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Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | Saskatchewan Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Dates | May 6–13, 1989 |
Teams | 4 |
Host team | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
TV partner(s) | CTV (Final game only) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) (1st title) |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 8 |
The 1989 Memorial Cup occurred May 6–13 at the brand new Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the 71st annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the Western Hockey League champion Swift Current Broncos, the WHL hosts, the Saskatoon Blades, as well as the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League which were the Laval Titan and Peterborough Petes. In the first ever all-WHL final (in fact, an all-Saskatchewan final), an overflow, bi-partisan crowd of more than 11,000 saw Swift Current beat Saskatoon in overtime to win their first Memorial Cup.