2015-16 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2015-16 Hockey East Women's Hockey Season.  This is the league's 13th season of women's hockey.
==Membership changes==
*The conference added the Merrimack Warriors program to the league to bring the women's membership to 9 teams.  The school added the women's program for the 2013-14 season.  The school played a club schedule for that year and started to ease into full varsity play in time for the 2015-16 season.
==Membership==
Institution 	Location - City	Location - State	Nickname 	Founded	Affiliation 	Enrollment	Primary Conference
Boston College 	Chestnut Hill 	Massachusetts 	Eagles 	1863 	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	9,019 	ACC
Boston University 	Boston 	Massachusetts 	Terriers 	1839 	Private/Non-sectarian 	32,000 	America East
University of Connecticut 	Storrs 	Connecticut 	Huskies 	1881 	Public 	27,500 	Big East
University of Maine 	Orono 	Maine 	Black Bears	1865 	Public 	11,222 	America East
Merrimack College 	North Andover 	Massachusetts 	Warriors 	1947 	Private/Catholic 	2,174 	Northeast Ten (D-II)
University of New Hampshire	Durham 	New Hampshire 	Wildcats 	1866 	Public 	16,025 	America East
Northeastern University 	Boston 	Massachusetts 	Huskies 	1898 	Private/Non-sectarian 	15,195 	CAA
Providence College 	Providence 	Rhode Island 	Friars 	1917 	Private/Catholic 	3,648 	Big East
University of Vermont 	Burlington 	Vermont 	Catamounts 	1791 	Public 	9,675 	America East
==Standings==
Hockey East 	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Boston College Eagles 	24 	24 	0 	0 	127 	27 	48 	41 	40 	1 	0 	213 	51
Northeastern Huskies 	24 	20 	4 	0 	110 	45 	40 	38 	28 	9 	1 	163 	94
Boston University Terriers	24 	17 	5 	2 	96 	70 	36 	39 	23 	14 	2 	140 	119
Connecticut Huskies 	24 	11 	10 	3 	52 	61 	23 	37 	17 	15 	5 	82 	93
New Hampshire Wildcats 	24 	8 	16 	0 	51 	75 	16 	36 	11 	24 	1 	79 	117
Vermont Catamounts 	24 	6 	15 	3 	47 	77 	15 	37 	9 	25 	3 	64 	121
Providence Friars 	24 	6 	16 	2 	44 	88 	14 	36 	10 	24 	2 	72 	136
Maine Black Bears 	24 	6 	17 	1 	40 	75 	13 	35 	10 	23 	2 	61 	105
Merrimack Warriors 	24 	3 	18 	3 	33 	82 	9 	34 	5 	26 	3 	57 	124
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The top eight teams qualify for the conference tournament with the top four teams hosting quarterfinal best-of-three series.
The final two rounds of the conference tournament will be held at the Lawler Rink, in North Andover, Massachusetts, home of the Merrimack Warriors. The tournament winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Boston College defeated Maine 2 games to none (5-2, 5-1)
*Northeastern defeated Providence 2 games to none (5-2, 6-2)
*Boston University defeated Vermont 2 games to 1 (3-0, 2-4, 6-1)
*Connecticut defeated New Hampshire 2 games to none (3-2, 4-3 (3ot))
===Semifinals===
*Boston College defeated Connecticut 4-2
*Boston University defeated Northeastern 4-3
===Final===
*Boston College defeated Boston University 5-0
The Boston College Eagles earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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