1999–2000 ISL season


The 1999–2000 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the fourth season of the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague.
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. The BNL teams were split into three groups of four teams and the ISL teams were split into two groups of four teams. 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
  • Peterborough Pirates 2–1 Fife Flyers
  • Fife Flyers 3–4 Peterborough Pirates
Basingstoke Bison vs Hull Thunder
  • Basingstoke Bison 3–2 Hull Thunder
  • Hull Thunder 1–3 Basingstoke Bison

Challenge round

Finals

Quarter-finals

Nottingham Panthers vs Cardiff Devils
  • Nottingham Panthers 1–6 Cardiff Devils
  • Cardiff Devils 7–1 Nottingham Panthers
Manchester Storm vs Sheffield Steelers
  • Manchester Storm 6–6 Sheffield Steelers
  • Sheffield Steelers 2–3 Manchester Storm
Newcastle Riverkings vs Bracknell Bees
  • Newcastle Riverkings 5–8 Bracknell Bees
  • Bracknell Bees 7–4 Newcastle Riverkings
London Knights vs Ayr Scottish Eagles
  • London Knights 1–0 Ayr Scottish Eagles
  • Ayr Scottish Eagles 0–7 London Knights

Semi-finals

Manchester Storm vs Cardiff Devils
  • Manchester Storm 4–0 Cardiff Devils
  • Cardiff Devils 0–0 Manchester Storm
Bracknell Bees vs London Knights
  • Bracknell Bees 3–5 London Knights
  • London Knights 5–3 Bracknell Bees

Final

The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Manchester Storm and London Knights.
  • Manchester Storm 4–3 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 vs 3rd place
1st place vs 4th place

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.
SuperleagueGPWTOTLLGFGAPts
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.

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

Final

Winner B vs Winner A
  • London Knights 7-3 Newcastle Riverkings

Awards

Scoring leaders

The scoring leaders are taken from all league games.