2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The Herb Brooks Arena was the host of the 2016 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 30, 2015– March 26, 2016 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2016 | ||||
National championship | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | ||||
Sid Watson Award | Jamie Murray (Babson) | ||||
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The 2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 30, 2015, and concluded on March 26, 2016. This was the 43rd season of Division III college ice hockey.
ECAC East rebranded itself as the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) and retained the same league membership from the previous year.[1]
Regular season
Season tournaments
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Endicott † | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 66 | 42 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 95 | 75 | |
Nichols | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 59 | 43 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 94 | 64 | |
Salve Regina * | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 65 | 43 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 104 | 75 | |
Suffolk | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 40 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 80 | 81 | |
Wentworth | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 46 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 66 | 94 | |
Johnson & Wales | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 73 | 69 | |
Becker | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 50 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 82 | 93 | |
Curry | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 67 | 74 | |
Western New England | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 69 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 100 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
2015–16 ECAC West standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Hobart †* | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 68 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 111 | 52 | |
Manhattanville | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 86 | 94 | |
Utica | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 77 | 71 | |
Neumann | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 92 | 75 | |
Nazareth | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 51 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 71 | 85 | |
Elmira | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 58 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 88 | 85 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
2015–16 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Canton State | 27 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 68 | 118 |
Daniel Webster | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 98 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Salem State †* | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 88 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 60 | |
Plymouth State | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 70 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 97 | 57 | |
Fitchburg State | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 58 | 57 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 87 | 90 | |
Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 67 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 72 | 105 | |
Westfield State | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 60 | 65 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 94 | 93 | |
Framingham State | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 77 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 62 | 112 | |
Worcester State | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 73 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 53 | 96 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Augsburg †* | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 64 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 101 | 69 | |
St. Thomas | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 55 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 40 | |
Saint John's | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 58 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 76 | 86 | |
Concordia (MN) | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 55 | 51 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 76 | 86 | |
Hamline | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 55 | 61 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 92 | 103 | |
Saint Mary's | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 58 | 58 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 95 | 101 | |
St. Olaf | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 48 | 66 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 76 | 103 | |
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 45 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 52 | 80 | |
Bethel | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 80 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 62 | 108 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
2015–16 New England Hockey Conference standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Division III | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts–Boston †* | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 78 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 134 | 69 | |
Babson | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 61 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 47 | |
Norwich | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 49 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 87 | 59 | |
University of New England | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 60 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 103 | 89 | |
New England College | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 51 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 88 | 68 | |
Castleton | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 47 | 52 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 87 | |
Skidmore | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 62 | 84 | |
Southern Maine | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 70 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 54 | 91 | |
Division II | ||||||||||||||
Saint Anselm | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 64 | |
Saint Michael's | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 85 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 51 | 105 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Williams † | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 49 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 77 | 45 | |
Trinity * | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 62 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 97 | 63 | |
Bowdoin | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 53 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 70 | |
Hamilton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 46 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 48 | |
Middlebury | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 46 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 65 | |
Amherst | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 64 | 71 | |
Colby | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 68 | |
Tufts | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 60 | |
Wesleyan | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 57 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 52 | 86 | |
Connecticut College | 18 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 72 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 47 | 87 | |
Championship: March 6, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North | ||||||||||||||
St. Norbert † | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 93 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 137 | 52 | |
St. Scholastica | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 74 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 100 | 70 | |
Lawrence | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 69 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 68 | 105 | |
MSOE | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 48 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 57 | |
Northland | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 67 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 59 | 88 | |
Finlandia | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 133 | |
South | ||||||||||||||
Adrian †* | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 124 | 43 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 156 | 64 | |
Marian | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 76 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 97 | 52 | |
Concordia (WI) | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 72 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 85 | |
Lake Forest | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 58 | 81 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 71 | 101 | |
Aurora | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 97 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 132 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Plattsburgh State † | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 63 | 33 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 65 | |
Buffalo State | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 61 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 90 | 56 | |
Geneseo State * | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 42 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 122 | 82 | |
Oswego State | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 49 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 85 | 59 | |
Brockport State | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 56 | 61 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 91 | 96 | |
Potsdam State | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 69 | 79 | |
Fredonia State | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 61 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 87 | 89 | |
Cortland State | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 68 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 73 | 91 | |
Morrisville State | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 69 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 65 | 104 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Wisconsin–River Falls † | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 50 | |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire † | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 103 | 53 | |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 150 | 68 | |
Wisconsin–Superior | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 74 | 96 | |
Wisconsin–Stout | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 78 | 99 | |
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings
2016 NCAA Tournament
First Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Semifinals March 25 | National Championship March 26 | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Adrian (1) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Geneseo State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Geneseo State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
E7 | Salve Regina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Geneseo State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Williams | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Williams | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Salem State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | St. Norbert (2) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | St. Norbert (2) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Augsburg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | St. Norbert (2) | 8* | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Trinity | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Hobart (3) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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