2009–10 PIHA season

The 2009–10 PIHA season is the ninth season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association. It began on October 10, 2009, and ran through January 17, 2010. The Founders Cup playoffs ended on February 20, with the Colorado Springs Thunder taking their second straight championship by defeating the New Jersey Grizzlies four games to none.

Regular season

The first goal of the season was scored by Robbie Fulton of the New Jersey Grizzlies in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania against the Harrisburg Lunatics.

Standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.

Eastern Conference

Template:2009–10 PIHA Atlantic Division standings

Western Conference

Template:2009–10 PIHA Rocky Mountain Division standings

Tiebreaking procedures

In the event of a tie in points in the standings at the end of the season, ties are broken using the following tiebreaking procedures. The higher ranked team is the one with:

1. The greater number of games won.
2. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
3. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	Star	PIM
Brian Yingling	Colorado Springs Thunder	22	31	26	57	31	14
Robbie Fulton	New Jersey Grizzlies	22	20	30	50	26	46
John Healy	Suffolk Sting	24	22	26	48	30	8
CJ Yoder	Colorado Springs Thunder	22	18	30	48	25	8
Greg Thompson	Suffolk Sting	24	25	21	46	29	6
Jami Yoder	Colorado Springs Thunder	19	18	19	14	26
Ryan Carey	Suffolk Sting	24	17	19	36	18	8
James Manganaro	New Jersey Grizzlies	24	13	23	36	10	17
Nathan Seader	Lakewood Fire	24	19	15	34	21	18
Matt Turner	Lakewood Fire	24	16	18	34	16	6

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Playoffs

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, 8 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Suffolk Sting were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and were also the Best Overall Record Trophy winners with 45 points. The Colorado Springs Thunder earned the Western Conference regular season crown with 34 points.

Eastern Conference

1. Suffolk Sting – Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference regular season champion; Best Overall Record Trophy winner, 45 points
2. New Jersey Grizzlies – 33 points
3. Harrisburg Lunatics – 30 points
4. Marple Gladiators – 17 points

Western Conference

1. Colorado Springs Thunder – Rocky Mountain Division and Western Conference regular season champion, 34 points
2. Parker Prowlers – 29 points
3. Lakewood Fire – 27 points
4. Fort Collins Catz – 26 points

Playoff bracket

PIHA awards

See also

• Season structure of the PIHA
• 2010 Founders Cup playoffs
• 2008–09 PIHA season
• 2010 PIHA transactions
• 2009 in sports
• 2010 in sports