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
==Robertson Cup Playoffs==
===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
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