2008–09 NOJHL season

2008–09 NOJHL season
LeagueNorthern Ontario Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
2008-09-09 – 2009-03-03
Playoffs
2009-03-06 – 2009-04-15
Number of teams8
Finals championsSoo Thunderbirds
NOJHL seasons

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

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 38
Western 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.[1]

Standings listed on official league website.[2]

2008-09 Copeland-McNamara Trophy Playoffs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals McNamara Trophy Finals
         
E1 North Bay 4
E4 Temiscaming 0
E1 North Bay 4
East
E2 Abitibi 3
E2 Abitibi 4
E3 Sudbury 1
E1 North Bay 1
W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4
W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4
W4 Manitoulin 0
W1 SSM Thunderbirds 4
West
W3 Blind River 0
W2 SSM Eagles 0
W3 Blind River 4

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.[3]

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 PIM
Dustin Fummerton North Bay Skyhawks 47 32 51 83 37
Chris Kangas Sudbury Jr. Wolves 48 39 38 77 46
Trevor McNutt Soo Thunderbirds 49 28 47 75 6
Nick Minardi Soo Thunderbirds 45 36 36 72 87
Solomon McCann North Bay Skyhawks 44 42 28 70 27
Jeff Verrault Sudbury Jr. Wolves 48 28 41 69 47
R.J. Kleiman Soo Eagles 46 31 35 66 30
Zak LaRue Soo Thunderbirds 50 33 32 65 53
Erik Belanger Sudbury Jr. Wolves 47 29 36 65 92
Marc-Alain Begin Abitibi Eskimos 49 22 40 62 14

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% GAA
Billy Stone Blind River Beavers 28 1683:15 14 14 0 92 1 0.919 3.28
Randy Willis Blind River Beavers 19 1098:51 11 7 0 62 0 0.916 3.39
Jeff Michael North Bay Skyhawks 29 1670:22 23 3 2 74 2 0.908 2.66
Francis Albert Abitibi Eskimos 27 1337:47 12 10 1 69 1 0.905 3.09
Joel Vienneau Abitibi Eskimos 30 1692:29 17 8 2 90 2 0.900 3.19

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home".
  2. ^ "Home".
  3. ^ "Home".
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