2008-09 NAHL Season

This is the North American Hockey League 2008-09 season.

Franchise changes

 * The Texas Tornado sat out for the season due to arena renovations.
 * The Fargo-Moorhead Jets went inactive.
 * The Southern Minnesota Express relocated to the Detroit area and were renamed the Motor City Machine, while the Owatonna Express replaced the team in its former city.
 * The Albert Lea Thunder and the Wenatchee Wild were added as expansion teams.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L   OTL SOL   GF    GA     P  Central Bismarck Bobcats           58    43   13   2   0    202   121    88 North Iowa Outlaws         58    35   18   5   0    229   171    75 Owatonna Express           58    29   24   5   0    214   189    63 Alexandria Blizzard        58    26   26   6   0    180   201    58 Albert Lea Thunder         58    4    49   5   0    112   309    13 North US National Under-18 Team  58    37   16   5   0    230   154    79 Mahoning Valley Phantoms   58    36   17   5   0    224   173    77 Traverse City North Stars  58    34   17   7   0    182   171    75 Alpena IceDiggers          58    27   25   6   0    157   184    60 Marquette Rangers          58    26   24   8   0    165   170    60 Motor City Machine         58    11   45   2   0    134   254    24 South St. Louis Bandits          58    42   9    7   0    213   119    91 Topeka Roadrunners         58    42   11   5   0    204   138    89 Wichita Falls Wildcats     58    24   25   9   0    163   203    57 Springfield Jr. Blues      58    25   28   5   0    183   185    55 West Fairbanks Ice Dogs         58    39   12   8   0    226   152    86 Wenatchee Wild             58    35   19   4   0    197   182    74 Alaska Avalanche           58    23   30   5   0    172   224    51 Kenai River Brown Bears    58    14   37   8   0    167   254    36

First Round

 * Team USA defeated Alpena 3 games to 1 (5-3, 2-5, 4-1, 4-1)
 * Mahoning Valley defeated Traverse City 3 games to 2 (5-4, 3-4, 3-0, 2-4, 2-1)
 * Bismarck defeated Alexandria 3 games to 1 (3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 4-1)
 * Owatonna defeated North Iowa 3 games to 1 (7-6, 4-1, 1-2, 2-1)
 * St. Louis defeated Springfield 3 games to 1 (3-1, 1-4, 2-0, 3-0)
 * Topeka defeated Wichita Falls 3 games to 2 (3-2, 6-3, 1-2, 1-4, 4-2)
 * Fairbanks defeated Kenai River 3 games to none (4-1, 7-1, 5-2)
 * Wenatchee defeated Alaska 3 games to 1 (3-4, 4-2, 4-2, 6-3)

Second Round

 * Mahoning Valley defeated Team USA 3 games to 2 (4-1, 4-6, 4-0, 1-3, 2-1)
 * Bismarck defeated Owatonna 3 games to 2 (4-1, 1-3, 3-2, 1-2, 6-3)
 * St. Louis defeated Topeka 3 games to 1 (3-1, 3-1, 0-1, 2-1)
 * Wenatchee defeated Fairbanks 3 games to 1 (6-4, 4-3. 3-5, 3-2)

Robertson Cup Round Robin

 * Mahoning Valley defeated Bismarck 4-2
 * Wenatchee defeated North Iowa 4-3
 * St. Louis defeated Wenatchee 6-0
 * Mahoning Valley defeated North Iowa 2-1
 * Wenatchee defeated Mahoning Valley 5-4
 * St. Louis defeated Bismarck 5-2
 * St. Louis defeated Mahoning Valley 5-2
 * Bismarck defeated North Iowa 3-2
 * Wenatchee defeated Bismarck 3-2
 * North Iowa defeated St. Louis 4-2

Final

 * St. Louis defeated Wenatchee 3-2