2000–01 WHL season

2000–01 WHL season
LeagueWestern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Teams18
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial TrophyRed Deer Rebels (1)
Season MVPJustin Mapletoft (Red Deer Rebels)
Top scorerJustin Mapletoft (Red Deer Rebels)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPShane Bendera (Rebels)
Finals championsRed Deer Rebels (1)
  Runners-upPortland Winter Hawks
2000–01 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
September 2000 – March 2001
QMJHL
September 2000 – March 2001
WHL
September 2000 – March 2001
Teams60
TV partner(s)RDS
Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers TV
Shaw TV
Season MVPSimon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL)
Top scorerSimon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL)
Memorial Cup
Finals championsRed Deer Rebels (WHL) (1st title)
  Runners-upVal-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)


The 2000–01 WHL season was the 35th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured eighteen teams completing a 72-game season. The Red Deer Rebels won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, for best regular season record, and the President's Cup as playoff champions, both for the first time in team history. The latter earned the Rebels a berth in the 2001 Memorial Cup tournament, hosted by the Regina Pats, where the Rebels finished their season by winning the national title.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

East Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
x Swift Current Broncos 72 43 20 7 2 95 275 215
x Regina Pats 72 40 27 3 2 85 285 242
x Moose Jaw Warriors 72 34 29 4 5 77 287 291
x Brandon Wheat Kings 72 32 32 5 3 72 244 242
Saskatoon Blades 72 19 43 5 5 48 193 265
Prince Albert Raiders 72 18 47 3 4 43 204 348
Central Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
x Red Deer Rebels 72 54 12 3 3 114 304 168
x Kootenay Ice 72 45 17 4 6 100 286 213
x Calgary Hitmen 72 37 27 5 3 82 284 250
x Lethbridge Hurricanes 72 29 35 4 4 66 200 229
Medicine Hat Tigers 72 24 40 5 4 56 271 316
West Division GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
x Kelowna Rockets 72 37 23 7 5 86 259 240
x Portland Winter Hawks 72 37 27 5 3 82 244 237
x Kamloops Blazers 72 35 28 7 2 79 289 274
x Spokane Chiefs 72 35 28 7 2 79 242 219
x Prince George Cougars 72 31 33 4 4 70 242 266
x Seattle Thunderbirds 72 30 33 8 1 69 262 299
Tri-City Americans 72 21 36 8 7 57 217 284
Map of WHL, 1998–97 to 2000–01
190km
118miles
Wheat Kings
Pats
Warriors
Raiders
Blades
Broncos
Tigers
Hurricanes
Rebels
Hitmen
Ice
Chiefs
Americans
Rockets
Blazers
Thunderbirds
Winter Hawks
Cougars
   East Division
   Central Division
   West Division

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels 70 43 77 120 111
Layne Ulmer Swift Current Broncos 68 63 56 119 75
Jared Aulin Kamloops Blazers 70 31 77 108 62
Jarret Stoll Kootenay Ice 62 40 66 106 105
Blake Evans Tri-City/Regina 67 52 50 102 120
Kyle Wanvig Red Deer Rebels 69 55 46 101 202
Konstantin Panov Kamloops Blazers 69 44 56 100 52
Jordan Krestanovich Calgary Hitmen 70 40 60 100 32
Nathan Barrett Lethbridge Hurricanes 70 46 53 99 66
Rory McDade Kelowna Rockets 72 28 70 98 50

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Shane Bendera Red Deer Rebels 45 2604 32 8 2 107 5 .903 2.47
B. J. Boxma Kootenay/Swift Current 48 2791 28 15 2 123 0 .903 2.64
Dan Blackburn Kootenay Ice 50 2924 33 14 2 135 1 .907 2.77
Michael Garnett Red Deer/Saskatoon 49 2640 21 22 3 122 4 .902 2.77
Joel Martin Lethbridge Hurricanes 44 2352 17 18 1 107 2 .884 2.88

