The 2008–09 AHL season was the 73rd

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of the

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. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran from October 8 until April 12.

Team and NHL affiliation changes

The Iowa Stars are renamed and are now called the Iowa Chops, and the

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have replaced the

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as the team's NHL affiliate. The Dallas Stars have no AHL affiliate this year, with the

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(based in

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) 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

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would relocate to Glens Falls, NY.

Affiliation changes

Final standings

* ''indicates team clinched division and a playoff spot'' * ''indicates team clinched a playoff spot'' * ''indicates team was eliminated from playoff contention''

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Scoring leaders

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

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

* 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

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, 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.
The host club was the

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. 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. ''* 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

References

AHL official siteAHL Hall of FameHockeyDB
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