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2008–09 WHL season

Field	Value
title	2008–09 WHL season
color	#E03A3E
color_text	#FFFFFF
league	Western Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
duration	Regular season
September 18, 2008 – March 17, 2009
Playoffs
March 20 – May 9, 2009
playoffs	Playoffs
playoffs_MVP_link	WHL Playoff MVP
playoffs_MVP	Tyler Myers (Rockets)
finals_champ	Kelowna Rockets (3)
finals_runner-up	Calgary Hitmen
no_of_teams	22
TV	Shaw TV
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
season_champs	Calgary Hitmen (3)
MVP_link	Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
MVP	Brett Sonne (Calgary Hitmen)
top_scorer_link	Bob Clarke Trophy
top_scorer	Casey Pierro-Zabotel (Vancouver Giants)
seasonslistnames	WHL
prevseason_year	[2007–08](2007-08-whl-season)
nextseason_year	[2009–10](2009-10-whl-season)

September 18, 2008 – March 17, 2009 Playoffs March 20 – May 9, 2009 | finals_runner-up = Calgary Hitmen 2008-09-17 – 2009-03-15 QMJHL 2008-09-11 – 2009-03-15 WHL 2008-09-18 – 2009-03-15 | finals_runner-up = Kelowna Rockets (WHL) The 2008–09 WHL season was the 43rd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 18, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team WHL versus the Russian Selects, took place mid-season from November 26 to 27, 2008. The Calgary Hitmen won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy with the best regular season record. The playoffs commenced on March 20, and concluded on May 9. The Kelowna Rockets won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions, defeating the Hitmen in the championship series and earning a berth at the 2009 Memorial Cup tournament.

WHL Commissioner, Ron Robison, dedicated the 2008–09 season to Ed Chynoweth.

2008–09: Ed Chynoweth's season

WHL Commissioner Ron Robison dedicated the 2008–09 season to long-time league president Ed Chynoweth, who died on April 22, 2008. His death occurred just over a year after the WHL Championship trophy was renamed in his honour. Throughout the 2008–09 season, the helmets of all the players and officials displayed a commemorative decal.

League notes

; Off-season

June 17, 2008 — Ed Chynoweth was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
June 20–21, 2008 — 37 WHL players were selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
June 24, 2008 — 16 WHL players were invited to the National Men's Under-18 Selection Camp.
June 25, 2008 — 17 WHL players were invited to the Hockey Canada's National Junior Team Development Camp.
June 26, 2008 — The WHL entered into a partnership with Hockey Manitoba, providing additional financial support for their hockey system.
July 7, 2008 — Saskatoon and Regina were chosen as hosts to the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship.
July 23, 2008 — 18 WHL players attended Canada's National Junior Team Development Camp in Ottawa, Ontario.
July 30, 2008 — Brandon Wheat Kings athletic trainer Rob "Stofe" Stouffer died of liver cancer.
August 5, 2008 — 10 WHL players were named to Canada's Under-18 Summer Team at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.
August 7, 2008 — 6 WHL players were invited to the 2008 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, New York.
August 16, 2008 — Canada's National Men's Summer Under-18 Team claimed first place at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka tournament, with a 6–3 win over Russia.

; Regular season

September 18, 2008 — A tribute involving members of the Chynoweth family took place prior to the season opener between the Spokane Chiefs and Kootenay Ice.
October 15, 2008 — The 2010 Memorial Cup was awarded to Brandon.
January 3, 2009 — The Seattle Thunderbirds moved into their new arena, Showare Center, in Kent, Washington.
January 14, 2009 — The 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game was held in Oshawa, Ontario.

Regular season

Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

; Divisions

; Conference standings

Eastern Conference Tiebreaker

Prince Albert Raiders vs. Edmonton Oil Kings

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	PIM
Player
Casey Pierro-Zabotel	Vancouver Giants	72	36	79	115
Brandon Kozun	Calgary Hitmen	72	40	68	108
Brett Sonne	Calgary Hitmen	62	48	52	100
Evander Kane	Vancouver Giants	61	48	48	96
Justin Bernhardt	Prince Albert Raiders	72	35	57	92
Colin Long	Kelowna Rockets	68	33	58	91
Brayden Schenn	Brandon Wheat Kings	70	32	56	88
Joel Broda	Calgary Hitmen	67	53	34	87
C. J. Stretch	Kamloops Blazers	72	29	57	86
Tyler Ennis	Medicine Hat Tigers	61	43	42	85

Leading goaltenders

*Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage *

Team	GP	Mins	W	L	OTL	SOL	SO	GAA	SV%
Player
Dustin Tokarski	Spokane Chiefs	54	3264	34	18	0	2	7	1.97
Adam Brown	Kelowna Rockets	29	1514	18	5	0	1	2	2.02
Martin Jones	Calgary Hitmen	55	3295	45	5	3	1	7	2.08
Tyson Sexsmith	Vancouver Giants	52	3109	39	9	2	2	6	2.26
Chet Pickard	Tri-City Americans	50	2947	35	12	0	3	6	2.28

Players

2008 NHL Entry Draft

37 WHL players were selected at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. This was more than any other hockey league in the world.

