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2008–09 SIJHL season

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Sport
  
Hockey

Number of teams
  
6

Champion
  
Thunder Bay North Stars

Commissioner
  
Ron Whitehead

League
  
Superior International Junior Hockey League

Duration
  
Regular season 2008-09-19 – 2009-03-09 Playoffs 2009-03-13 – 2009-04-12

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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.

Contents

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

    Teams listed on the official league website.

    Standings listed on official league website.

    2008-09 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs


    Playoff results are listed on the official league website.

    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

    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

    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)
  • 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)

    • References

    2008–09 SIJHL season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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