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2008–09 AHL season

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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 February 3, 2009
Blue indicates team has clinched division.
Green indicates team has clinched a playoff spot.
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) 49 27 19 2 1 57 149 137
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) 48 25 18 2 3 55 136 136
Worcester Sharks (SJ) 48 26 20 0 2 54 139 143
Portland Pirates (BUF) 47 25 19 1 2 53 140 127
Lowell Devils (NJ) 47 22 21 1 3 46 133 139
Manchester Monarchs (LA) 47 19 23 0 5 43 115 135
Springfield Falcons (EDM) 47 16 24 6 1 39 107 144
East Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (WSH) 49 33 12 0 4 70 189 138
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) 49 30 16 1 2 63 172 136
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) 47 27 15 3 2 59 140 123
Binghamton Senators (OTT) 47 25 16 3 3 56 134 134
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) 49 26 21 1 1 54 138 146
Albany River Rats (CAR) 48 20 23 3 2 45 126 142
Norfolk Admirals (TB) 46 18 22 2 4 42 144 169

Western Conference

North Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Manitoba Moose (VAN) 51 34 14 0 3 71 157 116
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) 48 29 9 7 3 68 159 122
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) 48 29 19 2 0 60 172 129
Toronto Marlies (TOR) 48 23 18 2 5 53 134 132
Syracuse Crunch (CLB) 47 21 20 3 2 47 116 135
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) 49 19 24 1 5 44 116 132
Rochester Americans (FLA) 46 15 27 0 4 34 94 159
West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) 47 30 13 2 2 64 144 120
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 50 26 19 0 4 56 153 137
Iowa Chops (ANA) 48 23 18 2 5 53 130 149
Houston Aeros (MIN) 50 22 20 1 7 52 126 139
Chicago Wolves (ATL) 49 24 22 2 1 51 139 137
Peoria Rivermen (STL) 47 24 21 1 1 50 128 134
Quad City Flames (CGY) 48 17 21 5 5 44 117 132
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) 50 21 29 0 1 43 124 156

Scoring leaders

as of February 3, 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 47 17 43 60 61
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 40 36 21 57 57
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau Hartford Wolfpack 48 20 33 53 84
Artem Anisimov Hartford Wolfpack 48 21 29 50 38
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 45 17 33 50 18
Jeff Taffe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 44 18 31 49 37
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 47 18 31 49 34
Ryan Vesce Worcester Sharks 46 15 34 49 16
Mike Iggulden Bridgeport Sound Tigers 47 18 28 46 30
Jamie Lundmark Quad City Flames 47 12 34 46 31

Calder Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Calder Cup Finals
            
A1  
A4  
A  
Atlantic Division
A  
A2  
A3  
A  
Eastern Conference
E  
E1  
E4  
E  
East Division
E  
E2  
E3  
 
 
N1  
N4  
N  
North Division
N  
N2  
N3  
N  
Western Conference
W  
W1  
W4  
W  
West Division
W  
W2  
W3  
  • A is short for Atlantic Division
  • E is short for East Division
  • N is short for North Division
  • W is short for West Division

All Star Classic

The 22nd AHL All-Star Classic was played in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 26, 2009, with the PlanetUSA All-Stars defeating the Canadian All-Stars 14-11 after scoring 9 goals in the 3rd Period to come back from an 8-5 deficit. Corey Locke scored 4 goals for the Canadian All-Stars, while Jeff Taffe had a hat trick for the PlanetUSA All-Stars.[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(es): Jason Christie, Wendell Young Mark French
Starters:

  #15 F Martins Karsums (Providence Bruins)
  #16 F Ryan Vesce (Worcester Sharks)
  #17 F Chris Bourque (Hershey Bears)
  #5 D Jakub Kindl (Grand Rapids Griffins)
  #7 D Yannick Weber (Hamilton Bulldogs)
  #35 G Cory Schneider (Manitoba Moose)

  #9 F Mike Santorelli (Milwaukee Admirals)
  #12 F Alexandre Giroux (Hershey Bears)
  #14 F Chris Minard (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
  #3 D Johnny Boychuk (Providence Bruins)
  #77 D Derek Joslin (Worcester Sharks)
  #29 G Mike Brodeur (Rochester Americans)

Reserves:

  #4 D Rory Fitzpatrick (Rochester Americans, captain)
  #6 D Ben Lovejoy (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
  #8 F Jared Ross (Philadelphia Phantoms†)
  #11 F Keith Aucoin (Hershey Bears)
  #12 F Ryan Potulny (Springfield Falcons)
  #14 F Michael Ryan (Albany River Rats)
  #18 F Brian Salcido (Iowa Chops†)
  #20 F Petri Kontiola (Rockford Icehogs)
  #21 F Joe Motzko (Chicago Wolves)
  #22 F Jeff Taffe (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
  #26 D Jaime Sifers (Toronto Marlies)
  #31 G Jeff Frazee (Lowell Devils)
  #40 D Mattias Karlsson (Binghamton Senators)
  #42 F Artem Anisimov (Hartford Wolf Pack†)
  #44 D Jonas Junland (Peoria Rivermen)
  #86 G Daniel Larsson (Grand Rapids Griffins)
  #10 F Tim Kennedy (Portland Pirates**)
  #18 F Drew Miller (Iowa Chops*)
  #19 F Nathan Gerbe (Portland Pirates**)
  #21 D Bobby Sanguinetti (Hartford Wolf Pack**)
  #90 F Nikita Filatov (Syracuse Crunch*)

  #2 D Andrew MacDonald (Bridgeport Sound Tigers)
  #6 D Cody Franson (Milwaukee Admirals)
  #7 D Brett Palin (Quad City Flames)
  #16 F Cal O'Reilly (Milwaukee Admirals)
  #20 D Bryan Helmer (Hershey Bears, captain)
  #24 F Derek MacKenzie (Syracuse Crunch†)
  #25 F Mark Mancari (Portland Pirates)
  #25 D Danny Syvret (Philadelphia Phantoms)
  #26 F Brandon Segal (Norfolk Admirals†)
  #30 G Tyler Weiman (Lake Erie Monsters†)
  #33 G Barry Brust (Houston Aeros)
  #37 F Mike Iggulden (Bridgeport Sound Tigers)
  #48 D Kyle Cumiskey (Lake Erie Monsters}
  #62 F Teddy Purcell (Manchester Monarchs)
  #75 D Danny Syvret (Philadelphia Phantoms†)
  #84 F Corey Locke (Houston Aeros)
  #97 F Brett MacLean (San Antonio Rampage)
  #1 G Brian Elliott (Binghamton Senators*)
  #10 F Jason Krog (Manitoba Moose**)
  #19 F Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Phantoms*)
  #24 F Steve Downie (Norfolk Admirals*)
  #39 F Martin St. Pierre (Providence Bruins*)

* indicates player was called up to their NHL team. ** indicates player was named to All-Star team, but missed game due to injury. † indicates player was named as a replacement due to callups or injury.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "The making of the AHL schedule". theahl.com. July 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. ^ "Iowa Chops to hit the ice this fall". theahl.com. July 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  3. ^ "PlanetUSA prevails on record-setting night". theahl.com. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  4. ^ "AHL awards 2009 AHL All-Star Classic to Worcester". theahl.com. December 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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