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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

Blue indicates team has clinched division.
Green indicates team has clinched a playoff spot.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) 80 46 27 3 4 99 243 216
Providence Bruins (BOS) 80 43 29 2 6 94 238 232
Portland Pirates (BUF) 80 39 31 3 7 88 249 239
Worcester Sharks (SJ) 80 42 35 1 2 87 223 223
Manchester Monarchs (LA) 80 37 35 0 8 82 211 218
Lowell Devils (NJ) 80 35 36 2 7 79 213 243
Springfield Falcons (EDM) 80 24 44 8 4 60 188 258
East Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (WSH) 80 49 23 2 6 106 296 240
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) 80 49 23 3 5 106 241 212
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) 80 49 25 3 3 104 274 212
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) 80 43 30 2 5 93 234 232
Binghamton Senators (OTT) 80 41 30 5 4 91 232 238
Norfolk Admirals (TB) 80 33 38 4 5 75 236 269
Albany River Rats (CAR) 80 33 40 3 4 73 219 258

Western Conference

North Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Manitoba Moose (VAN) 80 50 23 1 6 107 239 188
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) 80 49 27 4 0 102 263 201
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) 80 43 25 6 6 98 255 226
Toronto Marlies (TOR) 80 39 29 5 7 90 240 229
Syracuse Crunch (CBJ) 80 40 32 5 3 88 214 226
Lake Erie Monsters (COL) 80 34 38 3 5 76 199 218
Rochester Americans (FLA) 80 29 43 0 8 66 184 259
West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) 80 49 22 3 6 107 229 195
Peoria Rivermen (STL) 80 43 31 2 4 92 215 211
Houston Aeros (MIN) 80 38 31 2 9 87 218 230
Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 80 40 34 0 6 86 229 220
Quad City Flames (CGY) 80 36 31 6 7 85 212 216
Chicago Wolves (ATL) 80 38 37 3 2 81 226 222
Iowa Chops (ANA) 80 33 33 4 10 80 209 260
San Antonio Rampage (PHX) 80 36 38 2 4 78 205 243

Scoring leaders

as of April 9, 2009
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 66 57 37 94 78
Keith Aucoin Hershey Bears 69 25 69 94 71
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 72 30 54 84 30
Artem Anisimov Hartford Wolfpack 78 366 43 79 48
Tim Stapleton Toronto Marlies 70 28 51 79 26
Darren Haydar Grand Rapids Griffins 77 31 47 78 26
Janne Pesonen Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 67 30 48 78 31
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau Hartford Wolfpack 74 29 49 78 142
Jeff Taffe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 72 25 50 75 65
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 74 25 50 75 58

Calder Cup Playoffs

Bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Calder Cup Finals
            
A1 Hartford Wolf Pack 0
A4 Worcester Sharks 0
A  
Atlantic Division
A  
A2 Providence Bruins 0
A3 Portland Pirates 0
A  
Eastern Conference
E  
E1 Hershey Bears 0
E4 Philadelphia Phantoms 0
E  
East Division
E  
E2 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0
E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 0
 
 
N1 Manitoba Moose 0
N4 Toronto Marlies 0
N  
North Division
N  
N2 Hamilton Bulldogs 0
N3 Grand Rapids Griffins 0
N  
Western Conference
W  
W1 Milwaukee Admirals 0
W4 Rockford IceHogs 0
W  
West Division
W  
W2 Peoria Rivermen 0
W3 Houston Aeros 0
  • 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:		 Manitoba Moose
Frank Mathers Trophy
Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference:		 Hershey Bears
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy
Regular Season champions, Western Conference:		 Manitoba Moose
Emile Francis Trophy
Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division:		 Hartford Wolf Pack
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, East Division:		 Hershey Bears
Sam Pollock Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division:		 Manitoba Moose
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, West Division:		 Milwaukee Admirals

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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