AHL 1988/89

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The 1988/89 season was the 53rd regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the 14 teams in the league played 80 games each. The four best teams from the North Division and the South Division then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The position within the conference is in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Regular season

North Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Sherbrooke Canadiens 80 47 24 9 348 261 103
Halifax Citadels 80 42 30th 8th 345 300 92
Moncton Hawks 80 37 34 9 320 313 83
New Haven Nighthawks 80 35 35 10 325 309 80
Maine Mariners 80 32 40 8th 262 317 72
Springfield Indians 80 32 44 4th 287 341 68
Cape Breton Oilers 80 27 47 6th 308 388 60
South Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Adirondack Red Wings 80 47 27 6th 369 294 100
Hershey Bears 80 40 30th 10 361 309 90
Utica Devils 80 37 34 9 309 295 83
Newmarket Saints 80 38 36 6th 339 334 82
Rochester Americans 80 38 37 5 305 302 81
Baltimore Skipjacks 80 30th 46 4th 317 347 64
Binghamton Whalers 80 28 46 6th 307 392 62

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Stéphan Lebeau Sherbrooke Canadiens 78 70 64 134 47
Murray Eaves Adirondack Red Wings 80 46 72 118 84
Benoît Brunet Sherbrooke Canadiens 73 41 76 117 95
Mike Richard Baltimore Skipjacks 80 44 63 107 51
Don Biggs Hershey Bears 76 36 67 103 158
Terry Yake Binghamton Whalers 75 39 56 95 57
Ken Priestlay Rochester Americans 64 56 37 93 60
Hubie McDonough New Haven Nighthawks 74 37 55 92 41
Ron Wilson Moncton Hawks 80 31 61 92 110
Brian Dobbin Hershey Bears 59 43 48 91 61

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in each division qualified for the play-offs. In the first two play-off rounds, the winners of the respective divisions were played. In round three, the two division winners met in the final. All play-off rounds as well as the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Playoff tree

  Division semi-finals Division Finals Calder Cup Final
                           
  N1 Sherbrooke Canadiens 2        
N4 New Haven Nighthawks 4th  
N4 New Haven Nighthawks 4th
North Division
  N3 Moncton Hawks 2  
N2 Halifax Citadels 0
N3 Moncton Hawks 4th  
N4 New Haven Nighthawks 1
  S1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th
S1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th    
S4 Newmarket Saints 1  
S1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th
South Division
  S2 Hershey Bears 3  
S2 Hershey Bears 4th
  S3 Utica Devils 1  

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Adirondack Red Wings

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Goalkeepers: Tim Cheveldae , Pete Richards , Sam St. Laurent

Defenders: Serge Anglehart , Bruce Bell , John Blum , Peter Dineen , Rob Doyle , Dave Korol , John Mokosak , Dean Morton , Yves Racine , Dennis Smith

Attackers: Lou Crawford , Murray Eaves , Brent Fedyk , Mike Gober , Adam Graves , Miroslav Ihnačák , Randy McKay , Glenn Merkosky , Joe Murphy , Rob Nichols , Jean-François Sauvé , Daniel Shank

Head Coach: Bill Dineen   General Manager: Neil Smith

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Adirondack Red Wings
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the North Division, regular season 		Sherbrooke Canadiens
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the South Division, Regular Season 		Adirondack Red Wings

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Stéphan Lebeau Sherbrooke Canadiens
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Stéphan Lebeau Sherbrooke Canadiens
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Stéphan Lebeau Sherbrooke Canadiens
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Dave Fenyves Hershey Bears
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goalkeeper 		Randy Exelby Sherbrooke Canadiens
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Randy Exelby Sherbrooke Canadiens
François Gravel
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Tom McVie Utica Devils
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication 		Murray Eaves Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs 		Sam St. Laurent Adirondack Red Wings

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