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International Hockey League (1980-89)

The International Hockey League (1945-2001) was a triple-A level professional minor league in the United States and Canada. For more information on this league visit our International Hockey League page.

This page contains information on the International Hockey League for the 1980-89 seasons.

International Hockey League (1980-89) Awards

Season	Leading Scorer	MVP
1979-80	Al Dumba Ft. Wayne	Al Dumba Ft. Wayne
1980-81	Marcel Comeau Saginaw	Marcel Comeau Saginaw
1981-82	Brent Jarrett Saginaw - Kalamazoo	Brent Jarrett Kalamazoo
1982-83	Dale Yakiwchuk Milwaukee	Claude Noel Toledo
1983-84	Wally Schreiber Ft. Wayne	Darren Jensen Ft. Wayne
1984-85	Scott MacLeod Salt Lake City	Scott Gruhl Muskegon
1985-86	Scott MacLeod Salt Lake City	Darrell May Peoria
1986-87	Jack Callander Muskegon Jeff Pyle Saginaw	Jeff Pyle Saginaw Jock Callander Muskegon
1987-88	John Cullen Flint	John Cullen Flint
1988-89	Dave Michayluk Muskegon	Dave Michayluk Muskegon

Season	Defenceman	Rookie
1979-80	John Gibson Saginaw	Doug Robb Milwaukee
1980-81	Larry Goodenough Saginaw	Scott Vanderburgh Kalamazoo
1981-82	Don Waddell Saginaw	Scott Howson Toledo
1982-83	Jim Burton Ft. Wayne Kevin Willison Milwaukee	Tony Fiore Flint
1983-84	Kevin Willison Milwaukee	Darren Jensen Ft. Wayne
1984-85	Lee Norwood Peoria	Gilles Thibaudeau Flint
1985-86	Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Guy Benoit Muskegon
1986-87	Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Michel Mongeau Saginaw
1987-88	Phil Bourque Muskegon	Ed Belfour Saginaw John Cullen Flint
1988-89	Randy Boyd Milwaukee	Paul Ranheim Salt Lake City

