2008–09 AHL season

The 2008-09 AHL season is the 73rd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams will each play 80 games in the regular season, which runs from October 8 until March 31.^[1]

Team changes

The Iowa Stars are renamed and are now called the Iowa Chops.^[2]

Standings

as of January 9, 2009
Yellow indicates team would receive playoff spot in current position
Red indicates team is eliminated from playoffs

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Providence Bruins (BOS)	40	23	14	2	1	49	122	111
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)	39	19	15	2	3	43	110	117
Portland Pirates (BUF)	37	20	14	1	2	42	117	105
Worcester Sharks (SJ)	38	20	18	0	1	41	109	113
Lowell Devils (NJ)	36	17	15	1	3	38	107	107
Manchester Monarchs (LA)	38	17	17	0	4	38	96	109
Springfield Falcons (EDM)	37	12	19	5	1	30	84	118

East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Hershey Bears (WSH)	38	28	9	0	1	57	153	100
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	37	23	11	1	2	49	121	100
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)	37	23	12	1	1	48	132	103
Binghamton Senators (OTT)	36	18	12	3	3	42	100	109
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI)	37	20	16	0	1	41	112	115
Norfolk Admirals (TB)	38	15	18	1	4	35	119	138
Albany River Rats (CAR)	37	14	18	3	2	33	90	113

Western Conference

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	38	22	8	5	3	52	129	102
Manitoba Moose (VAN)	37	24	12	0	1	49	120	89
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL)	36	22	12	2	0	46	128	93
Toronto Marlies (TOR)	38	20	14	1	3	44	110	106
Syracuse Crunch (CLB)	37	17	17	1	2	35	92	103
Lake Erie Monsters (COL)	36	13	17	1	5	32	88	106
Rochester Americans (FLA)	36	11	22	0	3	25	72	121

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)	36	24	9	1	2	51	118	92
Iowa Chops (ANA)	38	20	15	1	2	43	108	120
Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	37	19	14	0	4	42	119	108
Houston Aeros (MIN)	40	17	16	1	6	41	107	113
Chicago Wolves (ATL)	38	19	17	1	1	40	112	106
Peoria Rivermen (STL)	38	19	17	1	1	40	107	111
Quad City Flames (CGY)	36	13	17	4	2	32	93	107
San Antonio Rampage (PHX)	39	15	23	0	1	31	95	127

Scoring Leaders

as of January 9, 2009
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

Keith Aucoin	Hershey Bears	36	14	35	49	44
Chris Minard	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	31	26	15	41	18
Alexandre Giroux	Hershey Bears	29	25	16	41	53
Jeff Taffe	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	33	16	25	41	31
Mike Iggulden	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	37	16	25	41	20
Corey Locke	Houston Aeros	38	14	27	41	14
Mike Santorelli	Milwaukee Admirals	35	13	28	41	14
Martins Karsums	Providence Bruins	38	16	23	39	20
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	Hartford Wolfpack	39	15	24	39	80
Kurtis McLean	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	36	11	28	39	15

Calder Cup Playoffs

All Star Classic

The 22nd AHL All-Star Classic will be played in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 26, 2009.^[3] The host club will be the Worcester Sharks. The 2009 event in Worcester will mark the fourth time since 1995 that the AHL All-Star Classic will take place in New England. The AHL All-Star Game was last held in Massachusetts in 1959 at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield.^[4]

	Planet USA All-Stars	Canadian All-Stars
Coach:	Don Granato	Bob Woods
Assistant Coach:	Jason Christie, Wendell Young	Mark French
Starters:	#17 F Chris Bourque (Hershey Bears) #19 F Nathan Gerbe (Portland Pirates) #90 F Nikita Filatov (Syracuse Crunch) #5 D Jakub Kindl (Grand Rapids Griffins) #7 D Yannick Weber (Hamilton Bulldogs) #35 G Cory Schneider (Manitoba Moose)	#12 F Alexandre Giroux (Hershey Bears) #14 F Chris Minard (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) #19 F Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Phantoms) #3 D Johnny Boychuk (Providence Bruins) #25 D Derek Joslin (Worcester Sharks) #1 G Brian Elliott (Binghamton Senators)
Reserves:	#4 D Rory Fitzpatrick (Rochester Americans, captain) #6 D Ben Lovejoy (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) #10 F Tim Kennedy (Portland Pirates) #11 F Keith Aucoin (Hershey Bears) #15 F Martins Karsums (Providence Bruins) #17 F Ryan Potulny (Springfield Falcons) #17 F Ryan Vesce (Worcester Sharks) #18 F Drew Miller (Iowa Chops) #20 D Mattias Karlsson (Binghamton Senators) #20 F Petri Kontiola (Rockford Icehogs) #21 F Joe Motzko (Chicago Wolves) #21 F Michael Ryan (Albany River Rats) #21 D Bobby Sanguinetti (Hartford Wolfpack) #22 F Jeff Taffe (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) #26 D Jaime Sifers (Toronto Marlies) #31 G Jeff Frazee (Lowell Devils) #31 G Daniel Larsson (Grand Rapids Griffins) #44 D Jonas Junland (Peoria Rivermen)	#2 D Andrew MacDonald (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) #6 D Cody Franson (Milwaukee Admirals) #7 D Brett Palin (Quad City Flames) #10 D Kyle Cumiskey (Lake Erie Monsters} #10 F Jason Krog (Manitoba Moose) #16 F Cal O'Reilly (Milwaukee Admirals) #19 F Brett MacLean (San Antonio Rampage) #19 F Mike Santorelli (Milwaukee Admirals) #20 D Bryan Helmer (Hershey Bears, captain) #24 F Steve Downie (Norfolk Admirals) #25 F Mark Mancari (Portland Pirates) #25 D Danny Syvret (Philadelphia Phantoms) #29 G Mike Brodeur (Rochester Americans) #33 G Barry Brust (Houston Aeros) #37 F Mike Iggulden (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) #39 F Martin St. Pierre (Providence Bruins) #62 F Teddy Purcell (Manchester Monarchs) #84 F Corey Locke (Houston Aeros)

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	TBD
Richard F. Canning Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champions:	TBD
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Western Conference playoff champions:	TBD
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Regular season champions, League:	TBD
Frank Mathers Trophy Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference:	TBD
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Regular Season champions, Western Conference:	TBD
Emile Francis Trophy Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division:	TBD
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, East Division:	TBD
Sam Pollock Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	TBD
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	TBD

References

^ "The making of the AHL schedule". theahl.com. July 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
^ "Iowa Chops to hit the ice this fall". theahl.com. July 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
^ "AHL All-Star Classic dates announced". sharksahl.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
^ "AHL awards 2009 AHL All-Star Classic to Worcester". theahl.com. December 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

AHL official site
AHL Hall of Fame
HockeyDB
Historic standings and statistics - at Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by 2007-08 AHL season	AHL seasons	Succeeded by 2009-10 AHL season

[1] "The making of the AHL schedule". theahl.com. July 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

[iowa_chops-2] "Iowa Chops to hit the ice this fall". theahl.com. July 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

[3] "AHL All-Star Classic dates announced". sharksahl.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

[4] "AHL awards 2009 AHL All-Star Classic to Worcester". theahl.com. December 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

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