2001 WHL Playoffs

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Finals
            
C1 Red Deer 4
C4 Lethbridge 1
C1 Red Deer 4
C3 Calgary 2
E1 Swift Current 4
E4 Brandon 2
C1 Red Deer 4
E1 Swift Current 2
E2 Regina 2
C3 Calgary 4
E1 Swift Current 4
C2 Kootenay 3
C2 Kootenay 4
E3 Moose Jaw 0
C1 Red Deer 4
W2 Portland 1
W1 Kelowna 2
W6 Seattle 4
W4 Spokane 3
W6 Seattle 0
W2 Portland 4
W5 Prince George 2
W2 Portland 4
W4 Spokane 1
W3 Kamloops 0
W4 Spokane 4
W2 Portland bye
 

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (C4) Lethbridge Hurricanes

March 23 Red Deer Rebels 2 – 3 OT Lethbridge Hurricanes ENMAX Centrium  
16:45 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (1) First period No scoring
8:57 - Kyle Wanvig (2) Second period Martin Podlešák (1) - 19:01
No scoring Third period Tomáš Kopecký (1) - 13:25
No scoring First overtime period Brian Patterson (1) - 7:46
Shane Bendera (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Blake Ward (30 saves / 32 shots)
March 24 Red Deer Rebels 5 – 0 Lethbridge Hurricanes ENMAX Centrium  
12:11 - Jeff Smith (1) First period No scoring
2:54 - Doug Lynch (1)
5:53 - Andrew Bergen (1) 		Second period No scoring
3:09 - pp - Andrew Bergen (2)
8:38 - sh - Boyd Gordon (1) 		Third period No scoring
Shane Bendera (21 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Blake Ward (28 saves / 33 shots)
Joel Martin (5 saves / 5 shots)
March 27 Lethbridge Hurricanes 1 – 6 Red Deer Rebels ENMAX Centre  
7:55 - Nathan Barrett (1) First period Ross Lupaschuk (1) - pp - 4:58
Justin Mapletoft (1) - pp - 6:26
Justin Mapletoft (2) - pp - 16:16
Martin Erat (1) - pp - 17:29
No scoring Second period Andrew Bergen (3) - sh - 19:24
No scoring Third period Diarmuid Kelly (1) - pp - 11:17
Blake Ward (30 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (21 saves / 22 shots)
March 28 Lethbridge Hurricanes 0 – 6 Red Deer Rebels ENMAX Centre  
No scoring First period Justin Mapletoft (3) - pp - 11:02
Martin Erat (2) - 11:44
Devin Franco (1) - 18:37
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Justin Mapletoft (4) - 4:11
Kyle Wanvig (3) - pp - 8:49
Boyd Gordon (2) - pp - 11:31
Joel Martin (27 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (10 saves / 10 shots)
March 30 Red Deer Rebels 7 – 2 Lethbridge Hurricanes ENMAX Centrium  
2:59 - Justin Mapletoft (5)
7:01 - Martin Erat (3)
11:15 - pp - Ross Lupaschuk (2)
18:08 - pp - Justin Mapletoft (6) 		First period Brett O'Malley (1) - 5:16
10:01 - Jeff Smith (2)
14:52 - Justin Mapletoft (7)
19:18 - pp - Martin Erat (4) 		Second period Warren McCutcheon (1) - pp - 7:34
No scoring Third period No scoring
Shane Bendera (10 saves / 12 shots) Goalie stats Blake Ward (33 saves / 40 shots)
Red Deer wins series 4 – 1

(E1) Swift Current Broncos vs. (E4) Brandon Wheat Kings

March 23 Swift Current Broncos 0 – 3 Brandon Wheat Kings Centennial Civic Centre
March 24 Swift Current Broncos 4 – 2 Brandon Wheat Kings Centennial Civic Centre
March 26 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – 4 OT Swift Current Broncos Keystone Arena
March 27 Brandon Wheat Kings 2 – 3 Swift Current Broncos Keystone Arena
March 30 Swift Current Broncos 2 – 5 Brandon Wheat Kings Centennial Civic Centre
April 2 Brandon Wheat Kings 2 – 3 Swift Current Broncos Keystone Arena
Swift Current wins series 4 – 2

