1997-98 WPHL season

The 1997-98 WPHL season was the 2nd season of the Western Professional Hockey League. The league brought back all six teams from the inaugural season and added francises in Fort Worth, Texas, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, Odessa, Texas, San Angelo, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana.
The 12 teams each played 69 games including each team playing a home game against Russian Super League side Chelyabinsk Traktor, who were touring the southern United States. The Fort Worth Brahamas finished first overall in the regular season. The El Paso Buzzards repeated as President's Cup champions.
==League Realignment==
With the league expanded to 12 teams, the league was realigned to include two separate divisions, Eastern and Western.
===Eastern Division===
*Austin Ice Bats
*Central Texas Stampede
*Fort Worth Brahmas
*Lake Charles Ice Pirates
*Monroe Moccasins
*Shreveport Mudbugs
*Waco Wizards
===Western Division===
*Amarillo Rattlers
*El Paso Buzzards
*New Mexico Scorpions
*Odessa Jackalopes
*San Angelo Outlaws
==Regular Season==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division
Eastern Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Fort Worth Brahmas 	69	41	17	11 	93 	296	219
Shreveport Mudbugs 	69	42	20	7 	91 	308	228
Central Texas Stampede 	69	40	23	6 	86 	258	251
Austin Ice Bats 	69	35	23	11 	81 	247	255
Lake Charles Ice Pirates	69	35	28	6 	76 	273	280
Monroe Moccasins 	69	35	32	2 	72 	225	223
Waco Wizards 	69	18	48	3 	39 	203	319
Western Division 	GP	W 	L 	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
El Paso Buzzards 	69	43	20	6 	92 	338	252
New Mexico Scorpions	69	42	20	7 	91 	324	236
San Angelo Outlaws 	69	29	34	6 	64 	280	326
Amarillo Rattlers 	69	25	32	12 	62 	228	300
Odessa Jackalopes 	69	26	37	6 	58 	262	360
== President's Cup playoffs ==
WPHL season, 1997-98
WPHL season, 1997-98
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