2008–09 CHL season#Playoffs
{{for|the Champions Hockey League season|2008–09 Champions Hockey League}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2008–09 CHL season
| league = Central Hockey League
| sport = Ice hockey
| duration =
| season = Regular season
| season_champ_name= Governors’ Cup
| season_champs = Colorado Eagles
| MVP = Sébastien Thinel
(Odessa)
| MVP_link =
| top_scorer = Sébastien Thinel
(Odessa)
| top_scorer_link =
| playoffs = Playoffs
| playoffs_link =
| conf1 = Northern
| conf1_link =
| conf1_champ = Colorado Eagles
| conf1_runner-up = Mississippi RiverKings
| conf2 = Southern
| conf2_link =
| conf2_champ = Texas Brahmas
| conf2_runner-up = Odessa Jackalopes
| finals = Finals
| finals_link = Ray Miron President's Cup
| finals_champ = Texas Brahmas
| finals_runner-up = Colorado Eagles
| playoffs_MVP = Jason Deitsch (Texas)
| playoffs_MVP_link=
| seasonslistnames = CHL
| prevseason_year = 2007–08
| nextseason_year = 2009–10
}}
The 2008–09 CHL season was the 17th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).
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League business
The Rapid City Rush were added and two teams were ceased, the Austin Ice Bats and Youngstown SteelHounds.
Teams
class="wikitable" style="width:auto" |
bgcolor="#236192" align="center" colspan="5"|2008-09 Central Hockey League |
Conference || Team || City || Arena |
---|
rowspan="8" | Northern |
Colorado Eagles |
Mississippi RiverKings |
Oklahoma City Blazers |
Rapid City Rush |
Rocky Mountain Rage |
Tulsa Oilers |
Wichita Thunder |
rowspan="8" | Southern |
Arizona Sundogs |
Corpus Christi IceRays |
Laredo Bucks |
New Mexico Scorpions |
Odessa Jackalopes |
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees |
Texas Brahmas |
Map of teams
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| lat_deg = 32.47
| lon_deg = -93.67
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Bossier-
Shreveport
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 40.44
| lon_deg = -104.99
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Colorado
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 34.93
| lon_deg = -90.00
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Mississippi
| background=#ffe}}
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| lat_deg = 35.46
| lon_deg = -97.52
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Oklahoma City
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 44.09
| lon_deg = -103.23
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Rapid City
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 39.90
| lon_deg = -105.09
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Rocky Mountain
| background=#ffe}}
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| lat_deg = 36.15
| lon_deg = -96.00
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| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Tulsa
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 37.84
| lon_deg = -97.32
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Wichita
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 35.21
| lon_deg = -101.83
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Amarillo
| background=#ffe}}
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| lat_deg = 34.59
| lon_deg = -112.34
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| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Arizona
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 27.81
| lon_deg = -97.39
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = Corpus
Christi
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 27.56
| lon_deg = -99.45
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = left
| label = Laredo
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 35.31
| lon_deg = -106.69
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = New Mexico
| background=#ffe}}
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| lat_deg = 31.88
| lon_deg = -102.39
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Odessa
| background=#ffe}}
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| lat_deg = 26.12
| lon_deg = -98.25
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Rio Grande
Valley
| background=#ffe}}
{{Location map~ | USA
| lat_deg = 32.86
| lon_deg = -97.20
| mark = Red pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = bottom
| label = Texas
| background=#ffe}}
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}}
{{Clear}}
Regular season
=Conference standings=
class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
style="width:20em;" class="unsortable" | Northern Conference
! style="width:4em;" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|W|Wins}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|L|Losses}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|OTL|Overtime losses}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|GF|Goals for}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|GA|Goals against}} | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y-Colorado Eagles | 64 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 94 | 275 | 195 |
