1974–75 WCHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1974–75 WCHL season

| league = Western Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| playoffs = Playoffs

| finals_champ = New Westminster Bruins (1)

| finals_runner-up = Saskatoon Blades

| no_of_teams = 12

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name = Season champions

| season_champs = Victoria Cougars (1)

| MVP_link = Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

| MVP = Bryan Trottier (Lethbridge Broncos)

| top_scorer_link = Bob Clarke Trophy

| top_scorer = Mel Bridgman (Victoria Cougars)

| seasonslistnames = WHL

| prevseason_year = 1973–74

| nextseason_year = 1975–76

}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1974–75 Canadian major junior season

| color =

| color_text =

| league =

| sport = Ice hockey

| no_of_teams = 33

| season = OMJHL

| season2 = QMJHL

| season3 = WCHL

| playoffs = Memorial Cup

| finals_champ = Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)

| num_championships = 7

| finals_runner-up = New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

}}

The 1974–75 WCHL season was the ninth season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). It featured twelve teams playing a 70-game regular season, an increase from 68. The Victoria Cougars topped the regular season standings with 47 wins. In the playoffs, the New Westminster Bruins defeated the Saskatoon Blades in a seven-game championship series to win the President's Cup. With the win, the Bruins earned a berth at the 1975 Memorial Cup tournament, in which they lost the final to the Toronto Marlboros, who captured their record seventh national title.

The season was the first for the Lethbridge Broncos, after the Swift Current Broncos relocated prior to the season.

League notes

During the 1975 Memorial Cup tournament, officials from the WCHL and the other two Canadian major junior leagues—the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League—announced the formation of the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League as an umbrella organization for major junior hockey.{{cite news |last=Passa |first=Dennis |date=May 9, 1975 |title=Junior leagues are together |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-09-1975-1598271/ |newspaper=Brandon Sun |location=Brandon, Manitoba |page=21}}{{free access}}

Team changes

The Swift Current Broncos relocate to Lethbridge, Alberta, becoming the Lethbridge Broncos.

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 Saskatoon Blades	70	38	22	10	86	344	244
x Lethbridge Broncos	70	28	32	10	66	302	315
x Regina Pats	70	29	36	5	63	260	288
x Brandon Wheat Kings	70	24	35	11	59	276	320
Winnipeg Clubs	70	23	35	12	58	265	366
Flin Flon Bombers	70	19	42	9	47	262	389

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 Victoria Cougars	70	47	18	5	99	416	257
x Medicine Hat Tigers	70	40	22	8	88	380	291
x New Westminster Bruins	70	37	22	11	85	319	260
x Kamloops Chiefs	70	38	24	8	84	327	279
Edmonton Oil Kings	70	34	29	7	75	340	321
Calgary Centennials	70	11	51	8	30	236	399

=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"
Mel Bridgman	Victoria Cougars	66	66	91	157	175
Bryan Trottier	Lethbridge Broncos	67	46	98	144	103
Don Murdoch	Medicine Hat Tigers	70	82	59	141	83
Dave Faulkner	Regina Pats	70	56	66	122	59
Don Ashby	Calgary Centennials	70	52	68	120	71
Rich Gosselin	Flin Flon Bombers	70	47	69	116	83
Peter Morris	Victoria Cougars	70	43	72	115	173
Barry Dean	Medicine Hat Tigers	64	40	75	115	173
Danny Lucas	Victoria Cougars	70	57	56	113	74
Rick Blight	Brandon Wheat Kings	65	60	52	112	65
Greg Miazga	Victoria Cougars	70	14	28	42	117