1967–68 WHL season

Sports season

1967–68 WHL season

League| Western Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Number of games| 72
Number of teams| 5
Regular season
Season champions| Portland Buckaroos
Season MVP| Art Jones
Top scorer| Len Ronson
Lester Patrick Cup
Champions| Seattle Totems
Runners-up| Portland Buckaroos
Seasons

← 1966–67

1968–69 →

The 1967–68 WHL season was the 16th season of the Western Hockey League. Five teams played a 72-game schedule, and the Seattle Totems were the Lester Patrick Cup champions, defeating the Portland Buckaroos four games to one in the final series. The Los Angeles Blades ceased operations, when the Los Angeles Kings joined the National Hockey League as an expansion team.

## Teams

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1967–68 Western Hockey League

Team | City | Arena | Capacity
Phoenix Roadrunners | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 12,371
Portland Buckaroos | Portland, Oregon | Memorial Coliseum | 12,000
San Diego Gulls | San Diego, California | San Diego International Sports Center | 12,920
Seattle Totems | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Center Coliseum | 12,250
Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver, British Columbia | PNE Forum | 5,050

### Map of teams

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Road
runners

Buckaroos

Gulls

Totems

Canucks

WHL Teams

## Final Standings

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WHL Standings[1] R | Team  | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts

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1 | Portland Buckaroos | 72 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 246 | 168 | 86
2 | Seattle Totems | 72 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 207 | 199 | 77
3 | San Diego Gulls | 72 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 241 | 236 | 67
4 | Phoenix Roadrunners | 72 | 28 | 40 | 4 | 215 | 276 | 60
5 | Vancouver Canucks | 72 | 26 | 41 | 5 | 213 | 258 | 57

bold \- qualified for playoffs

## Playoffs

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| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Portland Buckaroos | 4 | |
| 3 | San Diego Gulls | 3 |
| | 1 | Portland Buckaroos | 1 |
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| | | 2 | Seattle Totems | 4 |
| 2 | Seattle Totems | 4 |

| 4 | Phoenix Roadrunners | 0 |

The Seattle Totems defeated the Portland Buckaroos 4 games to 1 to win the Lester Patrick Cup.

## References

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1. ^ "1967-68 Western Hockey League [WHL] standings at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.

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