x-Mississippi RiverKings | 64 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 91 | 242 | 166 |
x-Oklahoma City Blazers | 64 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 85 | 202 | 158 |
x-Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs | 64 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 84 | 196 | 169 |
x-Rocky Mountain Rage | 64 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 70 | 220 | 219 |
bgcolor="#cccccc"
| | |||||||
e-Rapid City Rush | 64 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 53 | 183 | 231 |
e-Tulsa Oilers | 64 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 44 | 179 | 270 |
e-Wichita Thunder | 64 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 43 | 168 | 230 |
class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
style="width:20em;" class="unsortable" | Southern Conference
! style="width:4em;" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|W|Wins}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|L|Losses}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|OTL|Overtime losses}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|GF|Goals for}} ! style="width:4em;" | {{abbr|GA|Goals against}} | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y-Texas Brahmas | 64 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 90 | 223 | 170 |
x-Odessa Jackalopes | 64 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 84 | 260 | 205 |
x-Laredo Bucks | 64 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 77 | 214 | 187 |
x-Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | 64 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 73 | 221 | 198 |
x-Corpus Christi IceRays | 64 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 62 | 183 | 206 |
bgcolor="#cccccc"
| | |||||||
e-Arizona Sundogs | 64 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 59 | 220 | 259 |
e-New Mexico Scorpions | 64 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 220 | 242 |
e-Amarillo Gorillas | 64 | 19 | 42 | 3 | 41 | 193 | 294 |
Note: y - clinched conference title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention
Playoffs
=Playoff Bracket=
{{10TeamBracket
| RD1=First Round 1
| RD2=Conference Semi-finals
| RD3=Conference Finals
| RD4=Ray Miron President's Cup Finals
| RD2-group1=Northern
| RD2-group2=Southern
| RD1-seed1=N4
| RD1-team1=Bossier-Shreveport
| RD1-score1=3
| RD1-seed2=N5
| RD1-team2= Rocky Mountain
| RD1-score2=1
| RD1-seed3=S4
| RD1-team3=Rio Grande Valley
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4=S5
| RD1-team4=Corpus Christi
| RD1-score4=1
| RD2-seed1=N1
| RD2-team1= Colorado
| RD2-score1= 4
| RD2-seed2=N4
| RD2-team2=Bossier-Shreveport
| RD2-score2= 0
| RD2-seed3=N2
| RD2-team3= Mississippi
| RD2-score3= 4
| RD2-seed4=N3
| RD2-team4= Oklahoma City
| RD2-score4= 2
| RD2-seed5=S2
| RD2-team5= Odessa
| RD2-score5= 4
| RD2-seed6=S3
| RD2-team6= Laredo
| RD2-score6= 2
| RD2-seed7=S1
| RD2-team7= Texas
| RD2-score7= 4
| RD2-seed8=S4
| RD2-team8= Rio Grande valley
| RD2-score8= 0
| RD3-seed1=N1
| RD3-team1= Colorado
| RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2=N2
| RD3-team2= Mississippi
| RD3-score2=2
| RD3-seed3=S1
| RD3-team3=Texas
| RD3-score3=4
| RD3-seed4=S2
| RD3-team4=Odessa
| RD3-score4=3
| RD4-seed1=N1
| RD4-team1=Colorado
| RD4-score1=1
| RD4-seed2=S1
| RD4-team2=Texas
| RD4-score2=4
}}
CHL awards
:Source:Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners [http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/winners/ Central Hockey League Historical Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514051507/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/winners/ |date=2011-05-14 }}
cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" | Texas Brahmas |
Governors' Cup: | Colorado Eagles |
Most Valuable Player: | Sébastien Thinel (Odessa) |
Most Outstanding Goaltender: | Kevin Beech (Mississippi) |
Most Outstanding Defenseman: | Aaron Schneekloth (Colorado) |
Rookie of the Year: | Darryl Smith (Laredo) |
Coach of the Year: | Kevin Kaminski (Mississippi) |
Man of the Year: | Austin Sutter (Amarillo) |
Rick Kozuback Award: | Jeff Lund (Tulsa) |
Joe Burton Award: | Sébastien Thinel (Odessa) |
Playoff Most Valuable Player | Jason Deitsch (Texas) |
All-Star Game MVP (Eagles): | Konrad Reeder (Colorado) |
All-Star Game MVP (CHL All-Stars): | Darryl Smith (Laredo) |
Athletic Trainer of the Year: | Osama Kassab (Rocky Mountain) |
Equipment Manager of the Year: | Shawn Smith (Rapid City) |
References
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External links
- [http://www.centralhockeyleague.com Central Hockey League website]
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