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1975–76 WCHL season

Junior ice hockey season

Field	Value
title	1975–76 WCHL season
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
playoffs	Playoffs
finals_champ	New Westminster Bruins (2)
finals_runner-up	Saskatoon Blades
no_of_teams	12
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Season champions
season_champs	New Westminster Bruins (1)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Bernie Federko (Saskatoon Blades)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Bernie Federko (Saskatoon Blades)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	[1974–75](1974-75-wchl-season)
nextseason_year	[1976–77](1976-77-wchl-season)

| finals_runner-up = Saskatoon Blades | finals_runner-up = New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

The 1975–76 WCHL season was the tenth season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), featuring twelve teams and an expanded 72-game regular season. The New Westminster Bruins topped the regular season standings with 54 wins, and in the playoffs won their second consecutive President's Cup, defeating the Saskatoon Blades in a rematch of the previous season's final. The Bruins advanced to the 1976 Memorial Cup tournament, losing the final to the Hamilton Fincups.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Saskatoon Blades	72	43	19	10	96	390	269
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	34	30	8	76	341	303
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	28	35	9	65	293	352
x Winnipeg Clubs	72	27	39	6	60	302	378
x Regina Pats	72	22	42	8	52	278	347
Flin Flon Bombers	72	18	44	10	46	279	441

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x New Westminster Bruins	72	54	14	4	112	463	247
x Kamloops Chiefs	72	40	26	6	86	365	285
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	38	24	10	86	379	306
x Victoria Cougars	72	37	28	7	81	343	320
x Edmonton Oil Kings	72	25	42	5	55	312	400
Calgary Centennials	72	22	45	5	49	284	381

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bernie Federko	Saskatoon Blades	72	72	115	187	108
Greg Carroll	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	60	109	169	118
Don Murdoch	Medicine Hat Tigers	70	88	77	165	202
Blair Chapman	Saskatoon Blades	69	71	86	157	67
Fred Berry	New Westminster Bruins	72	59	87	146	164
Rick Shinske	New Westminster Bruins	70	52	91	143	86
Jim Gustafson	Victoria Cougars	69	46	95	141	72
Morris Lukowich	Medicine Hat Tigers	72	65	75	140	195
Rich Gosselin	Flin Flon Bombers	69	67	66	133	192
Dale McMullin	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	56	74	130	28

1976 WCHL Playoffs

Preliminary round

Medicine Hat defeated Edmonton 4 games to 1
Victoria defeated Regina 4 games to 1 with 1 tied

League quarter-finals

New Westminster defeated Brandon 5 games to 0
Saskatoon defeated Lethbridge 3 games to 1 with 2 tied
Kamloops defeated Winnipeg 3 games to 1 with 2 tied
Victoria defeated Medicine Hat 3 games to 1 with 1 tied

League semi-finals

Saskatoon defeated Kamloops 4 games to 2
New Westminster defeated Victoria 4 games to 0 with 1 tied

WHL Championship

New Westminster defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 2 with 1 tied

All-Star game

On January 15, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 8–7 at Lethbridge, Alberta in front of a crowd of 2,413.

WHL awards

Regular season champions: New Westminster Bruins

All-Star teams

First Team	Second Team
Goal	Glen Hanlon
Defense	Kevin McCarthy
Barry Beck	New Westminster Bruins
Center	Bernie Federko
Left Wing	Morris Lukowich
Right Wing	Don Murdoch

References

2005–06 WHL Guide

before = 1974–75 WCHL season | after = 1976–77 WCHL season | title = WHL seasons | years = |

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