 Portland continued its domination of the post-season awards with Derek Keenan, himself a former Rookie of the Year Award winner (1992 with Buffalo), winning both the Les Bartley Award for coach of the year and the GM of the Year Award, and owner Angela Batinovich winning the Executive of the Year Award.The season featured the debut of two expansion teams; the Edmonton Rush and the Portland LumberJax, both in the Western Division.Portland beat the expansion team odds and won its division, finishing with an 11–5 record, while Edmonton did not fare so well.