The 2008–09 AIHL season was the 1st season of the American Inline Hockey League

American Inline Hockey League

The American Inline Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates an elite inline hockey league of 40 franchised member clubs, all of which are located in the United States. Headquartered in Menomonie, Wisconsin, the AIHL is widely considered to be one of the top...

. It began on October 25, with the regular season ending on June 6.

Regular season

The first goal of the season was scored by Nick Calvalcante of the Georgia Syndicate in Snellville, Georgia

Snellville, Georgia

Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. The population was 15,351 at the 2000 census. The city's mayor, Jerry Oberholtzer, was elected to a 4-year term in 2007. The city's commercial and residential development has grown enormously in recent years...

 against the Raleigh Dragons.

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, 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

Tiebreaker

In games and sports, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is used to determine a winner from among players or teams that are tied at the end of a contest, or a set of contests.-In matches:In some situations, the tiebreaker may consist of another round of play...

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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.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

See also

• Season structure of the AIHL
  Season structure of the AIHL
  The structure of the American Inline Hockey League season is divided into the regular season and the Champions Cup playoffs. In the regular season, teams play 24 games which determine their standings...
  
  
• 2008 in sports
  2008 in sports
  2008 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* Louisiana State University Tigers defeat The Ohio State University Buckeyes 38-24 in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, thus becoming the first two-time BCS National Champions, and the first BCS titlists with two...
  
  
• 2009 in sports
  2009 in sports
  -Alpine skiing:* Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France-American football:* The Florida Gators defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468 to win the 2009 BCS National Championship Game...