1958–59 WHL season | |
League: | Western Hockey League |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champs: | Calgary Stampeders |
Finals: | President's Cup |
Finals Champ: | Seattle Totems |
Finals Runner-Up: | Calgary Stampeders |
Prevseason Year: | 1957–58 |
Nextseason Year: | 1959–60 |
No Of Games: | 70 (Coast Division) 64 (Prairie Division) |
No Of Teams: | 9 |
Mvp: | Coast Division: Guyle Fielder (Seattle) Prairie Division: Ed Dorohoy (Calgary) |
Top Scorer: | Guyle Fielder (Seattle) |
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.
The Spokane Spokes joined as an expansion club. Initially named the "Flyers" they were forced to modify their name after complaints from the Edmonton Flyers, who cited seniority. The Seattle franchise also changed names, going from the "Americans" to the "Totems". The teams played an unbalanced schedule: the Coast Division teams played 70 games each, while the Prairie Division teams had 64 each.
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.
Team | |||||||||
1 | 70 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 277 | 225 | 83 | ||
2 | 70 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 219 | 214 | 73 | ||
3 | 70 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 219 | 254 | 64 | ||
4 | 70 | 26 | 38 | 6 | 217 | 275 | 58 | ||
5 | 70 | 23 | 45 | 2 | 237 | 301 | 48 |
Team | |||||||||
1 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 1 | 263 | 196 | 85 | ||
2 | 64 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 205 | 206 | 69 | ||
3 | 64 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 256 | 229 | 64 | ||
4 | 64 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 208 | 201 | 62 |
The Seattle Totems defeated the Calgary Stampeders 4 games to 0 to win the President's Cup.