AHL 1998/99

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The 1998/99 season was the 63rd regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the 19 teams in the league played 80 games each. The eight best teams from the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Lowell Lock Monsters were added to the league as an expansion team.

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Lowell Lock Monsters	80	33	32	13	2	219	237	81
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	34	35	7th	4th	246	270	79
Fredericton Canadiens	80	33	36	6th	5	246	246	77
Saint John Flames	80	31	40	8th	1	238	296	71
Portland Pirates	80	23	48	7th	2	214	273	55

New England Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Providence Bruins	80	56	16	4th	4th	321	223	120
Hartford Wolf Pack	80	38	31	5	6th	256	256	87
Springfield Falcons	80	35	35	9	1	245	232	80
Worcester IceCats	80	34	36	8th	2	237	260	78
Beast of New Haven	80	33	35	7th	5	240	250	78

Western Conference

Empire State Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Rochester Americans	80	52	21st	6th	1	287	176	111
Albany River Rats	80	46	26th	6th	2	275	230	100
Hamilton Bulldogs	80	40	29	7th	4th	229	206	91
Adirondack Red Wings	80	21st	48	8th	3	184	280	53
Syracuse crunch	80	18th	50	9	3	220	327	48

Mid-Atlantic Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Phantoms	80	47	22nd	9	2	272	221	105
Kentucky Thoroughblades	80	44	26th	7th	3	272	214	98
Hershey Bears	80	37	32	10	1	242	224	85
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	80	35	39	4th	2	227	249	76

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
Domenico Pittis	Rochester Americans	76	38	66	104	108
Randy Robitaille	Providence Bruins	74	28	74	102	34
John Madden	Albany River Rats	75	38	60	98	44
Peter White	Philadelphia Phantoms	77	31	59	90	20th
Jim Montgomery	Philadelphia Phantoms	78	29	58	87	89
Steve Brulé	Albany River Rats	78	32	52	84	35
Richard Park	Philadelphia Phantoms	75	41	42	83	33
Lonny Bohonos	St. John's Maple Leafs	70	34	48	82	40
Craig Fisher	Rochester Americans	70	29	52	81	28
Shane Willis	Beast of New Haven	73	31	50	81	49

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The eight best teams each qualified for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference . From each division, four of the best four teams qualified for the playoffs. Only the fifth placed in the larger New England Division and Empire State Division were excluded from the playoffs, regardless of the season's performance. So it happened that the team Beast of New Haven with 78 points as fifth in the New England Division in the regular season was better than four later playoff participants, but the season was over for them.

In the first three playoff rounds, the winners of the Eastern and Western divisions were played, which then met in the final of the Calder Cup. While the first playoff round was played in best-of-five mode, all other play-offs and the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Playoff tree

Semifinals division

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Calder Cup Finals

A1

Lowell Lock Monsters

0

A4

Saint John Flames

3

A4

Saint John Flames

0

A3

Fredericton Canadiens

4th

A2

St. John's Maple Leafs

2

A3

Fredericton Canadiens

3

A3

Fredericton Canadiens

2

Eastern Conference

N1

Providence Bruins

4th

N1

Providence Bruins

3

N4

Worcester IceCats

1

N1

Providence Bruins

4th

N2

Hartford Wolf Pack

0

N2

Hartford Wolf Pack

3

N3

Springfield Falcons

0

N1

Providence Bruins

4th

E1

Rochester Americans

1

E1

Rochester Americans

3

E4

Adirondack Red Wings

0

E1

Rochester Americans

4th

E3

Hamilton Bulldogs

2

E2

Albany River Rats

2

E3

Hamilton Bulldogs

3

E1

Rochester Americans

4th

Western Conference

M1

Philadelphia Phantoms

2

M1

Philadelphia Phantoms

3

M4

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

0

M1

Philadelphia Phantoms

4th

M2

Kentucky Thoroughblades

3

M2

Kentucky Thoroughblades

3

M3

Hershey Bears

2

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Providence Bruins

Goalkeepers: David Brumby , John Grahame Defenders: Elias Abrahamsson , Johnathan Aitken , Steve Bancroft , Bob Beers , Jason McBain , Brandon Smith , Dennis Vaske , Terry Virtue Attackers: Jeremy Brown , Dan Ceman , Aaron Downey , Peter Ferraro , Jay Henderson , Steven King , Antti Laaksonen , Cameron Mann , Marquis Mathieu , Roger Maxwell , Eric Nickulas , Joel Prpic , Randy Robitaille , Andre Savage , John Spoltore , Landon Wilson Head Coach: Peter Laviolette   General Manager: Harry Sinden

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Providence Bruins
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals	Providence Bruins
Robert W. Clarke Trophy winner of the Western Conference Finals	Rochester Americans
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Best Regular Season Team	Providence Bruins
Frank S. Mathers Trophy Best Team in the Mid-Atlantic Division	Philadelphia Phantoms
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the New England Division	Providence Bruins
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the Atlantic Division	Lowell Lock Monsters
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the Empire State Division	Rochester Americans

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
Les Cunningham Award MVP of the regular season	Randy Robitaille	Providence Bruins
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Domenico Pittis	Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Shane Willis	Beast of New Haven
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	Ken Sutton	Albany River Rats
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goalkeeper	Martin Biron	Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Martin Biron	Rochester Americans
	Tom Draper
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award Best Trainer	Peter Laviolette	Providence Bruins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication	Mitch Lamoureux	Hershey Bears
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society	Brent Thompson	Hartford Wolf Pack
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs	Peter Ferraro	Providence Bruins

Web links

• Official site of the AHL (English)