1988–89 Calgary Flames season

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1988–89 Calgary Flames
Stanley Cup Champions
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Campbell Conference Champions
Smythe Division Champions
Division	1st Smythe
Conference	1st Campbell
1988–89 record	54–17–9
Home record	32–4–4
Road record	22–13–5
Goals for	354 (2nd)
Goals against	226 (2nd)
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Terry Crisp
Captain	Lanny McDonald Jim Peplinski
Alternate captains	Tim Hunter
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Average attendance	19,458
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Mullen (51) Joe Nieuwendyk (51)
Assists	Joe Mullen (59) Doug Gilmour (59)
Points	Joe Mullen (110)
Penalties in minutes	Tim Hunter (375)
Wins	Mike Vernon (37)
Goals against average	Mike Vernon (2.65)

The 1988–89 Calgary Flames season was the 9th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames once again dominated the regular season, capturing their second consecutive Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's top regular season club, dropping only four games at home all year.^[1] The Flames capped off the season by capturing their first Stanley Cup championship, defeating the Montreal Canadiens in six games.^[2] In doing so, the Flames became the only visiting team to defeat the Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup at the Montreal Forum.^[3] Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, and at 31 points, became the first defenceman to lead the NHL in post-season scoring.^[4] The win also gave Flames co-owner, Sonia Scurfield, the distinction of being the first (and remains the only) Canadian woman to have her name engraved on Lord Stanley’s Cup.

Calgary's only serious challenge in the playoffs came in the first round against the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks, who finished 43 points behind the Flames, took Calgary to overtime of the seventh game of the Smythe Division semi-final before the Flames finally eliminated their Western Canadian rival. Goaltender Mike Vernon's glove save off a Stan Smyl partial breakaway in overtime of the seventh game remains a defining moment in Flames history.^[5] Calgary would sweep the Los Angeles Kings to win the Smythe Division title, before defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in five games to win their second Clarence S. Campbell Bowl.^[6]

Lanny McDonald, the sentimental favourite to win the Cup, scored the go-ahead goal for the Flames in the clinching game, giving the Flames a lead they would not relinquish.^[3] McDonald, who scored his 500th career goal, and 1000th point during the season, announced following the season that he was retiring a champion after 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. McDonald would be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame three years later.^[7]

The off-season also featured the surprising retirement of former 50-goal scorer Hakan Loob, who announced during the season that he had chosen to return to his native Sweden so that his son could grow up in his homeland.^[8] On the flip side, however, Soviet star Sergei Pryakhin played three games with the Flames in 1988–89. Pryakhin was the first player from the Soviet national team to ever be permitted by the Soviet government to play in the NHL, helping to pave the way for the "European invasion" of the NHL that would follow.^[9]

Joe Mullen captured his second Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct, while also being named an NHL First Team All-Star. Al MacInnis and Mike Vernon were named to the Second All-Star team. Four players represented the Flames at the 1989 All-Star Game: Gary Suter and Joe Nieuwendyk joined Mullen and Vernon on the Campbell Conference squad.^[10]

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Calgary Flames	80	54	17	9	117	354	226	2444
Los Angeles Kings	80	42	31	7	91	376	335	2215
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	34	8	84	325	306	1931
Vancouver Canucks	80	33	39	8	74	251	253	1569
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	42	12	64	300	355	1843

