2008–09 Manchester Phoenix Season

Results of the 2008-09 Manchester Phoenix Season:
==Season standings==
2008–09 EIHL season	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Sheffield Steelers 	54	41	6 	7 	201	115	89
Coventry Blaze 	54	38	14	2 	228	151	78
Nottingham Panthers	54	37	13	4 	226	154	78
Belfast Giants 	54	35	15	4 	216	170	74
Cardiff Devils 	54	28	19	7 	174	143	63
Manchester Phoenix 	54	27	23	4 	198	178	58
Newcastle Vipers 	54	21	29	4 	147	184	46
Edinburgh Capitals 	54	19	29	6 	179	243	44
Hull Stingrays 	54	16	33	5 	154	243	37
Basingstoke Bison 	54	8 	43	3 	131	272	19
==Game log==
===September===
Record for month: 6–1–1 (home: 3–1–0; away: 3–0–1).
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts	Competition
1	Sept 6 	Manchester 	4 – 3	Hull 	 	1–0–0 	2 	EIHL
2	Sept 7 	Newcastle 	4 – 5	Manchester 	SO	2–0–0 	4 	EIHL
3	Sept 13	Manchester 	4 – 3	Basingstoke	 	3–0–0 	6 	EIHL
4	Sept 14	Nottingham 	5 – 3	Manchester 	 	3–1–0 	6 	EIHL
5	Sept 20	Edinburgh 	4 – 5	Manchester 	SO	4–1–0 	8 	EIHL
6	Sept 21	Manchester 	3 – 2	Sheffield 	 	1–0-0 	2 	ChCup
7	Sept 27	Manchester 	1 – 2	Newcastle 	SO	4–1-1 	9 	EIHL
8	Sept 28	Sheffield Steelers	1 – 2	Manchester 	SO	5-1-1 	11 	EIHL
===October===
Record for month: 6–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; away: 3–1–0).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts	Competition
9 	Oct 4 	Belfast 	6 – 3	Manchester	 	1–1–0 	2 	ChCup
10	Oct 5 	Manchester 	7 – 2	Newcastle 	 	2–1–0 	4 	ChCup
11	Oct 12	Basingstoke	2 – 5	Manchester	 	6–1–1 	13 	EIHL
12	Oct 16	Edinburgh 	2 - 6	Manchester	 	3–1–0 	6 	ChCup
13	Oct 18	Manchester 	4 – 1	Nottingham	 	7–1–1 	15 	EIHL
14	Oct 18	Manchester 	7 – 4	Edinburgh 	 	8–1–1 	17 	EIHL
15	Oct 25	Manchester 	2 – 3	Coventry 	 	8–2–1 	17 	EIHL
16	Oct 26	Hull 	4 – 6	Manchester	 	9–2–1 	19 	EIHL
===November===
Record for month: 4–5–0 (home: 2–3–0; away: 2–2–0).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts	Competition
17	Nov 1 	Manchester 	4 – 5	Nottingham	 	9–3–1 	19 	EIHL
18	Nov 2 	Cardiff Devils	2 – 6	Manchester	 	10–3–1	21 	EIHL
19	Nov 8 	Manchester 	3 - 7	Sheffield 	 	10–4–1	21 	EIHL
20	Nov 9 	Sheffield 	5 – 4	Manchester	 	10–5–1	21 	EIHL
21	Nov 16	Belfast 	4 – 3	Manchester	 	10–6–1	21 	EIHL
22	Nov 22	Hull 	0 – 5	Manchester	 	11–6–1	23 	EIHL
23	Nov 23	Manchester 	6 – 4	Edinburgh 	 	12–6–1	25 	EIHL
24	Nov 29	Manchester 	7 – 1	Hull 	 	13–6–1	27 	EIHL
25	Nov 30	Cardiff 	5 – 3	Manchester	 	13–7–1	27 	EIHL
===December===
Record for month: 5–3-1 (home: 3–1–0; away 2–2–1).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts	Competition
26	Dec 5 	Manchester 	5 – 2	Belfast 	 	14–7–1 	29 	EIHL
27	Dec 6 	Manchester 	1 – 2	Cardiff 	OT	14–7–2 	30 	EIHL
28	Dec 10	Manchester 	1 – 4	Sheffield 	 	14–8–2 	30 	EIHL
29	Dec 11	Edinburgh 	3 – 4	Manchester	 	15–8–2 	32 	EIHL
30	Dec 13	Manchester 	3 – 4	Coventry 	 	15–9–2 	32 	EIHL
31	Dec 14	Basingstoke	3 – 8	Manchester	 	16–9–2 	34 	EIHL
32	Dec 21	Sheffield 	3 – 1	Manchester	 	16–10–2	34 	EIHL
33	Dec 26	Newcastle 	2 – 3	Manchester	 	17–10–2	36 	EIHL
34	Dec 27	Manchester 	3 – 2	Newcastle 	 	18–10–2	38 	EIHL
===January===
Record for month: 3–6–1 (home: 3–2–0; away 0–4–1).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts	Competition
35	Jan 3 	Manchester	1 – 3	Belfast 	 	18–11–2	38 	EIHL
36	Jan 4 	Nottingham	2 – 4	Manchester	 	19–11–2	40 	EIHL
37	Jan 10	Manchester	4 – 5	Newcastle 	 	19–12–2	40 	EIHL
38	Jan 11	Coventry 	2 – 1	Manchester	 	19–13–2	40 	EIHL
39	Jan 16	Manchester	3 – 5	Sheffield 	 	19–14–2	40 	EIHL
40	Jan 18	Belfast 	8 – 2	Manchester	 	19–15–2	40 	EIHL
41	Jan 24	Manchester	6 – 7	Coventry 	OT	19–15–3	41 	EIHL
42	Jan 25	Cardiff 	0 – 2	Manchester	 	20–15–3	43 	EIHL
43	Jan 29	Hull 	0 – 4	Manchester	 	1–0–0 	- 	KOCup
44	Jan 31	Manchester	2 – 3	Nottingham	 	20–16–3	43 	EIHL
===February===
