1976–77 WCHL season

The 1976–77 WCHL season was the 11th season for the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 72 game season. The New Westminster Bruins won their third consecutive President's Cup as well as the Memorial Cup.

League notes

The Edmonton Oil Kings relocated to Portland, Oregon to become the Portland Winter Hawks, the first United States based team in the WCHL.
The Winnipeg Clubs became the Winnipeg Monarchs.
The WCHL split into three divisions of four teams each.

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	54	10	8	116	447	242
x Saskatoon Blades	72	30	30	12	72	317	290
Flin Flon Bombers	72	16	42	14	46	294	411
Regina Pats	72	8	53	11	27	218	464

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	32	28	12	76	330	304
x Winnipeg Monarchs	72	31	34	7	69	341	384
x Lethbridge Broncos	72	28	32	12	68	324	335
x Calgary Centennials	72	22	34	15	59	329	397

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x New Westminster Bruins	72	47	14	11	105	363	216
x Kamloops Chiefs	72	34	26	12	80	308	291
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	36	29	7	79	359	294
x Victoria Cougars	72	27	32	13	67	299	301

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Derlago	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	96	82	178	63
Ray Allison	Brandon Wheat Kings	71	45	92	137	198
Brian Propp	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	55	80	135	47
Kevin McCarthy	Winnipeg Monarchs	72	22	105	127	110
Dan Bonar	Brandon Wheat Kings	72	75	50	125	70
Tony Currie	Portland Winter Hawks	72	73	52	125	50
Mark Lofthouse	New Westminster Bruins	70	54	58	112	59
Wayne Babych	Portland Winter Hawks	72	50	62	112	76
Brent Peterson	Portland Winter Hawks	69	34	78	112	98
Kim Davis	Flin Flon Bombers	69	56	55	111	250

On January 19, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 3–2 at Brandon, Manitoba with a crowd of 4,120.

Preceded by 1975–76 WCHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 1977–78 WCHL season

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