(E2) Regina Pats vs. (C3) Calgary Hitmen

March 23 Regina Pats 5 – 2 Calgary Hitmen Regina Agridome  
9:09 - pp - Filip Novak (1)
12:12 - Blake Evans (1) 		First period Matt Kinch (1) - pp - 18:18
No scoring Second period Anton Bader (1) - 1:48
4:47 - Blake Evans (2)
9:26 - pp - Garth Murray (1)
19:22 - en - Brett Lysak (1) 		Third period No scoring
Donald Choukalos (19 saves / 21 shots)
Chad Davidson (12 saves / 12 shots) 		Goalie stats Brady Block (32 saves / 36 shots)
March 24 Regina Pats 1 – 4 Calgary Hitmen Regina Agridome  
No scoring First period Pavel Brendl (1) - sh - 14:26
Sean McAslan (1) - 19:49
No scoring Second period Sean McAslan (2) - 5:54
Brandon Segal (1) - 7:56
9:36 - Curtis Austring (1) Third period No scoring
Donald Choukalos (28 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Brady Block (30 saves / 31 shots)
March 26 Calgary Hitmen 4 – 3 OT Regina Pats Pengrowth Saddledome  
2:05 - pp - Pavel Brendl (2) First period No scoring
19:51 - pp - Owen Fussey (1) Second period Brett Lysak (2) - 3:30
Karel Mošovský (1) - pp - 10:00
12:24 - Shaun Norrie (1) Third period Blake Evans (3) - 18:12
9:08 - Johnny Boychuk (1) First overtime period No scoring
Brady Block (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Donald Choukalos (23 saves / 27 shots)
March 28 Calgary Hitmen 7 – 2 Regina Pats Pengrowth Saddledome  
6:54 - Jordan Krestanovich (1)
18:49 - pp - Jordan Krestanovich (2) 		First period Curtis Austring (2) - 2:12
Brett Lysak (3) - pp - 5:35
6:10 - sh - Sean McAslan (3)
11:06 - Pavel Brendl (3) 		Second period No scoring
3:41 - Robin Gomez (1)
6:44 - Robin Gomez (2)
19:25 - pp - Robin Gomez (3) 		Third period No scoring
Brady Block (20 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Donald Choukalos (15 saves / 18 shots)
Chad Davidson (17 saves / 21 shots)
March 29 Regina Pats 4 – 1 Calgary Hitmen Regina Agridome  
No scoring First period No scoring
11:59 - pp - Blake Evans (4) Second period No scoring
8:24 - Curtis Austring (3)
15:44 - Kevin Korol (1)
19:47 - en - Brett Lysak (4) 		Third period Robin Gomez (4) - 3:24
Donald Choukalos (26 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Brady Block (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 1 Calgary Hitmen 4 – 3 Regina Pats Pengrowth Saddledome  
14:18 - Jordan Krestanovich (3) First period Blake Evans (5) - pp - 16:22
0:40 - pp - Matt Kinch (2) Second period Blake Evans (6) - 10:35
Brett Lysak (5) - pp - 11:46
13:12 - Pavel Brendl (4)
19:45 - Pavel Brendl (5) 		Third period No scoring
Brady Block (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Donald Choukalos (24 saves / 28 shots)
Calgary wins series 4 – 2

