1992–93 WHL season

The 1992–93 WHL season was the 27th season for the Western Hockey League. Sixteen teams completed a 72-game season. The Swift Current Broncos won the President's Cup.

League notes

• The Red Deer Rebels joined the WHL as its 16th franchise, playing in the East division.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Swift Current Broncos	72	49	21	2	100	384	267
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	43	25	4	90	347	258
x Saskatoon Blades	72	42	27	3	87	311	236
x Regina Pats	72	35	36	1	71	322	313
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	33	36	3	69	317	328
x Red Deer Rebels	72	31	39	2	64	284	329
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	29	38	5	63	285	343
Moose Jaw Warriors	72	27	42	3	57	277	326
Prince Albert Raiders	72	25	42	5	55	252	317

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	45	24	3	93	343	277
x Tacoma Rockets	72	45	27	0	90	324	259
x Kamloops Blazers	72	42	28	2	86	302	253
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	31	38	3	65	234	292
x Spokane Chiefs	72	28	40	4	60	311	319
x Tri-City Americans	72	28	41	3	59	245	312
Victoria Cougars	72	20	49	3	43	217	326

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jason Krywulak	Swift Current Broncos	72	81	81	162	58
Valeri Bure	Spokane Chiefs	66	68	79	147	49
Rick Girard	Swift Current Broncos	72	71	70	141	25
Louis Dumont	Regina Pats	72	62	59	121	97
Domenic Pittis	Lethbridge Hurricanes	66	46	73	119	69
Todd Holt	Swift Current Broncos	67	56	57	113	90
Allan Egeland	Tacoma Rockets	71	56	57	113	119
Dean Tiltgen	Red Deer Rebels	72	50	61	111	33
Ryan Fujita	Saskatoon Blades	72	56	54	110	105
Mike Mathers	Kamloops Blazers	69	52	56	108	63

1993 WHL Playoffs

First Round

Division Semi-Finals

Division Finals

WHL Championship

E1

Swift Current

bye

E1

Swift Current

4

E7

Medicine Hat

2

E2

Brandon

1

E7

Medicine Hat

3

E1

Swift Current

4

E4

Regina

0

E3

Saskatoon

3

E6

Red Deer

1

E3

Saskatoon

1

E4

Regina

4

E4

Regina

3

E5

Lethbridge

1

E1

Swift Current

4

W1

Portland

3

W1

Portland

4

W6

Tri-City

0

W1

Portland

bye

W1

Portland

4

W3

Kamloops

1

W2

Tacoma

3

W5

Spokane

4

W3

Kamloops

3

W5

Spokane

0

W3

Kamloops

4

W4

Seattle

1

Division quarter-finals

East Division

(2) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (7) Medicine Hat Tigers

March 26	Medicine Hat Tigers		2 – 3	OT	Brandon Wheat Kings	Keystone Centre
2:34 - sh - Jamie Linden (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
1:28 - Cam Danyluk (1)		Third period			14:43 - Aris Brimanis (1) 18:30 - Aris Brimanis (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:35 - pp - Marty Murray (1)
Sonny Mignacca (53 saves/56 shots)		Goalie stats			Trevor Robins (46 saves/48 shots)

March 27	Medicine Hat Tigers		2 – 1		Brandon Wheat Kings	Keystone Centre
No scoring		First period			5:22 - Mike Maneluk (1)
12:27 - Cam Danyluk (2)		Second period			No scoring
3:52 - Lorne Toews (1)		Third period			No scoring
Trevor Robins (28 saves/30 shots)		Goalie stats			Sonny Mignacca (40 saves/41 shots)

March 29	Brandon Wheat Kings		1 – 4		Medicine Hat Tigers	Medicine Hat Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
15:23 - pp - Bobby House (1)		Second period			2:39 - David Cooper (1) 8:09 - Clayton Norris (1)
No scoring		Third period			1:46 - Mark Polak (1) 19:32 - pp - en - Mike Jickling (1)
Trevor Robins (31 saves/34 shots)		Goalie stats			Sonny Mignacca (31 saves/32 shots)

March 30	Brandon Wheat Kings		3 – 4	OT	Medicine Hat Tigers	Medicine Hat Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
14:33 - pp - Bobby House (2)		Second period			18:48 - Lorne Toews (2)
9:28 - Mike Maneluk (2) 17:27 - Jeff Hoad (1)		Third period			7:59 - Mike Jickling (2) 9:13 - Clayton Norris (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			5:29 - Stacy Roest (1)
Trevor Robins (33 saves/37 shots)		Goalie stats			Sonny Mignacca (26 saves/29 shots)

