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1989 Ice Hockey World Championships

1989 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships


1989 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

FieldValue
year1989
countrySweden
dates15 April – 1 May
num_teams8
venues2
cities2
typeih
winnersUSSR
count21
secondCanada
thirdCzechoslovakia
fourthSweden
games40
goals282
attendance388563
scoring_leaderCAN Brian Bellows 14 points
prevseason[1987](1987-ice-hockey-world-championships)
nextseason[1990](1990-men-s-ice-hockey-world-championships)

The 1989 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden from 15 April – 1 May. The games were played in Södertälje and Stockholm, in the newly built arena Globen. Eight teams took part, and each team played each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 53rd World Championships, and also the 64th European Championships. The Soviet Union became world champions for the 21st time, and also European champions for the 26th time.

The tournament was marred by positive drug tests. Only the goal totals of the Americans were affected in the end. Their losses against the Czechoslovaks and the Canadians were ruled as shutouts because of Corey Millen's high testosterone levels. Canadian Randy Carlyle also came under suspicion, but his A and B samples did not match, and he was cleared of wrongdoing. The Soviet team won all ten of their games.

At the end of the tournament, Soviet star Alexander Mogilny defected to the United States by getting on a plane with two Buffalo Sabres executives. The Sabres had drafted Mogilny the year before. He joined the team and went on to score 1032 points in his NHL career.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

First round

Final Round

2 – 0 2 – 1 Svitek – 14:00

48:53 – Rundqvist

Consolation round

Poland was relegated to Group B.

World Championship Group B (Norway)

Played in Oslo and Lillehammer 30 March to 9 April. The 5 April game between Norway and Austria was officially adjusted to 8-0 for Norway because of Siegfried Haberl's positive drug test. Standard procedure, since 1969, had been for Group B and Group C to exchange two teams, but that stopped this year.

Norway was promoted to Group A and Denmark was relegated to Group C.

World Championship Group C (Australia)

Played in Sydney 18–27 March.

The Netherlands were promoted to Group B, and Australia was relegated to Group D.

World Championship Group D (Belgium)

Played in Geel and Heist-op-den-Berg 16–21 March.

Positive drug tests wiped out the results of the first day: both games were officially rendered scoreless, and were counted as losses for all four teams.

Both Belgium and Romania were promoted to Group C.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek
    • Best Defenceman: URS Viacheslav Fetisov
    • Best Forward: CAN Brian Bellows
  • Media All-Star Team:
    • Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek
    • Defence: SWE Anders Eldebrink, URS Viacheslav Fetisov
    • Forwards: URS Vyacheslav Bykov, URS Sergei Makarov, CAN Steve Yzerman

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

8

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European Championship were determined by the points earned in games played solely between European teams.

6

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
CAN Brian Bellows1086**14**+122F
CSK Vladimír Růžička1077**14**+112F
FIN Kari Jalonen1059**14**+140F
SWE Kent Nilsson10311**14**+70F
URS Vyacheslav Bykov1066**12**+92F
CAN Steve Yzerman857**12**+52F
CAN Dale Hawerchuk1048**12**+106F
CAN Kirk Muller964**10**+126F
FIN Jukka Vilander1064**10**00F
CSK Vladimír Svitek1046**10**+100F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

PlayerMIPGAGAASVS%SO
URS Sergei Mylnikov420111.57.9221
CAN Sean Burke275102.18.9181
FIN Jukka Tammi520232.65.9162
CSK Dominik Hašek600212.10.9152
SWE Peter Lindmark299153.01.9000

Citations

References

References

  1. Archives, L. A. Times. (1989-04-21). "U.S. Hockey Player Is Disqualified : Millen Suspended for Drug Use; Canadian Fails Test".
  2. (2023-12-31). "MILLEN IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD HOCKEY". Washington Post.
  3. Duplacey page 508
  4. (22 October 1989). "Mogilny Makes Way into NHL at Tender Age of 20". Los Angeles Times.
  5. [https://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1989.htm 1989 Summary at Passionhockey.com]
  6. (2013). "European Ice Hockey Championship Results Since 1910". Scarecrow Press.
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