2015–16 MHL season

2015–16 MHL Season
2015–16 MHL Season
League	Maritime Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	September 10, 2015 – April 25, 2016
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	FastHockey
Finals champions	Pictou County Crushers
MHL seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Maritime Junior Hockey League season was the 49th season in league history. Each team played 48 games.

At the end of the regular season, the league's top teams competed for the Kent Cup, the league's playoff championship trophy. The team successful in winning the Kent Cup had a chance to compete for the 2016 Fred Page Cup to determine the Eastern Canadian Champion, if successful in winning the team moved on to compete for the 2016 Royal Bank Cup to determine the 2016 Junior 'A' champion.

Team Changes

No team changes.

Regular Season Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; STK = Streak; x = Clinched playoff spot y = Clinched division; z = Clinched first overall

Final Standings

Eastlink South Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts.	Stk
xy - Truro Bearcats	48	25	15	5	3	134	116	58	L1
x - Valley Wildcats	48	26	17	2	3	179	165	57	W1
x - Pictou County Crushers	48	25	18	5	0	172	143	55	L1
x - South Shore Lumberjacks	48	24	21	2	1	138	142	51	W1
Amherst Ramblers	48	17	29	1	1	142	187	36	W2
Yarmouth Mariners	48	13	35	0	0	141	222	26	L1

Eastlink North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts.	Stk
xyz - Summerside Western Capitals	48	34	12	1	1	207	150	70	W8
x - Woodstock Slammers	48	32	10	5	1	197	124	70	W1
x - Dieppe Commandos	48	33	14	1	0	207	160	67	W2
x - Campbellton Tigers	48	23	16	7	2	152	143	55	L2
Miramichi Timberwolves	48	26	20	0	2	178	177	54	L1
County Aces	48	10	36	2	0	124	242	22	L2

2016 MHL Playoff bracket

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Kent Cup Finals

1	Truro Bearcats	3

4	South Shore Lumberjacks	4
			4	South Shore Lumberjacks	1
South Division
			3	Pictou County Crushers	4
2	Valley Wildcats	2

3	Pictou County Crushers	4
						3	Pictou County Crushers	4

						3	Dieppe Commandos	2
1	Summerside Western Capitals	4

4	Campbellton Tigers	3
			1	Summerside Western Capitals	2
North Division
			3	Dieppe Commandos	4
2	Woodstock Slammers	3

3	Dieppe Commandos	4

Quarter-finals

*= If Necessary

South Division Semi-final 1 (1) Truro Beatcats vs. (4) South Shore Lumberjacks

Sat Mar 19	Truro Bearcats		5-2	South Shore Lumberjacks	Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Eli Jarvis (1) - 8:58 Josh Worthen (1) - 9:28 Connor Morrison (1) - pp - 13:28		First period		No Scoring
Jimmy Soper (1) - pp - 19:59		Second period		No scoring
Braydon Blight (1) - 11:07		Third period		6:50 - Max Robitaille (1) 10:04 - Josh Shatford (1)
Jacob Fancy (1-0-0) 31 saves/33 shots		Goalie stats		Adrian Clark (0-1-0) 7 saves/10 shots Bailey Stephens (0-0-0) 24 saves/24 shots

Sun Mar 20

South Shore Lumberjacks

2-3

2OT

Truro Bearcats

Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre

Tue Mar 22

Truro Bearcats

1-4

South Shore Lumberjacks

Rath Eastlink Community Centre

Thu Mar 24

South Shore Lumberjacks

4-1

Truro Bearcats

Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre

Sat Mar 26

Truro Bearcats

2-1

South Shore Lumberjacks

Rath Eastlink Community Centre

Mon Mar 28

South Shore Lumberjacks

2-1

Truro Bearcats

Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre

Wed Mar 30

Truro Bearcats

2-5

South Shore Lumberjacks

Rath Eastlink Community Centre

South Shore wins series 4-3

South Division Semi-final 2 (2) Valley Wildcats vs. (3) Pictou County Crushers

Fri Mar 18	Valley Wildcats		1-2	Pictou County Crushers	Kings Mutual Century Centre
No scoring		First period		10:12 - pp - Regan Spears (1) 16:44 - Mark Kennedy (1)
Matthew Nosella (1) - 8:41		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Daniel Vautour (1-0-0) 27 saves/28 shots		Goalie stats		Ryan Huestis (0-1-0) 29 saves/31 shots

Sun Mar 20

Pictou County Crushers

3-2

Valley Wildcats

Pictou County Wellness Centre

Tue Mar 22

Valley Wildcats

1-4

Pictou County Crushers

Kings Mutual Century Centre

Thu Mar 24

Pictou County Crushers

2-6

Valley Wildcats

Pictou County Wellness Centre

Sat Mar 26

Valley Wildcats

4-1

Pictou County Crushers

Kings Mutual Century Centre

Mon Mar 28

Pictou County Crushers

5-1

Valley Wildcats

Pictou County Wellness Centre

Pictou County wins series 4-2

North Division Semi-final 1 (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs. (4) Campbellton Tigers

Thu Mar 17	Summerside Western Capitals		5-6	Campbellton Tigers	Consolidated Credit Union Place
No scoring		First period		3:40 - Malik Johnson (1) 3:58 - Eddie Blainville (1) 15:10 - William Basque (1)
Alex Peddle (1) - pp - 1:11 Evan Morrison (1) - 1:22 Sam LeBlanc (1) - 14:08		Second period		13:16 - Eddie Blainville (2) 15:42 - Pierre-Luc Lurette (1) 15:59 - Malik Johnson (2)
Sam LeBlanc (2) - pp - 0:28 Evan Morrison (2) - 18:33		Third period		No scoring
Matt Williams (0-0-0) 18 saves/21 shots Kyle Michalovsky (0-1-0) 8 saves/11 shots		Goalie stats		Rowan O'Brien (1-0-0) 32 saves/37 shots

Sat Mar 19

Campbellton Tigers

5-4

2OT

Summerside Western Capitals

Memorial Civic Center

Sun Mar 20

Summerside Western Capitals

4-2

Campbellton Tigers

Consolidated Credit Union Place

Tue Mar 22

Campbellton Tigers

7-3

Summerside Western Capitals

Memorial Civic Center

Thu Mar 24

Summerside Western Capitals

6-4

Campbellton Tigers

Consolidated Credit Union Place

Sat Mar 26

Campbellton Tigers

1-3

Summerside Western Capitals

Memorial Civic Center

Tue Mar 29

Summerside Western Capitals

4-1

Campbellton Tigers

Consolidated Credit Union Place

Summerside wins series 4-3

North Division Semi-final 2 (2) Woodstock Slammers vs. (3) Dieppe Commandos

Thu Mar 17	Woodstock Slammers		5-2	Dieppe Commandos	Carleton Civic Centre
No scoring		First period		10:41 - Alex Lavoie (1)
Riley Craft (1) - 1:40 Konner Haas (1) - 11:06		Second period		No scoring
Konner Haas (2) - 12:43 Jonny Erbs (1) - 14:55 Jarred Toole (1) - en - 18:32		Third period		13:40 - Cody Drover (1)
Zachary Fortin (1-0-0) 34 saves/36 shots		Goalie stats		Maxime Michaud (0-1-0) 18 saves/22 shots