1985–86 WHL season

The 1985–86 WHL season was the 20th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). It featured fourteen teams and a 72-game regular season. The Medicine Hat Tigers captured their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for the best regular season record, while the Kamloops Blazers won their second President's Cup as playoff champions.

The season was the first for the Spokane Chiefs, with the Kelowna Wings relocating to Spokane, Washington prior to the season. The Chiefs became the third American-based WHL team. In addition, the Seattle Breakers were renamed the Thunderbirds.

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

First round
The East division played a round robin format amongst the top six teams:
 * Prince Albert (9–1) advanced
 * Medicine Hat (8–2) advanced
 * Saskatoon (7–3) advanced
 * Moose Jaw (4–6) advanced
 * Lethbridge (1–9) eliminated
 * Regina (1–9) eliminated

Division semi-finals

 * Medicine Hat defeated Moose Jaw 3 games to 0
 * Prince Albert defeated Saskatoon 3 games to 0
 * Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 0
 * Portland defeated Spokane 5 games to 4

Division finals

 * Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
 * Kamloops defeated Portland 5 games to 1

WHL Championship

 * Kamloops defeated Medicine Hat 4 games to 1

All-Star games
On January 20, the Portland Winter Hawks defeated the West All-Stars 4–3 in Portland, Oregon before a crowd of 3,106. On January 21, the East All-Stars defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 6–3 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan before a crowd of 1,475.

WHL awards

 * Note: In some cases, the WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.