All Star Selection

1979-80 First Team	Position	Second Team
Larry Lozinski Kalamazoo	Goal	Bob Janecyk Ft. Wayne
John Gibson Saginaw	Defence	Rick Hendricks Toledo
Jean Gagnon Flint	Defence	Brian McDavid Kalamazoo
Denis Houle Port Huron	Left Wing	Scott Gruhl Saginaw
Tom Ross Kalamazoo	Center	Claude St. Sauveur Milwaukee
Al Dumba Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Barry Scully Ft. Wayne
Doug McKay Kalamazoo	Coach	Don Perry Saginaw
1980-81 First Team	Position	Second Team
Claude Legris Kalamazoo	Goal	Robbie Irons Ft. Wayne
Larry Goodenough Saginaw	Defence	Bob Gladney Saginaw
Brian McDavid Kalamazoo	Defence	Mark Mullen Kalamazoo
Pierre Giroux Flint	Left Wing	Jim Maladrewicz Kalamazoo
Marcel Comeau Saginaw	Center	Rob Plumb Kalamazoo
Barry Scully Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Dirk Graham Toledo
Doug McKay Kalamazoo	Coach	Doug Hinton Port Huron
1981 - 82 First Team	Position	Second Team
Rich Sirois Milwaukee	Goal	Georges Gagnon Kalamazoo
Don Waddell Saginaw	Defence	Jim Jackson Muskegon
Mike Greeder Toledo	Defence	Bruce McKay Milwaukee
John Flesch Milwaukee	Left Wing	J.P. Dubois Saginaw
Brent Jarrett Kalamazoo	Center	Fred Berry Milwaukee
Gord Brooks Saginaw	Right Wing	Barry Scully Ft. Wayne
Bill Inglis Toledo	Coach	J.P. Leblanc Kalamazoo
1982 - 83 First Team	Position	Second Team
Lorne Molleken Toledo	Goal	Rich Sirois Milwaukee
Kevin Willison Milwaukee	Defence	Steve Harrison Peoria
Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Defence	Mike Shea Toledo
Dan Lecours Milwaukee	Left Wing	Paul Fenton Peoria
Dale Yakiwchuk Milwaukee	Center	Claude Noel Toledo
Dirk Graham Toledo	Right Wing	Jim Egerton Muskegon
Bill Inglis Toledo	Coach	Doug McKay Muskegon
1983 - 84 First Team	Position	Second Team
Darren Jensen Ft. Wayne	Goal	Rick Knickle Flint
Kevin Willison Milwaukee	Defence	Brian Tutt Toledo
Vic Morin Ft. Wayne	Defence	Mike Greeder Toledo
Scott Gruhl Muskegon	Left Wing	Rob Motz Ft. Wayne
Bernie Gallant Flint	Center	Rob Davies Kalamazoo
Wally Schreiber Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Christian Tanguay Milwaukee Ian MacInnis Peoria
1984 - 85 First Team	Position	Second Team
Rick Heinz Peoria	Goal	Georges Gagnon Kalamazoo
Lee Norwood Peoria	Defence	Greg Tebbutt Muskegon
Randy Boyd Milwaukee	Defence	Brian Tutt Kalamazoo
Scott Gruhl Muskegon	Left Wing	Dave Michayluk Kalamazoo
Scott MacLeod Salt Lake City	Center	Gilles Thibaudeau Flint
Wally Schreiber Ft. Wayne	Right Wing	Perry Ganchar Peoria Brent Sapergia Salt Lake City
1985 - 86 First Team	Position	Second Team
Darrell May Peoria	Goal	Michel Dufour Muskegon Rick St. Croix Ft. Wayne
Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Defence	Dan Naud Muskegon
Don Waddell Toledo	Defence	Tony Curtale Peoria
Doug Evans Peoria	Left Wing	Scott Gruhl Muskegon
Scott MacLeod Salt Lake City	Center	Bill Terry Kalamazoo
Brent Sapergia Salt Lake City	Right Wing	Wally Schreiber Ft. Wayne
1986 - 87 First Team	Position	Second Team
Darrell May Peoria Jeff Cooper Muskegon	Goal	Darren Pang Saginaw Ray Leblanc Flint
Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Defence	Jayson Meyer Flint
Greg Tebbutt Saginaw	Defence	Bill Schafhauser Kalamazoo
Steve Salvucci Ft. Wayne Dave Michayluk Muskegon	Left Wing	Jeff Pyle Saginaw
Jock Callander Muskegon	Center	Ron Handy Indianapolis
Jim Egerton Flint	Right Wing	Todd Hooey Salt Lake City
1987 - 88 First Team	Position	Second Team
Ed Belfour Saginaw	Goal	Steve Guenette Muskegon
Phil Bourque Muskegon	Defence	Jim Leavins Salt Lake City
Jim Burton Ft. Wayne	Defence	Don Waddell Flint
Dave Michayluk Muskegon	Left Wing	Jeff Pyle Saginaw
John Cullen Flint	Center	Simon Wheeldon Colorado
Ron Handy Peoria	Right Wing	Rich Chernomaz Salt Lake City
1988 - 89 First Team	Position	Second Team
Rick Knickle Ft. Wayne	Goal	Steve Guenette Salt Lake City
Randy Boyd Milwaukee	Defence	Todd Charlesworth Muskegon
Rick Lessard Salt Lake City Bruce Cassidy Saginaw	Defence	Craig Channel Ft. Wayne
Dave Michayluk Muskegon	Left Wing	Paul Ranheim Salt Lake City
Jeff Rohlicek Milwaukee	Center	Simon Wheeldon Denver
Jim Vesey Peoria	Right Wing	Mark Recchi Muskegon

