# 2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

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.

## Regular season
### Standings

2015–16 ECAC Northeast standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Canton State | 27 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 68 | 118 |
| Daniel Webster | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 98 |
2015–16 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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 |||||||||||||||
2015–16 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 |||||||||||||||
2015–16 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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 |||||||||||||||
2015–16 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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 |||||||||||||||
2015–16 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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 |||||||||||||||
2015–16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | 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

## Player stats
### Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Brandon Zurn | Senior | Hamline | 27 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 18 |
| Charlie Adams | Senior | Hamline | 27 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 26 |
| Stephen Collins | Junior | Geneseo State | 31 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 14 |
| Matthew Lemire | Senior | Massachusetts–Boston | 30 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 18 |
| Joe Kalisz | Senior | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 31 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 4 |
| Trevor Hills | Junior | Geneseo State | 26 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 20 |
| Dylan Nowakowski | Senior | St. Scholastica | 28 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 29 |
| Frankie DeAugustine | Senior | Massachusetts–Boston | 31 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 20 |
| Adam Knochenmus | Junior | Nazareth | 27 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 14 |
| Kyle Sharkey | Junior | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 31 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 27 |

### Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Mason Pulde | Junior | Tufts | 16 | 943 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 2 | .947 | 1.91 |
| Lino Chimienti | Senior | Hobart | 16 | 949 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 | .946 | 1.71 |
| Tyler Green | Senior | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 18 | 1086 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 2 | .944 | 1.77 |
| Evan Buitenhuis | Redshirt | Hamilton | 23 | 1379 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 3 | .943 | 1.74 |
| Mitch Wiebe | Freshman | Neumann | 16 | 896 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 1 | .941 | 2.34 |
| Nik Nugnes | Sophomore | Tufts | 10 | 875 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 0 | .941 | 2.43 |
| Jamie Murray | Senior | Babson | 22 | 1339 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 4 | .940 | 1.61 |
| Michael Pinios | Freshman | Williams | 18 | 1084 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 2 | .939 | 1.61 |
| Frank Oplinger | Sophomore | Hobart | 13 | 730 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | .936 | 1.81 |
| Alex Morin | Sophomore | Trinity | 17 | 993 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | .933 | 1.81 |

## 2016 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 12 | First Round March 12 | First Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Semifinals March 25 | Semifinals March 25 | Semifinals March 25 | | National Championship March 26 | National Championship March 26 | 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 | | | | | | | E2 | Geneseo State | 1 | |
| E7 | Salve Regina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Salve Regina | 1 | E2 | Geneseo State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E3 | Williams | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Williams | 7 | E3 | Williams | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Salem State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 7 | |
| E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 4 | E1 | Hobart (3) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Massachusetts–Boston | 2 | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)