Kelowna Rockets are regular season champions

Calgary - The Western Hockey League announced today that the Kelowna Rockets have won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the WHL regular season champions for the first time in the franchise's 12 year history.

The Rockets regular season record was 51-14-6-1 and 109 points. The 109 point total is also a franchise best. They finished four points ahead of the second place Red Deer Rebels who finished the regular season with 105 points.

The Rockets joined the Western Hockey League in 1991-92 as the Tacoma Rockets and moved to Kelowna in 1994.

Scotty Munro was one of the original founders of the Western Hockey League. Munro was the General Manager of the Estevan Bruins and the General Manager and Coach of the Calgary Centennials.

Below is a complete list of WHL Regular Season Champions since the inception of the award in 1967.

WHL Regular Season Champions

2002-03 Kelowna Rockets
2001-02 Red Deer Rebels
2000-01 Red Deer Rebels
1999-00 Calgary Hitmen
1998-99 Calgary Hitmen
1997-98 Portland Winter Hawks
1996-97 Lethbridge Hurricanes
1995-96 Brandon Wheat Kings
1994-95 Kamloops Blazers
1993-94 Kamloops Blazers
1992-93 Swift Current Broncos
1991-92 Kamloops Blazers
1990-91 Kamloops Blazers
1989-90 Kamloops Blazers
1988-89 Swift Current Broncos
1987-88 Saskatoon Blades
1986-87 Kamloops Blazers
1985-86 Medicine Hat Tigers
1984-85 Prince Albert Raiders
1983-84 Kamloops Junior Oilers
1982-83 Saskatoon Blades
1981-82 Lethbridge Broncos
1980-81 Victoria Cougars
1979-80 Portland Winter Hawks
1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings
1977-78 Brandon Wheat Kings
1976-77 Brandon Wheat Kings
1975-76 New Westminster Bruins
1974-75 Victoria Cougars
1973-74 Regina Pats
1972-73 Saskatoon Blades
1971-72 Calgary Centennials
1970-71 Edmonton Oil Kings
1969-70 Flin Flon Bombers
1968-69 Flin Flon Bombers
1967-68 Flin Flon Bombers
1966-67 Edmonton Oil Kings