1998-99 WPHL season

The 1998-99 WPHL season was the 3rd season of the Western Professional Hockey League. The league brought back all twelve teams from the previous season and added francises in Abilene, Texas, Alexandria, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas and Tupelo, Mississippi.

The 17 teams each played 69 games including a home game against either Russian Super League sides Chelyabinsk Traktor or Kristall Elektrostal, who were touring the southern United States. The Shreveport Mudbugs finished first overall in the regular season and won their first President's Cup, becoming the first team in WPHL history to win both the regular season and playoff championships in the same season.

League Realignment
With the league expanded to 17 teams, the league was realigned to include three separate divisions, Central, Eastern and Western.

Central Division

 * Austin Ice Bats
 * Central Texas Stampede
 * Corpus Christi IceRays
 * Fort Worth Brahmas
 * Waco Wizards

Eastern Division

 * Alexandria Warthogs
 * Arkansas Glacier Cats
 * Lake Charles Ice Pirates
 * Monroe Moccasins
 * Shreveport Mudbugs
 * Tupelo T-Rex

Western Division

 * Abilene Aviators


 * Amarillo Rattlers
 * El Paso Buzzards
 * New Mexico Scorpions
 * Odessa Jackalopes
 * San Angelo Outlaws

Regular Season
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched first round bye

First round
San Angelo 2, Odessa 1 Fort Worth 2, El Paso 1 Lake Charles 2, Central Texas 0 Monroe 2, Arkansas 1

Quarterfinals
Fort Worth 3, Abilene 0 San Angelo 3, Waco 1 Shreveport 3, Monroe 0 Lake Charles 3, Corpus Christi 1

Semifinals
Shreveport 4, Lake Charles 1 San Angelo 4, Fort Worth 2

President's Cup finals
Shreveport 4, San Angelo 0