Medicine Hat wins series 3 – 1

(3) Saskatoon Blades vs. (6) Red Deer Rebels

March 26	Red Deer Rebels		2 – 1	OT	Saskatoon Blades	Saskatchewan Place
2:55 - pp - Craig Reichert (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			2:03 - pp - Derek Tibbatts (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
19:26 - Darren Van Impe (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Mark Dawkins (37 saves/38 shots)		Goalie stats			Norm Maracle (42 saves/44 shots)

March 27	Red Deer Rebels		4 – 5		Saskatoon Blades	Saskatchewan Place
No scoring		First period			3:43 - Mark Wotton (1) 13:03 - Clarke Wilm (1) 16:44 - Mike Gray (1)
10:53 - Tony Vlastelic (1) 12:53 - Scott Adair (1) 17:52 - Darren Van Impe (2)		Second period			1:11 - pp - Paul Buczkowski (1)
19:10 - Brian Loney (1)		Third period			14:55 - pp - Shane Calder (1)
Mark Dawkins (33 saves/38 shots)		Goalie stats			Norm Maracle (25 saves/29 shots)

March 29	Saskatoon Blades		3 – 2	OT	Red Deer Rebels	Red Deer Centrium
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			14:23 - Curtis Cardinal (1)
0:12 - Andrew Kemper (1) 8:40 - Clarke Wilm (2)		Third period			9:27 - Craig Reichert (2)
9:52 - Frank Banham (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Norm Maracle (34 saves/36 shots)		Goalie stats			Mark Dawkins (34 saves/37 shots)

March 30	Saskatoon Blades		5 – 3		Red Deer Rebels	Red Deer Centrium
No scoring		First period			9:38 - Ken Richardson (1) 19:25 - Dean Tiltgen (1)
4:16 - Andy MacIntyre (1) 12:46 - James Startup (1)		Second period			No scoring
3:30 - Frank Banham (2) 15:00 - pp - Mark Wotton (2) 19:41 - Ryan Fujita (1)		Third period			5:45 - pp - Craig Reichert (3)
Norm Maracle (33 saves/36 shots)		Goalie stats			Mark Dawkins (24 shots/29 saves)

Saskatoon wins series 3 – 1

(4) Regina Pats vs. (5) Lethbridge Hurricanes

March 26	Lethbridge Hurricanes		4 – 3	OT	Regina Pats	Regina Agridome
6:26 - sh - Mark Szoke (1)		First period			4:32 - Russ Gronick (1) 9:56 - sh - Louis Dumont (1)
8:35 - Nick Polychronopoulos (1)		Second period			4:38 - pp - Brandon Coates (1)
5:26 - Domenic Pittis (1)		Third period			No scoring
2:08 - Ivan Vologjaninov (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Darcy Austin (34 saves/37 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Risdale (38 shots/41 saves)

March 27	Lethbridge Hurricanes		4 – 5		Regina Pats	Regina Agridome
7:34 - pp - Shane Peacock (1)		First period			1:14 - pp - Karry Biette (1) 4:08 - pp - Brandon Coates (2) 9:36 - Nathan Dempsey (1)
14:25 - Shane Peacock (2) 17:00 - Domenic Pittis (2) 18:38 - Todd MacIsaac (1)		Second period			0:08 - Nathan Dempsey (2)
No scoring		Third period			0:56 - Grayden Reid (1)
Darcy Austin (33 saves/38 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Risdale (27 saves/31 shots)

March 29	Regina Pats		7 – 6		Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canada Games Sportsplex
No scoring		First period			15:45 - Mark Szoke (2)
1:08 - Brandon Coates (3) 4:33 - pp - Karry Biette (2) 18:55 - pp - Louis Dumont (2)		Second period			9:36 - pp - Brad Zimmer (1) 10:01 - Mark Szoke (3) 11:12 - pp - Domenic Pittis (3) 18:05 - Shane Peacock (3)
1:37 - Trevor Hanas (1) 8:54 - Jeff Friesen (1) 9:18 - Trevor Hanas (2) 19:01 - Jeff Friesen (2)		Third period			6:52 - Cory Dosdall (1)
Mike Risdale (41 saves/47 shots)		Goalie stats			Darcy Austin (35 saves/42 shots)

March 30	Regina Pats		2 – 1	2OT	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Canada Games Sportsplex
No scoring		First period			9:47 - Shane Peacock (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
19:54 - Karry Biette (3)		Third period			No scoring
3:33 - Trevor Hanas (3)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mike Risdale (32 saves/33 shots)		Goalie stats			Darcy Austin (43 saves/45 shots)

