1988–89 WHL season

The 1988–89 WHL season was the 23rd season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72 game season. The Swift Current Broncos won the President's Cup before going on to win the Memorial Cup.
==League notes==
*The New Westminster Bruins relocated to Kennewick, Washington to become 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
==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 with a crowd of 2,933.
==WHL awards==
Most Valuable Player - Four Broncos Memorial Trophy: Stu Barnes, Tri-City Americans
Scholastic Player of the Year - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy: Jeff Nelson, Prince Albert Raiders
Top Scorer - Bob Clarke Trophy: Dennis Holland, Portland Winterhawks
Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Hornung Trophy: Blair Atcheynum, Moose Jaw Warriors
Top Defenseman - Bill Hunter Trophy: Dan Lambert, Swift Current Broncos
Rookie of the Year - Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy: Wes Walz, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Top Goaltender - Del Wilson Trophy: Danny Lorenz, Seattle Thunderbirds
Coach of the Year - Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy: Ron Kennedy, Medicine Hat Tigers
Executive of the Year - Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy: Dennis Beyak, Saskatoon Blades
Regular season Champions - Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy: Swift Current Broncos
WHL Plus-Minus Award: Darren Stolk, Medicine Hat Tigers
==All-Star Teams==
{| BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="100%"
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE " align="center" (tied)</small> || Prince Albert Raiders
|- align="center"
| Collin Bauer || Saskatoon Blades || Todd Nelson (tied) || Prince Albert Raiders
|- align="center"
| - || - || Bob Woods (tied) || Brandon Wheat Kings
|- align="center"
| Center || Mike Modano || Prince Albert Raiders || Tim Tisdale || Swift Current Broncos
|- align="center"
| Left Wing || Kirby Lindal || Medicine Hat Tigers || Gary Dickie || Regina Pats
|- align="center"
| Right Wing || Blair Atcheynum || Moose Jaw Warriors || Sheldon Kennedy || Swift Current Broncos
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE " align="center" 
88-89BraWK.jpg|Brandon Wheat Kings
==References==
*whl.ca
* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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