The 1959–60 WHL season was the eighth season of the Western Hockey League. The Vancouver Canucks were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Victoria Cougars in five games to two in the final series.
Both the Saskatoon Quakers and New Westminster Royals announced they would not play the season, leaving the league with seven teams.
Teams 1959–60 Western Hockey League Team City Arena Capacity Calgary Stampeders Calgary, Alberta Stampede Corral 6,475 Edmonton Flyers Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Stock Pavilion 6,000 Seattle Totems Seattle, Washington Civic Ice Arena 5,000 Spokane Comets Spokane, Washington Spokane Coliseum 5,400 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver, British Columbia PNE Forum 5,050 Victoria Cougars Victoria, British Columbia Victoria Memorial Arena 5,000 Winnipeg Warriors Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Arena 9,500
Map of teams
Final standings + League Standings Team 1 Vancouver Canucks 70 44 20 6 230 177 94 2 Seattle Totems 70 38 28 4 270 219 80 3 Victoria Cougars 70 37 29 4 227 194 78 4 Edmonton Flyers 70 37 29 4 246 240 78 5 Calgary Stampeders 70 32 36 2 245 227 66 6 Winnipeg Warriors 70 25 42 3 224 262 53 7 Spokane Comets 70 19 48 3 201 324 41 bold – qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Victoria Cougars 5 games to 2 to win the President's Cup.
All Star Team Position Player GHank Bassen, Vancouver Canucks DGord Sinclair, Seattle Totems DBrent MacNab, Vancouver Canucks CGuyle Fielder, Seattle Totems RW Lou Jankowski, Calgary Stampeders LWAl Johnson, Spokane Comets
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