Regina wins series 3 – 1

West Division

(1) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (6) Tri-City Americans

March 27	Tri-City Americans		1 – 5		Portland Winter Hawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
No scoring		First period			4:23 - Brandon Smith (1) 10:40 - sh - Jason Wiemer (1) 18:20 - Colin Foley (1)
12:53 - Tony Prpic (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			4:53 - Scott Nichol (1) 5:33 - Nicholas Vachon (1)
David Brumby (50 saves/55 shots)		Goalie stats			Scott Langkow (29 saves/30 shots)

March 28	Tri-City Americans		2 – 7		Portland Winter Hawks	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
No scoring		First period			7:28 - pp Layne Roland (1) 7:35 - Adam Deadmarsh (1) 14:02 - Layne Roland (2)
No scoring		Second period			16:06 - Nicholas Vachon (2)
0:49 - Chad Cabana (1) 17:34 - Brent Ascroft (1)		Third period			0:12 - Lonny Bohonos (1) 3:53 - Scott Nichol (2) 14:55 - pp - Scott Nichol (3)
David Brumby (36 saves/43 shots)		Goalie stats			Scott Langkow (22 saves/23 shots) Joaquin Gage (3 saves/4 shots)

March 30	Portland Winter Hawks		4 – 3		Tri-City Americans	Tri-Cities Coliseum
14:11 - pp - Layne Roland (3)		First period			9:36 - pp - Evan Marble (1)
3:39 - pp - Nicholas Vachon (3) 10:20 - Jason Wiemer (2)		Second period			9:08 - pp - Jason Renard (1)
9:11 - John Badduke (1)		Third period			2:44 - Jason Bowen (1)
Scott Langkow (38 saves/41 shots)		Goalie stats			David Brumby (25 saves/29 shots)

April 2	Portland Winter Hawks		4 – 3		Tri-City Americans	Tri-Cities Coliseum
No scoring		First period			12:26 - pp - Todd Klassen (1) 17:01 - Daymond Langkow (1)
13:45 - pp - Jiri Beranek (1) 17:58 - Nolan Pratt (1)		Second period			No scoring
7:18 - Cale Hulse (1) 15:49 - Shannon Briske (1)		Third period			10:41 - Geoff Lynch (1)
Joaquin Gage (32 saves/35 shots)		Goalie stats			David Brumby (24 saves/28 shots)

Portland wins series 4 – 0

All-Star game

On January 19, a combined WHL/OHL all-star team defeated the QMJHL all-stars 7–5 at Montreal, Quebec before a crowd of 4,355.

WHL awards

Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Jason Krywulak, Swift Current Broncos

Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: David Trofimenkoff, Lethbridge Hurricanes

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Jason Krywulak, Swift Current Broncos

Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Rick Girard, Swift Current Broncos

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Jason Smith, Regina Pats

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Jeff Friesen, Regina Pats

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Trevor Robins, Brandon Wheat Kings

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Marcel Comeau, Tacoma Rockets

Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Bruce Hamilton, Tacoma Rockets

Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Swift Current Broncos

Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Rick Dillabough, Brandon Wheat Kings

Humanitarian of the Year - Jamie Pushor, Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Mark Wotton, Saskatoon Blades

Playoff Most Valuable Player - airBC Trophy: Andrew Schneider, Swift Current Broncos

All-Star Teams

East Division
	First Team		Second Team
Goal	Trevor Robins	Brandon Wheat Kings	Norm Maracle	Saskatoon Blades
Defense	Jason Smith	Regina Pats	Mike Rathje	Medicine Hat Tigers
	Darren Van Impe	Red Deer Rebels	Brent Bilodeau	Swift Current Broncos
Forward	Jeff Shantz	Regina Pats	Louis Dumont	Regina Pats
	Jason Krywulak	Swift Current Broncos	Bobby House	Brandon Wheat Kings
	Rick Girard	Swift Current Broncos	Andrew Schneider	Swift Current Broncos
	Rob Niedermayer	Medicine Hat Tigers	-	-
West Division
	First Team		Second Team
Goal	Steve Passmore	Kamloops Blazers	Jeff Calvert	Tacoma Rockets
Defense	Michal Sýkora	Tacoma Rockets	Bryan McCabe	Spokane Chiefs
	Brendan Witt	Seattle Thunderbirds	Brandon Smith	Portland Winter Hawks
Forward	Allan Egeland	Tacoma Rockets	Jamie Black	Tacoma Rockets
	Valeri Bure	Spokane Chiefs	Colin Foley	Portland Winter Hawks
	Mike Mathers	Kamloops Blazers	Craig Lyons	Kamloops Blazers

See also

• 1993 Memorial Cup
• 1993 NHL Entry Draft
• 1992 in sports
• 1993 in sports

References

• whl.ca
• 2005–06 WHL Guide