[edit] Game log

1988–89 Game Log October: 6–3–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 6 NY Islanders 4 – 4 Calgary OT 0–0–1 1 2 October 8 Calgary 5 – 6 Los Angeles OT 0–1–1 1 3 October 10 Detroit 2 – 5 Calgary 1–1–1 3 4 October 14 Edmonton 1 – 6 Calgary 2–1–1 5 5 October 17 Los Angeles 4 – 11 Calgary 3–1–1 7 6 October 19 Minnesota 1 – 2 Calgary 4–1–1 9 7 October 22 Calgary 3 – 3 Toronto OT 4–1–2 10 8 October 23 Calgary 5 – 4 Philadelphia OT 5–1–2 12 9 October 25 Calgary 1 – 6 Pittsburgh 5–2–2 12 10 October 28 Washington 2 – 2 Calgary OT 5–2–3 13 11 October 30 Calgary 1 – 2 Vancouver 5–3–3 13 12 October 31 Chicago 3 – 6 Calgary 6–3–3 15
November: 10–1–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 13 November 3 St. Louis 1 – 6 Calgary 7–3–3 17 14 November 5 Buffalo 0 – 9 Calgary 8–3–3 19 15 November 7 Hartford 3 – 6 Calgary 9–3–3 21 16 November 9 Calgary 2 – 3 Buffalo 9–4–3 21 17 November 10 Calgary 3 – 2 Philadelphia OT 10–4–3 23 18 November 12 Calgary 2 – 1 Boston 11–4–3 25 19 November 15 Calgary 5 – 1 NY Islanders 12–4–3 27 20 November 17 Calgary 5 – 3 New Jersey 13–4–3 29 21 November 19 Calgary 5 – 2 Hartford 14–4–3 31 22 November 23 New Jersey 2 – 3 Calgary 15–4–3 33 23 November 26 Los Angeles 1 – 4 Calgary 16–4–3 35 24 November 29 Vancouver 3 – 3 Calgary OT 16–4–4 36
December: 8–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 25 December 1 NY Rangers 3 – 6 Calgary 17–4–4 38 26 December 2 Calgary 7 – 4 Edmonton 18–4–4 40 27 December 4 Calgary 6 – 3 Winnipeg 19–4–4 42 28 December 6 Quebec 2 – 3 Calgary 20–4–4 44 29 December 8 Edmonton 3 – 5 Calgary 21–4–4 46 30 December 10 Calgary 1 – 4 Hartford 21–5–4 46 31 December 12 Calgary 4 – 4 Toronto OT 21–5–5 47 32 December 15 Vancouver 0 – 2 Calgary 22–5–5 49 33 December 16 Calgary 5 – 3 Vancouver 23–5–5 51 34 December 20 Calgary 3 – 7 Los Angeles 23–6–5 51 35 December 23 Calgary 1 – 4 Edmonton 23–7–5 51 36 December 26 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver OT 24–7–5 53 37 December 29 Montreal 4 – 3 Calgary 24–8–5 53 38 December 31 Winnipeg 4 – 4 Calgary OT 24–8–6 54
January: 10–3–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 39 January 3 Quebec 1 – 5 Calgary 25–8–8 56 40 January 5 Los Angeles 6 – 8 Calgary 26–8–6 58 41 January 7 Edmonton 2 – 7 Calgary 27–8–6 60 42 January 8 Calgary 0 – 6 Edmonton 27–9–6 60 43 January 11 Winnipeg 3 – 8 Calgary 28–9–6 62 44 January 14 Minnesota 1 – 1 Calgary OT 28–9–7 63 45 January 15 Calgary 2 – 3 Buffalo 28–10–7 63 46 January 17 Calgary 7 – 1 Detroit 29–10–7 65 47 January 19 Calgary 7 – 2 Boston 30–10–7 67 48 January 21 Calgary 3 – 4 Quebec 30–11–7 67 49 January 23 Calgary 3 – 1 Montreal 31–11–7 69 50 January 26 NY Rangers 3 – 5 Calgary 32–11–7 71 51 January 28 Chicago 4 – 5 Calgary OT 33–11–7 73 52 January 29 Calgary 4 – 4 Vancouver OT 33–11–8 74 53 January 31 Calgary 8 – 5 Los Angeles 34–11–8 76
February: 10–3–0 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 54 February 2 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary 35–11–8 78 55 February 4 Vancouver 2 – 5 Calgary 36–11–8 80 56 February 5 Vancouver 4 – 5 Calgary 37–11–8 82 57 February 9 Calgary 5 – 3 St. Louis 38–11–8 84 58 February 11 Calgary 2 – 1 Washington 39–11–8 86 59 February 12 Calgary 4 – 2 Pittsburgh 40–11–8 88 60 February 15 Calgary 6 – 1 Winnipeg 41–11–8 90 61 February 18 Boston 4 – 3 Calgary 41–12–8 90 62 February 20 Washington 2 – 6 Calgary 42–12–8 92 63 February 22 Toronto 4 – 3 Calgary OT 42–13–8 92 64 February 24 St. Louis 3 – 4 Calgary 43–13–8 94 65 February 26 Calgary 0 – 1 Winnipeg 43–14–8 94 66 February 27 Philadelphia 3 – 6 Calgary 44–14–8 96
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 67 March 2 Montreal 2 – 3 Calgary 44–15–8 96 68 March 7 Winnipeg 5 – 9 Calgary 45–15–8 98 69 March 9 Pittsburgh 3 – 10 Calgary 46–15–8 100 70 March 11 Calgary 5 – 5 Edmonton OT 46–15–9 101 71 March 13 Calgary 3 – 4 NY Rangers 46–16–9 101 72 March 14 Calgary 5 – 1 New Jersey 47–16–9 103 73 March 18 Calgary 9 – 3 Los Angeles 48–16–9 105 74 March 21 NY Islanders 1 – 4 Calgary 49–16–9 107 75 March 23 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Calgary 50–16–9 109 76 March 24 Calgary 3 – 4 Winnipeg OT 50–17–9 109 77 March 26 Calgary 7 – 5 Chicago 51–17–9 111 78 March 27 Calgary 3 – 2 Minnesota 52–17–9 113 79 March 31 Winnipeg 1 – 4 Calgary 53–17–9 115
April: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 80 April 2 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary 54–17–9 117