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
5	CAN	Luke Schenn	18	Kelowna Rockets	Toronto Maple Leafs
11	CAN	Kyle Beach	18	Everett Silvertips	Chicago Blackhawks
12	CAN	Tyler Myers	18	Kelowna Rockets	Buffalo Sabres
13	CAN	Colten Teubert	18	Regina Pats	Los Angeles Kings
14	CAN	Zach Boychuk	18	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Carolina Hurricanes
18	CAN	Chet Pickard	18	Tri-City Americans	Nashville Predators
19	CHE	Luca Sbisa	18	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Philadelphia Flyers
22	CAN	Jordan Eberle	18	Regina Pats	Edmonton Oilers
26	CAN	Tyler Ennis	18	Medicine Hat Tigers	Buffalo Sabres

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
46	CAN	Colby Robak	18	Brandon Wheat Kings	Florida Panthers
48	USA	Mitch Wahl	18	Spokane Chiefs	Calgary Flames
53	CAN	Travis Hamonic	18	Moose Jaw Warriors	New York Islanders
57	CAN	Eric Mestery	18	Tri-City Americans	Washington Capitals

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
69	CAN	Michael Stone	18	Calgary Hitmen	Phoenix Coyotes
72	FIN	Jyri Niemi	18	Saskatoon Blades	New York Islanders
78	CAN	Lance Bouma	18	Vancouver Giants	Calgary Flames
79	CAN	Zack Smith	20	Swift Current Broncos	Ottawa Senators
84	CAN	Jacob DeSerres	18	Seattle Thunderbirds	Philadelphia Flyers
85	CAN	Brandon McMillan	18	Kelowna Rockets	Anaheim Ducks
87	CAN	Ian Schultz	18	Calgary Hitmen	St. Louis Blues
88	CAN	Geordie Wudrick	18	Swift Current Broncos	Los Angeles Kings

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
93	CAN	Braden Holtby	18	Saskatoon Blades	Washington Capitals
99	USA	Colin Long	18	Kelowna Rockets	Phoenix Coyotes
111	CAN	Dale Weise	18	Swift Current Broncos	New York Rangers
112	CAN	Matt Delahey	18	Regina Pats	New Jersey Devils
117	CAN	James Wright	18	Vancouver Giants	Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
122	CAN	Dustin Tokarski	18	Spokane Chiefs	Tampa Bay Lightning
127	CAN	Matt Calvert	18	Brandon Wheat Kings	Columbus Blue Jackets
131	CAN	Prab Rai	18	Seattle Thunderbirds	Vancouver Canucks
132	CAN	Teigan Zahn	18	Saskatoon Blades	Chicago Blackhawks
137	CAN	Brent Regner	18	Vancouver Giants	Columbus Blue Jackets
144	CAN	Joel Broda	18	Moose Jaw Warriors	Washington Capitals

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
156	CAN	Jared Spurgeon	18	Spokane Chiefs	New York Islanders
168	CAN	Ryley Grantham	18	Moose Jaw Warriors	Calgary Flames
176	CAN	Matt Tassone	18	Swift Current Broncos	Dallas Stars

#	Nat.	Player	Age	WHL team	NHL team
191	USA	Morgan Clark	18	Red Deer Rebels	Vancouver Canucks
193	CAN	Jordan Bendfeld	18	Medicine Hat Tigers	Edmonton Oilers

Contracts and scholarships

June 6, 2008 — Brett Martyniuk signs a WHL Players Contract with the Tri-City Americans.
June 9, 2008 — Bretton Stamler agrees to play for the UNB Varsity Reds hockey club.

Trades

Date	Deal made	June 3, 2008	June 12, 2008	September 20, 2008	September 22, 2008	September 27, 2008	September 29, 2008
Red Deer Rebels	Seattle Thunderbirds
Mike Krgovich →
5th round pick →
← Steve Oursov
RD trades Krgovich and conditional 5th round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft – SEA trades Oursov.
Tri-City Americans	Swift Current Broncos
5th round pick →
← Scott Macauley
TC trades conditional 5th round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – SC trades Macauley.
Kootenay Ice	Kelowna Rockets
Kris Lazaruk →
← 4th round pick
KTN trades Lazaruk – KEL trades conditional 4th round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
Tri-City Americans	Moose Jaw Warriors
Kyle Birch →
← 5th round pick
TC trades Birch – MJ trades conditional 5th round pick in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.
Lethbridge Hurricanes	Edmonton Oil Kings
7th round pick →
← Brent Henke
LET trades 7th round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – EDM trades Henke.
Brandon Wheat Kings	Kamloops Blazers
3rd round pick →
← James Priestner
BDN trades 3rd round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – KAM trades Priestner.

