1999–2000 ISL season

The 1999–00 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the fourth season of the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL).
There were no changes in the teams from the 1998–99 season. However the league introduced a wage cap of £500,000 for this season.
==Challenge Cup==
All eight teams in the league competed in the Challenge Cup. The first round was the first home and away meeting of each team in the league with the points counting towards both the Challenge Cup table and the league table. The top four teams progressed to the semi finals. The semi finals were home and away games with the winner on aggregate progressing to the one off final game.
In a repeat of the previous season's Challenge Cup final, Sheffield Steelers took on the Nottingham Panthers and won the competition.
===First round===
Challenge Cup 	GP	W 	T	OTL	L 	GF	GA	PTS
London Knights 	14	10	0	0 	4 	35	34	20
Bracknell Bees 	14	7 	1	4 	2 	57	48	19
Sheffield Steelers 	14	8 	0	2 	4 	77	56	18
Nottingham Panthers 	14	8 	0	0 	6 	55	61	16
Ayr Scottish Eagles 	14	6 	2	1 	5 	50	43	15
Manchester Storm 	14	6 	2	1 	5 	55	52	15
Cardiff Devils 	14	6 	1	1 	6 	48	47	14
Newcastle Riverkings	14	2 	0	1 	11	28	64	5
===Semi finals===
2nd place (Cardiff) vs 3rd place (Sheffield)
*Sheffield Steelers 1–2 Bracknell Bees
*Bracknell Bees 4–8 Sheffield Steelers (Sheffield win 9–6 on aggregate)
1st place (London) vs 4th place (Nottingham)
*London Knights 1–4 Nottingham Panthers
*Nottingham Panthers 3–3 London Knights (Nottingham win 7–4 on aggregate)
===Final===
Winner A vs Winner B
*Sheffield Steelers 2–1 Nottingham Panthers
==League==
Each team played three home games and three away games against each of their opponents. All eight teams were entered into the playoffs.
Superleague 	GP	W 	T	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
Bracknell Bees 	42	24	3	5 	10	181	138	56
Sheffield Steelers 	42	24	2	2 	14	188	155	52
Manchester Storm 	42	23	2	3 	14	155	138	51
London Knights 	42	23	3	1 	15	135	125	50
Ayr Scottish Eagles 	42	17	5	4 	16	144	147	43
Nottingham Panthers 	42	18	3	1 	20	140	165	40
Cardiff Devils 	42	17	4	2 	19	138	149	40
Newcastle Riverkings	42	11	0	2 	29	113	177	24
==Playoffs==
All eight teams in the league took part in the playoffs. Group A consisted of Bracknell, London, Newcastle and Nottingham while Group B consisted of Ayr, Cardiff, Manchester and Sheffield. The top two teams from each playoff group qualified for the finals weekend. The third place playoff was dropped for this season.
===Group A===
Group A 	GP	W	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
London Knights 	6 	5	0	0 	1	28	14	10
Newcastle Riverkings	6 	3	1	2 	0	14	12	9
Bracknell Bees 	6 	3	1	0 	2	22	19	7
Nottingham Panthers 	6 	0	0	1 	5	7 	26	1
===Group B===
Group B 	GP	W	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sheffield Steelers 	6 	4	2	0 	0	26	14	10
Ayr Scottish Eagles	6 	2	1	1 	2	12	19	6
Cardiff Devils 	6 	2	1	0 	3	15	16	5
Manchester Storm 	6 	1	2	1 	2	12	16	5
===Semi Finals===
Winner B vs Runner-Up A
*Sheffield Steelers 1-3 Newcastle Riverkings
Winner A vs Runner-Up B
*London Knights 2–1 Ayr Scottish Eagles (after overtime)
===Final===
Winner B vs Winner A
*London Knights 7-3 Newcastle Riverkings
==References==
*Ice Hockey Journalists UK
*The Internet Hockey Database
*Malcolm Preen's Ice Hockey Results and Tables
==Footnotes==
Category:1999 in ice hockey
Category:2000 in ice hockey