Record for month: 7–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; away: 4–1–0).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts	Competition
45	Feb 1 	Nottingham 	4 – 2	Manchester 	 	20–17–3	43 	EIHL
46	Feb 4 	Manchester 	5 – 2	Basingstoke	 	4-1-0 	- 	ChCup
47	Feb 7 	Coventry Blaze	3 – 4	Manchester 	OT	21–17–3	45 	EIHL
48	Feb 14	Manchester 	4 – 3	Hull 	 	2–0–0 	- 	KOCup
49	Feb 15	Basingstoke 	1 – 6	Manchester 	 	5–1–0 	- 	ChCup
50	Feb 17	Manchester 	1 – 2	Belfast 	 	21–18–3	45 	EIHL
51	Feb 18	Manchester 	4 – 1	Newcastle 	 	3–0–0 	- 	KOCup
52	Feb 21	Manchester 	5 – 2	Basingstoke	 	22–18–3	47 	EIHL
53	Feb 26	Newcastle 	4 – 5	Manchester 	 	4–0–0 	- 	KOCup
54	Feb 28	Coventry 	6 – 2	Manchester 	 	22–19–3	47 	EIHL
===March===
Record for month: 6–8–1 (home: 4–2–1; away 2–6–0).
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts	Competition
55	Mar 3 	Basingstoke 	2 – 5	Manchester 	 	23–19–3	49 	EIHL
56	Mar 5 	Edinburgh 	2 – 4	Manchester 	 	24–19–3	51 	EIHL
57	Mar 7 	Manchester 	7 – 1	Hull 	 	25–19–3	53 	EIHL
58	Mar 8 	Belfast 	3 – 4	Manchester 	 	6–1–0 	- 	ChCup
59	Mar 11	Manchester 	1 – 3	Cardiff 	 	25–20–3	53 	EIHL
60	Mar 12	Manchester 	3 – 4	Cardiff 	 	25–21–3	53 	EIHL
61	Mar 14	Manchester 	7 – 1	Basingstoke 	 	26–21–3	55 	EIHL
62	Mar 15	Newcastle 	5 – 3	Manchester 	 	26–22–3	55 	EIHL
63	Mar 17	Manchester 	1 – 3	Belfast 	 	6–2–0 	- 	ChCup
64	Mar 19	Hull 	6 – 5	Manchester 	SO	26–22–4	56 	EIHL
65	Mar 21	Manchester 	3 – 6	Edinburgh 	 	26–23–4	56 	EIHL
66	Mar 22	Belfast 	3 – 4	Manchester 	OT	27–23–4	58 	EIHL/KOCup
66	Mar 26	Manchester Phoenix	2 – 4	Belfast Giants	 	4-1-1 	- 	KOCup
67	Mar 28	Manchester 	3 – 6	Nottingham 	 	0-1-0 	- 	EIPO
68	Mar 29	Nottingham 	3 – 2	Manchester 	 	0-2-0 	- 	EIPO
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
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== Player stats ==
====Scoring leaders====
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Total Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
David-Alexandre Beauregard	68	61	46	107	42
Tony Hand 	67	21	68	89 	84
Luke Fulghum 	67	34	50	84 	38
Nathan Ward 	68	18	38	56 	51
Bruce Mulherin 	55	25	23	48 	115
Kenton Smith 	67	9 	38	47 	74
Josh Garbutt 	66	8 	37	45 	67
Lucas Burnett 	56	17	27	44 	42
Alex Dunn 	68	13	30	43 	199
Kyle Bruce 	58	13	27	40 	179
Brett Clouthier 	68	12	22	34 	175
Adam Walker 	68	17	12	29 	8
Dwight Parrish 	33	3 	10	13 	18
Luke Boothroyd 	68	0 	8 	8 	56
Grant Jacobsen 	8 	2 	2 	4 	14
Stephen Murphy 	65	0 	4 	4 	4
Carl Graham 	67	1 	2 	3 	18
==Transactions==
===Free agents acquired===
Player 	Former team
F Lucas Burnett	Tulsa Oilers
===Free agents lost===
Player 	Transfer To
F Grant Jacobsen	Texas Brahmas
D Dwight Parrish	Retired
==Awards and records==
* Runner Up 2008/09 Knockout Cup
* Runner Up 2008/09 Challenge Cup
* Elite League Player of the Year - David-Alexandre Beauregard
* Best British Netminder - Stephen Murphy
* Best British Forward - Tony Hand
* David-Alexandre Beauregard - EIHL First Team All Star
* Tony Hand - EIHL Second Team All Star
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Fans Favourite' - David-Alexandre Beauregard
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Forward of the Year' - David-Alexandre Beauregard
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Hard As Ice' - Brett Clouthier
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Best Newcomer' - David-Alexandre Beauregard
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Player of the Year' - David-Alexandre Beauregard
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - 'Outstanding Achievement' - Tony Hand
* 'Man of Ice' Awards - '4000 Points Total' - Tony Hand
==External links==
*Official site of the Manchester Phoenix
==References==
*Game Log: on ManchesterPhoenix.co.uk
*Player Stats Player Stats, 2008/09, Hockey DB
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