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Junior ice hockey season
The 1986–87 WHL season was the 21st season for the Western Hockey League . Fourteen teams completed a 72-game season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup before going on to also capture the Memorial Cup .
League notes [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
Final standings [ edit ]
Scoring leaders [ edit ]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
1987 WHL Playoffs [ edit ]
First round [ edit ]
Medicine Hat earned a bye
Saskatoon earned a bye
Prince Albert defeated Swift Current 3 games to 1
Moose Jaw defeated Regina 3 games to 0
Division semi-finals [ edit ]
Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 4 games to 2
Saskatoon defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 0
Kamloops defeated Victoria 5 games to 0
Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 0
Division finals [ edit ]
Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 3
Portland defeated Kamloops 5 games to 3
WHL Championship [ edit ]
Medicine Hat defeated Portland 4 games to 3
All-Star game [ edit ]
On January 20, the East Division defeated the West Division 4–3 at Regina, Saskatchewan with a crowd of 3,652.
WHL awards [ edit ]
Note: For the 1986–87 season, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West Divisions.
Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy : East: Joe Sakic , Swift Current Broncos ; West: Rob Brown , Kamloops Blazers
Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy : Casey McMilan , Swift Current Broncos
Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy : East: Craig Endean , Regina Pats ; West: Rob Brown , Kamloops Blazers
Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy : East: Len Nielson , Regina Pats ; West: Dave Archibald , Portland Winter Hawks
Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy : East: Wayne McBean , Medicine Hat Tigers ; West: Glen Wesley , Portland Winter Hawks
Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy : East: Joe Sakic , Swift Current Broncos ; West: Dennis Holland , Portland Winter Hawks
Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy : East: Kenton Rein , Prince Albert Raiders ; West: Dean Cook , Kamloops Blazers
Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy : East: Graham James , Swift Current Broncos ; West: Ken Hitchcock , Kamloops Blazers
Regular season champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy : Kamloops Blazers
WHL Plus-Minus Award : Rob Brown , Kamloops Blazers
All-Star Teams [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]