2008–09 NOJHL season

2008–09 NOJHL season
League	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Duration	Regular season 2008-09-09 – 2009-03-03 Playoffs 2009-03-06 – 2009-04-15
Champions	Soo Thunderbirds
Number of teams	8
Commissioner	Hector Seguin
NOJHL seasons
← 2007–08	2009–10 →

The 2008–09 NOJHL season is the 31st season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The eight teams of the East and West Divisions will play 50-game schedules.

Come February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2009 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

Temiscaming Royals join league from Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League.
Soo re-enters league as Soo Eagles.

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Eastern Division
Team	Centre	W-L-T-OTL	GF	GA	Points
North Bay Skyhawks	North Bay	41-6-0-3	251	151	85
Abitibi Eskimos	Iroquois Falls	29-17-0-4	198	166	62
Sudbury Jr. Wolves	Garson	20-25-0-5	207	238	45
Temiscaming Royals	Temiscaming, PQ	17-29-0-4	173	238	38
Western Division
Team	Centre	W-L-T-OTL	GF	GA	Points
Soo Thunderbirds	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	35-14-0-1	244	153	71
Soo Eagles	Sault Ste. Marie, MI	26-21-0-3	257	209	55
Blind River Beavers	Blind River	25-21-0-4	188	182	54
Manitoulin Islanders	Little Current	7-40-0-3	141	322	17

Teams listed on the official league website.^[1]

Standings listed on official league website.^[2]

2008-09 Copeland-McNamara Trophy Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

McNamara Trophy Finals

North Bay

Temiscaming

North Bay

East

Abitibi

Abitibi

Sudbury

North Bay

SSM Thunderbirds

Manitoulin

SSM Thunderbirds

West

Blind River

SSM Eagles

Blind River

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.^[3]

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Schreiber Diesels in Schreiber, Ontario. Soo finished in fourth.

Round Robin

Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 2 - Soo Thunderbirds 0

Schreiber Diesels (SIJHL) 2 - Soo Thunderbirds 0

Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 3 - Soo Thunderbirds 0

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dustin Fummerton	North Bay Skyhawks	47	32	51	83	37
Chris Kangas	Sudbury Jr. Wolves	48	39	38	77	46
Trevor McNutt	Soo Thunderbirds	49	28	47	75	6
Nick Minardi	Soo Thunderbirds	45	36	36	72	87
Solomon McCann	North Bay Skyhawks	44	42	28	70	27
Jeff Verrault	Sudbury Jr. Wolves	48	28	41	69	47
R.J. Kleiman	Soo Eagles	46	31	35	66	30
Zak LaRue	Soo Thunderbirds	50	33	32	65	53
Erik Belanger	Sudbury Jr. Wolves	47	29	36	65	92
Marc-Alain Begin	Abitibi Eskimos	49	22	40	62	14

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Billy Stone	Blind River Beavers	28	1683:15	14	14	0	92	1	0.919	3.28
Randy Willis	Blind River Beavers	19	1098:51	11	7	0	62	0	0.916	3.39
Jeff Michael	North Bay Skyhawks	29	1670:22	23	3	2	74	2	0.908	2.66
Francis Albert	Abitibi Eskimos	27	1337:47	12	10	1	69	1	0.905	3.09
Joel Vienneau	Abitibi Eskimos	30	1692:29	17	8	2	90	2	0.900	3.19

Awards

Player of the Year - Nick Minardi (Soo Thunderbirds)
Most Valuable Player - Nick Minardi (Soo Thunderbirds)
Most Gentlemanly Player - Tyler Liukkonen (Blind River Beavers)
Rookie of the Year - Erik Belanger (Sudbury Jr. Wolves)
Top Defenceman - Drew Otto (Soo Thunderbirds)
Most Improved Player - Tanner Burton (Blind River Beavers)
Top Defensive Forward - Gerrit Weller (Blind River Beavers)
Top "Team Player" - Felix Boutin (Abitibi Eskimos)
Director of the Year - Oscar Cloutier (Sudbury Jr. Wolves)
Coach of the Year - Ian Swalucynski (North Bay Skyhawks)
Team Goaltending Award - Jeff Michael, Riley Ross (North Bay Skyhawks)
Top Goals Against Average - Jeff Michael (North Bay Skyhawks)
Scoring Champion - Dustin Fummerton (North Bay Skyhawks)
Scholastic Player of the Year - Giles Pickard (Blind River Beavers)
Playoffs Most Valuable Player - Ryan Dube (Soo Thunderbirds)

References

External links

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