(C2) Kootenay Ice vs. (E3) Moose Jaw Warriors

March 23 Kootenay Ice 6 – 2 Moose Jaw Warriors Cranbrook Recreational Complex  
2:03 - pp - Jarret Stoll (1)
3:58 - Bret DeCecco (1)
7:35 - Zdeněk Blatný (1) 		First period No scoring
0:54 - Jason Jaffray (1) Second period Brian Sutherby (1) - pp - 7:24
12:18 - pp - Jason Jaffray (2)
17:32 - sh - Bret DeCecco (2) 		Third period Brian Sutherby (2) - 16:10
Dan Blackburn (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Tim Barlow (36 saves / 42 shots)
March 24 Kootenay Ice 4 – 0 Moose Jaw Warriors Cranbrook Recreational Complex  
No scoring First period No scoring
3:06 - Marek Svatoš (1) Second period No scoring
1:47 - pp - Jason Jaffray (3)
10:52 - Bret DeCecco (3)
19:26 - en - Jarret Stoll (2) 		Third period No scoring
Dan Blackburn (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Tim Barlow (32 saves / 35 shots)
March 27 Moose Jaw Warriors 3 – 8 Kootenay Ice Moose Jaw Civic Centre  
12:31 - pp - Shawn Limpright (1) First period Jarret Stoll (3) - 3:15
Zdeněk Blatný (2) - 17:09
16:23 - Nathan Paetsch (1) Second period Zdeněk Blatný (3) - pp - 2:42
Cole Fischer (1) - pp - 3:21
Aaron Rome (1) - pp - 12:18
0:24 - Steven Crampton (1) Third period Jason Jaffray (4) - 2:43
Jason Jaffray (5) - sh - 4:58
Patrick Iannone (1) - pp - 19:50
Tim Barlow (29 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Dan Blackburn (39 saves / 42 shots)
March 28 Moose Jaw Warriors 1 – 5 Kootenay Ice Moose Jaw Civic Centre  
No scoring First period Zdeněk Blatný (4) - pp - 1:47
7:20 - pp - Jarrett Thompson (1) Second period Zdeněk Blatný (5) - 9:36
Richard Hamula (1) - 10:11
Zdeněk Blatný (6) - 15:01
No scoring Third period Cole Fischer (2) - pp - 12:03
Tim Barlow (32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Dan Blackburn (42 saves / 43 shots)
Jeff Harvey (1 save / 1 shot)
Kootenay wins series 4 – 0

Western Conference

(W1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (W6) Seattle Thunderbirds

March 30 Kelowna Rockets 4 – 5 OT Seattle Thunderbirds Skyreach Place
March 31 Kelowna Rockets 5 – 0 Seattle Thunderbirds Skyreach Place
April 5 Seattle Thunderbirds 5 – 1 Kelowna Rockets KeyArena at Seattle Center
April 6 Seattle Thunderbirds 3 – 2 OT Kelowna Rockets KeyArena at Seattle Center
April 8 Kelowna Rockets 2 – 1 OT Seattle Thunderbirds Skyreach Place
April 9 Seattle Thunderbirds 4 – 2 Kelowna Rockets KeyArena at Seattle Center
Seattle wins series 4 – 2

(W2) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (W5) Prince George Cougars

