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1972–73 WCHL season

Junior ice hockey season

Field	Value
title	1972–73 WCHL season
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
playoffs	Playoffs
finals_champ	Medicine Hat Tigers (1)
finals_runner-up	Saskatoon Blades
no_of_teams	12
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Season champions
season_champs	Saskatoon Blades (1)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Dennis Sobchuk (Regina Pats)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Tom Lysiak (Medicine Hat Tigers)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	1971–72
nextseason_year	1973–74

| finals_runner-up = Saskatoon Blades | finals_runner-up = Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

The 1972–73 WCHL season was the seventh season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). It featured twelve teams and a 68-game regular season. The Saskatoon Blades topped the regular season standings with 46 wins. However, in the playoffs, the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the Blades in the championship series to win the club's first President's Cup title.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Saskatoon Blades	68	46	11	11	103	323	184
x Flin Flon Bombers	68	39	19	10	88	334	228
x Regina Pats	68	30	28	10	70	294	270
x Brandon Wheat Kings	68	29	30	9	67	307	304
Swift Current Broncos	68	27	35	6	60	300	359
Winnipeg Jets	68	16	42	10	42	288	372

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Edmonton Oil Kings	68	40	20	8	88	311	240
x Medicine Hat Tigers	68	39	20	9	87	348	254
x Calgary Centennials	68	35	22	11	81	302	224
x New Westminster Bruins	68	31	22	15	77	283	264
Victoria Cougars	68	13	51	4	30	231	390
Vancouver Nats	68	10	55	3	23	198	428

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	Medicine Hat Tigers	67	58	96	154	104
Dennis Sobchuk	Regina Pats	66	67	80	147	128
Lanny McDonald	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	62	77	139	84
Darcy Rota	Edmonton Oil Kings	68	73	56	129	104
Blaine Stoughton	Flin Flon Bombers	68	58	60	118	86
Wayne Bianchin	Flin Flon Bombers	68	60	54	114	90
Ron Chipperfield	Brandon Wheat Kings	59	72	41	113	63
Vick Mercredi	New Westminster Bruins	67	52	61	113	63
Mike Rogers	Calgary Centennials	67	54	58	112	44
Boyd Anderson	Medicine Hat Tigers	68	48	64	112	52

1973 WCHL Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saskatoon defeated Brandon 4 games to 2
Flin Flon defeated Regina 4 games to 0
Edmonton defeated New Westminster 4 games to 1
Medicine Hat defeated Calgary 4 games to 2

Semifinals

Saskatoon defeated Flin Flon 4 games to 1
Medicine Hat defeated Edmonton 4 games to 2

Finals

Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0 with 2 ties

All-Star game

The 1972–73 WCHL All-Star Game was held in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with the West Division All-Stars defeating the East Division All-Stars 6–1 before a crowd of 5,336.

Awards

Regular Season Champions: Saskatoon Blades

All-Star Team

Goaltender: John Davidson, Calgary Centennials
Defenseman: George Pesut, Saskatoon Blades
Defenseman: Greg Joly, Regina Pats
Centerman: Tom Lysiak, Medicine Hat Tigers
Left Winger: Darcy Rota, Edmonton Oil Kings
Right Winger: Lanny McDonald, Medicine Hat Tigers

References

2005–06 WHL Guide

before = 1971–72 WCHL season | after = 1973–74 WCHL season | title = WHL seasons | years = |

References

Lapp, Richard M.. (1993). "Local Heroes: A History of the Western Hockey League". Harbour Publishing.

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