1987–88 WHL season

The 1987–88 WHL season was the 22nd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL), featuring fourteen teams and a 72-game season. The Saskatoon Blades won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season record. In the playoffs, the Medicine Hat Tigers won their second consecutive President's Cup, defeating the Kamloops Blazers in the championship series. The Tigers advanced to the 1988 Memorial Cup tournament, where they won their second straight Memorial Cup title.

The season was the first for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, after the Calgary Wranglers relocated to Lethbridge prior to the season. The Hurricanes brought WHL hockey back to the city after the Broncos returned to Swift Current in 1986.

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

First round

 * Saskatoon earned a bye
 * Medicine Hat earned a bye
 * Prince Albert defeated Brandon 3 games to 1
 * Swift Current defeated Regina 3 games to 1

Division semi-finals

 * Saskatoon defeated Swift Current 4 games to 2
 * Medicine Hat defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 2
 * Kamloops defeated New Westminster 5 games to 0
 * Spokane defeated Victoria 5 games to 3

Division finals

 * Medicine Hat defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
 * Kamloops defeated Spokane 5 games to 2

WHL Championship

 * Medicine Hat defeated Kamloops 4 games to 2

All-Star game
On January 12, the East Division defeated the West Division 5–4 at Kamloops, British Columbia before a crowd of 2,689.