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{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2008–09 AHL season
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| top_scorer = [[Alexandre Giroux]]
| top_scorer_link = John B. Sollenberger Trophy
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| playoffs_link = 2009 Calder Cup playoffs
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| finals_champ = [[Hershey Bears]]
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The '''2008–09 AHL season''' was the [[List of AHL seasons|73rd]] [[season (sports)|season]] of the [[American Hockey League]]. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran from October 8 until April 12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=7878 |title=The making of the AHL schedule |date=July 17, 2008 |publisher=theahl.com |
==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.<ref name=iowa_chops>{{cite web |url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=8825 |title=Iowa Chops to hit the ice this fall |date=July 9, 2008 |publisher=theahl.com |
The Dallas Stars have no AHL affiliate this year, with the [[Texas Stars]] (based in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]) to become their affiliate for the [[2009–10 AHL season|2009–10 season]].
On April 28, 2009, it was announced that two teams would be relocated for the 2009–10 season: the [[Quad City Flames]] would move to [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford, BC]], and the [[Philadelphia Phantoms]] would relocate to [[Glens Falls, New York|Glens Falls, NY]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theahl.com/headlines/index.html?article_id=9993 |title=Austin, Abbotsford, Glens Falls joining AHL in 2009–10 |date=April 28, 2009 |publisher=theahl.com |
===Affiliation changes===
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|align=left| [[Iowa Chops]] || [[Anaheim Ducks]] || [[Dallas Stars]]
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* {{Color box|#ffcccc|'''e–'''|border=darkgray}} ''indicates team was eliminated from playoff contention''
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==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 nine goals in the third period to come back from an 8–5 deficit. Corey Locke scored four goals for the Canadian All-Stars, while [[Jeff Taffe]] had a hat-trick for the PlanetUSA All-Stars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theahl.com/news/allstar/index.html?article_id=9365 |title=PlanetUSA prevails on record-setting night |publisher=theahl.com |
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=8172 |title=AHL awards 2009 AHL All-Star Classic to Worcester |date=December 5, 2007 |publisher=theahl.com |
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