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1988–89 WHL season

Junior ice hockey season

Field	Value
title	1988–89 WHL season
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
playoffs	Playoffs
finals_champ	Swift Current Broncos (1)
finals_runner-up	Portland Winter Hawks
no_of_teams	14
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
season_champs	Swift Current Broncos (1)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Stu Barnes (Tri-City Americans)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Dennis Holland (Portland Winter Hawks)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	[1987–88](1987-88-whl-season)
nextseason_year	[1989–90](1989-90-whl-season)

| finals_runner-up = Portland Winter Hawks | finals_runner-up = Saskatoon Blades (WHL)

The 1988–89 WHL season was the 23rd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL), featuring fourteen teams and a 72-game regular season. Less than three years after the 1986 team bus crash that killed four players, the Swift Current Broncos put together the best season in the club's history. The Broncos won their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for the best regular season record, and in the playoffs defeated the Portland Winter Hawks to win their first President's Cup as league champions—the Broncos went undefeated throughout the playoffs. This earned the Broncos a berth in the 1989 Memorial Cup tournament, which was hosted in Saskatoon. At the tournament, the Broncos defeated the host Saskatoon Blades to win the Memorial Cup title.

This was the first season for the Tri-City Americans after the New Westminster Bruins relocated to Kennewick, Washington prior to the season. The Americans became the fourth WHL club based in the United States.

Team changes

The New Westminster Bruins relocate to Kennewick, Washington, becoming the Tri-City Americans.

Regular season

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

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

1989 WHL Playoffs

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

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

Division finals

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

WHL Championship

Swift Current defeated Portland 4 games to 0

All-Star game

On January 24, the West Division defeated the East Division 5–1 at Brandon, Manitoba before a crowd of 2,933.

WHL awards

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

All-Star teams

East Division	First Team	Second Team	West Division	First Team
Goal	Frederic Chabot	Prince Albert Raiders	Stan Reddick	Moose Jaw Warriors
Defense	Dan Lambert	Swift Current Broncos	Gord Kruppke (tied)	Prince Albert Raiders
Collin Bauer	Saskatoon Blades	Todd Nelson (tied)	Prince Albert Raiders
-	-	Bob Woods (tied)	Brandon Wheat Kings
Center	Mike Modano	Prince Albert Raiders	Tim Tisdale	Swift Current Broncos
Left Wing	Kirby Lindal	Medicine Hat Tigers	Gary Dickie	Regina Pats
Right Wing	Blair Atcheynum	Moose Jaw Warriors	Sheldon Kennedy	Swift Current Broncos
Goal	Danny Lorenz	Seattle Thunderbirds	Olaf Kolzig	Tri-City Americans
Defense	Steve Jaques	Tri-City Americans	Pat MacLeod	Kamloops Blazers
Chad Biafore	Portland Winter Hawks	Geoff Smith	Kamloops Blazers
Center	Dennis Holland	Portland Winter Hawks	Stu Barnes	Tri-City Americans
Left Wing	Dave Chyzowski	Kamloops Blazers	Troy Mick	Portland Winter Hawks
Right Wing	Jackson Penney	Victoria Cougars	Pat Falloon	Spokane Chiefs

References

2005–06 WHL Guide

before = 1987–88 WHL season | after = 1989–90 WHL season | title = WHL seasons | years = |

References

Morrison, Scott. (2019-02-06). "From Tragedy to Triumph: The story of the Swift Current Broncos". Sportsnet.

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