1988–89 AHL season

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Sports season

1988–89 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| Sherbrooke Canadiens
Season MVP| Stéphan Lebeau
Top scorer| Stéphan Lebeau
MVP| Sam St. Laurent
Playoffs
Champions| Adirondack Red Wings
Runners-up| New Haven Nighthawks
AHL seasons

← 1987–88

1989–90 →

The 1988–89 AHL season was the 53rd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned awarding points for an overtime loss. The Sherbrooke Canadiens finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their third Calder Cup championship.

## Team changes

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* The Nova Scotia Oilers move to Sydney, Nova Scotia, becoming the Cape Breton Oilers.
* The Fredericton Express move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming the Halifax Citadels.

## Final standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

North  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Sherbrooke Canadiens (MTL) | 80 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 103 | 348 | 261
Halifax Citadels (QUE) | 80 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 92 | 345 | 300
Moncton Hawks (WIN) | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 83 | 320 | 313
New Haven Nighthawks (LAK) | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 80 | 325 | 309
Maine Mariners (BOS) | 80 | 32 | 40 | 8 | 72 | 262 | 317
Springfield Indians (NYI) | 80 | 32 | 44 | 4 | 68 | 287 | 341
Cape Breton Oilers (EDM) | 80 | 27 | 47 | 6 | 60 | 308 | 388
South  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 100 | 369 | 294
Hershey Bears (PHI) | 80 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 90 | 361 | 309
Utica Devils (NJD) | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 83 | 309 | 295
Newmarket Saints (TOR) | 80 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 82 | 339 | 334
Rochester Americans (BUF) | 80 | 38 | 37 | 5 | 81 | 305 | 302
Baltimore Skipjacks (WSH) | 80 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 64 | 317 | 347
Binghamton Whalers (HFD) | 80 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 62 | 307 | 392

## Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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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

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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Main article: 1989 Calder Cup playoffs

| Division Semifinals | | | Division Finals | | | Calder Cup Final |

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| 1 | Sherbrooke | 2 | | |
| 4 | New Haven | 4 |
| | 4 | New Haven | 4 |
| North Division |
| | | 3 | Moncton | 2 |
| 2 | Halifax | 0 |

| 3 | Moncton | 4 |
| | N4 | New Haven | 1 |
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| | | S1 | Adirondack | 4 |
| 1 | Adirondack | 4 | |

| 4 | Newmarket | 1 |
| | 1 | Adirondack | 4 |
| South Division |
| | | 2 | Hershey | 3 |
| 2 | Hershey | 4 |

| 3 | Utica | 1 |

## Trophy and award winners

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Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Adirondack Red Wings

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F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division: | Sherbrooke Canadiens
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division: | Adirondack Red Wings

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Stéphan Lebeau – Sherbrooke Canadiens

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Stéphan Lebeau – Sherbrooke Canadiens
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Stéphan Lebeau – Sherbrooke Canadiens
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Dave Fenyves – Hershey Bears
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender: | Randy Exelby – Sherbrooke Canadiens
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Randy Exelby & François Gravel – Sherbrooke Canadiens
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: | Tom McVie – Utica Devils
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Murray Eaves – Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs: | Sam St. Laurent – Adirondack Red Wings

Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: | Bruce Landon

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James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage: | Paul Abramowitz, Maine, (newspaper)
Pat Connolly, Cape Breton, (radio)
Brian Lambert, Springfield, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive: | John Forslund, Springfield Indians

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

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1987–88 AHL season

|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

1989–90 AHL season

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