It was a season ender for Shaunavon's Kale Kessy as the Portland Winterhawks took the Western Conference title for the third straight time in a 4-1 victory over the Kamloops Blazers.

Meanwhile the Edmonton Oil Kings skated to a 5-1 win over the visiting Calgary Hitmen in Game 5 of the Husky WHL Eastern Conference championship series on Friday night.  Edmonton leads the best of 7 series 3 games to 2, with game 6 set to go tomorrow in Calgary tomorrow night.