The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1988 in ice hockey.
Hosted in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics event saw games contested at the Olympic Saddledome, Stampede Corral and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena. The Soviet Union won their seventh gold medal. Sweden defeated host country Canada for the bronze medal. Vladimir Krutov was the leading scorer.
Nations that did not participate in the Calgary Olympics ice hockey tournament were invited to compete in the 1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy tournament. Held from March 20–27, 1988 in Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands, Italy finished first, Japan finished second, and the Netherlands finished third.
1987–88 NHL season | 1988–89 NHL season |
1987–88 AHL season | 1988–89 AHL season |