1998–99 ISL season

Ice Hockey Superleague
Season 1998-99
Benson & Hedges Cup Nottingham Panthers
League Manchester Storm
Playoffs Cardiff Devils
Challenge Cup Sheffield Steelers
← 1997-98
1999-00 →

The 1998–99 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the third season of the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL). Having reached a sponsorship deal with Sekonda, the league was now formally known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague.

Basingstoke Bison left the league and joined the British National League. The London Knights were formed and joined the ISL playing out of London 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 at Sheffield Arena.

Group A

Group A GP W T L GF GA Pts
Bracknell Bees640225208
Ayr Scottish Eagles632129258
Cardiff Devils621321255
Newcastle Riverkings611424293

Group B

Group B GP W T L GF GA Pts
Manchester Storm6420191210
Sheffield Steelers631220187
Nottingham Panthers622219166
London Knights601512241

Group C

Group C GP W T L GF GA Pts
Telford Tigers640226208
Fife Flyers631225207
Edinburgh Capitals621319265
Paisley Pirates612319234

Group D

Group D GP W T L GF GA Pts
Guildford Flames641130239
Slough Jets641125199
Peterborough Pirates611425323
Kingston Hawks603323293

Finals

Note: The first home team is shown first

  Challenge round Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                                                     
B2 Sheffield Steelers 15 8 23  
D3 Peterborough Pirates 2 1 3  
  B1 Manchester Storm 2 4 6  
  B2 Sheffield Steelers 2 2 4  
B1 Manchester Storm 7 9 16
D4 Kingston Hawks 1 2 3  
  B1 Manchester Storm 3 1 4  
  B3 Nottingham Panthers 2 3 5  
B3 Nottingham Panthers 14 5 19  
D2 Slough Jets 0 0 0  
  B3 Nottingham Panthers 3 4 7
  A4 Newcastle Riverkings 0 1 1  
A4 Newcastle Riverkings 3 6 9
C1 Telford Tigers 2 2 4  
  B3 Nottingham Panthers     2
  A2 Ayr Scottish Eagles     1
A2 Ayr Scottish Eagles 14 9 23  
C3 Edinburgh Capitals 0 2 2  
  A1 Bracknell Bees 1 4 5
  A2 Ayr Scottish Eagles 7 4 11  
A1 Bracknell Bees 11 13 24
C4 Paisley Pirates 1 1 2  
  A2 Ayr Scottish Eagles 6 6 12
  B4 London Knights 4 0 4  
A3 Cardiff Devils 13 9 22  
C2 Fife Flyers 0 0 0  
  B4 London Knights 3 5 8
  A3 Cardiff Devils 0 4 4  
D1 Guildford Flames 1 3 4
B4 London Knights 10 6 16  

Challenge Cup

All eight teams in the league competed in the newly renamed 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.

First round

Challenge Cup GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Manchester Storm1410121472823
Nottingham Panthers149023503620
Cardiff Devils148024413318
Sheffield Steelers146224554616
Ayr Scottish Eagles146215404315
Bracknell Bees146017395213
Newcastle Riverkings145117364312
London Knights14221939667

Semi finals

1st place (Manchester) vs 4th place (Sheffield)

2nd place (Nottingham) vs 3rd place (Cardiff)

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.

Superleague GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Manchester Storm42301471558665
Cardiff Devils4227051014410259
Nottingham Panthers4225121414013453
Bracknell Bees4219241714414944
Ayr Scottish Eagles4218331813614042
Sheffield Steelers4217421913514140
Newcastle Riverkings4214222411715032
London Knights4210342511418327

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

Group A GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Manchester Storm6500122910
Bracknell Bees65001251910
Sheffield Steelers6200420234
London Knights6001514301

Group B

Group B GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Nottingham Panthers65001201610
Cardiff Devils6310220167
Ayr Scottish Eagles6210321205
Newcastle Riverkings6102314234

Semi Finals

Winner A vs Runner-Up B

  • Manchester Storm 0-4 Cardiff Devils

Winner B vs Runner-Up A

  • Nottingham Panthers 4–3 Bracknell Bees

Final

Winner A vs Winner B

  • Cardiff Devils 2-1 Nottingham Panthers

Awards

All Star teams

First TeamPositionSecond Team
Frank Pietrangelo, Manchester Storm G Trevor Robins, Nottingham Panthers
Kip Noble, Cardiff Devils D Kris Miller, Manchester Storm
Troy Neumeier, Manchester Storm D Rob Stewart, Bracknell Bees
Greg Hadden, Nottingham Panthers F Ivan Matulik, Cardiff Devils
Ed Courtenay, Sheffield Steelers F Jeff Tomlinson, Manchester Storm
Paul Adey, Nottingham Panthers F Jeff Jablonski, Manchester Storm

Scoring leaders

The scoring leaders are taken from all league games.

References

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