2008–09 AHL season

The 2008–09 AHL season is the 73rd season of the American Hockey League. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran 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 2009–10 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, BC, and the Philadelphia Phantoms would relocate to Glens Falls, NY.^[3]

Affiliation changes

AHL team	new affiliate	old affiliate
Iowa Chops	Anaheim Ducks	Dallas Stars
Portland Pirates	Buffalo Sabres	Anaheim Ducks
Rochester Americans	Florida Panthers	Buffalo Sabres/Florida Panthers

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

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alexandre Giroux	Hershey Bears	69	60	37	97	84
Keith Aucoin	Hershey Bears	70	25	71	96	73
Jason Krog	Manitoba Moose	74	30	56	86	30
Janne Pesonen	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	70	32	50	82	33
Artem Anisimov	Hartford Wolfpack	80	37	44	81	50
Darren Haydar	Grand Rapids Griffins	79	31	49	80	26
Tim Stapleton	Toronto Marlies	70	28	51	79	26
Corey Locke	Houston Aeros	77	25	54	79	60
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	Hartford Wolfpack	74	29	49	78	142
Kyle Greentree	Quad City Flames	79	39	37	76	63

Calder Cup playoffs

In each division, the fourth-place team will play the first-place team in the division semifinals, while the second-place team plays the third-place team.

Bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Calder Cup Finals

A1

Hartford Wolf Pack

2

A4

Worcester Sharks

4

A4

Worcester Sharks

2

Atlantic Division

A2

Providence Bruins

4

A2

Providence Bruins

4

A3

Portland Pirates

1

A2

Providence Bruins

1

Eastern Conference

E1

Hershey Bears

4

E1

Hershey Bears

4

E4

Philadelphia Phantoms

0

E1

Hershey Bears

4

East Division

E3

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

3

E2

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

1

E3

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

4

N1

Manitoba Moose

2

E1

Hershey Bears

4

N1

Manitoba Moose

4

N4

Toronto Marlies

2

N1

Manitoba Moose

4

North Division

N3

Grand Rapids Griffins

0

N2

Hamilton Bulldogs

2

N3

Grand Rapids Griffins

4

N1

Manitoba Moose

4

Western Conference

W3

Houston Aeros

2

W1

Milwaukee Admirals

4

W4

Rockford IceHogs

0

W1

Milwaukee Admirals

3

West Division

W3

Houston Aeros

4

W2

Peoria Rivermen

3

W3

Houston Aeros

4

• 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.^[4]
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.^[5]

	Planet USA All-Stars	Canadian All-Stars
Coach:	Don Granato (Chicago Wolves)	Bob Woods (Hershey Bears)
Assistant coach(es):	Jason Christie, Wendell Young (Chicago Wolves)	Mark French (Hershey Bears)
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) #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 his 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:	Hershey Bears
Richard F. Canning Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champions:	Hershey Bears
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Western Conference playoff champions:	Manitoba Moose
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

• List of AHL seasons
• 2008 in ice hockey
• 2009 in ice hockey

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB
• Historic standings and statistics - at Internet Hockey Database

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