Junior ice hockey season
Sports season
Sports season
The 1992–93 WHL season was the 27th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured sixteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Swift Current Broncos won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record and the President's Cup as playoff champions, both for the second time after first winning each trophy in the 1988–89 season.
The Red Deer Rebels joined the WHL as its sixteenth franchise.
Team changes
Regular season
Final standings
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
1993 WHL Playoffs
Division quarter-finals
East Division
(2) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (7) Medicine Hat Tigers
| March 27
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Medicine Hat Tigers
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2 – 1
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Brandon Wheat Kings
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Keystone Centre
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| No scoring
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First period
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5:22 - Mike Maneluk (1)
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| 12:27 - Cam Danyluk (2)
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Second period
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No scoring
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| 3:52 - Lorne Toews (1)
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Third period
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No scoring
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| Trevor Robins (28 saves/30 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Sonny Mignacca (40 saves/41 shots)
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| March 30
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Brandon Wheat Kings
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3 – 4
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OT
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Medicine Hat Tigers
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Medicine Hat Arena
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| No scoring
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First period
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No scoring
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| 14:33 - pp - Bobby House (2)
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Second period
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18:48 - Lorne Toews (2)
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9:28 - Mike Maneluk (2)
17:27 - Jeff Hoad (1)
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Third period
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7:59 - Mike Jickling (2)
9:13 - Clayton Norris (2)
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| No scoring
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First overtime period
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5:29 - Stacy Roest (1)
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| Trevor Robins (33 saves/37 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Sonny Mignacca (26 saves/29 shots)
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| Medicine Hat wins series 3 – 1
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(3) Saskatoon Blades vs. (6) Red Deer Rebels
| March 29
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Saskatoon Blades
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3 – 2
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OT
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Red Deer Rebels
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Red Deer Centrium
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| No scoring
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First period
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No scoring
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| No scoring
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Second period
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14:23 - Curtis Cardinal (1)
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0:12 - Andrew Kemper (1)
8:40 - Clarke Wilm (2)
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Third period
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9:27 - Craig Reichert (2)
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| 9:52 - Frank Banham (1)
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First overtime period
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No scoring
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| Norm Maracle (34 saves/36 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Mark Dawkins (34 saves/37 shots)
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| March 30
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Saskatoon Blades
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5 – 3
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Red Deer Rebels
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Red Deer Centrium
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| No scoring
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First period
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9:38 - Ken Richardson (1)
19:25 - Dean Tiltgen (1)
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4:16 - Andy MacIntyre (1)
12:46 - James Startup (1)
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Second period
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No scoring
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3:30 - Frank Banham (2)
15:00 - pp - Mark Wotton (2)
19:41 - Ryan Fujita (1)
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Third period
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5:45 - pp - Craig Reichert (3)
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| Norm Maracle (33 saves/36 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Mark Dawkins (24 shots/29 saves)
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| Saskatoon wins series 3 – 1
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(4) Regina Pats vs. (5) Lethbridge Hurricanes
| March 27
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Lethbridge Hurricanes
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4 – 5
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Regina Pats
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Regina Agridome
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| 7:34 - pp - Shane Peacock (1)
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First period
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1:14 - pp - Karry Biette (1)
4:08 - pp - Brandon Coates (2)
9:36 - Nathan Dempsey (1)
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14:25 - Shane Peacock (2)
17:00 - Domenic Pittis (2)
18:38 - Todd MacIsaac (1)
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Second period
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0:08 - Nathan Dempsey (2)
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| No scoring
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Third period
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0:56 - Grayden Reid (1)
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| Darcy Austin (33 saves/38 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Mike Risdale (27 saves/31 shots)
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| March 29
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Regina Pats
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7 – 6
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Lethbridge Hurricanes
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Canada Games Sportsplex
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| No scoring
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First period
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15:45 - Mark Szoke (2)
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1:08 - Brandon Coates (3)
4:33 - pp - Karry Biette (2)
18:55 - pp - Louis Dumont (2)
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Second period
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9:36 - pp - Brad Zimmer (1)
10:01 - Mark Szoke (3)
11:12 - pp - Domenic Pittis (3)
18:05 - Shane Peacock (3)
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1:37 - Trevor Hanas (1)
8:54 - Jeff Friesen (1)
9:18 - Trevor Hanas (2)
19:01 - Jeff Friesen (2)
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Third period
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6:52 - Cory Dosdall (1)
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| Mike Risdale (41 saves/47 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Darcy Austin (35 saves/42 shots)
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| March 30
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Regina Pats
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2 – 1
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2OT
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Lethbridge Hurricanes
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Canada Games Sportsplex
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| No scoring
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First period
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9:47 - Shane Peacock (4)
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| No scoring
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Second period
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No scoring
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| 19:54 - Karry Biette (3)
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Third period
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No scoring
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| 3:33 - Trevor Hanas (3)
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Second overtime period
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No scoring
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| Mike Risdale (32 saves/33 shots)
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Goalie stats
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Darcy Austin (43 saves/45 shots)
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West Division
(1) Portland Winter Hawks vs. (6) Tri-City Americans
| March 30
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Portland Winter Hawks
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4 – 3
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Tri-City Americans
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Tri-Cities Coliseum
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| 14:11 - pp - Layne Roland (3)
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First period
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9:36 - pp - Evan Marble (1)
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3:39 - pp - Nicholas Vachon (3)
10:20 - Jason Wiemer (2)
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Second period
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9:08 - pp - Jason Renard (1)
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| 9:11 - John Badduke (1)
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Third period
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2:44 - Jason Bowen (1)
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| Scott Langkow (38 saves/41 shots)
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Goalie stats
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David Brumby (25 saves/29 shots)
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| Portland wins series 4 – 0
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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
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| Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: David Trofimenkoff, Lethbridge Hurricanes
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| Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Jason Krywulak, Swift Current Broncos
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| Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Rick Girard, Swift Current Broncos
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| Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Jason Smith, Regina Pats
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| Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Jeff Friesen, Regina Pats
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| Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Trevor Robins, Brandon Wheat Kings
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| Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Marcel Comeau, Tacoma Rockets
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| Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Bruce Hamilton, Tacoma Rockets
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| Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Swift Current Broncos
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| Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Rick Dillabough, Brandon Wheat Kings
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| WHL Humanitarian of the Year - Jamie Pushor, Lethbridge Hurricanes
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| WHL Plus-Minus Award: Mark Wotton, Saskatoon Blades
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| WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Andrew Schneider, Swift Current Broncos
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All-Star Teams
See also
References