1998–99 AHL season

The 1998–99 AHL season was the 63rd season of the American Hockey League. Nineteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Providence Bruins finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
*The Lowell Lock Monsters join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;
===Eastern Conference===
Atlantic 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Lowell Lock Monsters 	80	33	32	13	2 	81 	219	237
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	34	35	7 	4 	79 	246	270
Fredericton Canadiens 	80	33	36	6 	5 	77 	246	246
Saint John Flames 	80	31	40	8 	1 	71 	238	296
Portland Pirates 	80	23	48	7 	2 	55 	214	273
New England 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Providence Bruins 	80	56	16	4	4 	120	321	223
Hartford Wolf Pack 	80	38	31	5	6 	87 	256	256
Springfield Falcons	80	35	35	9	1 	80 	245	232
Worcester IceCats 	80	34	36	8	2 	78 	237	260
Beast of New Haven 	80	33	35	7	5 	78 	240	250
===Western Conference===
Empire State 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans 	80	52	21	6	1 	111	287	176
Albany River Rats 	80	46	26	6	2 	100	275	230
Hamilton Bulldogs 	80	40	29	7	4 	91 	229	206
Adirondack Red Wings	80	21	48	8	3 	53 	184	280
Syracuse Crunch 	80	18	50	9	3 	48 	220	327
Mid-Atlantic 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Philadelphia Phantoms 	80	47	22	9 	2 	105	272	221
Kentucky Thoroughblades	80	44	26	7 	3 	98 	272	214
Hershey Bears 	80	37	32	10	1 	85 	242	224
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	80	35	39	4 	2 	76 	227	249
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Domenic 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 	20
Jim Montgomery 	Philadelphia Phantoms 	78	29	58	87 	89
Steve Brule 	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
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==All Star Classic==
The 12th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 25, 1999 at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Team PlanetUSA defeated Team Canada 5-4 in a shootout. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team Canada won 15-12 over Team PlanetUSA. 
==Trophy and award winners==
===Team awards===
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Providence Bruins
Richard F. Canning TrophyEastern Conference playoff champions: 	Providence Bruins
Robert W. Clarke TrophyWestern Conference playoff champions: 	Rochester Americans
Macgregor Kilpatrick TrophyRegular season champions, League: 	Providence Bruins
Frank Mathers TrophyRegular Season champions, Mid-Atlantic Division: 	Philadelphia Phantoms
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, New England Division:	Providence Bruins
Sam Pollock TrophyRegular Season champions, Atlantic Division: 	Lowell Lock Monsters
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, Empire State Division: 	Rochester Americans
===Individual awards===
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Randy Robitaille - Providence Bruins
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Domenic Pittis - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Shane Willis - Beast of New Haven
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Ken Sutton - Albany River Rats
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Martin Biron - Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Martin Biron & Tom Draper - Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Peter Laviolette - Providence Bruins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Mitch Lamoureux - Hershey Bears
Yanick Dupre Memorial AwardCommunity Service Award: 	Brent Thompson - Hartford Wolf Pack
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Peter Ferraro - Providence Bruins
===Other awards===
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Jody Gage, Rochester Americans
Thomas Ebright Memorial AwardCareer contributions: 	Gordon Anziano
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Phil Janack, Albany, (newspaper)Tim Woodburn, Kentucky, (radio)Cable Atlantic, St. John's, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Cary Kaplan, Hamilton Bulldogs
==Game Ads==
98-99AHLAlbanyGameAd.jpg|Albany
98-99AHLAdirondackGameAd.jpg|Glens Falls
98-99AHLExhMarkhamGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Markham
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1999 in hockey