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2025–26 WHL season

2025–26 WHL season
LeagueWestern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • Regular season
    September 19, 2025 – March 22, 2026
  • Playoffs
    March 27, 2026 –
Teams23
TV partner(s)
2025–26 CHL seasons
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • OHL
    September 2025–May 2026
  • QMJHL
    September 2025–May 2026
  • WHL
    September 2025–May 2026
Teams61
TV partner(s)
Memorial Cup

The 2025–26 WHL season is the 60th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 19, 2025. The Penticton Vees will join as the league's newest franchise, its 23rd, and be placed in the B.C. division of the Western Conference.[1]

The team that wins the championship will win the Ed Chynoweth Cup and represent the WHL at the 2026 Memorial Cup, hosted by the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. The tournament will be held at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.[2]

Conference standings

Standings as of games through February 14, 2026.[3]

Western Conference
Team DIV GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT
Everett Silvertips xy U.S. 54 45 6 2 1 235 132 93 0.861
Penticton Vees B.C. 53 34 11 4 4 214 152 76 0.717
Prince George Cougars B.C. 53 32 19 2 0 194 158 66 0.623
Kelowna Rockets B.C. 53 28 18 5 2 203 185 63 0.594
Kamloops Blazers B.C. 54 25 18 6 5 215 201 61 0.565
Portland Winterhawks U.S. 54 25 24 4 1 195 213 55 0.509
Tri-City Americans U.S. 52 25 23 3 1 152 175 54 0.519
Spokane Chiefs B.C. 53 26 26 1 0 165 173 53 0.500
Victoria Royals B.C. 52 22 22 5 3 164 195 52 0.500
Seattle Thunderbirds U.S. 51 21 23 4 3 174 194 49 0.480
Wenatchee Wild U.S. 54 21 28 3 2 150 189 47 0.435
Vancouver Giants B.C. 54 20 31 1 2 162 228 43 0.398
Eastern Conference
Team DIV GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT
Prince Albert Raiders x East 54 41 8 5 0 248 139 87 0.806
Medicine Hat Tigers x Central 53 36 9 5 3 249 164 80 0.755
Edmonton Oil Kings x Central 53 35 13 3 2 228 165 75 0.708
Calgary Hitmen Central 52 30 15 6 1 198 160 67 0.644
Brandon Wheat Kings East 54 31 22 1 0 215 197 63 0.583
Saskatoon Blades East 55 27 22 4 2 181 184 60 0.545
Regina Pats East 52 19 26 6 1 181 213 45 0.433
Moose Jaw Warriors East 54 19 28 5 2 190 238 45 0.417
Red Deer Rebels Central 52 20 28 2 2 151 194 44 0.423
Lethbridge Hurricanes Central 53 16 36 0 1 156 249 33 0.311
Swift Current Broncos East 53 13 35 3 2 143 265 31 0.292

x – Clinched playoff spot y – Clinched division z – Clinched best regular season record

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists; if there is a tie in goals, players with fewer games played take precedence over those with more. Updated following games played on February 16, 2026.[4]

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
JP Hurlbert Kamloops Blazers 55 36 48 84 39
Cameron Schmidt Vancouver/Seattle 56 38 43 81 52
Liam Ruck Medicine Hat Tigers 54 33 47 80 30
Markus Ruck Medicine Hat Tigers 54 15 64 79 24
Nathan Behm Kamloops Blazers 54 31 44 75 27
Lukas Sawchyn Edmonton Oil Kings 54 21 54 75 30
Jacob Kvasnicka Penticton Vees 52 33 39 72 16
Jonas Woo Medicine Hat Tigers 46 26 44 70 37
Jaxon Jacobson Brandon Wheat Kings 50 20 50 70 24
Miroslav Holinka Edmonton Oil Kings 47 31 38 69 20

Leading goaltenders

These are the top five goaltenders is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average who have played more than 40% of their team's total minutes. Updated following games played on February 14, 2026.[5]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; 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 GA SO GAA Sv%
Anders Miller Calgary/Everett 27 1,542 23 4 0 0 58 3 2.26 .915
Michal Oršulák Prince Albert Raiders 26 1,530 19 4 3 0 63 2 2.47 .898
A. J. Reyelts Penticton Vees 34 2,022 23 5 4 2 85 3 2.52 .905
Joshua Ravensbergen Prince George Cougars 35 2,043 23 11 0 0 89 2 2.61 .917
Raiden LeGall Everett Silvertips 32 1,818 23 3 2 1 80 2 2.64 .899

Regular season

Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendance[6]
Edmonton Oil Kings 17 6,648 113,032
Spokane Chiefs 20 6,144 122,892
Everett Silvertips 19 6,073 115,390
Kelowna Rockets 15 4,738 71,073
Portland Winterhawks 19 4,704 89,376
Saskatoon Blades 17 4,567 77,651
Seattle Thunderbirds 18 4,266 76,788
Prince George Cougars 18 4,115 74,076
Victoria Royals 19 3,975 75,526
Medicine Hat Tigers 17 3,838 65,261
Calgary Hitmen 17 3,816 64,888
Red Deer Rebels 18 3,684 66,327
Vancouver Giants 19 3,618 68,754
Kamloops Blazers 19 3,615 68,685
Tri-City Americans 20 3,601 72,023
Lethbridge Hurricanes 19 3,389 64,400
Penticton Vees 21 3,246 68,170
Regina Pats 18 3,194 57,493
Wenatchee Wild 19 2,728 51,844
Brandon Wheat Kings 21 2,680 56,281
Prince Albert Raiders 15 2,617 39,257
Moose Jaw Warriors 21 2,543 53,414
Swift Current Broncos 17 2,193 37,283
League 426 3,887 1,655,972

See also

References

  1. ^ Rocca, Taylor (June 4, 2025). "Western Hockey League announces home opening dates for 2025-26 WHL Regular Season". Western Hockey League. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "Kelowna named 2026 Memorial Cup host city". City of Kelowna. November 27, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 - 26 Regular Season Conference Standings". CHL.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  4. ^ "WHL 2025-26 Regular Season Official Statistics - Player Statistics". CHL.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  5. ^ "WHL 2025-26 Regular Season Official Statistics - Goalie Statistics". CHL.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  6. ^ "WHL Schedule". CHL.ca/WHL. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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