2009–10 PIHA season

2009–10 PIHA season
League Professional Inline
Hockey Association
Sport Inline hockey
Duration October 10, 2009 – February 21, 2010
Regular season
Best Overall Record Trophy Suffolk Sting
Top scorer Brian Yingling (Colorado Springs)
Playoffs
Eastern champions New Jersey Grizzlies
  Eastern runners-up Suffolk Sting
Western champions Colorado Springs Thunder
  Western runners-up Parker Prowlers
Playoffs Playoffs MVP Dan Lamb (Colorado Springs)
Finals
Champions Colorado Springs Thunder
  Runners-up New Jersey Grizzlies

The 2009–10 PIHA season is the ninth season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association. It began on October 10, 2009, and ran through January 17, 2010. The Founders Cup playoffs ended on February 20, with the Colorado Springs Thunder taking their second straight championship by defeating the New Jersey Grizzlies four games to none.

Regular season

The first goal of the season was scored by Robbie Fulton of the New Jersey Grizzlies in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania against the Harrisburg Lunatics.

Standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.

Eastern Conference

Template:2009–10 PIHA Atlantic Division standings

Western Conference

Template:2009–10 PIHA Rocky Mountain Division standings

Tiebreaking procedures

In the event of a tie in points in the standings at the end of the season, ties are broken using the following tiebreaking procedures. The higher ranked team is the one with:

  1. The greater number of games won.
  2. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
  3. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; Star = Star Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts Star PIM
United States Brian Yingling Colorado Springs Thunder 22 31 26 57 31 14
United States Robbie Fulton New Jersey Grizzlies 22 20 30 50 26 46
United States John Healy Suffolk Sting 24 22 26 48 30 8
United States CJ Yoder Colorado Springs Thunder 22 18 30 48 25 8
United States Greg Thompson Suffolk Sting 24 25 21 46 29 6
United States Jami Yoder Colorado Springs Thunder 19 18 19 14 26
United States Ryan Carey Suffolk Sting 24 17 19 36 18 8
United States James Manganaro New Jersey Grizzlies 24 13 23 36 10 17
United States Nathan Seader Lakewood Fire 24 19 15 34 21 18
United States Matt Turner Lakewood Fire 24 16 18 34 16 6

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player Team GP MIN W L GA SO Sv% GAA

Playoffs

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, 8 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Suffolk Sting were the Eastern Conference regular season champions and were also the Best Overall Record Trophy winners with 45 points. The Colorado Springs Thunder earned the Western Conference regular season crown with 34 points.

Eastern Conference

  1. Suffolk Sting – Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference regular season champion; Best Overall Record Trophy winner, 45 points
  2. New Jersey Grizzlies – 33 points
  3. Harrisburg Lunatics – 30 points
  4. Marple Gladiators – 17 points

Western Conference

  1. Colorado Springs Thunder – Rocky Mountain Division and Western Conference regular season champion, 34 points
  2. Parker Prowlers – 29 points
  3. Lakewood Fire – 27 points
  4. Fort Collins Catz – 26 points

Playoff bracket

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Founders Cup Finals
         
1 Suffolk Sting 2
4 Marple Gladiators 0
1 Suffolk Sting
Eastern Conference
2 New Jersey Grizzlies
2 New Jersey Grizzlies 2
3 Harrisburg Lunatics 0
E2 New Jersey Grizzlies 0
W1 Colorado Springs Thunder 4
1 Colorado Springs Thunder 2
4 Fort Collins Catz 0
1 Colorado Springs Thunder 3
Western Conference
2 Parker Prowlers 0
2 Parker Prowlers 2
3 Lakewood Fire 1


PIHA awards


See also


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