1988-89 WHL season

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The 1988-89 WHL season was the 23rd season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Swift Current Broncos won the President's Cup before going on to win the Memorial Cup.

Contents 1 League notes 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Scoring leaders 3 WHL Playoffs 3.1 First Round 3.2 Division Semi-finals 3.3 Division Finals 3.4 WHL Championship 4 All-Star Game 5 WHL awards 6 See also 7 References

[edit] League notes

• The New Westminster Bruins relocated to Kennewick, Washington to become the Tri-City Americans.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Swift Current Broncos	72	55	16	1	111	447	319
x Saskatoon Blades	72	42	28	2	86	366	335
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	41	27	4	86	359	326
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	37	33	2	76	302	286
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	27	39	6	60	356	380
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	27	42	3	57	318	372
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	25	43	4	54	286	331
Regina Pats	72	23	43	6	52	306	358

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Portland Winter Hawks	72	40	28	4	84	408	395
x Victoria Cougars	72	36	32	4	76	341	351
x Kamloops Blazers	72	34	33	5	73	326	309
x Tri-City Americans	72	33	34	5	71	300	299
Seattle Thunderbirds	72	33	35	4	70	315	276
Spokane Chiefs	72	25	45	2	52	326	419

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dennis Holland	Portland Winter Hawks	69	82	85	167	120
Stu Barnes	Tri-City Americans	70	59	82	141	117
Tim Tisdale	Swift Current Broncos	68	51	82	139	89
Blair Atecheynum	Moose Jaw Warriors	71	70	68	138	70
Troy Mick	Portland Winter Hawks	66	49	87	136	70
Wayne Hynes	Medicine Hat Tigers	72	54	81	135	66
Peter Kasowski	Swift Current Broncos	72	58	73	131	46
Mike Sillinger	Regina Pats	72	53	78	131	52
Sean Lebrun	Tri-City Americans	71	52	73	125	92
Kirby Lindal	Medicine Hat Tigers	71	67	55	122	83

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

• Swift Current earned a bye
• Saskatoon earned a bye
• Lethbridge defeated Prince Albert 3 games to 1
• Moose Jaw defeated Medicine Hat 3 games to 0

[edit] Division Semi-finals

• Swift Current defeated Moose Jaw 4 games to 0
• Saskatoon defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 0

• Portland defeated Tri-City 5 games to 2
• Kamloops defeated Victoria 5 games to 3

[edit] Division Finals

• Swift Current defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 0
• Portland defeated Kamloops 5 games to 3

[edit] WHL Championship

• Swift Current defeated Portland 4 games to 0

[edit] All-Star Game

On January 24, the West division defeated the East division 5-1 at Brandon, Manitoba before a crowd of 2,933

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Stu Barnes, Tri-City Americans

Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Jeff Nelson, Prince Albert Raiders

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Dennis Holland, Portland Trail Blazers

Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Blair Atcheynum, Moose Jaw Warriors

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Dan Lambert, Swift Current Broncos

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Wes Walz, Lethbridge Hurricanes

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Danny Lorenz, Seattle Thunderbirds

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Ron Kennedy, Medicine Hat Tigers

Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Dennis Beyak, Saskatoon Blades

Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Swift Current Broncos

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Darren Stolk, Medicine Hat Tigers

[edit] See also

• 1989 Memorial Cup
• 1989 NHL Entry Draft
• 1988 in sports
• 1989 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005-06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1987-88 WHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by 1989-90 WHL season