Western Hockey League

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major junior ice hockey league sports organization

The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States that serves as a key development path to professional hockey, including the NHL.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Western Hockey League canonical 79
WHL 4
Western Canada Hockey League 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major junior ice hockey league ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WHL
ageCategory 16–20 ⓘ
championQualifiesFor Memorial Cup ⓘ
championshipAward Ed Chynoweth Cup ⓘ
competitionClass major junior ⓘ
confederation Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developmentalFor National Hockey League ⓘ
professional ice hockey ⓘ
draftsFrom WHL Bantam Draft ⓘ
fanBaseRegion Western Canada and Northwestern United States ⓘ
formerName Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Major Junior Hockey League

Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Canada Junior Hockey League
governingBody Canadian Hockey League ⓘ
hasDivision B.C. Division ⓘ
Central Division ⓘ
East Division ⓘ
U.S. Division ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasNotableAlumni NHL players ⓘ
headquartersLocation Calgary ⓘ
surface form: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
iceRinkType indoor ice hockey arenas ⓘ
inception 1966 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRules players wear numbered uniforms ⓘ
levelOnPyramid major junior level ⓘ
memberOf Canadian Hockey League ⓘ
numberOfTeams 22 ⓘ
organizes WHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: WHL Playoffs
playerEligibility amateur status required ⓘ
playoffDuration approximately March to May ⓘ
playsUnderRulesOf Hockey Canada ⓘ
International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
regionServed Pacific Northwest ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern United States

Western Canada ⓘ
seasonDuration approximately September to March ⓘ
seasonStructure regular season and playoffs ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
teamsInCanada 17 ⓘ
teamsInUnitedStates 5 ⓘ
televisionCoverage online streaming platforms ⓘ
regional sports networks ⓘ
ticketType paid admission ⓘ

Referenced by (91)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olie the Goalie → playedInLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Olaf Kölzig
Tri-City Americans Hall of Fame → hasToDoWith → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Tri-City Americans → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Tri-City Americans → memberOf → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Ken Hitchcock → leagueCoachedIn → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Barry Melrose → juniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Canada Hockey League
Moose Jaw → sportsLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Swift Current → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Swift Current Broncos
Jamie Benn → hasPlayedInLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Kamloops → sportsTeamPlays → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Western Hockey League → abbreviation → Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WHL
Western Hockey League → formerName → Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Major Junior Hockey League
Western Hockey League → formerName → Western Hockey League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Canada Junior Hockey League
Ryan Getzlaf → playedInLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
WHL playoffs → organizer → Western Hockey League ⓘ
WHL playoffs → foundedBy → Western Hockey League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Canada Hockey League
WHL playoffs → associatedLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Carey Price → juniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Western Conference → partOf → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Conference (WHL)
Western Conference → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Conference (WHL)
Western Conference → organizer → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Conference (WHL)
TC Americans → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
TC Americans → playsIn → Western Hockey League ⓘ
TC Americans → memberOf → Western Hockey League ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League
WHL regular season → partOf → Western Hockey League ⓘ
WHL regular season → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
WHL regular season → organizer → Western Hockey League ⓘ
WHL regular season → involves → Western Hockey League ⓘ
this entity surface form: WHL member clubs
Spokane Chiefs → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Braden Holtby → juniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Seattle Thunderbirds → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Prince George → sportsTeamLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Prince Albert → sportsTeamPlays → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
New Westminster Bruins → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Canadian Hockey League → hasPart → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Portland Winterhawks → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Portland Winterhawks → affiliation → Western Hockey League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Hockey League U.S. Division
Travis Green → playedForJuniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Ontario Hockey League → sisterLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Everett → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
subject surface form: Everett Silvertips
Scotiabank Saddledome → leagueOfTenant → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Jay Bouwmeester → playedInLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Ken Daneyko → playedJuniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Memorial Cup → includesLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Brayden Schenn → juniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Patrick Marleau → juniorLeague → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Portland Buckaroos → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Pacific Coliseum → leagueAssociation → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Brent Sutter → leagueCoachedIn → Western Hockey League ⓘ
Kamloops Blazers → league → Western Hockey League ⓘ