1988–89 AHL season

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==
* 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==
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
Sherbrooke Canadiens	80	47	24	9 	103	348	261
Halifax Citadels 	80	42	30	8 	92 	345	300
Moncton Hawks 	80	37	34	9 	83 	320	313
New Haven Nighthawks	80	35	35	10	80 	325	309
Maine Mariners 	80	32	40	8 	72 	262	317
Springfield Indians 	80	32	44	4 	68 	287	341
Cape Breton Oilers 	80	27	47	6 	60 	308	388
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Adirondack Red Wings	80	47	27	6 	100	369	294
Hershey Bears 	80	40	30	10	90 	361	309
Utica Devils 	80	37	34	9 	83 	309	295
Newmarket Saints 	80	38	36	6 	82 	339	334
Rochester Americans 	80	38	37	5 	81 	305	302
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	30	46	4 	64 	317	347
Binghamton Whalers 	80	28	46	6 	62 	307	392
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Stephan Lebeau 	Sherbrooke Canadiens	78	70	64	134	47
Murray Eaves 	Adirondack Red Wings	80	46	72	118	84
Benoit 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==
See 1989 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Adirondack Red Wings
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Sherbrooke Canadiens
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Adirondack Red Wings
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Stephan Lebeau - Sherbrooke Canadiens
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Stephan Lebeau - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Stephan Lebeau - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Dave Fenyves - Hershey Bears
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Randy Exelby - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Randy Exelby & Francois Gravel - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Tom McVie - Utica Devils
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Murray Eaves - Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Sam St. Laurent - Adirondack Red Wings
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Bruce Landon
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Paul Abramowitz, Maine, (newspaper)Pat Connolly, Cape Breton, (radio)Brian Lambert, Springfield, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	John Forslund, Springfield Indians
==Team Photos==
88-89RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
88-89SheCan.jpg|Sherbrooke Canadiens
88-89UtiDev.jpg|Utica Devils
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1989 in hockey