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 13, 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	38	14	37	51	46
Alexandre Giroux	Hershey Bears	31	28	16	44	53
Jeff Taffe	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	35	16	26	42	33
Corey Locke	Houston Aeros	40	15	27	42	30
Chris Minard	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	31	26	15	41	18
Mike Iggulden	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	38	16	25	41	20
Mike Santorelli	Milwaukee Admirals	35	13	28	41	14
Cal O'Reilly	Milwaukee Admirals	39	6	35	41	10
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	Hartford Wolfpack	40	15	25	40	80
Janne Pesonen	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	35	13	27	40	12

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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