1989-90 WHL season

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The 1989-90 WHL season was the 24th season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Kamloops Blazers won the President's Cup.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 WHL Playoffs 2.1 First Round 2.2 Division Semi-finals 2.3 Division Finals 2.4 WHL Championship 3 All-Star Game 4 WHL awards 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	51	17	4	106	465	270
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	38	33	1	77	301	293
x Regina Pats	72	34	31	7	75	332	329
x Saskatoon Blades	72	33	34	5	71	325	354
x Medicine Hat Tigers	72	32	38	2	66	298	331
x Swift Current Broncos	72	29	39	4	62	323	351
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	28	38	6	62	276	325
Moose Jaw Warriors	72	28	41	3	59	287	330

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
x Kamloops Blazers	72	56	16	0	112	484	278
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	52	17	3	107	444	295
x Tri-City Americans	72	39	28	5	83	433	354
x Spokane Chiefs	72	30	37	5	65	334	344
Portland Winter Hawks	72	24	45	3	51	322	426
Victoria Cougars	72	5	65	2	12	221	565

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Len Barrie	Kamloops Blazers	70	85	100	185	108
Glen Goodall	Seattle Thunderbirds	67	76	87	163	83
Victor Gervais	Seattle Thunderbirds	69	64	96	160	180
Phil Huber	Kamloops Blazers	72	63	89	152	176
Brian Sakic	Tri-City Americans	66	53	99	152	12
Petr Nedved	Seattle Thunderbirds	71	65	80	145	80
Stu Barnes	Tri-City Americans	63	52	92	144	165
Corey Lyons	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	63	79	142	26
Wes Walz	Lethbridge Hurricanes	56	54	86	140	69
Bryan Bosch	Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	48	90	138	34

[edit] WHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

• Swift Current defeated Brandon 5-4 in a one game tie-breaker
• Lethbridge earned a bye
• Prince Albert earned a bye
• Regina defeated Swift Currentt 3 games to 1
• Saskatoon defeated Medicine Hat 3 games to 0

[edit] Division Semi-finals

• Lethbridge defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 3
• Prince Albert defeated Regina 4 games to 3

• Kamloops defeated Spokane 5 games to 1
• Seattle defeated Tri-City 5 games to 2

[edit] Division Finals

• Lethbridge defeated Prince Albert 4 games to 3
• Kamloops defeated Seattle 5 games to 1

[edit] WHL Championship

• Kamloops defeated Lethbridge 4 games to 1

[edit] All-Star Game

On January 26, the East division defeated the West division 9-6 at Kennewick, Washington before a crowd of 5,059.

[edit] WHL awards

Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Glen Goodall, Seattle Thunderbirds

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

Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Len Barrie, Kamloops Blazers

Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Bryan Bosch, Lethbridge Hurricanes

Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Kevin Haller, Regina Pats

Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Petr Nedved, Seattle Thunderbirds

Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Trevor Kidd, Brandon Wheat Kings

Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Ken Hitchcock, Kamloops Blazers

Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Russ Farwell, Seattle Thunderbirds

Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Kamloops Blazers

Marketing/Public Relations Award - St. Clair Group Trophy: Jeff Chynoweth, Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Len Barrie, Kamloops Blazers

[edit] See also

• 1990 Memorial Cup
• 1990 NHL Entry Draft
• 1989 in sports
• 1990 in sports

[edit] References

• whl.ca
• 2005-06 WHL Guide

Preceded by: 1988-89 WHL season

WHL seasons

Succeeded by: 1990-91 WHL season