2012–13 WHL season

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2012–13 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season September 20, 2012 – March 17, 2013 Playoffs March 21, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Shaw TV, Rogers Sportsnet, Root Sports Northwest
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Portland Winterhawks (3)
Season MVP	Adam Lowry (Swift Current Broncos)
Top scorer	Brendan Leipsic (Portland Winterhawks)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Ty Rattie (Winterhawks)
Finals champions	Portland Winterhawks (3)
Runners-up	Edmonton Oil Kings
WHL seasons
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

2012–13 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	OHL September 2012 – March 2013 QMJHL September 2012 – March 2013 WHL September 2012 – March 2013
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers TV, Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) (1st title)
Runners-up	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

The 2012–13 WHL season was the 47th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began in September 2012 and ended in March 2013. The Portland Winterhawks won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy with the best record in the regular season. The playoffs began in late March 2013 and ended in mid-May 2013, with the Winterhawks defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings in a rematch of the 2012 final to win their third Ed Chynoweth Cup, their first since 1997–98, and a berth in the 2013 Memorial Cup tournament, which was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.^[1] The Saskatoon Blades also participated in the Memorial Cup tournament by virtue of hosting it.

Western Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Portland Winterhawks x z	72	57	12	1	2	334	169	117
Kelowna Rockets x z	72	52	16	3	1	309	178	108
Kamloops Blazers x	72	47	20	2	3	261	180	99
Spokane Chiefs x	72	44	26	2	0	269	230	90
Tri-City Americans x	72	40	27	2	3	246	227	85
Victoria Royals x	72	35	30	2	5	223	252	77
Seattle Thunderbirds x	72	24	38	7	3	210	286	58
Everett Silvertips x	72	25	40	3	4	172	268	57
Prince George Cougars e	72	21	43	2	6	177	273	50
Vancouver Giants e	72	21	49	2	0	197	299	44

Eastern Conference
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oil Kings x z	72	51	15	2	4	278	155	108
Saskatoon Blades x z	72	44	22	2	4	280	221	94
Calgary Hitmen x	72	46	21	1	4	266	204	97
Red Deer Rebels x	72	39	26	5	2	208	204	85
Prince Albert Raiders x	72	37	28	3	4	234	233	81
Swift Current Broncos x	72	36	29	3	4	206	193	79
Medicine Hat Tigers x	72	36	33	2	1	243	244	75
Kootenay Ice x	72	35	35	2	0	203	221	72
Lethbridge Hurricanes e	72	28	34	3	7	212	253	66
Moose Jaw Warriors e	72	25	36	4	7	182	249	61
Regina Pats e	72	25	38	4	5	193	269	59
Brandon Wheat Kings e	72	24	40	4	4	189	284	56

x – team has clinched playoff spot y – team is division leader z – team has clinched division

e – team is eliminated from playoff contention

Players are listed by points, then goals.^[2]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	PIM
Brendan Leipsic	Portland Winterhawks	68	49	71	120	103
Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks	71	46	74	120	43
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	62	48	62	110	27
Justin Feser	Tri-City Americans	72	44	62	106	57
Colin Smith	Kamloops Blazers	72	41	65	106	72
Myles Bell	Kelowna Rockets	69	38	55	93	68
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	72	37	55	92	36
Curtis Valk	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	46	45	91	54
Tim Bozon	Kamloops Blazers	69	36	55	91	58
Cody Sylvester	Calgary Hitmen	68	41	49	90	49

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that played at least 1440 minutes.^[3]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; 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	SO	GAA	Sv%
Tristan Jarry	Edmonton Oil Kings	27	1495	18	7	0	0	6	1.61	.936
Mac Carruth	Portland Winterhawks	39	2275	30	7	0	2	7	2.06	.929
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	49	2854	33	8	2	4	5	2.25	.917
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	55	3134	33	14	5	0	5	2.26	.935
Cole Cheveldave	Kamloops Blazers	56	3276	36	16	1	1	6	2.38	.908

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	21	20	16	36	17
Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks	21	9	19	28	16
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	13	13	26	14
Brendan Leipsic	Portland Winterhawks	21	10	14	24	41
JC Lipon	Kamloops Blazers	15	6	17	23	20
Stephane Legault	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	6	16	22	10
Brendan Ranford	Kamloops Blazers	15	5	15	20	0
Derrick Pouliot	Portland Winterhawks	21	4	16	20	12
Henrik Samuelsson	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	11	8	19	43
Oliver Bjorkstrand	Portland Winterhawks	21	8	11	19	4

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Mac Carruth	Portland Winterhawks	21	1254	16	4	35	5	.937	1.63
Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings	22	1322	14	5	40	5	.935	1.82
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	9	548	5	4	18	1	.941	1.97
Cam Lanigan	Medicine Hat Tigers	8	440	4	4	17	1	.944	2.32
Chris Driedger	Calgary Hitmen	17	1006	11	6	40	1	.931	2.39

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		Player	Team
Patrik Bartosak	Red Deer Rebels	G	Laurent Brossoit	Edmonton Oil Kings
Morgan Rielly	Moose Jaw Warriors	D	Alex Roach	Calgary Hitmen
Darren Dietz	Saskatoon Blades	D	Keegan Lowe	Edmonton Oil Kings
Adam Lowry	Swift Current Broncos	F	Sam Reinhart	Kootenay Ice
Michael St. Croix	Edmonton Oil Kings	F	Cody Sylvester	Calgary Hitmen
Curtis Valk	Medicine Hat Tigers	F	Hunter Shinkaruk	Medicine Hat Tigers

First Team[4]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		Player	Team
Mac Carruth	Portland Winterhawks	G	Jordon Cooke	Kelowna Rockets
Brenden Kichton	Spokane Chiefs	D	Troy Rutkowski	Portland Winterhawks
Seth Jones	Portland Winterhawks	D	Tyler Wotherspoon	Portland Winterhawks
Colin Smith	Kamloops Blazers	F	Brendan Leipsic	Portland Winterhawks
Justin Feser	Tri-City Americans	F	Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks
Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks	F	Myles Bell	Kelowna Rockets

• 2013 Memorial Cup
• List of WHL seasons
• 2012–13 OHL season
• 2012–13 QMJHL season
• 2012 in ice hockey
• 2013 in ice hockey

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