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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 April 12.[1]

Team changes

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

Standings

as of February 8, 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) 51 29 19 2 1 61 155 141
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) 51 26 20 2 3 57 145 149
Worcester Sharks (SJ) 51 27 22 0 2 56 148 152
Portland Pirates (BUF) 50 26 20 1 3 55 148 137
Lowell Devils (NJ) 49 24 21 1 3 49 142 144
Manchester Monarchs (LA) 50 21 24 0 5 47 126 143
Springfield Falcons (EDM) 50 16 27 6 1 39 112 153
East Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (WSH) 52 35 13 0 4 74 199 146
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) 51 32 16 1 2 67 181 139
Binghamton Senators (OTT) 51 27 16 5 3 62 144 144
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) 50 28 17 3 2 61 144 130
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) 51 27 22 1 1 56 143 152
Albany River Rats (CAR) 49 21 23 3 2 47 129 144
Norfolk Admirals (TB) 49 19 24 2 4 44 149 177

Western Conference

North Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Manitoba Moose (VAN) 53 35 14 0 4 74 162 121
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) 52 31 11 7 3 72 174 141
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) 51 31 20 2 0 64 177 133
Toronto Marlies (TOR) 50 24 19 2 5 55 145 141
Syracuse Crunch (CLB) 50 23 21 3 2 51 124 140
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) 52 21 25 1 5 48 123 136
Rochester Americans (FLA) 49 16 29 0 4 36 99 165
West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) 50 32 14 2 2 68 164 127
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 53 27 21 0 4 58 157 146
Iowa Chops (ANA) 50 25 18 2 5 57 138 153
Chicago Wolves (ATL) 53 26 24 2 1 55 152 151
Houston Aeros (MIN) 53 23 21 1 8 55 137 149
Peoria Rivermen (STL) 50 25 23 1 1 52 136 146
Quad City Flames (CGY) 51 18 23 5 5 46 124 140
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) 54 22 30 1 2 47 134 169

Scoring leaders

as of February 8, 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 50 17 46 63 61
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 41 36 22 58 57
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau Hartford Wolfpack 51 22 36 58 86
Artem Anisimov Hartford Wolfpack 51 22 32 54 42
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 50 19 34 53 38
Jeff Taffe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 46 18 35 53 37
Ryan Vesce Worcester Sharks 48 16 37 53 18
Cal O'Reilly Milwaukee Admirals 50 10 43 53 16
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 47 17 34 51 20
Jamie Lundmark Quad City Flames 50 14 35 49 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 was the Worcester Sharks. The 2009 event in Worcester marked the fourth time since 1995 that the AHL All-Star Classic took 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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