Canada-Russia Challenge

The ADT Canada Russia Challenge was a six-game series featuring four teams: three from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL)—one team from each of the QMJHL, the OHL, and the WHL—versus Russia's national junior hockey team.

The 2008 series was held in six cities across Canada. The series begun on November 17, 2008, and concluded on November 27, 2008. Both Western Hockey League games were held in Saskatchewan. Former Prince Albert Raider forward Dan Hodgson was Honorary Captain for the final game in the series, held in Prince Albert on November 27, 2008.

Results

2009 WHL Playoffs

Overview

Conference Quarter-finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (8) Edmonton Oil Kings

(2) Saskatoon Blades vs. (7) Lethbridge Hurricanes

|1-1-1 = 8:02 - Walker Wintoneak (1) 12:15 - Jyri Niemi (1) 18:56 - pp - Curtis Hamilton (1) |1-1-2 = Cam Braes (1) - 2:10 |1-2-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 7:17 - pp - Stefan Elliott (1) 14:27 - Chris Langkow (1) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Braden Holtby (22 saves / 23 shots) |goalie1-2 = Brandon Anderson (21 saves / 26 shots)

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = Zach Boychuk (1) - 2:58 Zach Boychuk (2) - 17:34 |2-2-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = 9:14 - Milan Kytnár (1) 16:25 - Walker Wintoneak (2) |2-3-2 = Carter Ashton (1) - pp - 1:30 Zach Boychuk (3) - pp - 11:00 Dwight King (1) - sh - en - 19:07 |goalie2-1 = Braden Holtby (18 saves / 22 shots) |goalie2-2 = Juha Metsola (21 saves / 23 shots)

|7-1-1 = No scoring |7-1-2 = Colton Sceviour (2) - 14:30 |7-2-1 = 12:42 - pp - Chris Langkow (2) |7-2-2 = Colton Sceviour (3) - 1:25 |7-3-1 = 11:39 - Burke Gallimore (1) 16:33 - Derek Hulak (3) |7-3-2 = Zach Boychuk (7) - pp - 5:40 Luca Sbisa (1) - pp - 13:21 |goalie7-1 = Braden Holtby (22 saves / 26 shots) |goalie7-2 = Juha Metsola (24 saves / 27 shots)

(3) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (6) Kootenay Ice

|1-1-1 = 6:53 - Andrew Clark (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 6:37 - Brayden Schenn (1) 15:13 - Brayden Schenn (2) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 1:47 - pp - Colby Robak (1) 5:10 - pp - Nathan Green (1) 5:38 - pp - Nathan Green (2) 14:34 - pp - Matt Calvert (1) |1-3-2 = Max Reinhart (1) - 3:40 Ian Barteaux (1) - pp - 12:35 |goalie1-1 = Andrew Hayes (25 saves / 27 shots) |goalie1-2 = Todd Mathews (27 saves / 33 shots) Scott Orth (3 saves / 4 shots)

|4-1-1 = Matt Calvert (4) - 6:42 Andrew Clark (3) - 8:48 |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = No scoring |4-2-2 = 0:43 - Kevin King (2) |4-3-1 = Brodie Melnychuk (1) - 4:39 Brayden Schenn (4) - 17:20 |4-3-2 = 7:47 - pp - Andrew Bailey (1) 12:04 - pp - Andrew Bailey (2) |goalie4-1 = Andrew Hayes (28 saves / 31 shots) |goalie4-2 = Todd Mathews (22 saves / 26 shots)

(4) Swift Current Broncos vs. (5) Medicine Hat Tigers

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Tyler Ennis (1) - pp - 11:41 |1-2-1 = 11:59 - Keegan Dansereau (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 7:46 - Taylor Vause (1) 13:05 - Keegan Dansereau (2) 19:24 - en - Keegan Dansereau (3) |1-3-2 = Tyler Ennis (2) - 1:04 |goalie1-1 = Travis Yonkman (36 saves / 38 shots) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Holfeld (29 saves / 32 shots)

