It was a year of expansion, as the New Jersey Rockets[1] were added and the schedule was lengthened by almost two months.
[2] This was done to, as a league spokesman put it, force players to decide on either the indoor or outdoor game [3] With the Hartford Hellions moving to Memphis[4] and the San Francisco Fog moving to Kansas City,[5] the league went back to a two-division setup.
While the Arrows had the best record in the league and Steve Zungul won the scoring title again,[8] New York was pushed hard in the playoffs.
New York and St. Louis would eventually meet in a five-game championship series that would see every game decided by two goals or less, including two in overtime.
[10][11][12][13][14] After the season, the Philadelphia Fever would fold [15] and the New Jersey Rockets[16] and Denver Avalanche[17] suspended operations.