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The Western Hockey League was managed for most of its history by [[Al Leader]].
During the 1960s, the WHL moved into a number of large west coast markets including Los Angeles and San Francisco. There was speculation that the WHL could grow into a [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major league]] capable of rivalling even the long-entrenched [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102082951/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/464114362.html?dids=464114362:464114362&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27
In the 1965–66 and 1967–68 seasons, the WHL played an interlocking schedule with the [[American Hockey League]]. Fears that the WHL (or a WHL/AHL merger) could become a rival major league was among the factors that finally convinced the NHL [[1967 NHL expansion|to expand for the 1967–68 season]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Net Worth: Exploding the Myths of Pro Hockey| author1=David Cruise| author2=Alison Griffiths| publisher=Stoddart Publishing| year=1991}}</ref>
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