March 30 Portland Winter Hawks 5 – 2 Prince George Cougars Memorial Coliseum  
15:28 - Shawn Roed (1)
19:15 - pp - Paul Gaustad (1) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Dan Baum (1) - 7:34
Mark Kitts (1) - 8:08
2:01 - Nick Marach (1)
12:11 - Josh Olson (1)
18:49 - en - Paul Gaustad (2) 		Third period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Billy Thompson (38 saves / 42 shots)
March 31 Portland Winter Hawks 3 – 2 OT Prince George Cougars Memorial Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
0:37 - Joey Hope (1)
5:04 - Dean Beuker (1) 		Third period Dan Hamhuis (1) - sh - 8:40
Blake Robson (1) - pp - 19:57
2:23 - Dean Beuker (2) First overtime period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Billy Thompson (43 saves / 46 shots)
April 3 Prince George Cougars 6 – 3 Portland Winter Hawks CN Centre  
6:51 - pp - Aaron Foster (1)
9:31 - pp - Berkeley Buchko (1)
19:52 - pp - Aaron Foster (2) 		First period Paul Gaustad (3) - pp - 14:44
Marcel Hossa (1) - pp - 19:25
5:37 - pp - Justin Cox (1)
7:57 - pp - Justin Cox (2)
15:12 - pp - Christian Chartier (1) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Matt Girling (1) - pp - 3:16
Billy Thompson (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (16 saves / 22 shots)
Jomar Cruz (11 saves / 11 shots)
April 4 Prince George Cougars 4 – 3 OT Portland Winter Hawks CN Centre  
7:37 - pp - Tim Wedderburn (1)
16:34 - pp - Aaron Foster (3) 		First period Paul Gaustad (4) - 19:10
Jozef Balej (1) - 19:34
2:07 - Berkeley Buchko (2) Second period Jozef Balej (2) - 4:07
No scoring Third period No scoring
3:31 - Derek Boogaard (1) First overtime period No scoring
Billy Thompson (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (17 saves / 21 shots)
April 8 Portland Winter Hawks 6 – 0 Prince George Cougars Memorial Coliseum  
5:07 - Nick Marach (2)
11:18 - Josh Olson (2) 		First period No scoring
1:36 - pp - Shawn Roed (2)
2:03 - Willy Glover (1) 		Second period No scoring
18:07 - Jozef Balej (3)
18:25 - Matt Girling (2) 		Third period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (20 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Billy Thompson (18 saves / 22 shots)
Kyle Stanton (16 saves / 18 shots)
April 9 Prince George Cougars 3 – 5 Portland Winter Hawks CN Centre  
5:37 - sh - Dan Hamhuis (2)
13:14 - Justin Cox (3) 		First period Nick Marach (3) - 12:24
8:03 - pp - Berkeley Buchko (3) Second period Garrett Prosofsky (1) - pp - 12:55
Marcel Hossa (2) - pp - 18:03
No scoring Third period Marcel Hossa (3) - 4:36
Paul Gaustad (5) - 10:12
Billy Thompson (33 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (17 saves / 20 shots)
Portland wins series 4 – 2

(W3) Kamloops Blazers vs. (W4) Spokane Chiefs

March 30 Kamloops Blazers 1 – 3 Spokane Chiefs Sport Mart Place
April 1 Kamloops Blazers 2 – 5 Spokane Chiefs Sport Mart Place
April 3 Spokane Chiefs 9 – 2 Kamloops Blazers Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
April 8 Spokane Chiefs 3 – 0 Kamloops Blazers Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane wins series 4 – 0

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (C3) Calgary Hitmen

April 6 Red Deer Rebels 1 – 4 Calgary Hitmen ENMAX Centrium  
No scoring First period Matt Kinch (3) - 4:20
6:07 - Colby Armstrong (1) Second period Pavel Brendl (6) - 1:18
Jordan Krestanovich (4) - pp - 6:57
No scoring Third period Shaun Sutter (1) - 4:07
Shane Bendera (26 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Brady Block (24 saves / 25 shots)
April 7 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 2 2OT Calgary Hitmen ENMAX Centrium  
15:03 - Jeff Woywitka (1) First period Jordan Krestanovich (5) - 17:27
Kris Beech (1) - pp - 17:41
No scoring Second period No scoring
1:39 - Justin Mapletoft (8) Third period No scoring
13:30 - Colby Armstrong (2) Second overtime period No scoring
Shane Bendera (48 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Brady Block (38 saves / 41 shots)
April 11 Calgary Hitmen 2 – 6 Red Deer Rebels Pengrowth Saddledome  
15:02 - pp - Pavel Brendl (7) First period Andrew Bergen (4) - 9:34
Martin Erat (5) - sh - 16:00
No scoring Second period Bryce Thoma (1) - 10:09
Jim Vandermeer (1) - pp - 11:28
Martin Erat (6) - 13:05
19:21 - Owen Fussey (2) Third period Joel Stepp (1) - pp - 12:00
Brady Block (25 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (24 saves / 26 shots)
April 12 Calgary Hitmen 3 – 1 Red Deer Rebels Pengrowth Saddledome  
13:03 - Robin Gomez (5) First period Martin Erat (7) - pp - 12:31
11:07 - pp - Rod Sarich (1) Second period No scoring
19:27 - en - Jordan Krestanovich (6) Third period No scoring
Brady Block (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (35 saves / 37 shots)
April 14 Red Deer Rebels 4 – 3 Calgary Hitmen ENMAX Centrium  
9:25 - Martin Erat (8)
13:10 - Justin Mapletoft (9) 		First period Kris Beech (2) - sh - 2:04
Jordan Krestanovich (7) - 15:10
15:03 - Jeff Smith (3) Second period No scoring
3:51 - Martin Erat (9) Third period Jordan Krestanovich (8) - 18:04
Shane Bendera (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Brady Block (25 saves / 29 shots)
April 16 Calgary Hitmen 0 – 4 Red Deer Rebels Pengrowth Saddledome  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Martin Erat (10) - 7:16
Joel Stepp (2) - 11:13
Joel Stepp (3) - 15:33
No scoring Third period Andrew Bergen (5) - 14:35
Brady Block (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (32 saves / 32 shots)
Red Deer wins series 4 – 2

