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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 and NHL affiliation changes
The Iowa Stars are renamed and are now called the Iowa Chops, and the Anaheim Ducks have replaced the Dallas Stars as the team's NHL affiliate.[2]
The Dallas Stars have no AHL affiliate this year, with the Texas Stars (based in Austin) to become their affiliate for the 2009-2010 season.
Affiliation Changes
AHL team | new affiliate | old affiliate |
---|---|---|
Iowa Chops | ANA | DAL |
Portland Pirates | BUF | ANA |
Rochester Americans | FLA | BUF/FLA |
Standings
as of March 12, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) | 72 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 210 | 197 |
Providence Bruins (BOS) | 71 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 85 | 215 | 203 |
Manchester Monarchs (LA) | 70 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 185 | 192 |
Portland Pirates (BUF) | 70 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 211 | 208 |
Worcester Sharks (SJ) | 70 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 196 | 205 |
Lowell Devils (NJ) | 69 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 189 | 211 |
Springfield Falcons (EDM) | 71 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 164 | 226 |
East Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) | 72 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 96 | 211 | 182 |
Hershey Bears (WSH) | 70 | 44 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 95 | 264 | 213 |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) | 71 | 43 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 243 | 188 |
Binghamton Senators (OTT) | 71 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 212 | 208 |
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) | 69 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 194 | 207 |
Albany River Rats (CAR) | 69 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 192 | 212 |
Norfolk Admirals (TB) | 72 | 29 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 214 | 248 |
Western Conference
North Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manitoba Moose (VAN) | 65 | 43 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 198 | 143 |
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) | 65 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 219 | 180 |
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) | 65 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 210 | 168 |
Toronto Marlies (TOR) | 65 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 200 | 191 |
Syracuse Crunch (CLB) | 65 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 166 | 185 |
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) | 66 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 168 | 172 |
Rochester Americans (FLA) | 65 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 148 | 211 |
West Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) | 64 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 89 | 190 | 155 |
Houston Aeros (MIN) | 64 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 73 | 174 | 178 |
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) | 65 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 189 | 179 |
Chicago Wolves (ATL) | 67 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 186 | 180 |
Peoria Rivermen (STL) | 64 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 172 | 180 |
Iowa Chops (ANA) | 64 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 167 | 206 |
Quad City Flames (CGY) | 65 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 166 | 179 |
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) | 65 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 164 | 209 |
Scoring leaders
as of March 12, 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 | 63 | 22 | 64 | 86 | 69 |
Alexandre Giroux | Hershey Bears | 54 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 70 |
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau | Hartford Wolfpack | 64 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 124 |
Darren Haydar | Grand Rapids Griffins | 64 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 24 |
Artem Anisimov | Hartford Wolfpack | 65 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 46 |
Jason Krog | Manitoba Moose | 59 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 26 |
Ryan Vesce | Worcester Sharks | 60 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 24 |
Cal O'Reilly | Milwaukee Admirals | 61 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 16 |
Janne Pesonen | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 55 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 29 |
Corey Locke | Houston Aeros | 61 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 52 |
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]
* 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PlanetUSA prevails on record-setting night". theahl.com. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "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