These events occured in 1988 in the world of ice hockey:
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- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Stanley Cup – Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 0 over the Boston Bruins
- World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Soviet Union won the Olympic gold medal
- Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated the USSR
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August 9 - Wayne Gretzky is traded to the Los Angeles Kings
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- The ECHL begins its first season of play as the East Coast Hockey League, with five founding teams: the Carolina Thunderbirds (now Wheeling Nailers), the Erie Panthers (now Victoria Salmon Kings), the Johnstown Chiefs, the Knoxville Cherokees (later Pee Dee Pride), and Virginia Lancers (now Utah Grizzlies).
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December 31 - in a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils, Mario Lemieux scores five goals and becomes the only player in NHL history to score a goal in all five possible game situations in the same game: even-strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot, and empty net.
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