1998–99 AHL season

Sports season

1998–99 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy| Providence Bruins
Season MVP| Randy Robitaille
Top scorer| Domenic Pittis
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP| Peter Ferraro
Calder Cup
Champions| Providence Bruins
Runners-up| Rochester Americans
AHL seasons

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1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 AHL season was the 63rd season of the American Hockey League. Nineteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Providence Bruins finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.

## Team changes

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* The Lowell Lock Monsters join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division.

## Final standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

### Eastern Conference

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Atlantic  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | OTL  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Lowell Lock Monsters (NYI) | 80 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 81 | 219 | 237
St. John's Maple Leafs (TOR) | 80 | 34 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 246 | 270
Fredericton Canadiens (MTL) | 80 | 33 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 246 | 246
Saint John Flames (CGY) | 80 | 31 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 71 | 238 | 296
Portland Pirates (CHI/WSH) | 80 | 23 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 214 | 273
New England  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | OTL  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Providence Bruins (BOS) | 80 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 120 | 321 | 223
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) | 80 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 87 | 256 | 256
Springfield Falcons (LAK/PHX) | 80 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 80 | 245 | 232
Worcester IceCats (STL) | 80 | 34 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 78 | 237 | 260
Beast of New Haven (CAR/FLA) | 80 | 33 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 78 | 240 | 250

### Western Conference

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Empire State  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | OTL  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Rochester Americans (BUF) | 80 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 287 | 176
Albany River Rats (NJD) | 80 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 275 | 230
Hamilton Bulldogs (EDM) | 80 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 229 | 206
Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 21 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 184 | 280
Syracuse Crunch (PIT/VAN) | 80 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 220 | 327
Mid-Atlantic  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | OTL  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) | 80 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 105 | 272 | 221
Kentucky Thoroughblades (FLA/SJS) | 80 | 44 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 98 | 272 | 214
Hershey Bears (COL) | 80 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 85 | 242 | 224
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (ANA) | 80 | 35 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 227 | 249

## Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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Domenic Pittis | Rochester Americans | 76 | 38 | 66 | 104 | 108
Randy Robitaille | Providence Bruins | 74 | 28 | 74 | 102 | 34
John Madden | Albany River Rats | 75 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 44
Peter White | Philadelphia Phantoms | 77 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 20
Jim Montgomery | Philadelphia Phantoms | 78 | 29 | 58 | 87 | 89
Steve Brûlé | Albany River Rats | 78 | 32 | 52 | 84 | 35
Richard Park | Philadelphia Phantoms | 75 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 33
Lonny Bohonos | St. John's Maple Leafs | 70 | 34 | 48 | 82 | 40
Craig Fisher | Rochester Americans | 70 | 29 | 52 | 81 | 28
Shane Willis | Beast of New Haven | 73 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 49

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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Main article: 1999 Calder Cup playoffs

| Division Semifinals | | | Division Finals | | | Conference Finals | | | Calder Cup Final |

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| A1 | Lowell | 0 | | | |
| A4 | Saint John | 3 |
| | A4 | Saint John | 0 |
| Atlantic Division |
| | | A3 | Fredericton | 4 |
| A2 | St. John's | 2 |

| A3 | Fredericton | 3 |
| | A3 | Fredericton | 2 |
| Eastern Conference |
| | | N1 | Providence | 4 |
| N1 | Providence | 3 | |

| N4 | Worcester | 1 |
| | N1 | Providence | 4 |
| New England Division |
| | | N2 | Hartford | 0 |
| N2 | Hartford | 3 |

| N3 | Springfield | 0 |
| | N1 | Providence | 4 |
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| | | E1 | Rochester | 1 |
| E1 | Rochester | 3 | | |

| E4 | Adirondack | 0 |
| | E1 | Rochester | 4 |
| Empire State Division |
| | | E3 | Hamilton | 2 |
| E2 | Albany | 2 |

| E3 | Hamilton | 3 |
| | E1 | Rochester | 4 |
| Western Conference |
| | | M1 | Philadelphia | 2 |
| M1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |

| M4 | Cincinnati | 0 |
| | M1 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| Mid-Atlantic Division |
| | | M2 | Kentucky | 3 |
| M2 | Kentucky | 3 |

| M3 | Hershey | 2 |

## All Star Classic

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The 12th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 25, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia. Team PlanetUSA defeated Team Canada 5-4 in a shootout. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team Canada won 15-12 over Team PlanetUSA. [1]

## Trophy and award winners

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### Team awards

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Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Providence Bruins

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Richard F. Canning Trophy
Eastern Conference playoff champions: | Providence Bruins
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
Western Conference playoff champions: | Rochester Americans
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy
Regular season champions, League: | Providence Bruins
Frank Mathers Trophy
Regular Season champions, Mid-Atlantic Division: | Philadelphia Phantoms
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, New England Division: | Providence Bruins
Sam Pollock Trophy
Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division: | Lowell Lock Monsters
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, Empire State Division: | Rochester Americans

### Individual awards

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Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Randy Robitaille – Providence Bruins

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Domenic Pittis – Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Shane Willis – Beast of New Haven
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Ken Sutton – Albany River Rats
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender: | Martin Biron – Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Martin Biron & Tom Draper – Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: | Peter Laviolette – Providence Bruins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Mitch Lamoureux – Hershey Bears
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
Community Service Award: | Brent Thompson – Hartford Wolf Pack
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs: | Peter Ferraro – Providence Bruins

### Other awards

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James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: | Jody Gage, Rochester Americans

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Thomas Ebright Memorial Award
Career contributions: | Gordon Anziano
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage: | Phil Janack, Albany, (newspaper)
Tim Woodburn, Kentucky, (radio)
Cable Atlantic, St. John's, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive: | Cary Kaplan, Hamilton Bulldogs

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

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