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = Sean Ringrose (1) - 4:34 Brennan Bosch (1) - pp - 7:36 Brennan Bosch (2) - 9:50 |2-2-1 = 7:54 - pp - John Negrin (1) 17:16 - pp - Taylor Vause (2) |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Tyler Ennis (3) - 5:27 Wacey Hamilton (1) - pp - 9:41 Matt McCue (1) - pp - 19:16 |goalie2-1 = Travis Yonkman (28 saves / 34 shots) |goalie2-2 = Ryan Holfeld (22 saves / 24 shots)

|3-1-1 = Justin Dowling (1) - 4:46 |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Taylor Vause (3) - 2:13 Justin Dowling (2) - pp - 11:15 John Negrin (2) - 17:35 |3-2-2 = 14:40 - Tyler Ennis (4) |3-3-1 = Michael Stickland (1) - pp - 17:12 |3-3-2 = 16:20 - Zdeněk Okál (1) |goalie3-1 = Travis Yonkman (26 saves / 28 shots) |goalie3-2 = Ryan Holfeld (32 saves / 37 shots)

|4-1-1 = Michael Brown (1) - pp - 2:33 |4-1-2 = 3:18 - Tyler Ennis (5) 8:02 - Bretton Cameron (1) 19:44 - Tyler Ennis (6) |4-2-1 = Dillon Wagner (1) - pp - 5:06 |4-2-2 = 7:26 - sh - Tyler Ennis (7) |4-3-1 = Taylor Vause (4) - pp - 11:04 |4-3-2 = 5:59 - Bretton Cameron (2) |goalie4-1 = Travis Yonkman (24 saves / 29 shots) |goalie4-2 = Ryan Holfeld (28 saves / 31 shots)

|5-1-1 = 10:08 - Cody Eakin (1) 13:26 - pp - Cody Eakin (2) |5-1-2 = Bretton Cameron (3) - 1:04 Tyler Ennis (8) - pp - 5:20 |5-2-1 = 18:44 - Joel Rogers (1) |5-2-2 = Sean Ringrose (2) - 4:48 |5-3-1 = 6:14 - Dillon Wagner (2) 19:39 - en - Cody Eakin (3) |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Travis Yonkman (34 saves / 37 shots) |goalie5-2 = Ryan Holfeld (41 saves / 45 shots)

Western Conference

(1) Vancouver Giants vs. (8) Prince George Cougars

|1-1-1 = 16:55 - pp - Brent Regner (1) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 5:30 - Lance Bouma (1) 5:39 - Evander Kane (1) 6:41 - Craig Schira (1) 8:20 - Andrej Kudrna (1) 9:39 - pp - Jonathon Blum (1) |1-2-2 = Marek Viedenský (1) - sh - 4:28 |1-3-1 = 13:27 - pp - Craig Schira (2) 17:21 - Mikhail Fisenko (1) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (16 saves / 18 shots) |goalie1-2 = Kevin Armstrong (25 saves / 31 shots) Joe Caligiuri (20 saves / 22 shots)

|2-1-1 = 3:53 - sh - Michael Piluso (1) 15:46 - Lance Bouma (2) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 1:26 - James Wright (1) 3:26 - Craig Cunningham (1) 9:43 - pp - Brendan Gallagher (1) 15:33 - pp - Casey Pierro-Zabotel (1) 17:01 - Nolan Toigo (1) 17:19 - Garry Nunn (1) |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = 2:09 - Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2) |2-3-2 = Tyler Halliday (1) - pp - 18:28 |goalie2-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (28 saves / 29 shots) |goalie2-2 = Kevin Armstrong (29 saves / 37 shots) Mike Salmon (9 saves / 10 shots)

(4) Spokane Chiefs vs. (5) Seattle Thunderbirds

|3-1-1 = Tyler Johnson (1) - 14:10 Stefan Ulmer (1) - pp - 16:28 Levko Koper (1) - sh - 18:22 |3-1-2 = 7:13 - Colin Jacobs (1) |3-2-1 = Levko Koper (2) - pp - 5:53 Jared Spurgeon (1) - sh - 16:51 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Dustin Tokarski (32 saves / 33 shots) |goalie3-2 = Calvin Pickard (29 saves / 34 shots)

|5-1-1 = No scoring |5-1-2 = No scoring |5-2-1 = 6:29 - Drayson Bowman (4) 13:30 - Justin McCrae (2) |5-2-2 = Colin Jacobs (2) - 15:50 |5-3-1 = 5:21 - Brady Calla (1) 14:31 - pp - Mitch Wahl (1) 19:18 - en - Drayson Bowman (5) |5-3-2 = Prab Rai (1) - pp - 12:59 Thomas Hickey (2) - 18:39 |goalie5-1 = Dustin Tokarski (31 saves / 34 shots) |goalie5-2 = Calvin Pickard (30 saves / 34 shots)

