WHL 2000/01

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The 2000/01 WHL season was the 35th season of the Western Hockey League . The Red Deer Rebels won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the best points team in the preliminary round and also prevailed in the playoff final against the Portland Winter Hawks , which they secured their first President's Cup .

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations:     = play-off qualification ,     = Division winner,     = Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy winner

East Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Swift Current Broncos 72 43 20th 7th 2 275 215 95
Regina Pats 72 40 27 3 2 285 242 85
Moose Jaw Warriors 72 34 29 4th 5 287 291 77
Brandon Wheat Kings 72 32 32 5 3 244 242 72
Saskatoon Blades 72 19th 43 5 5 193 265 48
Prince Albert Raiders 72 18th 47 3 4th 204 348 43
Central Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Red Deer Rebels 72 54 12 3 3 304 168 114
Kootenay Ice 72 45 17th 4th 6th 286 213 100
Calgary Hitmen 72 37 27 5 3 284 250 82
Lethbridge Hurricanes 72 29 35 4th 4th 200 229 66
Medicine Hat Tigers 72 24 40 5 3 271 316 56
West Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Kelowna Rockets 72 37 23 7th 5 259 240 86
Portland Winter Hawks 72 37 27 5 3 254 237 82
Kamloops Blazers 72 35 28 7th 2 289 274 79
Spokane Chiefs 72 35 28 7th 2 242 219 79
Prince George Cougars 72 31 33 4th 4th 242 266 70
Seattle Thunderbirds 72 30th 33 8th 1 262 299 69
Tri-City Americans 72 21st 36 8th 7th 217 284 57

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels 70 43 77 120 111
Layne Ulmer Swift Current Broncos 68 63 56 119 75
Jared Aulin Kamloops Blazers 70 31 77 108 62
Jarret Stoll Kootenay Ice 62 40 66 106 105
Blake Evans Tri-City Americans
Regina Pats 		67 52 50 102 120
Kyle Wanvig Red Deer Rebels 69 55 46 101 202
Konstantin Panow Kamloops Blazers 69 44 56 100 54
Jordan Krestanovich Calgary Hitmen 70 40 60 100 32
Nathan Barrett Lethbridge Hurricanes 70 46 53 99 66
Rory McDade Kelowna Rockets 72 28 70 98 50

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in% ), GAA = counter goal; Bold: Season best

Only goalkeepers who have played at least 1140 minutes of play are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player team GP TOI W. L. T OTL GA SO Sv% ATM
Shane Bendera Red Deer Rebels 45 2604 32 6th 2 2 108 5 90.2 2.49
BJ Boxma Kootenay Ice
Swift Current Broncos 		48 2791 28 13 2 2 123 0 90.3 2.64
Dan Blackburn Kootenay Ice 50 2924 33 12 2 2 135 1 90.7 2.77
Lanny Ramage Portland Winter Hawks 55 3170 30th 18th 3 3 166 5 88.5 3.14
Donald Choukalos Regina Pats 60 3379 33 21st 2 2 187 3 89.7 3.32
Davis Parley Kamloops Blazers 52 2952 27 14th 4th 2 170 1 90.7 3.46

Play-offs

Play-off tree

  Conference quarterfinals   Conference semifinals   Conference finals   WHL championship
                                     
E1 Swift Current Broncos 4th                  
E4 Brandon Wheat Kings 2  
E1 Swift Current Broncos 4th
  C2 Kootenay Ice 3  
C2 Kootenay Ice 4th
 
E3 Moose Jaw Warriors 0  
E1 Swift Current Broncos 2
Eastern Conference
  C1 Red Deer Rebels 4th  
C1 Red Deer Rebels 4th      
 
C4 Lethbridge Hurricanes 1  
C1 Red Deer Rebels 4th
  C3 Calgary Hitmen 2  
E2 Regina Pats 2
 
C3 Calgary Hitmen 4th  
C1 Red Deer Rebels 4th
  W2 Portland Winter Hawks 1
W1 Kelowna Rockets 2            
 
