2008–09 PIHA season

The 2009 PIHA season is the 8th season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association. It runs from November 1, 2008 through April 18, 2009 with the Founders Cup playoffs to follow, ending in May 31, 2009.

Regular season

The first goal of the season was scored by Ryan Carey of the expansion Suffolk Sting in Moriches, New York against the expansion New Jersey Assault.

Standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference standings

Tiebreaking procedures

In the event of a tie in points in the standings at the end of the season, ties are broken using the following tiebreaking procedures. The higher ranked team is the one with:

  1. The greater number of games won.
  2. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
  3. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; Star = Star Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player

Team

GP

G

A

Pts

Star

PIM

Brian Yingling

Colorado Springs Thunder

32

49

50

99

50

18

CJ Yoder

Colorado Springs Thunder

30

41

46

87

44

8

John Pinheiro

Connecticut Blaze

31

37

29

66

42

10

Scott Gartzke

Harrisburg Lunatics

32

28

38

66

35

16

Derek Thede

Fort Collins Catz

32

19

40

59

36

2

Kyle Gouge

Midwest Tornados

26

36

21

57

39

8

Jason Allen

Pennsylvania Typhoon

30

32

25

57

27

8

Jay Mazer

Harrisburg Lunatics

32

23

30

53

17

12

Mike Ciolli

Colorado Springs Thunder

22

18

34

52

16

14

John McGuinness

Suffolk Sting

22

29

22

51

33

6

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player

Team

GP

MIN

W

L

GA

SO

Sv%

GAA

Dan Lamb

Colorado Springs Thunder

18

423

18

0

28

4

.900

1.59

Jason Rohrbach

Harrisburg Lunatics

24

559

19

5

57

1

.869

2.45

Jason Yocum

Marple Gladiators

22

575

11

11

60

1

.858

2.50

Andrew Goworek

New Jersey Grizzlies

8

228

3

5

24

0

.795

2.53

James McNevin

Suffolk Sting

19

472

14

5

52

1

.845

2.64

Eric Jay

New Jersey Assault

16

424

6

10

49

1

.735

2.77

Dave Thomas

St. Louis Cobras

18

400

12

6

48

0

.830

2.88

Pete Pennecke

Suffolk Sting

13

320

7

6

39

1

.814

2.93

Nuno Costa

New Jersey Grizzlies

19

491

11

8

61

0

.825

2.98

Luke Brind'Amour

Connecticut Blaze

26

691

17

9

89

2

.811

3.09

Playoffs

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Colorado Springs Thunder were the Western Conference regular season champions and were also the Best Overall Record Trophy winners with 62 points. The Harrisburg Lunatics earned the Eastern Conference regular season crown with 51 points.

Eastern Conference

Mason Dixon Division

  1. Harrisburg Lunatics – Mason Dixon Division and Eastern Conference regular season champion; 51 points
  2. Marple Gladiators – 33 points
  3. Potomac Mavericks – 30 points
  4. Pennsylvania Typhoon – 14 points

Northeast Division

  1. Suffolk Sting – Northeast Division champion, 43 points
  2. New Jersey Grizzlies – 40 points (11 points head-to-head)
  3. Connecticut Blaze – 40 points (6 points head-to-head)

Western Conference

Gateway Division

  1. St. Louis Cobras – Gateway Division champion, 40 points
  2. Midwest Tornados – 39 points
  3. St. Peters Wheelers – 36 points
  4. Southside Snipers – 22 points

Rocky Mountain Division

  1. Colorado Springs Thunder – Rocky Mountain Division and Western Conference regular season champion; Best Overall Record Trophy winner, 62 points
  2. Denver Blizzard – 35 points
  3. Fort Collins Catz – 33 points
  4. Parker Prowlers – 26 points

Playoff bracket

Records

  • The Colorado Springs Thunder set two PIHA team records with a 28-game winning streak to end the season with the best record ever with a 31-1-0 mark for 62 points.

See also

  • Season structure of the PIHA
  • 2009 Founders Cup playoffs
  • 2008 PIHA season
  • 2009 PIHA transactions
  • 2008 in sports
  • 2009 in sports

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