(2) Tri-City Americans vs. (7) Seattle Thunderbirds

|1-1-1 = 6:43 - Johnny Lazo (1) |1-1-2 = Daniel Iwanski (1) - pp - 1:55 Ryan White (1) - pp - 4:56 |1-2-1 = 5:40 - pp - Tyler Schmidt (1) 8:12 - Kruise Reddick (1) 13:56 - Adam Hughesman (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 16:47 - Lane Werbowski (1) |1-3-2 = Ryan White (2) - 5:47 Tyler Maxwell (1) - 16:56 Daniel Bartek (1) - 19:38 |1-4-1 = 11:13 - Justin Feser (1) |1-4-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Chet Pickard (26 saves / 31 shots) |goalie1-2 = Thomas Heemskerk (39 saves / 45 shots)

|5-1-1 = 10:07 - Mitch McColm (1) 11:26 - pp - Jason Reese (4) |5-1-2 = No scoring |5-2-1 = 4:05 - Jordan Messier (1) 19:43 - pp - Taylor Procyshen (1) |5-2-2 = No scoring |5-3-1 = 2:34 - Brooks Macek (1) 3:57 - Jordan Messier (2) |5-3-2 = Kellan Tochkin (1) - pp - 6:09 |goalie5-1 = Chet Pickard (26 saves / 27 shots) |goalie5-2 = Thomas Heemskerk (33 saves / 39 shots)

(3) Kelowna Rockets vs. (6) Kamloops Blazers

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Scott Wasden (1) - 10:48 |1-2-1 = 2:28 - Štěpán Novotný (1) 10:18 - pp - Tyler Myers (1) 14:23 - pp - Tyson Barrie (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 4:55 - Colin Long (1) |1-3-2 = Kenton Dulle (1) - pp - 8:30 |goalie1-1 = Mark Guggenberger (20 saves / 22 shots) |goalie1-2 = Justin Leclerc (30 saves / 34 shots)

|4-1-1 = Jamie Benn (3) - 19:17 |4-1-2 = 3:57 - pp - Colin Smith (1) |4-2-1 = Tyler Myers (2) - pp - 4:45 Ian Duval (2) - pp - 8:21 Tyson Barrie (2) - 12:24 Štěpán Novotný (3) - 14:32 |4-2-2 = 0:56 - pp - C.J. Stretch (1) 6:51 - sh - Kenton Dulle (3) |4-3-1 = No scoring |4-3-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Mark Guggenberger (21 saves / 24 shots) |goalie4-2 = Justin Leclerc (38 saves / 43 shots)

Conference Semi-finals

Eastern conference

(1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (7) Lethbridge Hurricanes

|1-1-1 = 9:42 - Carson McMillan (2) 13:54 - Brandon Kozun (4) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 3:28 - pp - Paul Postma (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 4:59 - Paul Postma (2) 8:08 - Joel Broda (4) 10:42 - pp - Brandon Kozun (5) 18:09 - Joel Broda (5) |1-3-2 = Mitch Versteeg (1) - pp - 4:26 |goalie1-1 = Martin Jones (15 saves / 16 shots) |goalie1-2 = Juha Metsola (23 saves / 28 shots) Michael Tadjdeh (6 saves / 8 shots)

|3-1-1 = Kris Foucault (6) - pp - 12:03 |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Keith Seabrook (1) - 3:38 Tomáš Karpov (2) - 5:19 Michael Stone (1) - pp - 17:03 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = 3:14 - pp - Mitch Versteeg (2) 19:37 - Colton Sceviour (4) |goalie3-1 = Martin Jones (17 saves / 19 shots) |goalie3-2 = Juha Metsola (29 saves / 33 shots)

|4-1-1 = Brett Sonne (1) - 1:30 Joel Broda (6) - 1:52 |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Alex Plante (2) - pp - 2:02 |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = Kris Foucault (7) - 11:37 Brandon Kozun (6) - ps - 13:38 Ian Schultz (3) - pp - 14:32 |4-3-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Martin Jones (18 saves / 18 shots) |goalie4-2 = Juha Metsola (18 saves / 24 shots)

(3) Brandon Wheat Kings vs. (6) Medicine Hat Tigers

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 4:41 - Del Cowan (1) 7:33 - Nathan Green (3) 7:59 - Jordan Hale (1) 13:40 - Matt Calvert (5) |1-2-2 = Linden Vey (1) - pp - 2:51 Thomas Carr (1) - 8:55 Sean Ringrose (4) - pp - 14:43 |1-3-1 = 11:45 - Nathan Green (4) 18:39 - Mark Stone (1) |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Andrew Hayes (28 saves / 31 shots) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Holfeld (25 saves / 31 shots)

|2-1-1 = 3:40 - Andrew Clark (4) 6:51 - Keith Aulie (1) 19:21 - pp - Brayden Schenn (5) |2-1-2 = Bretton Cameron (4) - 1:19 Zdeněk Okál (5) - 7:39 Zdeněk Okál (6) - pp - 12:33 Brennan Bosch (6) - 14:04 Zdeněk Okál (7) - 16:36 |2-2-1 = 2:06 - pp - Matt Lowry (3) 17:26 - pp - Matt Calvert (6) |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = 5:50 - Andrew Clark (5) 15:15 - Brodie Melnychuk (2) 19:25 - en - Andrew Clark (6) |2-3-2 = Linden Vey (2) - pp - 15:47 |goalie2-1 = Andrew Hayes (4 saves / 8 shots) James Priestner (11 saves / 13 shots) |goalie2-2 = Ryan Holfeld (24 saves / 31 shots)

