1991–92 WHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1991–92 WHL season

| league = Western Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| playoffs = Playoffs

| playoffs_MVP_link = WHL Playoff MVP

| playoffs_MVP = Jarrett Deuling (Blazers)

| finals_champ = Kamloops Blazers (4)

| finals_runner-up = Saskatoon Blades

| no_of_teams = 15

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name = Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy

| season_champs = Kamloops Blazers (5)

| MVP_link = Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

| MVP = Steve Konowalchuk (Portland Winter Hawks)

| top_scorer_link = Bob Clarke Trophy

| top_scorer = Kevin St. Jacques (Lethbridge Hurricanes)

| seasonslistnames = WHL

| prevseason_year = 1990–91

| nextseason_year = 1992–93

}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1991–92 CHL season

| color = #4B489D

| color_text = #FFFFFF

| league = Canadian Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| no_of_teams = 43

| season = OHL

| season2 = QMJHL

| season3 = WHL| playoffs = Memorial Cup

| finals_champ = Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

| num_championships = 1

| finals_runner-up = Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

}}

The 1991–92 WHL season was the 26th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured fifteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Kamloops Blazers won their fifth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as regular season champions, and followed this up in the playoffs by defeating the Saskatoon Blades in the championship series to claim their fourth President's Cup title. With the win, the Blazers advanced to the 1992 Memorial Cup tournament, where they won the franchise's first Memorial Cup championship.

The season saw the Tacoma Rockets join the league as its fifteenth franchise, and its fifth based in the United States.

Team changes

The Tacoma Rockets join the WHL as an expansion team.

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 Prince Albert Raiders	72	50	20	2	102	356	261
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	48	24	0	96	336	264
x Saskatoon Blades	72	38	29	5	81	315	260
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	39	31	2	80	350	284
x Swift Current Broncos	72	35	33	4	74	296	313
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	33	36	3	69	279	316
Regina Pats	72	31	36	5	67	300	298
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	11	55	6	28	246	356

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 Kamloops Blazers	72	51	17	4	106	351	226
x Spokane Chiefs	72	37	29	6	80	267	270
x Tri-City Americans	72	35	35	2	72	363	376
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	33	34	5	71	292	285
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	31	37	4	66	314	342
x Tacoma Rockets	72	24	43	5	53	273	346
Victoria Cougars	72	15	52	5	35	231	372

=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"
Kevin St. Jacques	Lethbridge Hurricanes	71	65	75	140	119
Terry Degner	Tri-City Americans	72	58	81	139	63
Brian Sakic	Tri-City Americans	72	45	83	128	35
Kevin Riehl	Medicine Hat Tigers	69	65	50	115	87
Chris Schmidt	Moose Jaw Warriors	72	60	54	114	16
Jeff Nelson	Prince Albert Raiders	64	48	65	113	64
Zac Boyer	Kamloops Blazers	70	40	69	109	70
Steve Konowalchuk	Portland Winter Hawks	64	51	53	104	95
Andy Schneider	Swift Current Broncos	63	44	60	104	100
Donevan Hextall	Prince Albert Raiders	71	33	71	104	95

Players

; Trades

June 27, 1991 — the Tacoma Rockets acquire Trevor Pennock from the Seattle Thunderbirds, in exchange for Lloyd Shaw.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/1991/jun/27/localsports-briefs/?printer=1/ |title=Kent pro wins Oregon Open |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713161946/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/1991/jun/27/localsports-briefs/?printer=1/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 |date=1991-06-27 |publisher=Kitsap Sun |access-date=2009-02-16 |url-status=live }}

