1958–59 WHL season

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1958–59 WHL season
League Western Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Number of games 70 (Coast Division)
64 (Prairie Division)
Number of teams 9
Regular season
Season champions Calgary Stampeders
Season MVP Coast Division:
Guyle Fielder (Seattle)
Prairie Division:
Ed Dorohoy (Calgary)
Top scorer Guyle Fielder (Seattle)
President's Cup
Champions Seattle Totems
  Runners-up Calgary Stampeders

The 1958–59 WHL season was the seventh season of the Western Hockey League. The Seattle Totems were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Calgary Stampeders in four games in the final series.[1]

The Spokane Spokes joined as an expansion club.[2] Initially named the "Flyers" they were forced to modify their name after complaints from the Edmonton Flyers, who cited seniority.[3] The Seattle franchise also changed names, going from the "Americans" to the "Totems".[4] The teams played an unbalanced schedule: the Cost Division teams played 70 games each, while the Prairie Division teams had 64 each.[5]

Guyle Fielder set a league record with 95 assists, winning the scoring title with 119 points. He was named the Coast Division's most valuable player, while Ed Dorohoy of the Calgary Stampeders, who scored 109 points, was named so for the Prairie Division.[5]

Final standings

Coast Division Standings[1]
R Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Seattle Totems 70 40 27 3 277 225 83
2 Vancouver Canucks 70 31 28 11 219 214 73
3 Victoria Cougars 70 30 36 4 219 254 64
4 Spokane Spokes 70 26 38 6 217 275 58
5 New Westminster Royals 70 23 45 2 237 301 48
Prairie Division Standings[1]
R Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Calgary Stampeders 64 42 21 1 263 196 85
2 Edmonton Flyers 64 33 28 3 205 206 69
3 Winnipeg Warriors 64 31 31 2 256 229 64
4 Saskatoon Quakers 64 29 31 4 208 201 62

bold - qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

  Preliminary Round Semifinals Finals
                           
   Seattle Totems 3  
 Victoria Cougars 0  
   Seattle Totems 4  
     Vancouver Canucks 1  
 Vancouver Canucks 3
   Spokane Spokes 1  
     Seattle Totems 4
   Calgary Stampeders 0
   Calgary Stampeders  
 (First-round bye)  
 Calgary Stampeders 4
     Winnipeg Warriors 0  
 Winnipeg Warriors 3
   Edmonton Flyers 0  


The Seattle Totems defeated the Calgary Stampeders 4 games to 0 to win the President's Cup.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stott 2008, p. 236
  2. Stott 2008, p. 91
  3. Stott 2008, p. 91
  4. Stott 2008, p. 93
  5. 5.0 5.1 Stott 2008, p. 94

Bibliography

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