2008–09 AHL season
The 2008–09 AHL season is the 73rd season of the American Hockey League. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran from October 8 until April 12.
Team and NHL affiliation changes
The Iowa Stars are renamed and are now called the Iowa Chops, and the Anaheim Ducks have replaced the Dallas Stars as the team's NHL affiliate.The Dallas Stars have no AHL affiliate this year, with the Texas Stars to become their affiliate for the 2009–10 season.
On April 28, 2009, it was announced that two teams would be relocated for the 2009–10 season: the Quad City Flames would move to Abbotsford, BC, and the Philadelphia Phantoms would relocate to Glens Falls, NY.
Affiliation changes
Standings
Blue indicates team has clinched division.Green indicates team has clinched a playoff spot.
Eastern Conference
| East Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| Hershey Bears | 80 | 49 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 106 | 296 | 240 |
| Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 80 | 49 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 106 | 241 | 212 |
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 80 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 104 | 274 | 212 |
| Philadelphia Phantoms | 80 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 234 | 232 |
| Binghamton Senators | 80 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 91 | 232 | 238 |
| Norfolk Admirals | 80 | 33 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 236 | 269 |
| Albany River Rats | 80 | 33 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 219 | 258 |
Western Conference
| West Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 80 | 49 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 107 | 229 | 195 |
| Peoria Rivermen | 80 | 43 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 92 | 215 | 211 |
| Houston Aeros | 80 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 87 | 218 | 230 |
| Rockford IceHogs | 80 | 40 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 229 | 220 |
| Quad City Flames | 80 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 212 | 216 |
| Chicago Wolves | 80 | 38 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 226 | 222 |
| Iowa Chops | 80 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 80 | 209 | 260 |
| San Antonio Rampage | 80 | 36 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 205 | 243 |
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Alexandre Giroux | Hershey Bears | 69 | 60 | 37 | 97 | 84 |
| Keith Aucoin | Hershey Bears | 70 | 25 | 71 | 96 | 73 |
| Jason Krog | Manitoba Moose | 74 | 30 | 56 | 86 | 30 |
| Janne Pesonen | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 70 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 33 |
| Artem Anisimov | Hartford Wolfpack | 80 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 50 |
| Darren Haydar | Grand Rapids Griffins | 79 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 26 |
| Tim Stapleton | Toronto Marlies | 70 | 28 | 51 | 79 | 26 |
| Corey Locke | Houston Aeros | 77 | 25 | 54 | 79 | 60 |
| Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau | Hartford Wolfpack | 74 | 29 | 49 | 78 | 142 |
| Kyle Greentree | Quad City Flames | 79 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 63 |
Calder Cup playoffs
In each division, the fourth-place team will play the first-place team in the division semifinals, while the second-place team plays the third-place team.Bracket
- A is short for Atlantic Division
- E is short for East Division
- N is short for North Division
- W is short for West Division
All Star Classic
The host club was the Worcester Sharks. The 2009 event in Worcester marked the fourth time since 1995 that the AHL All-Star Classic took place in New England. The AHL All-Star Game was last held in Massachusetts in 1959 at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield.
#15 F 
#16 F 
#5 D 
#7 D 
#9 F 
#20 F 
#40 D 
#42 F Artem Anisimov * indicates player was called up to his NHL team. ** indicates player was named to All-Star team, but missed game due to injury. † indicates player was named as a replacement due to callups or injury.