1974–75 WCHL season | |
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League | Western Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Victoria Cougars (1) |
Season MVP | Bryan Trottier (Lethbridge Broncos) |
Top scorer | Mel Bridgman (Victoria Cougars) |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | New Westminster Bruins (1) |
Runners-up | Saskatoon Blades |
WHL seasons | |
← 1973–74 1975–76 → |
1974–75 Canadian major junior season | |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of teams | 33 |
OMJHL | |
QMJHL | |
WCHL | |
Memorial Cup | |
Finals champions | Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) (7th title) |
Runners-up | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
The 1974–75 WCHL season was the ninth season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). It featured twelve teams playing a 70-game regular season, an increase from 68. The Victoria Cougars topped the regular season standings with 47 wins. In the playoffs, the New Westminster Bruins defeated the Saskatoon Blades in a seven-game championship series to win the President's Cup. With the win, the Bruins earned a berth at the 1975 Memorial Cup tournament, in which they lost the final to the Toronto Marlboros, who captured their record seventh national title.
The season was the first for the Lethbridge Broncos, after the Swift Current Broncos relocated prior to the season.
East Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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xSaskatoon Blades | 70 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 86 | 344 | 244 |
xLethbridge Broncos | 70 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 66 | 302 | 315 |
xRegina Pats | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 63 | 260 | 288 |
xBrandon Wheat Kings | 70 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 59 | 276 | 320 |
Winnipeg Clubs | 70 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 58 | 265 | 366 |
Flin Flon Bombers | 70 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 47 | 262 | 389 |
West Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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xVictoria Cougars | 70 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 99 | 416 | 257 |
xMedicine Hat Tigers | 70 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 88 | 380 | 291 |
xNew Westminster Bruins | 70 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 85 | 319 | 260 |
xKamloops Chiefs | 70 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 84 | 327 | 279 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | 70 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 75 | 340 | 321 |
Calgary Centennials | 70 | 11 | 51 | 8 | 30 | 236 | 399 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Mel Bridgman | Victoria Cougars | 66 | 66 | 91 | 157 | 175 |
Bryan Trottier | Lethbridge Broncos | 67 | 46 | 98 | 144 | 103 |
Don Murdoch | Medicine Hat Tigers | 70 | 82 | 59 | 141 | 83 |
Dave Faulkner | Regina Pats | 70 | 56 | 66 | 122 | 59 |
Don Ashby | Calgary Centennials | 70 | 52 | 68 | 120 | 71 |
Rich Gosselin | Flin Flon Bombers | 70 | 47 | 69 | 116 | 83 |
Peter Morris | Victoria Cougars | 70 | 43 | 72 | 115 | 173 |
Barry Dean | Medicine Hat Tigers | 64 | 40 | 75 | 115 | 173 |
Danny Lucas | Victoria Cougars | 70 | 57 | 56 | 113 | 74 |
Rick Blight | Brandon Wheat Kings | 65 | 60 | 52 | 112 | 65 |
Greg Miazga | Victoria Cougars | 70 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 117 |
On January 15, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–1 at Victoria, British Columbia in front of a crowd of 3,452.
Preceded by | WHL seasons | Succeeded by |