| Season Notes |
| The Urbandale J-Hawks declared that starting this season the team will be known as the Urbandale-Greater Des Moines Hockey Club to better reflect a roster that includes players from nine different schools. |
| The League schedule has to be redone in late October after the Des Moines Ice Arena adds professional wrestling. |
| The Varsity tournament banquet is held at the Newman Catholic High School gymnasium. |
| Des Moines Valley-Dowling (name change in 1994-1995 to Capitals) wins its first tournament championship. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Waterloo Columbus (17W-1L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 4-6, 1988 - North Iowa Recreational Arena - Mason City, Iowa
Championship Game: Des Moines Valley-Dowling ?, (Sioux City Metros ?)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Ted Grob - Des Moines Valley-Dowling
| Varsity Regular-Season Standings | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| Waterloo Columbus | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 112 | 44 | 138 | 292 |
| Sioux City | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 87 | 47 | 88 | 185 |
| Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 77 | 59 | 130 | 294 |
| Des Moines | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 70 | 61 | 124 | 288 |
| Mason City | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 85 | 121 | 275 |
| Ames | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 92 | 74 | 152 |
| Urbandale-Greater Des Moines | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 110 | 128 | 290 |
| Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | |||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM |
| 1 | Brian Wehr, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 78 |
| 2 | Neal Lanigan, Waterloo Columbus | 16 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Chad McFarland, Waterloo Warriors | 16 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 56 |
| 4 | Brian Krueger, Des Moines | 18 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Ted Grob, Des Moines | 18 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Todd Coyle, Sioux City | 18 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Ross Van Rooyan, Sioux City | 18 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 | Jeremy Scheetz, Mason City | 17 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Andy MacLennan, Waterloo Columbus | 15 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 31 |
| T10 | Jason Bloom, Waterloo Columbus | 18 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| T10 | Tom Meyer, Waterloo Warriors | 12 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | Pct |
| 1 | Scott Patrick, Sioux City | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 446 | 399 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 0.895 |
| 2 | Eric Gibson, Des Moines | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 244 | 217 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0.889 |
| 3 | James McGalliard, Des Moines | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 255 | 225 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0.882 |
VARSTIY ALL-STATE
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- Honorable Mention -
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VARSITY ALL-STAR GAME
Wednesday, January 20 - Des Moines Ice Arena
White ?, Green ?
White All-Stars
- Forwards -
Brian Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines
Chris Cline, Sr. - Mason City
Jeremy Scheetz, Jr. - Mason City
Chris Swanson, Sr. - Sioux City
Brian Burke, Sr. - Sioux City
Todd Coyle, Sr. - Sioux City
Doug Beebe, Sr. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
Pete Dale, Sr. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
Eric Conard, So. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
- Defense -
Ron Smith, Sr. - Ames
Dustin Duea, Sr. - Mason City
Scott Jasper, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Scott Smith, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Goaltenders -
Eric Gibson, Sr. - Des Moines
Jason Hedican, Jr. - Waterloo Columbus
Coach: Mike Brown - Waterloo Columbus
Green All-Stars
- Forwards -
Jamie Watne, Sr. - Ames
David Cook, Sr. - Ames
Brian Martinson, Sr. - Ames
Ted Grob, Sr. - Des Moines
Dave Dutkowski, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Neal Lanigan, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Brian Wehr, Jr. - Waterloo Columbus
Chad McFarland, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors
Tom Meyer, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Defense -
Dirk Richou, Jr. - Sioux City
Scott Rast, So. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
Bill Fratzke, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Andy MacLennan, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
- Goaltenders -
James McGalliard, Jr. - Des Moines
Scott Patrick, Sr. - Sioux City
Coach: John Lloyd - Mason City
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: James Van Bergen - Ames
Secretary/Treasurer: Morris Peterson - Urbandale
Vice President: Don Krueger - Des Moines
Vice President:
Dick Keith - Sioux City
Vice President-Scheduler:
Ross Brown - Waterloo
Commissioner: Gary Donaldson - Waterloo
Referee-in-Chief: Chuck Ill - Des Moines
Statistician: Doug Newhoff - Waterloo