W6 Seattle Thunderbirds 4th  
W6 Seattle Thunderbirds 0
  W4 Spokane Chiefs 3  
W3 Kamloops Blazers 0
 
W4 Spokane Chiefs 4th  
W4 Spokane Chiefs 1
Western Conference
  W2 Portland Winter Hawks 4th  
W2 Portland Winter Hawks 4th      
 
W5 Prince George Cougars 2  
W2 Portland Winter Hawks
  bye  
 
 

President's Cup winner

President's Cup winner

Red Deer Rebels

Goalkeepers: Shane Bendera , Cam Ondrik

Defenders: Ross Lupaschuk , Doug Lynch , Derek Meech , Darcy Robinson , Bryce Thoma , Jim Vandermeer , Jeff Woywitka

Attackers: Colby Armstrong , Andrew Bergen , Martin Erat , Devin Francon , Boyd Gordon , Diarmuid Kelly , Ladislav Kouba , Justin Mapletoft , Jeff Smith , Shay Stephenson , Joel Stepp , Kyle Wanvig

Head Coach: Brent Sutter

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Martin Erat Red Deer Rebels 22nd 15th 21st 36 32
Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels 22nd 13 21st 34 59
Tim Smith Swift Current Broncos 19th 10 14th 24 38
Kyle Wanvig Red Deer Rebels 22nd 10 12 22nd 47
Duncan Milroy Swift Current Broncos 19th 9 12 21st 6th
Zdeněk Blatný Kootenay Ice 11 8th 10 18th 24
Lynn Loyns Spokane Chiefs 12 6th 12 18th 18th
Bret DeCecco Kootenay Ice 11 6th 11 17th 12
Paul Gaustad Portland Winter Hawks 16 10 6th 16 59
Roman Tvrdoň Spokane Chiefs 12 5 11 16 0
Jim Vandermeer Red Deer Rebels 22nd 3 13 16 43

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best

Only goalkeepers who have played at least 60 minutes of play are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player team GP TOI W. L. OTL GA SO Sv% ATM
Tyler MacKay Spokane Chiefs 12 737 8th 3 1 21st 2 93.9 1.71
Shane Bendera Red Deer Rebels 22nd 1404 16 2 4th 43 4th 92.6 1.84
Dan Blackburn Kootenay Ice 11 706 7th 3 1 23 1 93.9 1.95
Nick Pannoni Seattle Thunderbirds 7th 426 3 3 1 18th 0 93.0 2.54

Awards

All-star teams

Eastern First All-Star Team
Attack: Jarret Stoll - Justin Mapletoft - Layne Ulmer
Defense: Matt Kinch - Jim Vandermeer
Goal: Dan Blackburn
Western First All-Star Team
Attack: Konstantin Panow - Jamie Lundmark - Jared Aulin
Defense: Christian Chartier - Dan Hamhuis
Goal: Tyler MacKay

Awarded trophies

Award team
President's Cup Red Deer Rebels
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Red Deer Rebels
Award player team
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels
Bob Clarke Trophy Justin Mapletoft Red Deer Rebels
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Christian Chartier Prince George Cougars
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Scottie Upshall Kamloops Blazers
Del Wilson Trophy Dan Blackburn Kootenay Ice
WHL Plus-Minus Award Jim Vandermeer Red Deer Rebels
Brad Hornung Trophy Matt Kinch Calgary Hitmen
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy Dan Hulak Portland Winter Hawks
WHL Playoff MVP Shane Bendera Red Deer Rebels
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Brent Sutter Red Deer Rebels
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Brent Sutter Red Deer Rebels
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Jim Vandermeer Red Deer Rebels
Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy Kevin Acheson -
St. Clair Group Trophy Mark Miles Spokane Chiefs

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Squad for the 2000/01 season on hockeydb.com (accessed December 21, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b Brad Trojan: 2015-2016 WHL Official Guide . Western Hockey League, p. 241. (English, freely available online as PDF file , 10,194 kB)