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| Shawn Marchinski models the LHL's newest uniform; the Boston Blazers. |
- The league adds a US franchise with the addition of the Boston Blazers.
- The Ottawa Capitals move to Philadelphia and are re-named the Philadelphia Flames.
- A bus taking several Freezers players to a training camp function crashes. Tom Brassel and forward Alexei Kozlov suffer career-ending injuries.
- Rick Temper replaces Brassel as the Freezers starting goaltender, while a recently-cut rookie named Joe Murdock is recalled to replace Kozlov.
- After holding out on the Freezers several weeks into the season, Sergei Zeebov is traded to the Duplo Giants in exchange for goaltender Sergei Gagarin. Longtime Freezer/Limousine enforcer Rex Hull retires at the end of the pre-season.
- Mid-way through the season, the Montreal Dragons are forced to fold operations.
- Former Warriors enforcer Cedric the Bull joins the Freezers, scoring 50 goals.
- Freezers Rookie sensation Joe Murdock scores 52 goals to lead the team.
- The defending champion Warriors struggle to a 3rd place finish.
- The expansion Blazers win only 7 games in their first season, finishing in last place and out of the playoffs.
- Just prior to the playoffs, the league decides to change the seeding system. The 1st place Freezers would now play the 2nd place Flames, while the 3rd place Warriors take on the 4th place Giants.
- The Warriors, who would have originally faced the Flames, instead sweep the lowly Giants to advance to the finals. The Giants voice displeasure about the changes to the seedings.
- In the finals, the Freezers and Warriors trade wins back and forth until game 7.
- In game 7, Warriors forward Vladimir Gaganov is awarded a penalty shot in a 1-1 game. He scores and the Freezers never recover as the Warriors win their second-straight Lego Cup.
- After the season, representatives from the Flames and Giants franchises demand that commissioner Bob Matthews step aside after the playoff controversy. When Matthews refuses, the teams leave to start their own league. Matthews would eventually step aside.
