1999–2000 ISL season

Ice Hockey Superleague
Season 1999-00
Benson & Hedges Cup Manchester Storm
League Bracknell Bees
Playoffs London Knights
Challenge Cup Sheffield Steelers
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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.[1]

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.

First round

Challenge round qualifier Challenge round Quarter finals

Group A

Group A GP W T L GF GA Pts
Fife Flyers6510491111
Edinburgh Capitals641131199
Paisley Pirates620421334
Whitley Bay Warriors600612500

Group B

Group B GP W T L GF GA Pts
Hull Thunder6420311610
Peterborough Pirates6420401710
Milton Keynes Kings620416244
Telford Tigers600611410

Group C

Group C GP W T L GF GA Pts
Basingstoke Bison632123128
Slough Jets623117137
Guildford Flames622221176
Solihull Blaze611423423

Group D

Group D GP W T L GF GA Pts
Cardiff Devils622218146
Bracknell Bees622227266
London Knights622218186
Sheffield Steelers622217226

Group E

Group E GP W T L GF GA Pts
Manchester Storm6501291510
Ayr Scottish Eagles640224168
Newcastle Riverkings620414264
Nottingham Panthers610514242

Second round

Challenge round qualifiers

Peterborough Pirates vs Fife Flyers

  • Peterborough Pirates 2–1 Fife Flyers
  • Fife Flyers 3–4 Peterborough Pirates (Peterborough win 6–4 on aggregate)

Basingstoke Bison vs Hull Thunder

  • Basingstoke Bison 3–2 Hull Thunder
  • Hull Thunder 1–3 Basingstoke Bison (Basingstoke win 6–3 on aggregate)

Challenge round

  • Peterborough Pirates 3–5 Nottingham Panthers
  • Basingstoke Bison 1–4 Sheffield Steelers

Finals

Quarter finals

Nottingham Panthers vs Cardiff Devils

  • Nottingham Panthers 1–6 Cardiff Devils
  • Cardiff Devils 7–1 Nottingham Panthers (Cardiff win 13–2 on aggregate)

Manchester Storm vs Sheffield Steelers

  • Manchester Storm 6–6 Sheffield Steelers
  • Sheffield Steelers 2–3 Manchester Storm (Manchester win 9–8 on aggregate)

Newcastle Riverkings vs Bracknell Bees

  • Newcastle Riverkings 5–8 Bracknell Bees
  • Bracknell Bees 7–4 Newcastle Riverkings (Bracknell win 15–9 on aggregate)

London Knights vs Ayr Scottish Eagles

  • London Knights 1–0 Ayr Scottish Eagles
  • Ayr Scottish Eagles 7–0 London Knights (Ayr win 7–1 on aggregate)

Semi finals

Manchester Storm vs Cardiff Devils

  • Manchester Storm 4–0 Cardiff Devils
  • Cardiff Devils 0–0 Manchester Storm (Manchester win 4–0 on aggregate)

Bracknell Bees vs London Knights

  • Bracknell Bees 3–5 London Knights
  • London Knights 5–3 Bracknell Bees (London win 10–6 on aggregate)

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.

First round

Challenge Cup GP W T OTL L GF GA PTS
London Knights1410004353420
Bracknell Bees147142574819
Sheffield Steelers148024775618
Nottingham Panthers148006556116
Ayr Scottish Eagles146215504315
Manchester Storm146215555215
Cardiff Devils146116484714
Newcastle Riverkings142011128645

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.

Superleague GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Bracknell Bees4224351018113856
Sheffield Steelers4224221418815552
Manchester Storm4223231415513851
London Knights4223311513512550
Ayr Scottish Eagles4217541614414743
Nottingham Panthers4218312014016540
Cardiff Devils4217421913814940
Newcastle Riverkings4211022911317724

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 Knights65001281410
Newcastle Riverkings6312014129
Bracknell Bees6310222197
Nottingham Panthers600157261

Group B

Group B GP W T OTL L GF GA Pts
Sheffield Steelers64200261410
Ayr Scottish Eagles6211212196
Cardiff Devils6210315165
Manchester Storm6121212165

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

Awards

All Star teams

First TeamPositionSecond Team
Geoff Sarjeant, Ayr Scottish Eagles G Brian Greer, Bracknell Bees
Claudio Scremin, London Knights D Shayne McCosh, Sheffield Steelers
Rob Stewart, Bracknell Bees D Neil Martin, London Knights
Ed Courtenay, Sheffield Steelers F Teeder Wynne, Sheffield Steelers
Kevin Riehl, Bracknell Bees F Mikko Koivunoro, Newcastle Riverkings
Rob Kenny, London Knights F Steve Thornton, Cardiff Devils

Scoring leaders

The scoring leaders are taken from all league games.

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Woods, Mike (14 November 1999), "Money does the talking, but can we afford another casualty", Sunday Herald, findarticles.com, retrieved 2007-12-14
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