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy	Top Official	Pat Smith
St. Clair Group Trophy	Marketing/Public Relations Award	Corey Nyhagen	Moose Jaw Warriors
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	Humanitarian of the Year	Taylor Vause	Swift Current Broncos
WHL Playoff MVP	WHL Finals Most Valuable Player	Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings
Professional Hockey Achievement Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Tyler Bunz	Medicine Hat Tigers	G	Nathan Lieuwen	Kootenay Ice
Alex Petrovic	Red Deer Rebels	D	Mark Pysyk	Edmonton Oil Kings
Ryan Pulock	Brandon Wheat Kings	D	Brandon Davidson	Regina Pats
Emerson Etem	Medicine Hat Tigers	F	Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings
Mark Stone	Brandon Wheat Kings	F	Max Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Jordan Weal	Regina Pats	F	Micheal Ferland	Brandon Wheat Kings

2011–12 WHL season

Regular season

Standings

Conference standings

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Goaltenders

Players

2011 NHL Entry Draft

Subway Super Series

Results

2012 WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

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

(2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (7) Regina Pats

(3) Calgary Hitmen vs. (6) Brandon Wheat Kings

(4) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (5) Saskatoon Blades

Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Americans vs. (8) Everett Silvertips

(2) Kamloops Blazers vs. (7) Victoria Royals

(3) Portland Winterhawks vs. (6) Kelowna Rockets

(4) Vancouver Giants vs. (5) Spokane Chiefs

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (6) Brandon Wheat Kings

(2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (4) Medicine Hat Tigers

Western Conference

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

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

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (2) Moose Jaw Warriors

Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Americans vs. (3) Portland Winterhawks

WHL Championship

(E1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. (W3) Portland Winterhawks

Playoff scoring leaders

Playoff leading goaltenders

Memorial Cup

WHL awards

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

See also

References

External links