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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 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 23, 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 a team is eliminated from playoff contention.

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) 71 46 19 0 6 98 216 163
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) 71 41 18 6 6 94 233 191
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) 72 43 26 3 0 89 233 185
Toronto Marlies (TOR) 71 35 27 3 6 76 214 203
Syracuse Crunch (CLB) 70 35 29 4 2 76 184 196
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) 71 31 32 3 5 70 175 183
Rochester Americans (FLA) 71 25 39 0 7 57 161 233
West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) 69 44 17 3 5 96 201 168
Houston Aeros (MIN) 69 35 25 1 8 79 189 195
Peoria Rivermen (STL) 71 36 31 2 2 76 188 196
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 69 34 29 0 6 74 201 189
Chicago Wolves (ATL) 71 35 32 2 2 74 203 197
Iowa Chops (ANA) 69 30 27 4 8 72 184 225
Quad City Flames (CGY) 70 28 30 6 6 68 181 196
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) 70 28 36 2 4 62 174 218

Scoring leaders

as of March 22, 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 66 22 65 87 69
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 59 50 33 83 76
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 65 25 51 76 26
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau Hartford Wolfpack 71 28 47 75 142
Darren Haydar Grand Rapids Griffins 70 28 44 72 24
Janne Pesonen Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 61 27 44 71 31
Artem Anisimov Hartford Wolfpack 72 30 40 70 46
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 66 24 46 70 54
Cal O'Reilly Milwaukee Admirals 66 14 55 69 20
Ryan Vesce Worcester Sharks 63 22 46 68 28

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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