- 1998–99 ISL season
The 1998–99 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the third season of the
Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL). Having reached a sponsorship deal withSekonda , the league was now formally known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague.Basingstoke Bison left the league and joined theBritish National League . The London Knights were formed and joined the ISL playing out ofLondon Arena . The Newcastle franchise also changed their name from the Newcastle Cobras to the Newcastle Riverkings.Losing the
Daily Express sponsorship, the Express Cup was renamed the Challenge Cup. The competition was also integrated into the league fixtures with the first round of games between teams (home and away) counting towards the Challenge Cup table and the league table. The league season was therefore increased to forty-two rounds.Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup consisted of the teams from the ISL and the top teams from the
British National League . In the 1998–99 season, sixteen teams in total were split into four groups (two ISL and two BNL) playing each team in their group once at home and once away. All sixteen teams then progressed to a challenge round of a home and away game with the winners on aggregate progressing. The quarter finals and semi finals were also home and away aggregate rounds with the final being a one off game held atSheffield Arena .Group A
Group D
Playoffs
All eight teams in the league took part in the playoffs. Group A consisted of Bracknell, London, Manchester and Sheffield while Group B consisted of Ayr, Cardiff, Newcastle and Nottingham. The top two teams from each playoff group qualified for the finals weekend. The third place playoff was dropped for this season.
Group A
coring leaders
The scoring leaders are taken from all league games.
*Most points: 56
Paul Adey (Nottingham Panthers )
*Most goals: 29 Greg Hadden (Nottingham Panthers)
*Most assists: 35 Paul Adey (Nottingham Panthers)
*Most PIMs: 152Paxton Schulte (Bracknell Bees )References
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/index.html The Internet Hockey Database]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/malcolm.preen/hockey.html Malcolm Preen's Ice Hockey Results and Tables]
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