WPHL 1999/2000
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The 1999/2000 season was the fourth regular season of the Western Professional Hockey League . The 18 teams were supposed to play 72 games each in the regular season , but the schedule had to be changed due to the early financial departure of the Abilene Aviators and Waco Wizards . The team with the highest points in the regular season was the Central Texas Stampede , while the Shreveport Mudbugs won the President's Cup for the second time in the play-offs .
Team changes
The following changes were made before the start of the season:
- The Lubbock Cotton Kings 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
| Central Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Central Texas Stampede | 70 | 50 | 17th | 3 | 282 | 187 | 103 |
| Austin Ice Bats | 71 | 42 | 23 | 6th | 279 | 245 | 90 |
| Corpus Christi Icerays | 71 | 36 | 26th | 9 | 306 | 302 | 81 |
| Fort Worth Brahmas | 70 | 28 | 38 | 4th | 238 | 287 | 60 |
| Waco Wizards | 27 | 11 | 14th | 2 | 86 | 107 | 24 |
| Abilene Aviators | 26th | 6th | 16 | 4th | 70 | 115 | 16 |
| Eastern Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Shreveport mudbugs | 70 | 44 | 19th | 7th | 272 | 198 | 95 |
| Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 70 | 41 | 25th | 4th | 285 | 222 | 86 |
| Monroe Moccasins | 70 | 39 | 25th | 6th | 240 | 211 | 84 |
| Arkansas GlacierCats | 70 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 257 | 295 | 73 |
| Tupelo T-Rex | 70 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 241 | 281 | 73 |
| Alexandria Warthogs | 71 | 21st | 40 | 10 | 211 | 307 | 52 |
| Western Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| New Mexico Scorpions | 70 | 49 | 18th | 3 | 261 | 230 | 101 |
| Lubbock Cotton Kings | 70 | 42 | 24 | 4th | 284 | 253 | 88 |
| El Paso Buzzards | 70 | 39 | 24 | 7th | 246 | 231 | 85 |
| Odessa Jackalopes | 70 | 30th | 32 | 8th | 233 | 221 | 68 |
| San Angelo Outlaws | 70 | 26th | 41 | 3 | 246 | 271 | 55 |
| Amarillo Rattlers | 70 | 21st | 41 | 8th | 245 | 293 | 50 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Tupelo T-Rex | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Central Texas Stampede | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Central Texas Stampede | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Central Texas Stampede | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Arkansas GlacierCats | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Monroe Moccasins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Arkansas GlacierCats | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Shreveport mudbugs | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | New Mexico Scorpions | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | New Mexico Scorpions | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | New Mexico Scorpions | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Corpus Christi Icerays | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Corpus Christi Icerays | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | El Paso Buzzards | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | New Mexico Scorpions | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Austin Ice Bats | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Austin Ice Bats | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Austin Ice Bats | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Lubbock Cotton Kings | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Lubbock Cotton Kings | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Odessa Jackalopes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Awarded trophies
| Award | player | team |
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Coach of the Year Best Trainer |
Brian Curran | Monroe Moccasins |
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Most Valuable Player Best regular season player |
Ron Newhook | Central Texas Stampede |
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Playoff Most Valuable Player Best player in the playoffs |
Hugo Hamelin | Shreveport mudbugs |
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Man of the Year Player of the Year |
Brad Haelzle | Amarillo Rattlers |
| Scott Muscutt | Shreveport mudbugs | |
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Most Outstanding Defenseman Best regular season defender |
Artūrs Kupaks | Lubbock Cotton Kings |
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Most Outstanding Goaltender Best Regular Season Goalkeeper |
Matt Barnes | Central Texas Stampede |
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Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season |
Dan Price | Austin Ice Bats |
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Scoring Champion Best scorer of the regular season |
Geoff Bumstead | Corpus Christi Icerays |
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President's Cup winner of the WPHL playoffs |
Shreveport mudbugs | |
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Governors' Cup Best regular season team |
Central Texas Stampede | |
Web links
- 1999/2000 season on hockeydb.com (engl.)
- Awarded trophies and awards