(E1) Swift Current Broncos vs. (C2) Kootenay Ice

April 6 Kootenay Ice 7 – 1 Swift Current Broncos Cranbrook Recreational Complex
April 7 Kootenay Ice 1 – 3 Swift Current Broncos Cranbrook Recreational Complex
April 10 Swift Current Broncos 2 – 3 OT Kootenay Ice Centennial Civic Centre
April 11 Swift Current Broncos 3 – 2 2OT Kootenay Ice Centennial Civic Centre
April 13 Kootenay Ice 3 – 2 Swift Current Broncos Cranbrook Recreational Complex
April 15 Swift Current Broncos 3 – 2 Kootenay Ice Centennial Civic Centre
April 16 Kootenay Ice 2 – 3 Swift Current Broncos Cranbrook Recreational Complex
Swift Current wins series 4 – 3

Western Conference

(W4) Spokane Chiefs vs. (W6) Seattle Thunderbirds

April 13 Spokane Chiefs 5 – 3 Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
April 14 Spokane Chiefs 4 – 1 Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
April 16 Seattle Thunderbirds 2 – 3 Spokane Chiefs KeyArena at Seattle Center
Spokane wins series 3 – 0

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (E1) Swift Current Broncos

April 20 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 4 OT Swift Current Broncos ENMAX Centrium  
19:25 - Colby Armstrong (3) First period No scoring
6:15 - Joel Stepp (4) Second period Duncan Milroy (8) - pp - 8:42
11:40 - Justin Mapletoft (10) Third period Tim Smith (8) - 3:02
Layne Ulmer (4) - sh - 6:31
No scoring First overtime period Duncan Milroy (9) - 12:15
Shane Bendera (17 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats B.J. Boxma (30 saves / 33 shots)
April 21 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 2 Swift Current Broncos ENMAX Centrium  
6:59 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (4)
16:13 - sh - Martin Erat (11) 		First period No scoring
5:42 - Jeff Smith (4) Second period Clay Thoring (1) - 8:48
No scoring Third period Tim Smith (9) - 0:26
Shane Bendera (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats B.J. Boxma (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 24 Swift Current Broncos 3 – 2 OT Red Deer Rebels Centennial Civic Centre  
15:09 - Layne Ulmer (5) First period Justin Mapletoft (11) - pp - 9:03
No scoring Second period Martin Erat (12) - sh - 6:59
15:51 - Nathan Smith (4) Third period No scoring
16:07 - Tim Smith (10) First overtime period No scoring
B.J. Boxma (40 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (31 saves / 34 shots)
April 25 Swift Current Broncos 1 – 2 Red Deer Rebels Centennial Civic Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
9:53 - Layne Ulmer (6) Second period Colby Armstrong (4) - 5:01
No scoring Third period Kyle Wanvig (5) - 13:17
B.J. Boxma (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (19 saves / 20 shots)
April 27 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 1 Swift Current Broncos ENMAX Centrium  
15:58 - Martin Erat (13) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Layne Ulmer (7) - pp - 5:26
3:09 - Kyle Wanvig (6)
5:21 - Ross Lupaschuk (3) 		Third period No scoring
Shane Bendera (24 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats B.J. Boxma (35 saves / 38 shots)
April 2 Swift Current Broncos 0 – 4 Red Deer Rebels Centennial Civic Centre  
No scoring First period Martin Erat (14) - 5:30
Boyd Gordon (3) - 16:03
No scoring Second period Ross Lupaschuk (4) - pp - 0:52
Justin Mapletoft (12) - pp - 19:52
No scoring Third period No scoring
B.J. Boxma (20 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (26 saves / 26 shots)
Red Deer wins series 4 – 2

(W2) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (W4) Spokane Chiefs

April 21 Portland Winter Hawks 3 – 0 Spokane Chiefs Memorial Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
0:44 - Garrett Prosofsky (2)
5:12 - pp - Paul Gaustad (6) 		Second period No scoring
9:18 - Brad Priestlay (1) Third period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (32 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Tyler MacKay (19 saves / 22 shots)
April 22 Portland Winter Hawks 2 – 1 OT Spokane Chiefs Memorial Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
2:42 - pp - Jozef Balej (4) Third period Shawn Thompson (2) - 16:52
18:15 - Kevin Young (1) First overtime period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (36 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Tyler MacKay (38 saves / 40 shots)
April 24 Spokane Chiefs 1 – 2 Portland Winter Hawks Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  
12:53 - pp - Lynn Loyns (6) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Paul Gaustad (7) - 3:30
Shawn Roed (3) - 11:58
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tyler MacKay (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (31 saves / 32 shots)
April 25 Spokane Chiefs 3 – 0 Portland Winter Hawks Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  
9:26 - Scott Henkelman (4) First period No scoring
3:38 - Scott Henkelman (5) Second period No scoring
16:01 - Tim Krymusa (4) Third period No scoring
Tyler MacKay (27 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 27 Portland Winter Hawks 4 – 1 Spokane Chiefs Memorial Coliseum  
9:57 - Willy Glover (2) First period No scoring
15:03 - Paul Gaustad (8)
17:30 - pp - Garrett Prosofsky (3) 		Second period No scoring
16:51 - sh - en - Paul Gaustad (9) Third period Roman Tvrdoň (5) - pp - 0:56
Lanny Ramage (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Tyler MacKay (42 saves / 45 shots)
Portland wins series 4 – 1

WHL Championship

(C1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (W2) Portland Winter Hawks

May 4 Red Deer Rebels 3 – 2 Portland Winter Hawks ENMAX Centrium  
13:02 - Justin Mapletoft (13) First period Josh Olson (3) - 9:17
15:35 - Darcy Robinson (1)
15:52 - Joel Stepp (5) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Jozef Balej (5) - pp - 2:00
Shane Bendera (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (14 saves / 17 shots)
May 5 Red Deer Rebels 5 – 4 Portland Winter Hawks ENMAX Centrium  
No scoring First period No scoring
12:56 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (7)
13:57 - sh - Colby Armstrong (5)
15:00 - sh - Joel Stepp (6)
18:54 - Martin Erat (15) 		Second period No scoring
7:02 - Andrew Bergen (6) Third period Josh Olson (4) - pp - 2:35
Dean Beuker (3) - pp - 11:17
Dan Hulak (1) - pp - 17:14
Jozef Balej (6) - 18:45
Shane Bendera (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Lanny Ramage (28 saves / 32 shots)
Jomar Cruz (4 saves / 5 shots)
May 9 Portland Winter Hawks 3 – 2 OT Red Deer Rebels Memorial Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
10:16 - pp - Jesse Ferguson (1)
13:40 - pp - Marcel Hossa (4) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Ross Lupaschuk (5) - 2:50
Bryce Thoma (2) - pp - 11:08
6:33 - Josh Olson (5) First overtime period No scoring
Lanny Ramage (32 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (21 saves / 24 shots)
May 11 Portland Winter Hawks 1 – 4 Red Deer Rebels Memorial Coliseum  
No scoring First period Andrew Bergen (7) - 7:11
Jim Vandermeer (2) - 16:43
No scoring Second period Colby Armstrong (6) - 18:25
5:06 - Garrett Prosofsky (4) Third period Jeff Woywitka (2) - 10:04
Lanny Ramage (31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (26 saves / 27 shots)
May 12 Portland Winter Hawks 3 – 4 OT Red Deer Rebels Memorial Coliseum  
Paul Gaustad (10) - 7:08
Garrett Prosofsky (5) - 12:37 		First period 5:57 - Jim Vandermeer (3)
No scoring Second period 11:34 - Kyle Wanvig (8)
15:00 - pp - Kyle Wanvig (9)
Marcel Hossa (5) - 12:34 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 7:41 - Kyle Wanvig (10)
Lanny Ramage (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Shane Bendera (28 saves / 31 shots)
Red Deer wins series 4 – 1

