2000–01 WHL season

The 2000–01 WHL season was the 35th season of the Western Hockey League. The season featured eighteen teams completing a 72-game season. The Red Deer Rebels won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, for best regular season record, and the President's Cup as playoff champions, both for the first time in team history. The latter earned the Rebels a berth in the 2001 Memorial Cup tournament, hosted by the Regina Pats, where the Rebels finished their season by winning the national title.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Swift Current Broncos	72	43	20	7	2	95	275	215
x Regina Pats	72	40	27	3	2	85	285	242
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	34	29	4	5	77	287	291
x Brandon Wheat Kings	72	32	32	5	3	72	244	242
Saskatoon Blades	72	19	43	5	5	48	193	265
Prince Albert Raiders	72	18	47	3	4	43	204	348

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Red Deer Rebels	72	54	12	3	3	114	304	168
x Kootenay Ice	72	45	17	4	6	100	286	213
x Calgary Hitmen	72	37	27	5	3	82	284	250
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	29	35	4	4	66	200	229
Medicine Hat Tigers	72	24	40	5	4	56	271	316

West Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Kelowna Rockets	72	37	23	7	5	86	259	240
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	37	27	5	3	82	244	237
x Kamloops Blazers	72	35	28	7	2	79	289	274
x Spokane Chiefs	72	35	28	7	2	79	242	219
x Prince George Cougars	72	31	33	4	4	70	242	266
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	30	33	8	1	69	262	299
Tri-City Americans	72	21	36	8	7	57	217	284

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Justin Mapletoft	Red Deer Rebels	70	43	77	120	111
Layne Ulmer	Swift Current Broncos	68	63	56	119	75
Jared Aulin	Kamloops Blazers	70	31	77	108	62
Jarret Stoll	Kootenay Ice	62	40	66	106	105
Blake Evans	Tri-City/Regina	67	52	50	102	120
Kyle Wanvig	Red Deer Rebels	69	55	46	101	202
Konstantin Panov	Kamloops Blazers	69	44	56	100	52
Jordan Krestanovich	Calgary Hitmen	70	40	60	100	32
Nathan Barrett	Lethbridge Hurricanes	70	46	53	99	66
Rory McDade	Kelowna Rockets	72	28	70	98	50

Goaltending Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Shane Bendera	Red Deer Rebels	45	2604	32	8	2	107	5	.903	2.47
B. J. Boxma	Kootenay/Swift Current	48	2791	28	15	2	123	0	.903	2.64
Dan Blackburn	Kootenay Ice	50	2924	33	14	2	135	1	.907	2.77
Michael Garnett	Red Deer/Saskatoon	49	2640	21	22	3	122	4	.902	2.77
Joel Martin	Lethbridge Hurricanes	44	2352	17	18	1	107	2	.884	2.88

All-Star games

On January 24, the WHL Eastern All-stars were defeated by the OHL Western All-stars 5–2 at Guelph, Ontario before a crowd of 5,074.
On January 31, the WHL Western All-stars were defeated by the QMJHL Dilio All-stars 7–5 at Kamloops, British Columbia before a crowd of 4,103.

All-Star teams

source: Western Hockey League press release