The 1898–99 WPHL season was the second season of operation for the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Four Pittsburgh-area teams competed in the season, in which all games were played at the Duquesne Garden. The league reconstituted in the newly finished hockey rink at the Duquesne Garden, after the Schenley Park Casino was destroyed in an 1896 fire that cut short the previous WPHL season. The so-called "Pittsburgh" or "All-Pittsburgh" team of the first season was not reformed and only three teams played in the league.
The Pittsburgh Athletic Club won 9 of 12 games to win their first WPHL championship.
Season
Final standings
Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PCT = Percentage Team GP W L T GF GA PCT Pittsburgh Athletic Club 12 9 2 1 21 7 .792 Duquesne Country & Athletic Club 12 4 5 3 13 10 .458 Western University 12 2 8 2 5 22 .250
Results Month Day Team Score Team Score January 24 Pittsburgh AC 4 Western U 0 27 Duquesne C&AC 0 Western U 0 31 Duquesne C&AC 0 Pittsburgh AC 0 February 3 Pittsburgh AC 1 Western U 0 7 Duquesne C&AC 2 Western U 0 10 Pittsburgh AC 2 Duquesne C&AC 1 14 Pittsburgh AC 2 Western U 0 17 Western U 0 Duquesne C&AC 0 21 Pittsburgh AC 2 Duquesne C&AC 1 28 Western U 1 Duquesne C&AC 0 March 7 Pittsburgh AC 2 Western U 0 10 Duquesne C&AC 3 Western U 0 14 Pittsburgh AC 1 Duquesne C&AC 0 17 Pittsburgh AC 2 Western U 1 24 Duquesne C&AC 2 Pittsburgh AC 1 28 Pittsburgh AC 4 Western U 0 31 Western U 3 Duquesne C&AC 2 April 4 Duquesne C&AC 2 Pittsburgh AC 0
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