1898–99 WPHL season explained

1898–1899 WPHL season
League:Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
Sport:Ice hockey
No Of Teams:3
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Pittsburgh Athletic Club (1st title)
Nextseason Year:1899–1900
Prevseason Year:1896–97

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 Gardens. The league reconstituted in the newly finished hockey rink at the Duquesne Gardens, after the Schenley Park Casino was destroyed in an 1896 fire that cut short the previous WPHL season. The old venue's in-house, Pittsburgh Casino team, 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.

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