2008–09 NOJHL season

2008–09 NOJHL season #007AC2 #FFFFFF Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Hockey Regular season 2008-09-09 – 2009-03-03 Playoffs 2009-03-06 – 2009-04-15 Soo Thunderbirds 8 NOJHL 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 NOJHL season was the 31st season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The eight teams of the East and West Divisions played 50-game schedules. The top teams of each division played for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy competed in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt 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 38Western 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.http://www.nojhl.com/?content=teams.php Home Standings listed on official league website.http://www.nojhl.com/?content=standings.php Home 2008-09 Copeland-McNamara Trophy Playoffs 1 y Quarter-finals Semi-finals McNamara Trophy Finals East West E1 North Bay 4 E4 Temiscaming 0 E2 Abitibi 4 E3 Sudbury 1 W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4 W4 Manitoulin 0 W2 SSM Eagles 0 W3 Blind River 4 E1 North Bay 4 E2 Abitibi 3 W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4 W3 Blind River 0 E1 North Bay 1 W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4 Playoff results are listed on the official league website.http://www.nojhl.com/?content=playoffs.php Home 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 PIMDustin FummertonNorth Bay Skyhawks4732518337Chris KangasSudbury Jr. Wolves4839387746Trevor McNuttSoo Thunderbirds492847756Nick MinardiSoo Thunderbirds4536367287Solomon McCannNorth Bay Skyhawks4442287027Jeff VerraultSudbury Jr. Wolves4828416947R.J. KleimanSoo Eagles4631356630Zak LaRueSoo Thunderbirds5033326553Erik BelangerSudbury Jr. Wolves4729366592Marc-Alain BeginAbitibi Eskimos4922406214 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% GAABilly StoneBlind River Beavers281683:15141409210.9193.28Randy WillisBlind River Beavers191098:5111706200.9163.39Jeff MichaelNorth Bay Skyhawks291670:2223327420.9082.66Francis AlbertAbitibi Eskimos271337:47121016910.9053.09Joel VienneauAbitibi Eskimos301692:2917829020.9003.19 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) See also 2009 Royal Bank Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup List of NOHA Junior A seasons Ontario Junior Hockey League Superior International Junior Hockey League Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League References External links Official website of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League 2007–08 NOJHL season 2009–10 NOJHL season NOJHL seasons NOJHL Category:Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League seasons