Western Hockey League

The Western Hockey League is the national hockey league for the Western Republic. Every season, the top 8 teams of each conference advance to the playoffs. There are four rounds of the playoffs; the quarterfinals, the semifinals, the conference finals, and the Western Cup Finals. The winner of the Western Cup Finals wins the Western Cup, the greatest prize in hockey. As of 2018, the latest winner of the Western Cup is the Victoria Concordes, who won it against the Vegas Golden Knights. As of 2018, the team who won the most Western Cups is the Seattle Aviators, who have won 24 Western Cups.

The Original Six teams of the Western Republic were the Vancouver Canucks, the Los Angeles Kings, the Seattle Aviators, the California Seals, the Calgary Flames, and the Portland Winterhawks.

The best players in the league get to play on the Western Republic Ice Hockey Team. The current captain of Team Western Republic is Alan Parker, who plays for the Seattle Aviators.

The Western Hockey League has its headquarters in Vancouver, which is known as the Hockey capital of the world.

The newest team to the league os the Vegas Golden Knights, who joined for the 2017-18 season.

Teams
The WHL has 31 teams. 15 in the Northern Conference, and 16 in the Southern Conference.