|3-1-1 = Brayden Schenn (6) - 0:42 Scott Glennie (2) - 6:00 Aaron Lewadniuk (2) - 7:00 |3-1-2 = 2:45 - Colton Grant (1) |3-2-1 = Matt Calvert (7) - pp - 4:08 Colby Robak (2) - 10:12 |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = Andrew Clark (7) - 2:53 |3-3-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Andrew Hayes (19 saves / 20 shots) |goalie3-2 = Ryan Holfeld (4 saves / 7 shots) Tyler Bunz (37 saves / 40 shots)

|4-1-1 = Aaron Lewadniuk (3) - 4:43 Scott Glennie (3) - 18:48 Colby Robak (3) - 19:33 |4-1-2 = 2:16 - Jace Coyle (1) 9:52 - Travis Dunstall (1) |4-2-1 = Nathan Green (5) - pp - 3:07 Colby Robak (4) - 4:46 |4-2-2 = No scoring |4-3-1 = Colby Robak (5) - pp - 5:42 |4-3-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Andrew Hayes (19 saves / 21 shots) |goalie4-2 = Tyler Bunz (10 saves / 13 shots) Ryan Holfeld (18 saves / 21 shots)

Western conference

(1) Vancouver Giants vs. (4) Spokane Chiefs

|2-1-1 = 5:09 - Jonathon Blum (3) 16:23 - pp - Craig Cunningham (4) |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 6:11 - pp - Jonathon Blum (4) 9:05 - Casey Pierro-Zabotel (3) |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Drayson Bowman (6) - pp - 6:56 |goalie2-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (18 saves / 19 shots) |goalie2-2 = Dustin Tokarski (30 saves / 34 shots)

|3-1-1 = Jonathon Blum (5) - pp - 10:04 Lance Bouma (5) - 13:08 |3-1-2 = 8:20 - pp - Levko Koper (3) |3-2-1 = No scoring |3-2-2 = 15:17 - Jared Spurgeon (2) |3-3-1 = No scoring |3-3-2 = 6:29 - Drayson Bowman (7) 16:00 - Justin McCrae (3) 19:40 - en - Mike Reddington (1) |goalie3-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (23 saves / 27 shots) |goalie3-2 = Dustin Tokarski (16 saves / 18 shots)

(2) Tri-City Americans vs. (3) Kelowna Rockets

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 15:00 - pp - Jason Reese (5) |1-2-2 = Evan Bloodoff (1) - 5:38 |1-3-1 = 1:36 - Kruise Reddick (3) 4:31 - Jarrett Toll (1) 18:07 - pp - Taylor Procyshen (2) |1-3-2 = Lucas Bloodoff (1) - 5:19 Tyson Barrie (3) - pp - 6:58 |goalie1-1 = Chet Pickard (23 saves / 26 shots) |goalie1-2 = Mark Guggenberger (35 saves / 39 shots)

|3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = 11:07 - Mikael Backlund (1) 18:23 - pp - Štěpán Novotný (4) |3-2-1 = Justin Feser (3) - pp - 12:42 |3-2-2 = 2:17 - pp - Cody Almond (4) 3:24 - pp - Ian Duval (3) 9:55 - pp - Tyler Myers (3) 19:07 - Lucas Bloodoff (2) |3-3-1 = Zachary Yuen (1) - 0:20 |3-3-2 = 10:00 - Jamie Benn (5) |goalie3-1 = Chet Pickard (18 saves / 24 shots) Brett Martyniuk (10 saves / 11 shots) |goalie3-2 = Mark Guggenberger (15 saves / 17 shots)

|5-1-1 = 11:11 - Petr Stoklasa (2) |5-1-2 = Lucas Bloodoff (3) - 6:44 Ian Duval (4) - 7:24 |5-2-1 = No scoring |5-2-2 = Štěpán Novotný (5) - pp - 1:36 |5-3-1 = 17:01 - Jordan Messier (4) |5-3-2 = Mikael Backlund (3) - 2:01 Colin Long (2) - en - 19:26 |goalie5-1 = Chet Pickard (20 saves / 24 shots) |goalie5-2 = Mark Guggenberger (24 saves / 26 shots)

|6-1-1 = Taylor Procyshen (4) - pp - 10:28 |6-1-2 = 15:43 - Mikael Backlund (4) |6-2-1 = Brooks Macek (3) - 9:19 |6-2-2 = 4:45 - Jamie Benn (7) 8:13 - Curt Gogol (1) 12:20 - sh - Mikael Backlund (5) 14:59 - Ian Duval (5) 18:50 - Evan Bloodoff (2) |6-3-1 = No scoring |6-3-2 = No scoring |goalie6-1 = Chet Pickard (26 saves / 32 shots) Brett Martyniuk (2 saves / 2 shots) |goalie6-2 = Mark Guggenberger (12 saves / 14 shots)