[edit] Playoffs

1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs Smythe Division Semi-final vs. Vancouver - Flames win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 5 Vancouver 4 – 3 Calgary OT Vancouver leads 1–0 2 April 6 Vancouver 2 – 5 Calgary Series tied 1–1 3 April 8 Calgary 4 – 0 Vancouver Calgary leads 2–1 4 April 9 Calgary 3 – 5 Vancouver Series tied 2–2 5 April 11 Vancouver 0 – 4 Calgary Calgary leads 3–2 6 April 13 Calgary 3 – 6 Vancouver Series tied 3–3 7 April 15 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary OT Calgary wins 4–3
Smythe Division Final vs. Los Angeles - Flames win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 18 Los Angeles 3 – 4 Calgary OT Calgary leads 1–0 2 April 20 Los Angeles 3 – 8 Calgary Calgary leads 2–0 3 April 22 Calgary 5 – 2 Los Angeles Calgary leads 3–0 4 April 24 Calgary 5 – 3 Los Angeles Calgary wins 4–0
Campbell Conference Final vs. Chicago - Flames win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 2 Chicago 0 – 3 Calgary Calgary leads 1–0 2 May 4 Chicago 4 – 2 Calgary Series tied 1–1 3 May 6 Calgary 5 – 2 Chicago Calgary leads 2–1 4 May 8 Calgary 2 – 1 Chicago OT Calgary leads 3–1 5 May 10 Chicago 1 – 3 Calgary Calgary wins 4–1
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal - Flames win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 14 Montreal 2 – 3 Calgary Calgary leads 1–0 2 May 17 Montreal 4 – 2 Calgary Series tied 1–1 3 May 19 Calgary 3 – 4 Montreal 2OT Montreal leads 2–1 4 May 21 Calgary 4 – 2 Montreal Series tied 2–2 5 May 23 Montreal 2 – 3 Calgary Calgary leads 3–2 6 May 25 Calgary 4 – 2 Montreal Calgary wins 4–2

