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 15, 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)	42	23	16	2	1	49	126	119
Portland Pirates (BUF)	39	21	15	1	2	45	123	111
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)	41	20	16	2	3	45	115	121
Worcester Sharks (SJ)	40	21	18	0	1	43	112	121
Lowell Devils (NJ)	39	19	16	1	3	42	116	113
Manchester Monarchs (LA)	40	17	18	0	5	39	100	116
Springfield Falcons (EDM)	40	14	20	5	1	34	93	126

East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Hershey Bears (WSH)	41	28	12	0	1	57	161	119
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	39	24	11	2	2	52	126	105
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)	40	24	13	1	2	51	143	112
Binghamton Senators (OTT)	39	21	12	3	3	48	112	112
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI)	41	21	18	1	1	44	120	126
Albany River Rats (CAR)	39	16	18	3	2	37	103	119
Norfolk Admirals (TB)	40	16	19	1	4	37	124	145

Western Conference

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Manitoba Moose (VAN)	42	27	13	0	2	56	131	98
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	40	24	8	5	3	56	137	103
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL)	40	24	14	2	0	50	142	108
Toronto Marlies (TOR)	41	21	15	1	4	47	116	110
Syracuse Crunch (CLB)	39	18	17	2	2	38	99	110
Lake Erie Monsters (COL)	39	15	18	1	5	36	97	110
Rochester Americans (FLA)	40	13	24	0	3	29	83	135

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)	40	26	10	2	2	56	124	102
Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	40	21	15	0	4	46	125	115
Iowa Chops (ANA)	40	20	15	2	3	45	110	125
Peoria Rivermen (STL)	41	21	18	1	1	44	116	118
Houston Aeros (MIN)	43	18	17	1	7	44	112	121
Chicago Wolves (ATL)	42	20	19	2	1	43	119	118
Quad City Flames (CGY)	39	15	17	4	3	37	98	112
San Antonio Rampage (PHX)	42	16	25	0	1	33	101	135

Scoring Leaders

as of January 15, 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	39	15	38	53	46
Alexandre Giroux	Hershey Bears	32	29	17	46	53
Jeff Taffe	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	35	16	26	42	33
Mike Iggulden	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	39	16	26	42	22
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	Hartford Wolfpack	41	16	26	42	80
Corey Locke	Houston Aeros	40	15	27	42	30
Chris Minard	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	31	26	15	41	18
Artem Anisimov	Hartford Wolfpack	41	18	23	41	38
Mike Santorelli	Milwaukee Admirals	35	13	28	41	14
Cal O'Reilly	Milwaukee Admirals	39	6	35	41	10

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(es):	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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