1989 Ice Hockey World Championships

1989 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates15 April – 1 May
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (21st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Goals scored282 (7.05 per game)
Attendance388,563 (9,714 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Brian Bellows 14 points
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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.[1][2] Canadian Randy Carlyle also came under suspicion, but his A and B samples did not match, and he was cleared of wrongdoing.[3][4] 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.[5] He joined the team and went on to score 1032 points in his NHL career.

  1. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (21 April 1989). "U.S. Hockey Player Is Disqualified : Millen Suspended for Drug Use; Canadian Fails Test". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ "MILLEN IS DISQUALIFIED FROM WORLD HOCKEY". Washington Post. 31 December 2023. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ Duplacey page 508
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1989Summary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Greenberg, Alan (22 October 1989). "Mogilny Makes Way into NHL at Tender Age of 20". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.