All-Star games

On January 24, the WHL Eastern All-stars were defeated by the OHL Western All-stars 5–2 at Guelph, Ontario before a crowd of 5,074.

On January 31, the WHL Western All-stars were defeated by the QMJHL Dilio All-stars 7–5 at Kamloops, British Columbia before a crowd of 4,103.

WHL awards

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Justin Mapletoft, Red Deer Rebels
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year): Dan Hulak, Portland Winter Hawks
Scholastic Team of the Year: Prince Albert Raiders, Portland Winter Hawks
Bob Clarke Trophy (Top scorer): Justin Mapletoft, Red Deer Rebels
Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player): Matt Kinch, Calgary Hitmen
Bill Hunter Trophy (Top Defenseman): Christian Chartier, Prince George Cougars
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Scottie Upshall, Kamloops Blazers
Del Wilson Trophy (Top Goaltender): Dan Blackburn, Kootenay Ice
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Brent Sutter, Red Deer Rebels
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (Executive of the Year): Brent Sutter, Red Deer Rebels
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (Best regular season record): Red Deer Rebels
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy (Top Official): Kevin Acheson
St. Clair Group Trophy (Marketing/Public Relations Award): Mark Miles, Spokane Chiefs
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy (Humanitarian of the Year): Jim Vandermeer, Red Deer Rebels
WHL Plus-Minus Award: Jim Vandermeer, Red Deer Rebels
WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Shane Bendera, Red Deer Rebels

All-Star teams

Eastern Conference
First Team Second Team
Goal Dan Blackburn Kootenay Ice Shane Bendera Red Deer Rebels
Defense Matt Kinch Calgary Hitmen Ross Lupaschuk Red Deer Rebels
Jim Vandermeer Red Deer Rebels Filip Novak Regina Pats
Forward Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels Nathan Barrett Lethbridge Hurricanes
Layne Ulmer Swift Current Broncos Blake Evans Regina Pats
Jarret Stoll Kootenay Ice Kyle Wanvig Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference
First Team Second Team
Goal Tyler MacKay Spokane Chiefs Kevin Swanson Kelowna Rockets
Defense Christian Chartier Prince George Cougars Dan Hulak Portland Winterhawks
Dan Hamhuis Prince George Cougars Gerard Dicaire Seattle Thunderbirds
Forward Jared Aulin Kamloops Blazers Brandin Cote Spokane Chiefs
Jamie Lundmark Seattle Thunderbirds Marcel Hossa Portland Winterhawks
Konstantin Panov Kamloops Blazers Rory McDade Kelowna Rockets
  • source: Western Hockey League press release

See also

References

  1. ^ "Red Deer Rebels win Memorial Cup in OT". CBC Sports. May 27, 2001. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  • 2005–06 WHL Guide
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