2008-09 Albany River Rats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 33-40-3 (SO: 0-4) - 73 points
in the AHL's East Division
Coach: Jeff Daniels (33-40, 7 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 141,550, Avg. 3,539 in 40 home dates
2008-09 Albany River Rats RosterTeam Record: 33-40-3 (SO: 0-4) - 73 points
in the AHL's East Division
Coach: Jeff Daniels (33-40, 7 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 141,550, Avg. 3,539 in 40 home dates
The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 33 wins and 40 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 73 points in the AHL's East Division.
The River Rats potted 219 goals and conceded 258. Michael Ryan scored 25 goals for Albany, and Jakub Petruzalek accounted for 35 assists. Justin Peters topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.89 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jeff Daniels coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Samson | R | 70 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 56 | -18 | 5 | 0 | 256 | 8.6 |
| Jakub Petruzalek | C | 77 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 35 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 10.2 |
| Michael Ryan | L | 40 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 34 | +4 | 8 | 0 | 122 | 20.5 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 62 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 29 | +3 | 6 | 3 | 178 | 13.5 |
| Nick Dodge | C | 80 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 34 | -14 | 5 | 0 | 133 | 9.8 |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 58 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 28 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 3.4 |
| Brett Carson | D | 69 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 34 | -20 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 4.0 |
| Mark Flood | D | 76 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 27 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 127 | 4.7 |
| Dwight Helminen | C | 54 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 26 | -7 | 6 | 1 | 141 | 10.6 |
| Mike Angelidis | LW | 67 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 142 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 10.3 |
| Nicolas Blanchard | C | 55 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 132 | -19 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 6.1 |
| Yannick Tifu | C | 37 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 33 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Ryan Weston | F | 63 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 79 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 14.8 |
| Joe Jensen | C | 32 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 9.0 |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Jonathan Paiement | D | 45 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 38 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| Stefan Chaput | C | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Casey Borer | D | 51 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 6.5 |
| Harrison Reed | RW | 70 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Cory Quirk | C | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 31.3 |
| Bobby Hughes | C | 27 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Dan LaCouture | L | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Tim Conboy | D | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 127 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Aaron Clarke | LW | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Josef Melichar | D | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 35 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Ryan McGinnis | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Noah Babin | D | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Brad Herauf | LW | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 116 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Tomas Pospisil | RW | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Benn Olson | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 140 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jamie McBain | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Patrick Bordeleau | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kennedy | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Dominic D'Amour | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Colin Nicholson | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matt Auffrey | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Zach Boychuk | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Manzato | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ward | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mathieu Roy | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brad Zanon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Danick Bouchard | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Justin Peters | G | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brock Hooton | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mitch Ganzak | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Gillies | L | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| David Leggio | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Bellemore | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Cruthers | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1603 | 211 | 370 | 581 | 1552 | -243 | 60 | 7 | 2435 | 8.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Peters | 56 | 3178 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 153 | 2.89 | 1660 | 1507 | .908 |
| Daniel Manzato | 32 | 1597 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 3.19 | 833 | 748 | .898 |
| David Leggio | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 33 | 26 | .788 |
| Totals | 89 | 4835 | 33 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 245 | 3.04 | 2526 | 2281 | .903 |
