1998-99 WPHL season

The 1998-99 WPHL season was the 3rd season of the Western Professional Hockey League. The league brought back all twelve teams from the previous season and added francises in Abilene, Texas, Alexandria, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas and Tupelo, Mississippi.
The 17 teams each played 69 games including a home game against either Russian Super League sides Chelyabinsk Traktor or Kristall Elektrostal, who were touring the southern United States. The Shreveport Mudbugs finished first overall in the regular season and won their first President's Cup, becoming the first team in WPHL history to win both the regular season and playoff championships in the same season.
==League Realignment==
With the league expanded to 17 teams, the league was realigned to include three separate divisions, Central, Eastern and Western.
===Central Division===
*Austin Ice Bats
*Central Texas Stampede
*Corpus Christi IceRays
*Fort Worth Brahmas
*Waco Wizards
===Eastern Division===
*Alexandria Warthogs
*Arkansas Glacier Cats
*Lake Charles Ice Pirates
*Monroe Moccasins
*Shreveport Mudbugs
*Tupelo T-Rex
===Western Division===
*Abilene Aviators
*Amarillo Rattlers
*El Paso Buzzards
*New Mexico Scorpions
*Odessa Jackalopes
*San Angelo Outlaws
==Regular Season==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched first round bye
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Waco Wizards 	69	40	22	7 	87 	275	232
Corpus Christi IceRays	69	40	23	6 	86 	253	210
Central Texas Stampede	69	33	24	12 	78 	286	266
Fort Worth Brahmas 	69	34	26	9 	77 	227	235
Austin Ice Bats 	69	26	33	10 	54 	211	287
Eastern Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Shreveport Mudbugs 	69	47	17	5 	99 	315	234
Lake Charles Ice Pirates	69	40	25	4 	84 	275	232
Monroe Moccasins 	69	37	26	6 	80 	252	248
Arkansas Glacier Cats 	69	37	27	5 	79 	272	247
Alexandria Warthogs 	69	25	30	14 	64 	264	310
Tupelo T-Rex 	69	20	45	4 	44 	195	316
Western Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Abilene Aviators 	69	43	23	3 	89 	261	230
San Angelo Outlaws 	69	39	25	5 	83 	284	253
El Paso Buzzards 	69	36	27	6 	78 	246	231
Odessa Jackalopes 	69	35	29	5 	75 	233	221
Amarillo Rattlers 	69	31	30	8 	70 	246	271
New Mexico Scorpions	69	27	34	8 	62 	245	293
==President's Cup playoffs==
=== First round ===
San Angelo 2, Odessa 1
Fort Worth 2, El Paso 1
Lake Charles 2, Central Texas 0
Monroe 2, Arkansas 1
=== Quarterfinals ===
Fort Worth 3, Abilene 0
San Angelo 3, Waco 1
Shreveport 3, Monroe 0
Lake Charles 3, Corpus Christi 1
=== Semifinals ===
Shreveport 4, Lake Charles 1
San Angelo 4, Fort Worth 2
=== President's Cup finals ===
Shreveport 4, San Angelo 0
==References==
All stats from Internet Hockey Database
Category:WPHL seasons
WPHL season, 1998-99
WPHL season, 1998-99