2005–06 WHL season

The 2005–06 WHL season was the 40th season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty teams completed a 72 game schedule. The Vancouver Giants won the President's Cup.

League notes

The WHL [http://whl.ca/news/index.php?id=3151&showToc=1& announced] that it would adopt many of the new rules put in place by the NHL this season to increase scoring. They are:
*Shootouts: Ties no longer count in the standings, and are replaced with the shootout. Shootout losses will count as one point in the standings.
*Tighter standard of officiating, especially as it relates to obstruction fouls.
*Goaltender restriction zone or the "trapezoid", will be employed. Goaltenders will be forbidden from playing the puck in the corners behind the goal line. A violation will merit a two minute delay of game penalty.
*Tag-up Offside rule will be used.
*The centre ice red line will no longer be considered for the purpose of determining an offside (two-line) pass.
*Any player who shoots the puck over the glass and out of play from their defensive zone will receive a delay of game penalty.
*Any team called for icing the puck from within their defensive zone will not be permitted a line change. Unlike the NHL, any team that ices the puck from their half of the neutral zone will be permitted to change.

It is worth noting that the WHL did not move the goal and blue lines to increase the size of the offensive zones like the NHL, as the league felt that the teams did not have enough time to modify their arenas. Thus, only the Calgary Hitmen, who share an arena with the Calgary Flames play using the new alignment. The new standard will be employed by the remaining teams beginning in 2006–07.

Regular season

Final Standings

Eastern Conference

WHL Playoffs

Overview

16TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Quarter-finals
RD2=Conference Semi-finals
RD3=Conference Finals
RD4=WHL Championship
group1=Eastern
group2=Western

RD1-seed01=C1
RD1-team01=Medicine Hat
RD1-seed02=C4
RD1-team02=Swift Current
RD1-score01=4
RD1-score02=0

RD1-seed03=E3
RD1-team03=Regina
RD1-seed04=E2
RD1-team04=Saskatoon
RD1-score03=2
RD1-score04=4

RD1-seed05=C2
RD1-team05=Calgary
RD1-seed06=C3
RD1-team06=Lethbridge
RD1-score05=4
RD1-score06=2

RD1-seed07=E4
RD1-team07=Brandon
RD1-seed08=E1
RD1-team08=Moose Jaw
RD1-score07=2
RD1-score08=4

RD1-seed09=B1
RD1-team09=Vancouver
RD1-seed10=B4
RD1-team10=Prince George
RD1-score09=4
RD1-score10=1

RD1-seed11=U3
RD1-team11=Portland
RD1-seed12=U2
RD1-team12=Seattle
RD1-score11=4
RD1-score12=3

RD1-seed13=B2
RD1-team13=Kelowna
RD1-seed14=B3
RD1-team14=Kootenay
RD1-score13=4
RD1-score14=2

RD1-seed15=U4
RD1-team15=Tri City
RD1-seed16=U1
RD1-team16=Everett
RD1-score15=1
RD1-score16=4

RD2-seed01=C1
RD2-team01=Medicine Hat
RD2-seed02=E2
RD2-team02=Saskatoon
RD2-score01=4
RD2-score02=0

RD2-seed03=C2
RD2-team03=Calgary
RD2-seed04=E1
RD2-team04=Moose Jaw
RD2-score03=3
RD2-score04=4

RD2-seed05=B1
RD2-team05=Vancouver
RD2-seed06=U3
RD2-team06=Portland
RD2-score05=4
RD2-score06=1

RD2-seed07=B2
RD2-team07=Kelowna
RD2-seed08=U1
RD2-team08=Everett
RD2-score07=2
RD2-score08=4

RD3-seed01=C1
RD3-team01=Medicine Hat
RD3-seed02=E1
RD3-team02=Moose Jaw
RD3-score01=1
RD3-score02=4

RD3-seed03=B1
RD3-team03=Vancouver
RD3-seed04=U1
RD3-team04=Everett
RD3-score03=4
RD3-score04=0

RD4-seed01=E1
RD4-team01=Moose Jaw
RD4-seed02=B1
RD4-team02=Vancouver
RD4-score01=0
RD4-score02=4

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Conference semifinals

Conference finals

WHL Championship

2006 Bantam draft

The 2006 WHL Bantam Draft took place in Calgary, Alberta on Thursday May 4th. It was the 17th annual draft to take place.

:"List of first round picks in the bantam draft."

ee also

*2005–06 OHL season
*2005–06 QMJHL season
*2006 Memorial Cup
*2006 NHL Entry Draft
*2005 in ice hockey
*2006 in ice hockey

References

* [http://www.whl.ca whl.ca]