WPHL 1998/99
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The 1998/99 season was the third regular season of the Western Professional Hockey League . The 17 regular WPHL teams played 69 games each in the regular season , while the two Russian visiting teams HK Traktor Chelyabinsk and Kristall Elektrostal played eight and nine games respectively. The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Shreveport Mudbugs , who won the President's Cup for the first time in the play-offs .
Team changes
The following changes were made before the start of the season:
- The Russian ice hockey club HK Traktor Chelyabinsk took part as a visiting team in the WPHL and played a total of nine season games.
- The Russian ice hockey club Kristall Elektrostal took part as a visiting team in the WPHL and played a total of eight season games.
- The Abilene Aviators were added to the league as an expansion team.
- The Alexandria Warthogs were added to the league as an expansion team.
- The Arkansas GlacierCats were added to the league as an expansion team.
- The Corpus Christi IceRays were added to the league as an expansion team.
- The Tupelo T-Rex 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
| WPHLC | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Waco Wizards | 69 | 40 | 22nd | 7th | 275 | 232 | 87 |
| Corpus Christi Ice Rays | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6th | 253 | 210 | 86 |
| Central Texas Stampede | 69 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 286 | 266 | 78 |
| Fort Worth Brahmas | 69 | 34 | 26th | 9 | 227 | 235 | 77 |
| Austin Ice Bats | 69 | 26th | 33 | 10 | 211 | 287 | 54 * |
- (8 points were deducted from the Austin Ice Bats for violating the WPHL rules)
| WPHLE | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Shreveport mudbugs | 69 | 47 | 17th | 5 | 315 | 234 | 99 |
| Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 69 | 40 | 25th | 4th | 275 | 232 | 84 |
| Monroe Moccasins | 69 | 37 | 26th | 6th | 252 | 248 | 80 |
| Arkansas GlacierCats | 69 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 272 | 247 | 79 |
| Alexandria Warthogs | 69 | 25th | 30th | 14th | 264 | 310 | 64 |
| Tupelo T-Rex | 69 | 20th | 45 | 4th | 195 | 316 | 44 |
| WPHLW | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Abilene Aviators | 69 | 43 | 23 | 3 | 261 | 230 | 89 |
| San Angelo Outlaws | 69 | 39 | 25th | 5 | 284 | 253 | 83 |
| El Paso Buzzards | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6th | 246 | 231 | 78 |
| Odessa Jackalopes | 69 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 233 | 221 | 75 |
| Amarillo Rattlers | 69 | 31 | 30th | 8th | 246 | 271 | 70 |
| New Mexico Scorpions | 69 | 27 | 34 | 8th | 245 | 293 | 62 |
| Visiting teams | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Kristall Elektrostal | 8th | 3 | 4th | 1 | 23 | 35 | 7th |
| HK tractor Chelyabinsk | 9 | 2 | 6th | 1 | 26th | 38 | 5 |
President's Cup playoffs
| President's Cup pre-playoffs | President's Cup Quarter Finals | President's Cup semi-finals | President's Cup Final | |||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Monroe Moccasins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Monroe Moccasins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Arkansas GlacierCats | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Central Texas Stampede | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Corpus Christi Icerays | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Corpus Christi Icerays | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | San Angelo Outlaws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Waco Wizards | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Waco Wizards | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | San Angelo Outlaws | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | San Angelo Outlaws | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Odessa Jackalopes | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | San Angelo Outlaws | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Fort Worth Brahmas | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Abilene Aviators | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Abilene Aviators | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Fort Worth Brahmas | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | El Paso Buzzards | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Fort Worth Brahmas | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Awarded trophies
| Award | player | team |
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Coach of the Year Best Trainer |
Todd Lalonde | Waco Wizards |
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Most Valuable Player Best regular season player |
Chris Robertson | Corpus Christi Icerays |
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Playoff Most Valuable Player Best player in the playoffs |
John Vecchiarelli | Shreveport mudbugs |
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Man of the Year Player of the Year |
Graeme Townshend | Lake Charles Ice Pirates |
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Most Outstanding Defenseman Best regular season defender |
Eric Brule | Abilene Aviators |
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Most Outstanding Goaltender Best Regular Season Goalkeeper |
Kory Cooper | Waco Wizards |
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Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season |
Kory Cooper | Waco Wizards |
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Scoring Champion Best scorer of the regular season |
Carl Boudreau | San Angelo Outlaws |
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President's Cup winner of the WPHL playoffs |
Shreveport mudbugs | |
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Governors' Cup Best regular season team |
Shreveport mudbugs | |
Web links
- 1998/99 season on hockeydb.com (engl.)
- Awarded trophies and awards