2008–09 SIJHL season

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.

2008–09 SIJHL season
League	Superior International Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season 2008-09-19 – 2009-03-09 Playoffs 2009-03-13 – 2009-04-12
Number of teams	6
Finals champions	Fort William North Stars

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.[1]

Standings listed on official league website.[2]

2008-09 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs

	Quarter-final					Semi-final					Salonen Cup
						1	Fort William	4
						4	Schreiber	3
	4	Schreiber	3
	5	Dryden	0
											1	Fort William	4
											2	Thunder Bay	1
						2	Thunder Bay	4
						3	Fort Frances	1
	3	Fort Frances	3
	6	Sioux Lookout	0

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

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 PIM Trevor Gamache Fort William North Stars 49 41 62 103 155 Joel Langevin Fort William North Stars 49 31 44 75 28 Chris Sinclair Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 49 18 54 72 75 Brendan Baumgartner Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 49 35 35 70 84 Ryan Magill Fort William North Stars 46 26 41 67 51 Cayle Brown Fort William North Stars 48 27 37 64 89 Jared Saunders Schreiber Diesels 48 31 31 62 91 Jeff Manryk Thunder Bay Bearcats 44 28 34 62 117 Mitch Cain Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 48 26 36 62 62 Tyler Miller Thunder Bay Bearcats 27 24 37 61 57

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% GAA Ryan Faragher Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 40 2265:41 24 14 0 1 92 5 0.921 2.44 Drew Strandberg Thunder Bay Bearcats 34 1912:48 20 6 1 5 83 2 0.918 2.60 Jay Pelletier Fort William North Stars 25 1122:10 14 2 0 2 36 2 0.917 1.92 Patrick Sullivan Fort William North Stars 32 1729:01 23 5 1 0 76 3 0.901 2.64 Josh Baker Schreiber Diesels 41 2309:01 19 17 2 1 155 1 0.893 4.03

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

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://sijhl_cms.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=698
3. http://www.sijhl.com/

External links

• Official website of the Superior International Junior Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League