1992 WHL Playoffs

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1= First round

| RD2= Division Semi-Finals

| RD3= Division Finals

| RD4= WHL Championship

| RD1-seed01= E1

| RD1-team01= Prince Albert

| RD1-score01= 4

| RD1-seed02= E6

| RD1-team02= Moose Jaw

| RD1-score02= 0

| RD1-seed05= E2

| RD1-team05= Medicine Hat

| RD1-score05= 0

| RD1-seed06= E5

| RD1-team06= Swift Current

| RD1-score06= 4

| RD1-seed07= E3

| RD1-team07= Saskatoon

| RD1-score07= 4

| RD1-seed08= E4

| RD1-team08= Lethbridge

| RD1-score08= 1

| RD1-seed09= W1

| RD1-team09= Kamloops

| RD1-score09= 4

| RD1-seed10= W6

| RD1-team10= Tacoma

| RD1-score10= 0

| RD1-seed13= W2

| RD1-team13= Spokane

| RD1-score13= 4

| RD1-seed14= W5

| RD1-team14= Portland

| RD1-score14= 2

| RD1-seed15= W3

| RD1-team15= Tri-City

| RD1-score15= 1

| RD1-seed16= W4

| RD1-team16= Seattle

| RD1-score16= 4

| RD2-seed01= E1

| RD2-team01= Prince Albert

| RD2-score01= bye

| RD2-seed03= E3

| RD2-team03= Saskatoon

| RD2-score03= 3

| RD2-seed04= E5

| RD2-team04= Swift Current

| RD2-score04= 1

| RD2-seed05= W1

| RD2-team05= Kamloops

| RD2-score05= bye

| RD2-seed07= W2

| RD2-team07= Spokane

| RD2-score07= 1

| RD2-seed08= W4

| RD2-team08= Seattle

| RD2-score08= 3

| RD3-seed01= E1

| RD3-team01= Prince Albert

| RD3-score01= 2

| RD3-seed02= E3

| RD3-team02= Saskatoon

| RD3-score02= 4

| RD3-seed03= W1

| RD3-team03= Kamloops

| RD3-score03= 4

| RD3-seed04= W2

| RD3-team04= Seattle

| RD3-score04= 2

| RD4-seed01= E3

| RD4-team01= Saskatoon

| RD4-score01= 3

| RD4-seed02= W1

| RD4-team02= Kamloops

| RD4-score02= 4

}}

All-Star game

On February 5, the WHL All-Stars defeated a combined QMJHL/OHL All-Star team 5–4 in double overtime at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 4,519.

WHL awards

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|Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Steve Konowalchuk, Portland Winter Hawks

Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Ashley Buckberger, Swift Current Broncos

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Kevin St. Jacques, Lethbridge Hurricanes

Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Steve Junker, Spokane Chiefs

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Richard Matvichuk, Saskatoon Blades

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Ashley Buckberger, Swift Current Broncos

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Corey Hirsch, Kamloops Blazers

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Bryan Maxwell, Spokane Chiefs

Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Daryl Lubiniecki, Saskatoon Blades

Regular season champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Kamloops Blazers

Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Mark Dennis, Tacoma Rockets

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Dean McAmmond, Prince Albert Raiders

WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Jarrett Deuling, Kamloops Blazers

All-Star Teams

colspan="5"\|East Division
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="70%"
	colspan="2"\|First Team	colspan="2"\|Second Team
Goal	Trevor Robins	Saskatoon Blades	Sonny Mignacca	Medicine Hat Tigers
rowspan="2"\|Defense	Richard Matvichuk	Saskatoon Blades	Mike Rathje	Medicine Hat Tigers
David Cooper	Medicine Hat Tigers	Brent Bilodeau	Swift Current Broncos
Center	Kevin St. Jacques	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Jeff Nelson	Prince Albert Raiders
Left Wing	Brad Zavisha	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Donevan Hextall	Prince Albert Raiders
Right Wing	Chris Schmidt	Moose Jaw Warriors	Frank Kovacs	Regina Pats
colspan="5"\|West Division
	colspan="2"\|First Team	colspan="2"\|Second Team
Goal	Corey Hirsch	Kamloops Blazers	Scott Bailey	Spokane Chiefs
rowspan="2"\|Defense	Darryl Sydor	Kamloops Blazers	Frank Evans	Spokane Chiefs
Scott Niedermayer	Kamloops Blazers	Todd Klassen	Tri-City Americans
Center	Steve Konowalchuk	Portland Winter Hawks	Terry Degner	Tri-City Americans
Left Wing	Vladimir Vujtek	Tri-City Americans	Bill Lindsay	Tri-City Americans
Right Wing	Turner Stevenson	Seattle Thunderbirds	Mike Kennedy	Seattle Thunderbirds