Conference Finals

(1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (3) Brandon Wheat Kings

|1-1-1 = 13:11 - Alex Plante (3) |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = 2:09 - pp - Kyle Bortis (2) 4:20 - Boštjan Goličič (1) 6:02 - pp - Kris Foucault (8) 7:45 - Kyle Bortis (3) 10:47 - Tyler Fiddler (1) 12:56 - Paul Postma (3) |1-2-2 = Andrew Clark (8) - pp - 15:38 |1-3-1 = 4:45 - Joel Broda (7) 18:18 - pp - Keith Seabrook (2) |1-3-2 = Nathan Green (6) - 0:31 Brayden Schenn (7) - pp - 1:34 |goalie1-1 = Martin Jones (18 saves / 21 shots) |goalie1-2 = Andrew Hayes (10 saves / 16 shots) James Priestner (16 saves / 19 shots)

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = Matt Calvert (8) - 3:56 Brayden Schenn (8) - 17:55 |2-2-1 = 14:23 - pp - Kyle Bortis (4) 16:38 - Joel Broda (8) 19:48 - Michael Stone (2) |2-2-2 = Jay Fehr (1) - 15:52 |2-3-1 = 10:54 - Ian Schultz (4) 13:10 - Brett Sonne (2) |2-3-2 = Keith Aulie (2) - pp - 8:56 |goalie2-1 = Martin Jones (21 saves / 25 shots) |goalie2-2 = Andrew Hayes (22 saves / 27 shots)

|4-1-1 = Keith Seabrook (3) - pp - 7:23 Paul Postma (4) - 7:37 |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Alex Plante (4) - 3:47 Boštjan Goličič (2) - 6:41 Brett Sonne (4) - 7:51 Tomáš Karpov (3) - 19:26 |4-2-2 = 14:35 - Andrew Clark (9) 15:09 - Jordan Hale (2) |4-3-1 = No scoring |4-3-2 = 12:50 - Jay Fehr (2) 15:26 - pp - Nathan Green (7) |goalie4-1 = Martin Jones (12 saves / 16 shots) |goalie4-2 = Andrew Hayes (15 saves / 19 shots) James Priestner (14 saves / 16 shots)

(1) Vancouver Giants vs. (3) Kelowna Rockets

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = Mikael Backlund (6) - pp - 4:59 Mitch Callahan (1) - 13:16 Ian Duval (6) - 16:54 |1-3-1 = 3:35 - pp - Lance Bouma (6) 14:01 - James Henry (1) |1-3-2 = Ian Duval (7) - en - 19:31 |goalie1-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (24 saves / 27 shots) |goalie1-2 = Mark Guggenberger (20 saves / 22 shots)

|6-1-1 = Jonathon Blum (7) - pp - 4:11 Evander Kane (6) - pp - 16:27 James Henry (2) - 18:58 |6-1-2 = 10:12 - Mikael Backlund (7) |6-2-1 = No scoring |6-2-2 = 17:19 - pp - Mikael Backlund (8) |6-3-1 = Evander Kane (7) - pp - 8:01 |6-3-2 = 15:55 - pp - Jamie Benn (11) 16:28 - Cody Almond (8) |6-4-1 = No scoring |6-4-2 = 4:00 - Mikael Backlund (9) |goalie6-1 = Tyson Sexsmith (27 saves / 32 shots) |goalie6-2 = Mark Guggenberger (13 saves / 17 shots)

WHL Championship

(E1) Calgary Hitmen vs. (W3) Kelowna Rockets

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = 2:45 - Tomáš Karpov (4) |2-2-2 = Evan Bloodoff (3) - 12:56 |2-3-1 = 12:52 - Keith Seabrook (4) |2-3-2 = Ian Duval (10) - 3:40 Mikael Backlund (10) - 5:22 Mikael Backlund (11) - 10:21 Colin Long (3) - en - 19:58 |goalie2-1 = Martin Jones (22 saves / 26 shots) |goalie2-2 = Mark Guggenberger (27 saves / 29 shots)

|4-1-1 = Alex Plante (5) - pp - 1:17 |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = Boštjan Goličič (3) - 12:05 Brett Sonne (5) - pp - 16:51 Brandon Kozun (7) - 18:36 |4-2-2 = 0:35 - Mikael Backlund (12) 5:30 - Mikael Backlund (13) |4-3-1 = Brett Sonne (6) - 8:22 Carson McMillan (3) - pp - 18:11 |4-3-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Martin Jones (35 saves / 37 shots) |goalie4-2 = Mark Guggenberger (29 saves / 35 shots)

