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 December 19, 2025.[3]

Western Conference
Team DIV GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT
Everett Silvertips U.S. 33 27 3 2 1 140 81 57 0.864
Prince George Cougars B.C. 32 22 9 1 0 122 86 45 0.703
Penticton Vees B.C. 32 16 9 4 3 123 96 39 0.609
Portland Winterhawks U.S. 33 18 15 0 0 126 131 36 0.545
Kelowna Rockets B.C. 32 16 12 3 1 118 117 36 0.563
Kamloops Blazers B.C. 33 14 12 3 4 125 132 35 0.530
Spokane Chiefs B.C. 33 17 16 0 0 106 114 34 0.515
Tri-City Americans U.S. 31 16 13 2 0 90 100 34 0.548
Victoria Royals B.C. 31 13 11 4 3 107 114 33 0.532
Vancouver Giants B.C. 35 15 18 1 1 117 148 32 0.457
Seattle Thunderbirds U.S. 30 13 14 2 1 106 115 29 0.483
Wenatchee Wild U.S. 32 11 19 1 1 83 111 24 0.375
Eastern Conference
Team DIV GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT
Prince Albert Raiders East 32 23 5 4 0 133 89 50 0.781
Medicine Hat Tigers Central 33 22 6 3 2 150 104 49 0.742
Edmonton Oil Kings Central 32 21 7 3 1 136 96 46 0.719
Brandon Wheat Kings East 32 19 12 1 0 145 126 39 0.609
Calgary Hitmen Central 31 17 9 4 1 113 92 39 0.629
Saskatoon Blades East 34 17 14 2 1 119 116 37 0.544
Moose Jaw Warriors East 32 13 15 3 1 127 139 30 0.469
Regina Pats East 31 11 17 2 1 111 130 25 0.403
Lethbridge Hurricanes Central 34 11 22 0 1 101 158 23 0.338
Red Deer Rebels Central 30 10 17 1 2 86 111 23 0.383
Swift Current Broncos East 32 8 23 1 0 87 165 17 0.266

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 December 15, 2025.[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 31 22 32 54 14
Nathan Behm Kamloops Blazers 30 16 29 45 19
Cameron Schmidt Vancouver Giants 32 18 26 44 30
Matias Vanhanen Everett Silvertips 31 7 37 44 4
Bryce Pickford Medicine Hat Tigers 30 24 18 42 38
Alex Weiermair Portland Winterhawks 30 19 23 42 14
Julius Miettinen Everett Silvertips 27 18 24 42 15
Miroslav Holinka Edmonton Oil Kings 28 15 26 41 10
Kooper Gizowski Prince George Cougars 30 14 27 41 19
Jonas Woo Medicine Hat Tigers 25 15 25 40 29

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 December 12, 2025.[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%
Michal Orsulak Prince Albert Raiders 16 922 10 3 3 0 36 2 2.34 .908
A.J. Reyelts Penticton Vees 22 1,302 12 4 4 2 54 1 2.49 .906
Joshua Ravensbergen Prince George Cougars 22 1,294 16 6 0 0 54 2 2.50 .921
Eric Tu Calgary Hitmen 19 1,056 10 7 2 0 44 1 2.50 .907
Harrison Boettiger Kelowna Rockets 13 762 7 3 1 1 32 0 2.52 .917

Regular season

Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendance[6]
Edmonton Oil Kings 13 6,365 82,757
Spokane Chiefs 15 5,926 88,892
Everett Silvertips 14 5,888 82,434
Saskatoon Blades 12 4,701 56,421
Kelowna Rockets 12 4,555 54,661
Seattle Thunderbirds 14 4,260 59,647
Calgary Hitmen 14 4,072 57,010
Prince George Cougars 13 4,018 52,240
Portland Winterhawks 13 3,993 51,912
Medicine Hat Tigers 12 3,844 46,128
Red Deer Rebels 13 3,637 47,292
Kamloops Blazers 15 3,593 53,904
Victoria Royals 14 3,482 55,713
Vancouver Giants 14 3,470 48,587
Tri-City Americans 16 3,357 53,712
Lethbridge Hurricanes 15 3,348 50,220
Penticton Vees 17 3,266 55,535
Regina Pats 13 3,059 39,774
Wenatchee Wild 14 2,626 36,771
Brandon Wheat Kings 17 2,625 44,627
Prince Albert Raiders 11 2,588 28,476
Moose Jaw Warriors 16 2,536 40,579
Swift Current Broncos 12 2,171 26,058
League 322 3,787 1,219,448

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 December 19, 2025.
  4. ^ "WHL 2025-26 Regular Season Official Statistics - Player Statistics". CHL.ca. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "WHL 2025-26 Regular Season Official Statistics - Goalie Statistics". CHL.ca. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "WHL Schedule". CHL.ca/WHL. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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