International Hockey League (1980-89) Seasons

1980 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
North Division
Kalamazoo Wings	80	45	26	9	366	274	99
Saginaw Gears	80	43	27	10	349	306	96
Port Huron Flags	80	38	26	16	352	300	92
Flint Generals	80	35	32	13	298	316	83
Muskegon Mohawks	80	29	43	8	317	330	66
South Division
Fort Wayne Komets	80	40	27	13	343	311	93
Toledo Goaldiggers	80	28	34	18	293	345	74
Milwaukee Admirals	80	29	41	10	327	402	68
Grand-Rapids Owls	80	27	41	12	327	340	66
Dayton Gems	80	28	45	7	307	355	63
1981 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Saginaw Gears	82	45	29	8	392	289	98
Port Huron Flags	82	31	35	16	337	377	78
Flint Generals	82	32	42	8	324	363	72
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	26	47	9	303	392	61
West Division
Kalamazoo Wings	82	52	20	10	369	244	114
Fort Wayne Komets	82	37	30	15	337	303	89
Milwaukee Admirals	82	32	35	15	354	371	79
Muskegon Mohawks	82	28	45	9	274	351	65
1982 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	53	25	4	407	320	111
Milwaukee Admirals	82	41	34	7	385	351	91
Kalamazoo Wings	82	41	36	5	355	333	89
Fort Wayne Komets	82	35	41	6	368	375	81
Saginaw Gears	82	36	38	8	401	402	80
Flint Generals	82	32	45	5	310	353	74
Muskegon Mohawks	82	30	49	3	319	411	64
1983 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	51	21	10	362	269	113
Fort Wayne Komets	82	45	26	11	377	344	103
Flint Generals	82	35	36	11	317	340	82
Saginaw Gears	82	29	44	9	332	376	71
West Division
Milwaukee Admirals	82	43	30	9	407	312	98
Kalamazoo Wings	82	32	44	6	311	341	76
Muskegon Mohawks	82	29	41	12	335	354	71
Peoria Prancers	82	25	47	10	330	435	62
1984 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Fort Wayne Komets	82	52	23	7	371	273	112
Milwaukee Admirals	82	46	30	6	403	335	101
Flint Generals	82	41	32	9	375	319	93
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	41	36	5	326	318	91
Kalamazoo Wings	82	37	38	7	333	316	83
Peoria Prancers	82	29	48	5	298	392	66
Muskegon Mohawks	82	19	58	5	282	435	46
1985 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Peoria Rivermen	82	48	25	9	357	275	105
Muskegon Lumberjacks	82	50	29	3	374	291	103
Flint Generals	82	43	35	4	349	340	93
Fort Wayne Komets	82	37	34	11	339	327	90
Kalamazoo Wings	82	40	35	7	323	297	89
Salt-Lake Golden Eagles	82	35	39	8	332	323	82
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	32	45	5	292	362	72
Indianapolis Checkers	82	31	47	4	264	318	69
Milwaukee Admirals	82	25	52	5	292	389	60
1986 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Muskegon Lumberjacks	82	50	27	0	376	290	105
Kalamazoo Wings	82	47	29	0	341	310	100
Saginaw Generals	82	41	33	0	318	285	90
Toledo Goaldiggers	82	24	48	0	293	421	58
Flint Spirits	82	16	60	0	270	495	38
West Division
Fort Wayne Komets	82	52	22	0	345	263	112
Milwaukee Admirals	82	48	28	1	368	306	102
Peoria Rivermen	82	46	31	0	338	297	97
Salt-Lake Golden Eagles	82	44	36	0	340	325	90
Indianapolis Checkers	82	41	35	1	296	303	88
1987 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Muskegon Lumberjacks	82	47	30	5	366	286	99
Saginaw Generals	82	44	32	6	383	344	94
Flint Spirits	82	42	33	7	343	361	91
Kalamazoo Wings	82	36	38	8	331	353	80
West Division
Fort Wayne Komets	82	48	26	8	343	284	104
Salt-Lake Golden Eagles	82	39	31	12	360	357	90
Milwaukee Admirals	82	41	37	4	342	358	86
Indianapolis Checkers	82	37	38	7	360	387	81
Peoria Rivermen	82	31	42	9	264	362	71
1988 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Muskegon Lumberjacks	82	58	14	0	415	269	126
Fort Wayne Komets	82	48	30	0	343	310	100
Saginaw Hawks	82	45	30	0	325	294	97
Flint Spirits	82	42	31	0	395	289	93
Kalamazoo Wings	82	37	33	0	328	360	86
West Division
Colorado Rangers	82	44	35	0	344	354	91
Salt-Lake Golden Eagles	82	40	34	0	308	303	88
Peoria Rivermen	82	34	41	0	301	338	75
Milwaukee Admirals	82	21	54	0	288	430	49
1989 Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
East Division
Muskegon Lumberjacks	82	57	18	0	433	308	121
Saginaw Hawks	82	46	26	0	378	294	102
Fort Wayne Komets	82	46	30	0	293	274	98
Kalamazoo Wings	82	39	36	0	345	350	85
Flint Spirits	82	22	54	0	287	428	50
West Division
Salt-Lake Golden Eagles	82	56	22	0	369	294	116
Milwaukee Admirals	82	54	23	0	399	323	113
Denver Rangers	82	33	42	0	323	394	73
Peoria Rivermen	82	31	42	0	339	383	71
Indianapolis Ice	82	26	54	0	312	430	54