|5-1-1 = 16:29 - Kris Foucault (11) |5-1-2 = No scoring |5-2-1 = 3:48 - pp - Joel Broda (9) 12:29 - Brett Sonne (7) 18:38 - Joel Broda (10) |5-2-2 = Cody Almond (10) - 11:10 |5-3-1 = 14:39 - Alex Plante (6) 17:30 - Rigby Burgart (1) |5-3-2 = No scoring |goalie5-1 = Martin Jones (18 saves / 19 shots) |goalie5-2 = Mark Guggenberger (44 saves / 50 shots)

Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jamie Benn	Kelowna Rockets	19	13	20	33	9
Cody Almond	Kelowna Rockets	22	10	17	27	18
Joel Broda	Calgary Hitmen	18	11	13	24	18
Mikael Backlund	Kelowna Rockets	19	13	10	23	26
Tyler Myers	Kelowna Rockets	22	5	15	20	29
Kyle Bortis	Calgary Hitmen	18	4	16	20	2
Tyler Ennis	Medicine Hat Tigers	11	8	11	19	10
Brandon Kozun	Calgary Hitmen	18	7	12	19	8
Ian Duval	Tri-City Americans	22	10	8	18	10
Brayden Schenn	Brandon Wheat Kings	12	8	10	18	12

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Dustin Tokarski	Spokane Chiefs	12	812	7	5	23	1	0.947	1.70
Martin Jones	Calgary Hitmen	18	1095	14	4	34	2	0.921	1.86
Tyson Sexsmith	Vancouver Giants	17	1150	10	7	36	1	0.927	1.88
Braden Holtby	Saskatoon Blades	7	414	3	4	16	0	0.912	2.32
Mark Guggenberger	Kelowna Rockets	22	1374	16	6	54	3	0.907	2.36

Memorial Cup

Main article: 2009 Memorial Cup

The 91st Memorial Cup was held in Rimouski, Quebec.

WHL awards

Professional Hockey Achievement
Academic Recipient	Alumni Achievement Awards	Trevor Linden
Dan Hulak

Source WHL Announces 2008-09 Award Winners

All-Star teams

Eastern Conference	First Team	Second Team	Western Conference	First Team
Goal	Braden Holtby	Saskatoon Blades	Martin Jones	Calgary Hitmen
Defense	Paul Postma	Calgary Hitmen	Michael Stone	Calgary Hitmen
Keith Aulie	Brandon Wheat Kings	John Negrin	Swift Current Broncos
Forward	Brett Sonne	Calgary Hitmen	Joel Broda	Calgary Hitmen
Tyler Ennis	Medicine Hat Tigers	Justin Bernhardt	Prince Albert Raiders
Brandon Kozun	Calgary Hitmen	Brayden Schenn	Brandon Wheat Kings
Goal	Chet Pickard	Tri-City Americans	Dustin Tokarski	Spokane Chiefs
Defense	Jonathon Blum	Vancouver Giants	Tyler Myers	Kelowna Rockets
Thomas Hickey	Seattle Thunderbirds	Brent Regner	Vancouver Giants
Forward	Casey Pierro-Zabotel	Vancouver Giants	Drayson Bowman	Spokane Chiefs
Jamie Benn	Kelowna Rockets	Colin Long	Kelowna Rockets
Evander Kane	Vancouver Giants	Taylor Procyshen	Tri-City Americans

Source: WHL Announces 2008–09 Conference All-Star Teams and Award Finalists

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Date	Deal made	June 3, 2008	June 12, 2008	September 20, 2008	September 22, 2008	September 27, 2008	September 29, 2008
Red Deer Rebels	Seattle Thunderbirds
Mike Krgovich →
5th round pick →
← Steve Oursov
RD trades Krgovich and conditional 5th round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft – SEA trades Oursov.
Tri-City Americans	Swift Current Broncos
5th round pick →
← Scott Macauley
TC trades conditional 5th round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – SC trades Macauley.
Kootenay Ice	Kelowna Rockets
Kris Lazaruk →
← 4th round pick
KTN trades Lazaruk – KEL trades conditional 4th round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
Tri-City Americans	Moose Jaw Warriors
Kyle Birch →
← 5th round pick
TC trades Birch – MJ trades conditional 5th round pick in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.
Lethbridge Hurricanes	Edmonton Oil Kings
7th round pick →
← Brent Henke
LET trades 7th round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – EDM trades Henke.
Brandon Wheat Kings	Kamloops Blazers
3rd round pick →
← James Priestner
BDN trades 3rd round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft – KAM trades Priestner.