2008–09 SIJHL season

2008–09 SIJHL season #007AC2 #FFFFFF Superior International Junior Hockey League Hockey Regular season 2008-09-19 – 2009-03-09 Playoffs 2009-03-13 – 2009-04-12 Fort William North Stars 6 SIJHL 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 SIJHL season is the 8th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The six teams of the SIJHL will play 50-game schedules. Come February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Bill Salonen Cup, the SIJHL championship. The winner of the Bill Salonen Cup 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 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2009 Royal Bank Cup. Changes Sioux Lookout Flyers join league. Thunder Bay Bulldogs merge into Thunder Bay Bearcats. 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 Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF GA Points Fort William North Stars Thunder Bay 39-7-0-4 307 129 82 Thunder Bay Bearcats Thunder Bay 33-11-0-6 221 142 72 Fort Frances Jr. Sabres Fort Frances 30-17-0-3 199 139 63 Schreiber Diesels Schreiber 26-21-0-3 213 220 55 Dryden Ice Dogs Dryden 20-25-0-5 170 210 45 Sioux Lookout Flyers Sioux Lookout 2-46-0-2 97 367 6 Teams listed on the official league website.http://sijhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/sijhl/teams SIJHL Teams 2012-07-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120310221623/http://sijhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/sijhl/teams 2012-03-10 Standings listed on official league website. http://sijhl_cms.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=698 WebPages Pointstreak Sites 2008-09 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs 1 y Quarter-final Semi-final Salonen Cup 4 Schreiber 3 5 Dryden 0 3 Fort Frances 3 6 Sioux Lookout 0 1 Fort William 4 4 Schreiber 3 2 Thunder Bay 4 3 Fort Frances 1 1 Fort William 4 2 Thunder Bay 1 Playoff results are listed on the official league website.http://www.sijhl.com/ SIJHL.com - Home 2010-08-31 2008-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20080907113413/http://www.sijhl.com/ dead Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship Hosted by the Schreiber Diesels in Schreiber, Ontario. Fort William finished in second place and Schreiber finished in third. Round Robin Fort William North Stars 2 - Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 0 Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 9 - Schreiber Diesels 0 Fort William North Stars 1 - Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 0 Schreiber Diesels 2 - Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 0 Schreiber Diesels 5 - Fort William North Stars 2 Semi-final Fort William North Stars 4 - Schreiber Diesels 3 Final Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 4 - Fort William North Stars 1 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIMTrevor GamacheFort William North Stars494162103155Joel LangevinFort William North Stars4931447528Chris SinclairFort Frances Jr. Sabres4918547275Brendan BaumgartnerFort Frances Jr. Sabres4935357084Ryan MagillFort William North Stars4626416751Cayle BrownFort William North Stars4827376489Jared SaundersSchreiber Diesels4831316291Jeff ManrykThunder Bay Bearcats44283462117Mitch CainFort Frances Jr. Sabres4826366262Tyler MillerThunder Bay Bearcats2724376157 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 OTL SOL GA SO Sv% GAARyan FaragherFort Frances Jr. Sabres402265:412414019250.9212.44Drew StrandbergThunder Bay Bearcats341912:48206158320.9182.60Jay PelletierFort William North Stars251122:10142023620.9171.92Patrick SullivanFort William North Stars321729:01235107630.9012.64Josh BakerSchreiber Diesels412309:0119172115510.8934.03 Awards Most Valuable Player - Trevor Gamache (Fort William North Stars) Most Improved Player - Kevin Burton (Dryden Ice Dogs) Rookie of the Year - Jay Pelletier (Fort William North Stars) Top Defenceman - Brad Pawlowski (Thunder Bay Bearcats) Top Defensive Forward - Cayle Brown (Fort William North Stars) and Mitch Cain (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres) Most Gentlemanly Player - Joel Langevin (Fort William North Stars) Top Goaltender - Ryan Faragher (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres) Coach of the Year - Todd Howarth (Fort William North Stars) Top Scorer Award - Trevor Gamache (Fort William North Stars) Top Executive - Doug Lawrance (Sioux Lookout Flyers) See also 2009 Royal Bank Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup References External links Official website of the Superior International Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League 2007–08 SIJHL season 2009–10 SIJHL season SIJHL seasons Category:Superior International Junior Hockey League seasons SIJHL