1999–2000 ISL season
The 1999–2000 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. Benson & Hedges Cup. The 1999 Benson & Hedges Cup consisted of the teams from the ISL and the teams from the British National League (BNL). The BNL teams were split into three groups of four teams (groups A, B and C) and the ISL teams were split into two groups of four teams (groups D and E ). Each team played the other teams in the group once at home and away. The group winners from the BNL groups and the best runner-up entered the knock-out stage in a preliminary challenge round qualifier with the winners progressing to the challenge round to meet the fourth placed teams from the ISL group stage. The winners of the challenge rounds entered the quarter finals with the top three teams from each ISL group. All games after the group stages were home and away aggregate scores except for the challenge round and the final itself which were one-off  games. The final was held at Sheffield Arena. Second round. Challenge round qualifiers. Peterborough Pirates vs Fife Flyers Basingstoke Bison vs Hull Thunder Finals. Quarter finals. Nottingham Panthers vs Cardiff Devils Manchester Storm vs Sheffield Steelers Newcastle Riverkings vs Bracknell Bees London Knights vs Ayr Scottish Eagles Semi finals. Manchester Storm vs Cardiff Devils Bracknell Bees vs London Knights Final. The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Manchester Storm and London Knights. 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. Semi finals. 2nd place (Cardiff) vs 3rd place (Sheffield) 1st place (London) vs 4th place (Nottingham) Final. Winner A vs Winner B League. Each team played three home games and three away games  against each of their opponents. All eight teams were entered into the playoffs. 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. Semi Finals. Winner B vs Runner-Up A Winner A vs Runner-Up B Final. Winner B vs Winner A Scoring leaders. The scoring leaders are taken from all league games. 1999–2000 ISL season