1952–53 WHL season
The 1952–53 WHL season was the first season of the Western Hockey League. The Edmonton Flyers were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Saskatoon Quakers four games to two in the final series.
1952–53 WHL season | |
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League | Western Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of games | 70 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Saskatoon Quakers |
President's Cup | |
Champions | Edmonton Flyers |
Runners-up | Saskatoon Quakers |
Final Standings
R | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Saskatoon Quakers | 70 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 268 | 240 | 79 |
2 | Vancouver Canucks | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 222 | 216 | 74 |
3 | Calgary Stampeders | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 252 | 74 |
4 | Edmonton Flyers | 70 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 263 | 227 | 73 |
5 | Seattle Bombers | 70 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 222 | 225 | 68 |
6 | New Westminster Royals | 70 | 29 | 33 | 8 | 217 | 254 | 66 |
7 | Tacoma Rockets | 70 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 246 | 249 | 66 |
8 | Victoria Cougars | 70 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 244 | 273 | 60 |
bold - qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
Round 1 | Round 2 | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Saskatoon Quakers | 4 | |||||||||||
6 | New Westminster Royals | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Saskatoon Quakers | - | |||||||||||
bye | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Saskatoon Quakers | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Edmonton Flyers | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Vancouver Canucks | 3 | |||||||||||
5 | Seattle Bombers | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Vancouver Canucks | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Edmonton Flyers | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Calgary Stampeders | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Edmonton Flyers | 3 |
The Edmonton Flyers win the President's Cup 4 games to 2.[2]
Awards
Award | Recipient(s) |
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President's Cup | Edmonton Flyers |
Outstanding Goalkeeper Award | Emile Francis[3] |
Leading Scorer Award | Dutch Reibel[4] |
George Leader Cup | Emile Francis[5] |
Rookie Award | Gerry Foley[6] |
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