International Hockey League (1980-89) Playoffs

Season	Finals		Semi Finals		Quarter Finals
1979-80	Kalamazoo Wings defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2		Kalamazoo Wings defeated Port Huron Flags 4 games to 2 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Saginaw Gears 4 games to 1		Kalamazoo Wings defeated Muskegon Mohawks 4 games to 1 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 0 Port Huron Flags defeated Flint Generals 4 games to 1 Saginaw Gears defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 0
1980-81	Saginaw Gears defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 0		Saginaw Gears defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 1 Kalamazoo Wings defeated Flint Generals 4 games to 0		Saginaw Gears defeated Port Huron Flags 4 games to 0 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 3 Flint Generals defeated Muskegon Mohawks 2 games to 1
1981-82-	Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Saginaw Gears 4 games to 1		In a home & home round-robin format, Toledo defeated Ft. Wayne 2-0 and lost to Saginaw 2-0. Ft. Wayne lost to Toledo 2-0 and split with Saginaw 1-1. Ft. Wayne was eliminated.		Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Flint Generals 4 games to 0 Saginaw Gears defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 1 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 1
1982-83	Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 2		Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 1 Milwaukee Admirals defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 1		Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Flint Generals 3 games to 2 Kalamazoo Wings defeated Muskegon Mohawks 3 games to 1
1983-84	Flint Generals defeated Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 0		Flint Generals defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 0 Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2		Toledo Goaldiggers defeated Kalamazoo Wings 2 games to 1
1984-85	Peoria Rivermen defeated Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 games to 3		Peoria Rivermen defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2 Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 0		Peoria Rivermen defeated Indianapolis Checkers 4 games to 3 Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 2 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 4 games to 3 Kalamazoo Wings defeated Flint Generals 4 games to 3
1985-86	Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 0		Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Saginaw Gears 4 games to 1 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Peoria Rivermen 4 games to 2		Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Indianapolis Checkers 4 games to 1 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 4 games to 1 Saginaw Generals defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 2 Peoria Rivermen defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 1
1986-87	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 games to 2		Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 1 Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Saginaw Generals 4 games to 0		Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 2 Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 1 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Indianapolis Checkers 4 games to 2 Saginaw Generals defeated Flint Spirits 4 games to 2
1987-88	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Flint Spirits 4 games to 2		Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Colorado Rangers 4 games to 2 Flint Spirits defeated Saginaw Hawks 4 games to 0		Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Peoria Rivermen 4 games to 3 Flint Spirits defeated Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 games to 2 Colorado Rangers defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 3 Saginaw Hawks defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 2
1988-89	Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 4 games to 1		Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Ft. Wayne Komets 4 games to 1 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Milwaukee Admirals 4 games to 1		Muskegon Lumberjacks defeated Peoria Rivermen 4 games to 0 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles defeated Denver Rangers 4 games to 0 Ft. Wayne Komets defeated Saginaw Hawks 4 games to 2 Milwaukee Admirals defeated Kalamazoo Wings 4 games to 2