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1985–86 WHL season

Junior ice hockey season

Field	Value
title	1985–86 WHL season
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
playoffs	Playoffs
finals_champ	Kamloops Blazers (2)
finals_runner-up	Medicine Hat Tigers
no_of_teams	14
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
season_champs	Medicine Hat Tigers (1)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Rob Brown (Kamloops Blazers) / Manny Viveiros (Prince Albert Raiders)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Rob Brown (Kamloops Blazers)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	[1984–85](1984-85-whl-season)
nextseason_year	[1986–87](1986-87-whl-season)

| finals_runner-up = Medicine Hat Tigers | finals_runner-up = Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). It featured fourteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Medicine Hat Tigers captured their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for the best regular season record, while the Kamloops Blazers won their second President's Cup as playoff champions.

The season was the first for the Spokane Chiefs, with the Kelowna Wings relocating to Spokane, Washington prior to the season. The Chiefs became the third American-based WHL team. In addition, the Seattle Breakers were renamed the Thunderbirds.

Team changes

The Kelowna Wings relocated to Spokane, Washington, becoming the Spokane Chiefs.
The Seattle Breakers are renamed the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	54	17	1	109	384	245
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	52	17	3	107	424	257
x Regina Pats	72	45	26	1	91	384	295
x Saskatoon Blades	72	38	28	6	82	381	360
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	27	42	3	57	314	379
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	25	44	3	53	294	375
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	24	46	2	50	324	438
Calgary Wranglers	72	23	47	2	48	288	378

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Kamloops Blazers	72	49	19	4	102	449	299
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	47	24	1	95	438	348
x Spokane Chiefs	72	30	41	1	61	373	413
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	27	43	2	56	330	406
New Westminster Bruins	72	25	45	2	52	276	373
Victoria Cougars	72	22	49	1	45	346	439

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rob Brown	Kamloops Blazers	69	58	115	173	171
Simon Wheeldon	Victoria Cougars	70	61	96	157	85
Ken Morrison	Kamloops Blazers/Prince Albert Raiders	72	83	67	150	65
Randy Smith	Saskatoon Blades	70	60	86	146	44
Ken Priestlay	Victoria Cougars	72	73	72	145	45
Rod Matechuk	Saskatoon Blades	72	57	78	135	93
Ray Podloski	Portland Winter Hawks	66	59	75	134	69
Mike Nottingham	Kamloops Blazers	70	61	70	131	101
Craig Endean	Seattle Thunderbirds	70	58	70	128	34
Dave Waldie	Portland Winter Hawks	72	68	58	126	63

1986 WHL Playoffs

First round

The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:

Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
Regina (1–9) eliminated

Division semi-finals

Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0
Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

Division finals

Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

WHL Championship

Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

All-Star games

On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West All-Stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon before a crowd of 3,106. On January 21, the East All-Stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

WHL awards

Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.

Regular season champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Medicine Hat Tigers

All-Star teams

East Division	First Team	Second Team	West Division	First Team
Goal	Darryl Gilmour	Moose Jaw Warriors	Mark Fitzpatrick	Medicine Hat Tigers
Defense	Emanuel Viveiros	Prince Albert Raiders	Robert Dirk	Regina Pats
Ken Spangler	Calgary Wranglers	Dave Manson	Prince Albert Raiders
Center	Al Conroy	Medicine Hat Tigers	Randy Smith	Saskatoon Blades
Left Wing	Tim Iannone	Regina Pats	Larry DePalma	Saskatoon Blades
Right Wing	Pat Elynuik	Prince Albert Raiders	Kim Issel	Prince Albert Raiders
Goal	Larry Dyck	Seattle Thunderbirds	Bill Ranford	New Westminster Bruins
Defense	Glen Wesley	Portland Winter Hawks	Mike Berger	Spokane Chiefs
Jim Agnew (tied)	Portland Winter Hawks	Ron Shudra	Kamloops Blazers
Greg Hawgood (tied)	Kamloops Blazers	-	-
Center	Rob Brown	Kamloops Blazers	Simon Wheeldon	Victoria Cougars
Left Wing	Dave Waldie	Portland Winter Hawks	Ken Priestlay	Victoria Cougars
Right Wing	Ken Morrison	Kamloops Blazers	Terry Perkins	Spokane Chiefs

References

2005–06 WHL Guide

before = 1984–85 WHL season | after = 1986–87 WHL season | title = WHL seasons | years = |

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