| Season Notes |
| Dubuque rejoins the League after a four-year absence. |
| The League is divided into East and West divisions to reduce travel expenses. Teams play division rivals four times and teams in the opposite division twice for a 20-game schedule. Tournament seedings are determined by total regardless of division standings. |
| Des Moines Valley-Dowling (name change in 1994-1995 to Capitals) wins its first regular-season championship. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Des Moines Valley-Dowling (20W-0L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 3-5, 1989 - Metro Ice Sports Arena - Des Moines, Iowa
Championship Game: Des Moines Valley-Dowling ?, (Dubuque Devils ?)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Tony Dressen - Des Moines Valley-Dowling
James McGalliard - Des Moines Valley-Dowling
| Varsity Regular Season Standings | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| East | |||||||||
| Dubuque | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 93 | 73 | 177 | 369 |
| Waterloo Columbus | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 103 | 83 | 97 | 217 |
| Mason City | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 89 | 73 | 142 | 317 |
| Waterloo Warriors | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 73 | 84 | 148 | 305 |
| West | |||||||||
| Des Moines | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 146 | 38 | 145 | 291 |
| Sioux City | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 106 | 76 | 165 | 373 |
| Urbandale-Greater Des Moines | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 137 | 153 | 349 |
| Ames | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 142 | 188 | 454 |
| Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | ||||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Niklas Hudin, Mason City | 20 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Brian Krueger, Des Moines | 20 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Bloom, Waterloo Columbus | 20 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | Justin Smith, Waterloo Columbus | 20 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 0 |
| 5 | Jon Strako, Des Moines | 20 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Corey Simon, Waterloo Columbus | 19 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Shane Keith, Sioux City | 20 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 |
| T8 | Tony Dressen, Des Moines | 20 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
| T8 | Jim Riley, Dubuque | 20 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 52 | 0 |
| 10 | Tom Meyer, Waterloo Warriors | 19 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 83 | 0 |
| Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | Pct |
| 1 | James McGalliard, Des Moines | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 235 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.907 |
| 2 | Jason Smith, Dubuque | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 366 | 325 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 0.888 |
| 3 | Jason Hedican, Waterloo Columbus | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 548 | 475 | 73 | 7 | 10 | 0.867 |
VARSITY ALL-STATE
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- Defense -
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- Honorable Mention -
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VARSITY ALL-STAR GAME
Tuesday, January 24, 1989 - Des Moines Ice Arena
EAST ?, WEST ?
East All-Stars
- Forwards -
Don Dopita, Sr. - Dubuque
Jim Riley, Sr. - Dubuque
Niklas Hudin, Jr. - Mason City
Chris Peterson, Jr. - Mason Cityy
Mark Peterson, Sr. - Mason City
Jason Bloom, Jr. - Waterloo Columbus
Justin Smith, Jr. - Waterloo Columbus
Tracy Henn, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
Tom Meyer, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Defense -
Brian Bahnsen, Sr. - Mason City
Aaron Laaveg, Sr. - Mason City
Mike Sadler, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Jeff Frazee, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Goaltenders -
Jason Smith, Jr. - Dubuque
Jason Hedican, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Coaches: Mike Brown - Waterloo Columbus, Dave Swick - Waterloo Warriors
West All-Stars
- Forwards -
Brett Linder, Sr. - Ames
Jason Teal, Sr. - Ames
Mike Blackburn, Sr. - Des Moines
Tony Dressen, Sr. - Des Moines
Brian Krueger, Sr. - Des Moines
Joe Strako, Jr. - Des Moines
Shane Keith, Jr. - Sioux City
Ross Van Rooyan, Jr. - Sioux City
Donnie Widlund, Jr. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
- Defense -
Joe Ethington, Sr. - Ames
Dirk Richou, Sr. - Sioux City
Todd Martin, Jr. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
Scott Rast, Jr. - Urbandale-Greater Des Moines
- Goaltenders -
Brett Callison, Sr. - Ames
James McGalliard, Sr. - Des Moines
Coaches: Dave Davies - Sioux City, Kevin Kahoot - Des Moines
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: James Van Bergen - Ames
Secretary/Treasurer: Morris Peterson - Urbandale
Vice President: Jerry Bahnsen - Mason City
Vice President:
Dick Keith - Sioux City
Vice President:
Ross Brown - Waterloo
Commissioner/Referee-in-Chief: Gary Donaldson - Waterloo
Scheduler: Don Geiger - Des Moines
Statistician: Doug Newhoff - Waterloo