1999-00 EmpJHL Season

This is the 1999-00 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.

Membership Changes

 * The league added the Binghamton Tornadoes, New Bedford, Massachusetts based Mass Maple Leafs, Tri-State Jr. Bandits, Upstate T-Birds
 * The league lost the Baltimore Jr. Bandits, Elmira Tornadoes, North Country Ice, and Uncle Sam's of Troy

Standings
Team                     GP  W  L T  GF  GA PIM  P  Rochester Jr. B Americans 28 24  4 0 146  60 733 48 Mass Maple Leafs         28 20  8 0 135 104 745 40 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins  28 19  7 2 140  83 661 40 Tri-State Jr. Bandits    28 15 11 2 137 106 554 32 Wheatfield Blades        28 14 13 1 156 123 767 29 Syracuse Stars           28  9 17 2 115 152 590 20 Binghamton Tornadoes     28  4 23 1  94 176 842  9 Upstate T-Birds          28  3 25 0  58 177 498  6

Format
The top three teams from each division qualified for the second round robin of the post season. The 4th through 7th place teams met in a round robin to determine the final qualifier for the second round robin. The winner of the second round robin were named league champions. Both round robins were held at the ESL Center in Rochester, New York on the weekends of March 17-19 and 24-26.

Preliminary Round Robin
Wheatfield won the round robin with a 3-0 record
 * Wheatfield defeated Binghamton 12-2
 * Tri-State defeated Syracuse 5-4 (OT)
 * Syracuse defeated Binghamton 6-5
 * Wheatfield defeated Tri-State 6-3
 * Wheatfield defeated Syracuse 7-2
 * Binghamton defeated Tri-State 6-3

Championship Round Robin
Wheatfield won the round robin and championship with a 3-0 record.
 * Wheatfield defeated Mass 9-8
 * Rochester defeated Pittsburgh 7-4
 * Pittsburgh defeated Mass 7-4
 * Wheatfield defeated Rochester 4-3
 * Rochester defeated Mass 7-6 (OT)
 * Wheatfield defeated Pittsburgh 4-2