2007–08 WHL season

The 2007–08 WHL season was the 42nd season of the Western Hockey League. The regular season began on September 20, 2007, and ended on March 16, 2008. The Tri-City Americans won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for the best regular season record. The playoffs began on March 21, and ended on May 7, with the Spokane Chiefs defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the championship series to claim their second Ed Chynoweth Cup and a berth at the 2008 Memorial Cup tournament, which Spokane would go on to win.
The Edmonton Oil Kings joined the league as an expansion club—their name paying homage to Edmonton's original WHL team—bringing the WHL to 22 teams.

League notes

The WHL had announced at the 2007 Memorial Cup tournament that it would rename its championship trophy—until then, known as the President's Cup—after Ed Chynoweth. The Chiefs 2008 championship was thus the first featuring the renamed trophy.
The Edmonton Oil Kings joined the Central Division of the Eastern Conference, bringing the Eastern Conference to twelve teams, while the Western Conference remained at ten.
The playoff format was revised so that the top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs, as opposed to the top four in each division. Division winners are guaranteed a top two seed in each conference.

Final standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; x = Clinched playoff berth; y = Clinched conference title''

Eastern Conference

Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	Rank
y Calgary Hitmen	72	47	20	1	4	99	259	166	1
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	45	21	2	4	96	245	175	3
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	43	22	5	2	93	234	198	4
x Kootenay Ice	72	42	22	5	3	92	229	214	5
Edmonton Oil Kings	72	22	39	4	7	55	162	241	11
Red Deer Rebels	72	18	47	4	3	43	145	255	12

Western Conference

U.S. Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	Rank
y Tri-City Americans	72	52	16	2	2	108	262	176	1
x Spokane Chiefs	72	50	15	1	6	107	251	160	3
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	42	23	5	2	91	241	179	4
x Everett Silvertips	72	39	30	0	3	81	205	198	6
Portland Winter Hawks	72	11	58	2	1	25	132	318	10

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mark Santorelli	Chilliwack Bruins	72	27	74	101	40
Colin Long	Kelowna Rockets	72	31	69	100	41
Colton Yellow Horn	Tri-City Americans	67	48	49	97	63
Tyler Ennis	Medicine Hat Tigers	70	43	48	91	42
Steve DaSilva	Kootenay Ice	68	40	49	89	47
Mitch Fadden	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	34	55	89	72
Jordan Knackstedt	Moose Jaw Warriors	72	31	54	85	116
Dan Gendur	Everett Silvertips	60	29	55	84	68
Bud Holloway	Seattle Thunderbirds	70	43	40	83	55
Oscar Moller	Chilliwack Bruins	63	39	44	83	42

Leading goaltenders

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

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	OTL	SL	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Tyson Sexsmith	Vancouver Giants	62	3678	43	11	2	6	116	9	.911	1.89
Juha Metsola	Lethbridge Hurricanes	30	1693	20	7	0	1	56	3	.916	1.98
Dustin Tokarski	Spokane Chiefs	45	2543	30	10	0	3	87	6	.922	2.05
Martin Jones	Calgary Hitmen	27	1529	18	8	0	1	54	1	.911	2.12
Kevin Armstrong	Spokane Chiefs	33	1840	20	5	1	3	66	2	.915	2.15

Memorial Cup

The 90th Memorial Cup was held in Kitchener, Ontario.

All-Star teams

source: Western Hockey League press release

2008 Bantam Draft

First round

#	Player	Nationality	WHL Team
1	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins		Red Deer Rebels
2	Ty Rattie		Portland Winter Hawks
3	Duncan Siemens		Saskatoon Blades
4	Michael St. Croix		Edmonton Oil Kings
5	Mark McNeill		Prince Albert Raiders
6	Brent Benson		Saskatoon Blades
7	Colin Smith		Kamloops Blazers
8	Mitch Topping		Chilliwack Bruins
9	Ryan Murray		Everett Silvertips
10	Klarc Wilson		Brandon Wheat Kings
11	Jesse Forsberg		Moose Jaw Warriors
12	Reece Scarlett		Swift Current Broncos
13	Shane McColgan		Kelowna Rockets
14	Connor Sanvido		Seattle Thunderbirds
15	Brendan Hurley		Kootenay Ice
16	Dylan Busenius		Medicine Hat Tigers
17	Myles Bell		Regina Pats
18	Phil Tot		Lethbridge Hurricanes
19	Peter Kosterman		Calgary Hitmen
20	Zach Hodder		Vancouver Giants
21	Mitch Holmberg		Spokane Chiefs
22	Zac Yuen		Tri-City Americans