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Sports season
The 2004–05 WHL season was the 39th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Twenty teams completed a 72-game schedule. The Kootenay Ice won their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for posting the league's best regular season record. The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings in the championship series of the playoffs to win their second President's Cup in three seasons and advance to the 2005 Memorial Cup tournament.
Regular season [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Western Conference [ edit ] Scoring leaders [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Goaltending leaders [ edit ] 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
2005 WHL playoffs [ edit ] Conference quarterfinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Brandon vs. Moose Jaw Date Away Home March 25 Moose Jaw 3 7 Brandon March 27 Moose Jaw 1 5 Brandon March 30 Brandon 1 4 Moose Jaw April 1 Brandon 4 3 Moose Jaw April 2 Brandon 9 1 Moose Jaw Brandon wins series 4–1
Saskatoon vs. Prince Albert Date Away Home March 23 Prince Albert 2 1 Saskatoon March 26 Saskatoon 0 3 Prince Albert March 28 Prince Albert 3 2 Saskatoon March 30 Saskatoon 2 3 Prince Albert OT Prince Albert wins series 4–0
Medicine Hat vs. Red Deer Date Away Home March 26 Red Deer 2 3 Medicine Hat March 27 Red Deer 4 3 Medicine Hat March 29 Medicine Hat 2 3 Red Deer OT March 30 Medicine Hat 6 1 Red Deer April 1 Red Deer 4 5 Medicine Hat April 3 Medicine Hat 0 3 Red Deer April 5 Red Deer 4 5 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat wins series 4–3
Lethbridge vs. Calgary Date Away Home March 25 Calgary 1 2 Lethbridge March 26 Calgary 3 2 Lethbridge March 29 Lethbridge 0 4 Calgary March 30 Lethbridge 2 3 Calgary 2OT April 1 Calgary 2 1 Lethbridge OT Calgary wins series 4–1
Western Conference [ edit ] Kootenay vs. Kamloops Date Away Home March 25 Kamloops 4 3 Kootenay OT March 26 Kamloops 2 3 Kootenay 4OT March 29 Kootenay 2 3 Kamloops March 30 Kootenay 3 2 Kamloops OT April 1 Kamloops 2 5 Kootenay April 3 Kootenay 7 1 Kamloops Kootenay wins series 4–2
Kelowna vs. Vancouver Date Away Home March 25 Vancouver 4 3 Kelowna March 26 Vancouver 3 4 Kelowna OT March 29 Kelowna 3 4 Vancouver March 30 Kelowna 2 1 Vancouver OT April 1 Vancouver 2 3 Kelowna April 2 Kelowna 3 2 Vancouver Kelowna wins series 4–2
Seattle vs. Tri-City Date Away Home March 26 Tri-City 2 3 Seattle 2OT March 28 Tri-City 1 2 Seattle March 30 Seattle 3 2 Tri-City April 1 Seattle 2 3 Tri-City OT April 2 Tri-City 1 2 Seattle Seattle wins series 4–1
Portland vs. Everett Date Away Home March 25 Everett 0 3 Portland March 27 Everett 2 1 Portland March 29 Portland 0 3 Everett March 30 Portland 2 3 Everett OT April 1 Everett 2 3 Portland April 2 Portland 3 2 Everett OT April 5 Everett 3 2 Portland Everett wins series 4–3
Conference semifinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Medicine Hat vs. Prince Albert Date Away Home April 9 Prince Albert 1 3 Medicine Hat April 10 Prince Albert 1 2 Medicine Hat April 12 Medicine Hat 2 7 Prince Albert April 13 Medicine Hat 1 2 Prince Albert April 15 Prince Albert 2 1 Medicine Hat 2OT April 17 Medicine Hat 0 3 Prince Albert Prince Albert wins series 4–2
Brandon vs. Calgary Date Away Home April 8 Calgary 10 1 Brandon April 9 Calgary 1 5 Brandon April 12 Brandon 1 3 Calgary April 13 Brandon 2 4 Calgary April 15 Calgary 4 6 Brandon April 18 Brandon 3 1 Calgary April 20 Calgary 1 3 Brandon Brandon wins series 4–3
Western Conference Kootenay vs. Everett Date Away Home April 8 Everett 2 4 Kootenay April 9 Everett 1 4 Kootenay April 11 Kootenay 3 2 Everett OT April 12 Kootenay 4 3 Everett OT Kootenay wins series 4–0
Kelowna vs. Seattle Date Away Home April 8 Seattle 2 1 Kelowna April 9 Seattle 3 2 Kelowna April 12 Kelowna 4 0 Seattle April 14 Kelowna 7 0 Seattle April 15 Seattle 3 2 Kelowna April 17 Kelowna 2 0 Seattle April 19 Seattle 1 2 Kelowna Kelowna wins series 4–3
Conference finals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Western Conference Brandon vs. Prince Albert Date Away Home April 22 Prince Albert 2 4 Brandon April 23 Prince Albert 3 2 Brandon April 26 Brandon 5 1 Prince Albert April 27 Brandon 2 4 Prince Albert April 29 Prince Albert 4 5 Brandon May 1 Brandon 2 3 Prince Albert OT May 3 Prince Albert 1 5 Brandon Brandon wins series 4–3
Kootenay vs. Kelowna Date Away Home April 22 Kelowna 4 2 Kootenay April 23 Kelowna 2 3 Kootenay April 26 Kootenay 1 4 Kelowna April 27 Kootenay 4 5 Kelowna OT April 29 Kelowna 1 2 Kootenay 2OT May 1 Kootenay 1 2 Kelowna OT Kelowna wins series 4–2
WHL Championship [ edit ] Brandon vs. Kelowna Date Away Home May 6 Brandon 0 3 Kelowna May 7 Brandon 1 4 Kelowna May 10 Kelowna 2 3 Brandon May 11 Kelowna 2 1 Brandon OT May 13 Kelowna 8 3 Brandon Kelowna wins series 4–1
On December 1, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 6–0 in Red Deer, Alberta before a crowd of 6,443.
On December 2, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 5–2 in Lethbridge, Alberta before a crowd of 5,152.
WHL awards [ edit ] Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Eric Fehr , Brandon Wheat Kings Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year): Gilbert Brule , Vancouver Giants Scholastic Team of the Year: Vancouver Giants Bob Clarke Trophy (Top scorer): Eric Fehr , Brandon Wheat Kings Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player): Kris Russell , Medicine Hat Tigers Bill Hunter Trophy (Top Defenseman): Dion Phaneuf , Red Deer Rebels Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Tyler Plante , Brandon Wheat Kings Del Wilson Trophy (Top Goaltender): Jeff Glass , Kootenay Ice Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Cory Clouston , Kootenay Ice Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (Executive of the Year): Jeff Chynoweth , Kootenay Ice Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (Best regular season record): Kootenay Ice Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy (Top Official): Rob Matsuoka St. Clair Group Trophy (Marketing/Public Relations Award): Roger Lemire , Vancouver Giants Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy (Humanitarian of the Year): Colin Fraser , Red Deer Rebels WHL Plus-Minus Award : James Cherewyk , Kootenay Ice WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player : Shea Weber , Kelowna Rockets
All-Star Teams [ edit ] source: Western Hockey League press release 2005 Bantam Draft [ edit ] The 2005 WHL Bantam Draft was the 16th annual draft into the WHL. It was held at the WHL head office in Calgary, on May 5, 2005.
List of first round picks in the bantam draft. See also [ edit ]