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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 7, 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) 64 35 23 3 3 76 182 174
Providence Bruins (BOS) 64 34 24 2 4 74 194 189
Manchester Monarchs (LA) 64 32 26 0 6 70 171 170
Portland Pirates (BUF) 63 30 24 2 7 69 188 186
Worcester Sharks (SJ) 62 32 27 1 2 67 180 182
Lowell Devils (NJ) 62 28 26 1 7 64 171 184
Springfield Falcons (EDM) 65 19 37 7 2 47 150 209
East Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (WSH) 63 40 17 1 5 86 244 192
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) 64 38 18 3 5 84 186 161
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) 63 38 21 1 3 80 215 168
Binghamton Senators (OTT) 64 33 23 5 3 74 187 190
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) 62 32 26 2 2 68 176 185
Albany River Rats (CAR) 61 27 28 3 3 60 169 187
Norfolk Admirals (TB) 64 26 30 3 5 60 192 220

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) 64 39 23 2 0 80 207 164
Toronto Marlies (TOR) 63 31 25 2 5 69 195 185
Syracuse Crunch (CLB) 63 30 27 4 2 67 160 183
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) 65 29 30 1 5 64 162 169
Rochester Americans (FLA) 64 24 35 0 5 51 147 209
West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) 62 40 16 3 3 86 184 151
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 65 33 26 0 6 72 189 177
Houston Aeros (MIN) 63 31 23 1 8 71 171 177
Chicago Wolves (ATL) 65 34 28 2 1 67 181 174
Peoria Rivermen (STL) 63 32 29 1 1 66 169 178
Iowa Chops (ANA) 63 26 25 4 8 64 165 205
Quad City Flames (CGY) 63 25 26 6 6 62 161 173
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) 65 25 34 2 4 56 164 209

Scoring leaders

as of March 6, 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 60 21 61 82 65
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 51 43 30 73 70
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau Hartford Wolfpack 62 26 41 67 112
Artem Anisimov Hartford Wolfpack 63 26 39 65 44
Darren Haydar Grand Rapids Griffins 63 25 40 65 24
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 58 21 43 64 26
Ryan Vesce Worcester Sharks 57 20 43 63 22
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 59 20 41 61 48
Cal O'Reilly Milwaukee Admirals 59 11 50 61 16
Jeff Taffe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 57 20 39 59 53

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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