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Mullen	7		79	51	59	110	16		21	16	8	24	4
Hakan Loob	12		79	27	58	85	44		22	8	9	17	4
Doug Gilmour	39		72	26	59	85	44		22	11	11	22	20
Joe Nieuwendyk	25		77	51	31	82	40		22	10	4	14	10
Al MacInnis	2		79	16	58	74	126		22	7	24	31	46
Gary Suter	20		63	13	48	62	78		5	0	3	3	10
Jiri Hrdina	17		70	22	32	54	26		4	0	0	0	0
Joel Otto	29		72	23	30	53	213		22	6	13	19	46
Gary Roberts	10		71	22	16	38	250		22	5	7	12	57
Colin Patterson	11		74	14	24	38	241		20	1	6	7	75
Jim Peplinski	24		79	13	25	38	241		20	1	6	7	75
Theoren Fleury	14		36	14	20	34	46		22	5	6	11	24
Mark Hunter	22		66	22	8	30	194		10	2	2	4	23
Jamie Macoun	34		72	8	19	27	76		22	3	6	9	30
Brad McCrimmon	4		72	5	17	22	96		22	0	3	3	30
Dana Murzyn	5		63	3	19	22	142		21	0	3	3	20
Lanny McDonald	9		51	11	7	18	26		14	1	3	4	29
Rob Ramage	55		68	3	13	16	156		20	1	11	12	26
Tim Hunter	19		75	3	9	12	375		19	0	4	4	32
Ric Nattress	6		38	1	8	9	47		19	0	3	3	20
Perry Berezan‡	21		35	4	4	8	23		-	-	-	-	-
Brian MacLellan†	27		12	2	3	5	14		21	3	2	5	19
Mike Vernon	30		52	0	4	4	18		22	0	0	0	14
Rick Lessard	3		6	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Sabourin	32		6	0	1	1	26		1	0	0	0	0
Brian Glynn	32		9	0	1	1	19		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Wamsley	31		35	0	1	1	8		1	0	0	0	0
Rich Chernomaz	33		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Stu Grimson	18		1	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Pryakhin	16		2	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0
Dave Reierson	8		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Paul Ranheim	28		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Shane Churla‡	15		5	0	0	0	25		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Mike Vernon	30		52	2938	37	6	5	130	0	2.65		22	1381	16	5	52	3	2.26
Rick Wamsley	31		35	1927	17	11	4	95	2	2.96		1	20	0	1	2	0	6.00

[edit] Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1988–89 season.

[edit] Trades

September 6, 1988	To Calgary Flames Doug Gilmour Mark Hunter Steve Bozek Mike Dark	To St. Louis Blues Mike Bullard Craig Coxe Tim Corkery
September 6, 1988	To Calgary Flames 3rd round pick in 1989 (Veli-Pekka Kautonen)	To Vancouver Canucks Paul Reinhart Steve Bozek
March 4, 1989	To Calgary Flames Brian MacLellan 4th round pick in 1989 (Robert Reichel)	To Minnesota North Stars Perry Berezan Shane Churla

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team

Player New team C John Tonelli Los Angeles Kings LW Bob Bodak Hartford Whalers

[edit] Draft picks

See also: Calgary Flames draft history

Calgary's picks at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, held in Montreal, Quebec.^[11]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Jason Muzzatti	Canada	Michigan State (CCHA)
2	42	Todd Harkins	United States	Miami University (CCHA)
4	84	Gary Socha	United States	N/A
5	85	Tomas Forslund	Sweden	N/A
5	90	Scott Matusovich	United States	N/A
6	126	Jonas Bergqvist	Sweden	N/A
7	147	Stefan Nilsson	Sweden	N/A
8	168	Troy Kennedy	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
9	189	Brett Petersen	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
10	210	Guy Darveau	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
11	231	Dave Tretowicz	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
12	252	Sergei Pryakhin	Soviet Union	Krylja Sovetov (RSL)

[edit] See also

• 1988–89 NHL season

[edit] References

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