2025 WHL Championship Series Presented by Nutrien Begins Tonight in Medicine Hat

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2025 WHL Championship Series Presented by Nutrien Begins Tonight in Medicine Hat

May 9, 2025 - Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release


Medicine Hat, Alta. - The 2025 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien begins Friday, May 9, in Medicine Hat, featuring the Eastern Conference Champion Medicine Hat Tigers and the Western Conference Champion Spokane Chiefs.

The 2025 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien opens Friday at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat. The Tigers will host Games 1 and 2 of the 56th WHL Championship, before the series shifts to the Spokane Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Spokane, Wash., for Games 3, 4, and 5. If necessary, the WHL Championship Series will conclude with Games 6 and 7 at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat.

All seven games of the 2025 WHL Championship Series will be carried nationally in Canada by TSN, while fans in the United States and outside North America can stream all seven games for free on Victory+.

The Tigers and Chiefs will challenge for a berth into the 105th edition of the Memorial Cup, scheduled for May 22 to June 1 in Rimouski, Que.

Both the Chiefs and Tigers advanced to the 2025 WHL Championship Series thanks to unprecedented four-game sweeps in each of the WHL Conference Championships. This marks the first time in WHL history in which both Conference Championship Series have ended in four-game sweeps.

The Chiefs took care of the Portland Winterhawks in four games, fueled largely in part by the scoring prowess of Washington Capitals prospect Andrew Cristall. The 5-foot-10, 183-pound product of Burnaby, B.C., is torching the 2025 WHL Playoffs, with 37 points (20G-17A) in 14 games.

Cristall's 20 goals are within four of the WHL Playoffs record for goals in a playoff season, set by Blair Chapman of the Saskatoon Blades, who registered 24 goals in 20 games during the 1976 WHL Playoffs.

The Tigers have only lost one game in the 2025 WHL Playoffs and are riding a 10-game winning streak heading into the 2025 WHL Championship Series after a four-game sweep of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Phenom Gavin McKenna leads the Tigers with 35 points (8G-27A) in 13 games.

McKenna's impressive playoff has carried over from an equally impressive regular season, with the 6-foot, 165-pound product of Whitehorse, Yukon, enjoying an active 53-game point streak at the onset of the 2025 WHL Championship Series.

The represents the fifth appearance in the WHL Championship for the Chiefs, having claimed titles in 1991 and 2008 - their last trip to the WHL finale.

The Tigers will make their seventh trip to the WHL Championship Series, having earned the crown on five occasions - 1973, 1987, 1988, 2004, and 2008 - also their last trip to the WHL finale.

2025 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien - Game Schedule

Game Away Home Day Date Time

1 Spokane @ Medicine Hat Friday May 9 7pm MT

2 Spokane @ Medicine Hat Sunday May 11 7pm MT

3 Medicine Hat @ Spokane Tuesday May 13 7pm PT

4 Medicine Hat @ Spokane Wednesday May 14 7pm PT

5* Medicine Hat @ Spokane Friday May 16 7pm PT

6* Spokane @ Medicine Hat Sunday May 18 7pm MT

7* Spokane @ Medicine Hat Monday May 19 7pm MT

* = if necessary

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