1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Norris Division with a record of 34 wins, 34 losses, and 12 ties for 80 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals four games to two to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17.	Kory Kocur (R)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	38.	Serge Anglehart(D)	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Regular season

October 6, 1988: In a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Wayne Gretzky made his debut as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky scored on his first shot, and contributed 3 assists in an 8-2 victory.^[1]

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	34	12	313	316	80
St. Louis Blues	80	33	35	12	275	285	78
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	37	16	258	278	70
Chicago Blackhawks	80	27	41	12	297	335	66
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	259	342	62

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1988	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	T	October 8, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	0–1–1
3	L	October 10, 1988	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	0–2–1
4	T	October 14, 1988	8–8 OT	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	0–2–2
5	W	October 15, 1988	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–2–2
6	W	October 18, 1988	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–2–2
7	L	October 21, 1988	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	2–3–2
8	T	October 23, 1988	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	2–3–3
9	W	October 26, 1988	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	3–3–3
10	W	October 28, 1988	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–3–3
11	L	October 29, 1988	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–4–3
12	T	November 1, 1988	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	4–4–4
13	L	November 4, 1988	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	4–5–4
14	W	November 6, 1988	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	5–5–4
15	W	November 9, 1988	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	6–5–4
16	W	November 12, 1988	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	7–5–4
17	W	November 13, 1988	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	8–5–4
18	W	November 16, 1988	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	9–5–4
19	W	November 18, 1988	5–2	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	10–5–4
20	W	November 20, 1988	5–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	11–5–4
21	L	November 23, 1988	3–8	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–6–4
22	W	November 25, 1988	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	12–6–4
23	L	November 27, 1988	3–4	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	12–7–4
24	W	November 29, 1988	5–3	New York Islanders (1988–89)	13–7–4
25	W	December 1, 1988	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–7–4
26	L	December 3, 1988	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–8–4
27	L	December 5, 1988	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	14–9–4
28	W	December 9, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	15–9–4
29	W	December 10, 1988	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	16–9–4
30	W	December 13, 1988	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	17–9–4
31	L	December 16, 1988	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	17–10–4
32	L	December 17, 1988	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–11–4
33	W	December 20, 1988	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–4
34	T	December 22, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–5
35	L	December 23, 1988	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–12–5
36	L	December 28, 1988	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	18–13–5
37	L	December 30, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–14–5
38	L	December 31, 1988	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–15–5
39	W	January 4, 1989	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	19–15–5
40	T	January 6, 1989	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	19–15–6
41	L	January 7, 1989	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	19–16–6
42	W	January 9, 1989	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	20–16–6
43	T	January 11, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	20–16–7
44	T	January 14, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	20–16–8
45	W	January 15, 1989	8–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	21–16–8
46	L	January 17, 1989	1–7	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–17–8
47	L	January 20, 1989	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	21–18–8
48	W	January 22, 1989	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	22–18–8
49	L	January 25, 1989	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	22–19–8
50	W	January 27, 1989	8–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	23–19–8
51	L	January 28, 1989	5–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	23–20–8
52	L	January 30, 1989	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	23–21–8
53	L	February 2, 1989	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	23–22–8
54	L	February 3, 1989	5–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	23–23–8
55	W	February 5, 1989	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	24–23–8
56	L	February 9, 1989	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	24–24–8
57	W	February 11, 1989	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–24–8
58	T	February 13, 1989	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	25–24–9
59	W	February 15, 1989	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	26–24–9
60	L	February 17, 1989	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	26–25–9
61	L	February 19, 1989	4–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	26–26–9
62	W	February 21, 1989	6–5	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	27–26–9
63	T	February 23, 1989	6–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	27–26–10
64	W	February 25, 1989	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–10
65	T	February 26, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–11
66	W	March 1, 1989	6–5	New York Islanders (1988–89)	29–26–11
67	W	March 4, 1989	5–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	30–26–11
68	L	March 7, 1989	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	30–27–11
69	W	March 9, 1989	3–2	New York Rangers (1988–89)	31–27–11
70	L	March 11, 1989	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	31–28–11
71	T	March 14, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	31–28–12
72	W	March 15, 1989	8–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	32–28–12
73	L	March 18, 1989	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	32–29–12
74	L	March 19, 1989	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	32–30–12
75	W	March 24, 1989	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–30–12
76	L	March 25, 1989	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–31–12
77	L	March 27, 1989	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	33–32–12
78	W	March 29, 1989	4–3	New York Rangers (1988–89)	34–32–12
79	L	March 31, 1989	1–5	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	34–33–12
80	L	April 2, 1989	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	34–34–12

Player statistics

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Yzerman	80	65	90	155	61
Gerard Gallant	76	39	54	93	230
Adam Oates	69	16	62	78	14
Paul MacLean	76	36	35	71	118
Dave Barr	73	27	32	59	69
Shawn Burr	79	19	27	46	78
Petr Klíma	51	25	16	41	44
Joe Kocur	60	9	9	18	213
Miroslav Fryčer	23	7	8	15	47
Jim Nill	71	8	7	15	83
Tim Higgins	42	5	9	14	62
Adam Graves	56	7	5	12	60
John Chabot	52	2	10	12	6
Joe Murphy	26	1	7	8	28
Bob Probert	25	4	2	6	106
Dale Krentz	16	3	3	6	4
Kris King	55	2	3	5	168
Torrie Robertson	12	2	2	4	63
Brent Fedyk	5	2	0	2	0
Jeff Brubaker	1	0	0	0	0
Randy McKay	3	0	0	0	0
Miroslav Ihnačák	1	0	0	0	0

Defense

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Chiasson	65	12	35	47	149
Lee Norwood	66	10	32	42	100
Rick Zombo	75	1	20	21	106
Mike O'Connell	66	1	15	16	41
Jeff Sharples	46	4	9	13	26
Doug Houda	57	2	11	13	67
Jim Pavese	39	3	6	9	130
Gilbert Delorme	42	1	3	4	51
Doug Halward	18	0	1	1	36
John Mokosak	8	0	1	1	14
John Blum	6	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Greg Stefan	46	2499	21	17	3	0	4.01
Glen Hanlon	39	2092	13	14	8	1	3.56
Sam St. Laurent	4	141	0	1	1	0	3.83
Tim Cheveldae	2	122	0	2	0	0	4.43

^[3]

Playoffs

The Red Wings won their second straight division champ and went against Chicago in the first round in a best of seven series and lost in 6 games, or 2-4.

Awards and records

Steve Yzerman, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (155)
Steve Yzerman, Lester B. Pearson Award
Gerard Gallant, Left Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

↑ Gretzky’s Tears, Stephen Brunt, pp.182-183, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Toronto, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-39729-4
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings at Hockey Reference

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arena	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena New Detroit Arena

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

Championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

1988–89 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals