2008-09 Hershey Bears Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 49-23-2 (SO: 0-6) - 106 points
in the AHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bob Woods (49-23, 8 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 359,499, Avg. 8,987 in 40 home dates
2008-09 Hershey Bears RosterTeam Record: 49-23-2 (SO: 0-6) - 106 points
in the AHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bob Woods (49-23, 8 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 359,499, Avg. 8,987 in 40 home dates
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 49 wins and 23 losses (and 2 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 106 points in the AHL's East Division.
The Bears topped the league with 296 goals. Hershey allowed 240 goals. Alexandre Giroux scored 60 goals for the squad, while Graham Mink netted 30 or more, too. Keith Aucoin contributed 71 assists. Semyon Varlamov and Daren Machesney paced the team with 19 wins each, and Semyon Varlamov registered a 2.4 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Bob Woods coached the team. The 2008-09 Hershey Bears won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Giroux | C | 69 | 60 | 37 | 97 | 84 | +23 | 22 | 4 | 341 | 17.6 |
| Keith Aucoin | C | 70 | 25 | 71 | 96 | 73 | +28 | 10 | 1 | 165 | 15.2 |
| Chris Bourque | L | 69 | 21 | 52 | 73 | 57 | +10 | 7 | 1 | 244 | 8.6 |
| Graham Mink | C | 68 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 101 | +26 | 14 | 0 | 198 | 16.2 |
| Kyle Wilson | C | 80 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 31 | +13 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 14.7 |
| Mathieu Perreault | C | 77 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 36 | +16 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Andrew Gordon | R | 80 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 47 | +16 | 4 | 0 | 198 | 10.6 |
| Sami Lepisto | D | 70 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 80 | +24 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 3.3 |
| Oskar Osala | L | 75 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 47 | +11 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 14.8 |
| Francois Bouchard | RW | 64 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 34 | +18 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 16.9 |
| Andrew Joudrey | C | 69 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 22 | +13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7.0 |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 63 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 59 | +18 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 1.8 |
| Quintin Laing | L | 55 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 21 | +12 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 8.8 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 48 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | +23 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Patrick McNeill | D | 46 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 20 | +24 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 46 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 61 | +14 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Steve Pinizzotto | C | 45 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 61 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Dean Arsene | D | 46 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 99 | +8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 37 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 4.9 |
| Staffan Kronwall | D | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Greg Amadio | D | 51 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 163 | +6 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Sean Collins | D | 39 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 38 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Josh Godfrey | D | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Darren Reid | R | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Kip Brennan | L | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 88 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Grant McNeill | D | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Patrick Wellar | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxime Lacroix | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Travis Morin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daren Machesney | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johann Kroll | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kris Mayotte | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Finley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Goepfert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michal Neuvirth | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Dubuc | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sasha Pokulok | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Viktor Dovgan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Pothier | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1607 | 289 | 515 | 804 | 1610 | 328 | 82 | 8 | 2715 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Neuvirth | 17 | 1001 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2.70 | 516 | 471 | .913 |
| Daren Machesney | 36 | 1981 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 107 | 3.24 | 866 | 759 | .876 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 27 | 1551 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 2.40 | 736 | 674 | .916 |
| Bobby Goepfert | 3 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.40 | 75 | 69 | .920 |
| Kris Mayotte | 4 | 172 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.84 | 70 | 59 | .843 |
| Totals | 87 | 4855 | 49 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 231 | 2.85 | 2263 | 2032 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Giroux | C | 22 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Aucoin | C | 21 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bourque | L | 22 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Graham Mink | C | 22 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Wilson | C | 22 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Perreault | C | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Gordon | R | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oskar Osala | L | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Bouchard | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Joudrey | C | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quintin Laing | L | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Alzner | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick McNeill | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Pinizzotto | C | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Arsene | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Beagle | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Staffan Kronwall | D | 21 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Amadio | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Collins | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Reid | R | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kip Brennan | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant McNeill | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michal Neuvirth | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Carlson | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 418 | 69 | 118 | 187 | 284 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Neuvirth | 22 | 1346 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 1.92 | 676 | 633 | .936 |
| Totals | 22 | 1346 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 1.92 | 676 | 633 | .936 |
