# 2015–16 MHL season

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 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals |
| 1 | Truro Bearcats | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Shore Lumberjacks | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Shore Lumberjacks | 4 | 4 | South Shore Lumberjacks | 1 | | | |
| South Division | South Division | South Division | 4 | South Shore Lumberjacks | 1 | | | |
| South Division | South Division | South Division | 3 | Pictou County Crushers | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Valley Wildcats | 2 | 3 | Pictou County Crushers | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Pictou County Crushers | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Pictou County Crushers | 4 | | | | 3 | Pictou County Crushers | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 2 |
| 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 2 |
| 4 | Campbellton Tigers | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Campbellton Tigers | 3 | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 2 | | | |
| North Division | North Division | North Division | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 2 | | | |
| North Division | North Division | North Division | 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Woodstock Slammers | 3 | 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 4 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

* *= If Necessary

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

* South Shore wins series 4-3

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

* Pictou County wins series 4-2

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

* Summerside wins series 4-3

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

* Dieppe wins series 4-3

## Semi-finals
### South Division Finals (3) Pictou County Crushers vs (4) Shouth Shore Lumberjacks

* Pictou County wins series 4-1

### North Division Finals (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs (3) Dieppe Commandos

* Dieppe wins series 4-2

## Kent Cup Finals
### Kent Cup Finals (3) Dieppe Commandos vs (3) Pictou County Crushers

* Pictou County wins series 4-2