1973–74 WCHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1973–74 WCHL season

| league = Western Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| playoffs = Playoffs

| finals_champ = Regina Pats (1)

| finals_runner-up = Calgary Centennials

| no_of_teams = 12

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name = Season champions

| season_champs = Regina Pats (1)

| MVP_link = Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

| MVP = Ron Chipperfield (Brandon Wheat Kings)

| top_scorer_link = Bob Clarke Trophy

| top_scorer = Ron Chipperfield (Brandon Wheat Kings)

| seasonslistnames = WHL

| prevseason_year = 1972–73

| nextseason_year = 1974–75

}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1973–74 Canadian major junior season

| color =

| color_text =

| league =

| sport = Ice hockey

| no_of_teams = 34

| season = OHA

| season2 = QMJHL

| season3 = WCHL

| playoffs = Memorial Cup

| finals_champ = Regina Pats (WCHL)

| num_championships = 4

| finals_runner-up = Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

}}

The 1973–74 WCHL season was the eighth season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). It featured twelve teams and a 68-game regular season. The Regina Pats topped the season's standings with 43 wins, and in the playoffs went on to win the team's first President's Cup, defeating the Calgary Centennials in the championship series. The win earned the Pats a berth in the 1974 Memorial Cup tournament, and Regina would go on to win its first Memorial Cup since 1930.{{Cite book |last=Lapp |first=Richard |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialcupcanad0000lapp/page/152/mode/2up |title=The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship |last2=Macaulay |first2=Alec |publisher=Harbour Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=1-55017-170-4 |location=Madeira Park, British Columbia |pages=170 |language=en-CA |url-access=registration}} This was the first Memorial Cup title for a team representing the WCHL.{{Cite book |last=Lapp |first=Richard M. |url=https://archive.org/details/localheroeshisto0000lapp/page/n3/mode/2up |title=Local Heroes: A History of the Western Hockey League |last2=White |first2=Silas |publisher=Harbour Publishing |year=1993 |isbn=1-55017-080-5 |location=Madeira Park, British Columbia |pages=154–155 |language=en-CA |url-access=registration}}

The season was the first for the Kamloops Chiefs after the Vancouver Nats relocated to Kamloops prior to the season. The Winnipeg Jets also opted to change their name to the Winnipeg Clubs, mitigating confusion caused by the 1972 arrival of the professional World Hockey Association Jets.

Team changes

The Winnipeg Jets are renamed the Winnipeg Clubs.
The Vancouver Nats relocate to Kamloops, British Columbia, becoming the Kamloops Chiefs.

Regular season

=Final standings=

width="45%" \| East Division ! width="5%" \| GP ! width="5%" \| W ! width="5%" \| L ! width="5%" \| T ! width="7.5%" \| Pts ! width="7.5%" \| GF ! width="7.5%" \| GA
class="wikitable"
x Regina Pats	68	43	14	11	97	377	225
x Flin Flon Bombers	68	34	21	13	81	322	259
x Swift Current Broncos	68	35	24	9	79	240	306
x Saskatoon Blades	68	30	29	9	69	283	272
Brandon Wheat Kings	68	27	37	4	58	305	348
Winnipeg Clubs	68	23	38	7	53	258	338

width="45%" \| West Division ! width="5%" \| GP ! width="5%" \| W ! width="5%" \| L ! width="5%" \| T ! width="7.5%" \| Pts ! width="7.5%" \| GF ! width="7.5%" \| GA
class="wikitable"
x Calgary Centennials	68	41	18	9	91	328	236
x New Westminster Bruins	68	36	21	11	83	284	250
x Medicine Hat Tigers	68	29	31	8	66	305	314
x Edmonton Oil Kings	68	25	36	7	57	252	301
Victoria Cougars	68	22	40	6	50	259	336
Kamloops Chiefs	68	13	49	6	32	248	376

=Scoring leaders=

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

width="30%" \| Player ! width="30%" \| Team ! width="7.5%" \| GP ! width="7.5%" \| G ! width="7.5%" \| A ! width="7.5%" \| Pts ! width="7.5%" \| PIM
class="wikitable"
Ron Chipperfield	Brandon Wheat Kings	66	90	72	162	82
Dennis Sobchuk	Regina Pats	66	68	78	146	78
Mike Rogers	Calgary Centennials	66	67	73	140	32
Al Hiller	Flin Flon Bombers	68	30	108	138	33
Terry Ruskowski	Swift Current Broncos	68	40	93	133	243
Rick Blight	Brandon Wheat Kings	67	49	81	130	122
Danny Gare	Calgary Centennials	65	68	59	127	238
Jerry Holland	Calgary Centennials	67	55	65	120	54
Ed Johnstone	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	64	54	118	164
Clark Gillies	Regina Pats	65	46	66	112	179