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1987–88 WHL season

Junior ice hockey season

Field	Value
title	1987–88 WHL season
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
playoffs	Playoffs
finals_champ	Medicine Hat Tigers (3)
finals_runner-up	Kamloops Blazers
no_of_teams	14
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
season_champs	Saskatoon Blades (3)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Joe Sakic (Swift Current Broncos)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Joe Sakic (Swift Current Broncos)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	[1986–87](1986-87-whl-season)
nextseason_year	[1988–89](1988-89-whl-season)

| finals_runner-up = Kamloops Blazers | finals_runner-up = Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

The 1987–88 WHL season was the 22nd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL), featuring fourteen teams and a 72-game season. The Saskatoon Blades won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record. In the playoffs, the Medicine Hat Tigers won their second consecutive President's Cup, defeating the Kamloops Blazers in the championship series. The Tigers advanced to the 1988 Memorial Cup tournament, where they won their second straight Memorial Cup title.

The season was the first for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, after the Calgary Wranglers relocated to Lethbridge prior to the season. The Hurricanes brought WHL hockey back to the city after the Broncos returned to Swift Current in 1986.

Team changes

The Calgary Wranglers relocate to Lethbridge, Alberta, becoming the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Saskatoon Blades	72	47	22	3	97	381	294
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	44	22	6	94	353	261
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	43	24	5	91	373	284
x Swift Current Broncos	72	44	26	2	90	388	312
x Regina Pats	72	39	29	4	82	342	286
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	26	43	3	55	348	371
Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	20	48	4	44	257	356
Moose Jaw Warriors	72	18	52	2	38	308	458

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Kamloops Blazers	72	45	26	1	91	399	307
x Spokane Chiefs	72	37	32	3	77	330	296
x Victoria Cougars	72	37	34	1	75	346	335
x New Westminster Bruins	72	33	34	5	71	338	358
Seattle Thunderbirds	72	25	45	2	52	313	436
Portland Winter Hawks	72	24	45	3	51	328	449

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Sakic	Swift Current Broncos	64	78	82	160	64
Theoren Fleury	Moose Jaw Warriors	65	68	92	160	235
Mark Recchi	Kamloops Blazers	62	61	93	154	75
Troy Mick	Portland Winter Hawks	72	63	84	147	78
Dennis Holland	Portland Winter Hawks	67	58	86	144	115
Terry Yake	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	55	85	140	59
Craig Endean	Regina Pats	69	50	86	136	50
Greg Hawgood	Kamloops Blazers	63	48	85	133	142
Trevor Jobe	Prince Albert Raiders	72	69	63	132	111
Mike Modano	Prince Albert Raiders	65	47	80	127	80

1988 WHL Playoffs

First round

Saskatoon earned a bye
Medicine Hat earned a bye
Prince Albert defeated Brandon 3 games to 1
Swift Current defeated Regina 3 games to 1

Division semi-finals

Saskatoon defeated Swift Current 4 games to 2
Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 2
Kamloops defeated New Westminster 5 games to 0
Spokane defeated Victoria 5 games to 3

Division finals

Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
Kamloops defeated Spokane 5 games to 2

WHL Championship

Medicine Hat defeated Kamloops 4 games to 2

All-Star game

On January 12, the East Division defeated the West Division 5–4 at Kamloops, British Columbia before a crowd of 2,689.

WHL awards

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Mark Recchi, Kamloops Blazers

All-Star teams

East Division	First Team	Second team	West Division	First Team
Goal	Tim Cheveldae	Saskatoon Blades	Mark Fitzpatrick	Medicine Hat Tigers
Defense	Curtis Leschyshyn	Saskatoon Blades	Dean Kolstad	Prince Albert Raiders
Scott McCrady	Medicine Hat Tigers	Rich Pilon	Prince Albert Raiders
Center	Joe Sakic	Swift Current Broncos	Theoren Fleury	Moose Jaw Warriors
Left wing	Grant Tkachuk	Saskatoon Blades	Mark Pederson	Medicine Hat Tigers
Right wing	Craig Endean	Regina Pats	Trevor Linden	Medicine Hat Tigers
Goal	Troy Gamble	Spokane Chiefs	unknown
Defense	Greg Hawgood	Kamloops Blazers
Jayson More (tied)	New Westminster Bruins
Andrew Wolf (tied)	Victoria Cougars
Center	Dennis Holland	Portland Winter Hawks
Left wing	Troy Mick (tied)	Portland Winter Hawks
Darcy Norton (tied)	Kamloops Blazers
Right wing	Mark Recchi	Kamloops Blazers

References

2005–06 WHL Guide

before = 1986–87 WHL season | after = 1988–89 WHL season | title = WHL seasons | years = |

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