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The 2009–10 WHL season is the 44th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010. The 2009 Subway Super Series (formerly ADT Canada-Russia Challenge), featuring Team WHL versus Team Russia, took place from November 25–26, 2009. == League notes == ;Offseason * May 27, 2009 — The WHL announced that they have extended their partnership with Shaw TV for an additional five years commencing through the 2013–14 season.〔 〕 * May 28, 2009 — 13 WHL players were invited to Canada's National Men's Summer Under-18 Selections Camp.〔 〕 * May 29, 2009 — 11 WHL players were invited to the Hockey Canada's National Junior Team Development Camp.〔 〕 * June 17, 2009 — The WHL Board of Governors agreed to adopt video-replay during the regular season and playoffs commencing with the 2009-10 season. The WHL introduced video-replay during the 2009 playoffs. With the decision, The WHL will expand its officiating development program to include video training centres for referees and additional linesmen training camps throughout Western Canada.〔 〕 * June 17, 2009 — The WHL Board of Governors adopted a new player recruitment strategy which will include the hiring of a Director of Player Recruitment that will focus on promoting the WHL Scholarship program and other overall benefits of playing in the WHL to top prospects in Western Canada and the United States.〔 * June 17, 2009 — The WHL Board of Governors also announced the introduction of a series of new online post-secondary education initiatives that will improve players' access to University courses while they are playing in the WHL starting in the 2009-10 season. The new initiative was done through the support of the WHL Alumni Association and the league's corporate sponsorship.〔 * June 21, 2009 — Prince Albert Raiders legendary broadcaster Morley Jaeger died at the age of 72.〔 〕 * July 3, 2009 —18 WHL Grads Invited to Hockey Canada's National Men's Team Orientation Camp in Calgary.〔 〕 * July 20, 2009 — The entire 1989 Memorial Cup Championship Team of the Swift Current Broncos were inducted into the Swift Current Broncos Hall of Fame. The first time that an entire team was inducted into the local Hall of Fame.〔 〕 * July 29, 2009 — The Province of Alberta announced $17.8 million to support the completion of Lethbridge's Enmax Centre Expansion project.〔 〕 * August 14, 2009 — Canada's National Men's Summer Under-18 Team claimed first place at the 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, with a 9–2 win over Russia.〔 〕 * August 17, 2009 — Two months after the passing of their legendary broadcaster, longtime supporter and former Raiders team president, John Odnokon died at the age of 78.〔 〕 ;Pre-season * August 31, 2009 — The Canadian Hockey League announced an expanded corporate sponsorship deal with Subway, which includes a new title sponsorship agreement that replaces ADT. Through this new agreement the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge is renamed the Subway Super Series for the next three years.〔 〕 * September 9, 2009 — All 22 teams in the WHL unveiled their new Reebok Edge jerseys, which have been used in the National Hockey League since the 2007-08 NHL season.〔 〕 ;Regular season * September 17, 2009 — Due to enhancement of in-house video production from all 22 teams, the WHL and its broadcast partner INSINC will be able to show all 792 WHL Regular-Season games on the internet during the 2009-10 season. All games will be shown on WHL Web TV.〔 〕 * September 25, 2009 —The WHL and Hockey Alberta will enhance their longstanding partnership that will include joint programming initiatives and additional financial support for minor hockey and high performance programs in Alberta. Through this newly enhanced partnership, new province-wide programming initiatives will help enhance development opportunities for players, coaches, officials and trainers in the Alberta system. The partnership will also feature both the WHL and Hockey Alberta extensively promoting their respective programs through special events, member venues, and media platforms.〔 〕 * October 13, 2009 — The WHL launched WHL Mobile, which is a mobile-optimized version of its website designed specifically for users of Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, BlackBerry, HTC Touch, and other web-enabled smartphones. WHL Mobile will feature news and information from WHL.ca and will also provide full game summaries, full rosters, player profiles, news articles, etc. through smartphone devices.〔 〕 * December 3, 2009 — Ten players from the WHL have been invited to Team Canada's Selection Camp roster for the upcoming 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.〔 〕 * December 23, 2009 — The WHL announced a multi-year deal with FSN Northwest to broadcast WHL games starting with ten games in the 2009-10 season til the 2011-12 season.〔 〕 * January 10, 2010 — WHL Trade Deadline ended with 15 trades. * January 15, 2010 — The WHL and BC Hockey announced a new long-term partnership which will provide additional financial support for the hockey system in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory.〔 〕 * January 20, 2010 — The 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game was held in Windsor, Ontario.〔 〕 * February 6, 2010 — Brendan Burke, who is the 21-year-old son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and Chilliwack Bruins owner, Brian Burke died in an automobile accident in the United States during the 2010 snow storms. For the remainder of the season the Chilliwack Bruins wore a special patch on their jerseys.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009–10 WHL season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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