1999-00 EmpJHL Season

This is the 1999-00 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.
==Membership Changes==
*The league added the Binghamton Tornadoes, New Bedford, Massachusetts based Mass Maple Leafs, Tri-State Jr. Bandits, Upstate T-Birds
*The league lost the Baltimore Jr. Bandits, Elmira Tornadoes, North Country Ice, and Uncle Sam's of Troy
==Standings==
 Team GP W L T GF GA PIM P
 Rochester Jr. B Americans 28 24 4 0 146 60 733 48
 Mass Maple Leafs 28 20 8 0 135 104 745 40
 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins 28 19 7 2 140 83 661 40
 Tri-State Jr. Bandits 28 15 11 2 137 106 554 32
 Wheatfield Blades 28 14 13 1 156 123 767 29
 Syracuse Stars 28 9 17 2 115 152 590 20
 Binghamton Tornadoes 28 4 23 1 94 176 842 9
 Upstate T-Birds 28 3 25 0 58 177 498 6
==Post Season==
===Format===
The top three teams from each division qualified for the second round robin of the post season.  The 4th through 7th place teams met in a round robin to determine the final qualifier for the second round robin.  The winner of the second round robin were named league champions.  Both round robins were held at the ESL Center in Rochester, New York on the weekends of March 17-19 and 24-26.
===Preliminary Round Robin===
*Wheatfield defeated Binghamton 12-2
*Tri-State defeated Syracuse 5-4 (OT)
*Syracuse defeated Binghamton 6-5
*Wheatfield defeated Tri-State 6-3
*Wheatfield defeated Syracuse 7-2
*Binghamton defeated Tri-State 6-3
Wheatfield won the round robin with a 3-0 record
===Championship Round Robin===
*Wheatfield defeated Mass 9-8
*Rochester defeated Pittsburgh 7-4
*Pittsburgh defeated Mass 7-4
*Wheatfield defeated Rochester 4-3
*Rochester defeated Mass 7-6 (OT)
*Wheatfield defeated Pittsburgh 4-2
Wheatfield won the round robin and championship with a 3-0 record.
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