The 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 3, 1998, and concluded with the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 3, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in

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. This was the 52nd

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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 105th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. The 1998-99 season was the inaugural year for

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's hockey division. Because only

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, Fairfield, and

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were full members of the MAAC, five additional associate members were included to make the conference viable. All five teams had been part of ECAC lower classifications in the past (as had Canisius, Fairfield and Iona) and were promoted to Division I for the 1998-99 season.

Season Outlook

Pre-season polls

The top teams in the nation as ranked before the start of the season. The

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Baker's Dozen poll was rebranded the WMPL/D&N Bank Baker's Dozen poll and was voted on by coaches. The U.S. College Hockey Online poll was voted on by coaches, media, and

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. The

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/American Hockey Magazine poll was voted on by coaches and media.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

Final regular season polls

The WMPL poll was released before the conference tournaments. The USA Today and USCHO polls were released before the NCAA tournament.

1999 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in

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at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes. ''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =

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; GAA = Goals against average''

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

ECAC

Hockey East

MAAC

WCHA

1999 NHL Entry Draft

† incoming freshman

References

External links

USCHO.com

College Hockey Historical Archives
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