2015-16 NA3EHL Season

This is the 2015-16 North American 3 Eastern Hockey League season. This is the league's second season and final season under this name and the league's 17th season overall dating back to the Interstate Junior Hockey League for the 1999-2000 season. The league had also been known as the International Junior Hockey League from 2006 to 2012 and the Northern States Junior Hockey League from 2012 to early in the 2014-15 season when the league operations were taken over by the North American Hockey League and the league took its present name. The league withdrew from the AAU's United Hockey Union with the involvement of the NAHL. The league is now sanctioned by USA Hockey.  The league was absorbed en masse to the North American 3 Hockey League for the 2016-17 season.
The league will have 13 teams playing for the season.  The regular season will start September 11, 2015 and end March 6, 2016.  The top four teams in each division will qualify for the playoffs.
The league will send two Top Prospects teams to the annual NA3HL Showcase, which is being held in Blaine, Minnesota December 16-19, 2015.
==Membership Changes==
*The league added the Canton, Massachusetts based Northeast Generals.
*The league added the Stockholm, New Jersey based Skylands Kings.
*The league added the Brooklyn based New York Aviators from the United States Premier Hockey League.
*The New Hampshire Fighting Spirit announced a relocation from Laconia, New Hampshire to Lewiston, Maine where they will be known as the L/A Fighting Spirit. 
==Showcases==
The league will have two showcase events:
*October 8-11, 2015 at the Skate 3 Ice Arena in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
*January 28-31, 2016 at the Cornerstone Arena in Lockport, New York.
==Teams/Divsion Alignment==
East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division
Team 	Location 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cape Cod Islanders 	Dennis, Massachusetts, Falmouth, Massachusetts	Tony Kent Arena, Falmouth Ice Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
East Coast Minutemen 	Salem, New Hampshire 	ICenter 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
L/A Fighting Spirit 	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine 	Androscoggin Bank Colisée 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Maine Wild 	Biddeford, Maine 	Biddeford Ice Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
New England Stars 	Hudson, New Hampshire 	Cyclones Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Northeast Generals 	Canton, Massachusetts 	Canton Sportsplex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Skylands Kings 	Stockholm, New Jersey 	Skylands Ice World 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division
Team 	Location 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jersey Shore Wildcats	Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 	Jersey Shore Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lockport Express 	Lockport, New York 	Cornerstone Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
New York Aviators 	Brooklyn, New York 	Aviator Sports and Events Center 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Roc City Royals 	Rochester, New York 	Lakeshore Hockey Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Syracuse Stampede 	Mexico, New York 	Greater Baldwinsville Ice Arena and SUNY Morrisville College	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wilkes-Barre Miners 	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 	Toyota Sport Plex Ice Rink 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
East Division 	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division	East Division
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	SL 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	P
Cape Cod Islanders 	44 	34 	8 	- 	2 	- 	215 	113 	564 	70
L/A Fighting Spirit 	44 	33 	10 	- 	1 	- 	194 	72 	914 	67
New England Stars 	44 	32 	9 	- 	3 	- 	184 	106 	744 	67
Skylands Kings 	44 	18 	26 	- 	0 	- 	180 	227 	774 	36
East Coast Minutemen 	44 	11 	33 	- 	0 	- 	122 	226 	842 	22
Northeast Generals 	44 	9 	32 	- 	3 	- 	113 	239 	708 	21
Maine Wild 	44 	7 	37 	- 	0 	- 	107 	231 	751 	14
West Division 	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division	West Division
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	SL 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	P
Jersey Shore Wildcats	44 	37 	7 	- 	0 	- 	258 	111 	973 	74
New York Aviators 	44 	31 	9 	- 	4 	- 	224 	143 	1373 	66
Roc City Royals 	44 	25 	16 	- 	3 	- 	191 	200 	1141 	53
Lockport Express 	44 	19 	18 	- 	7 	- 	186 	180 	1304 	45
Syracuse Stampede 	44 	20 	23 	- 	1 	- 	118 	156 	472 	41
Wilkes-Barre Miners 	44 	10 	34 	- 	0 	- 	147 	235 	1248 	20
==Playoffs==
The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. All rounds are best-of-three.
===East Divsion Semifinals===
*Cape Cod Islanders defeated Skylands Kings 2 games to none (6-1, 7-2)
*L/A Fighting Spirit defeated New England Stars 2 games to none (5-1, 3-1)
===West Division Semifinals===
*Jersey Shore Wildcats defeated Lockport Express 2 games to none (3-2, 6-5)
*New York Aviators defeated Roc City Royals 2 games to none (10-5, 9-5)
===East Division Final===
*Cape Cod Islanders defeated L/A Fighting Spirit 2 games to none (3-2, 5-3)
===West Division Final===
*Jersey Shore Wildcats defeated New York Aviators 2 games to 1 (4-5, 3-2 (ot), 6-2)
===League Final===
*Jersey Shore Wildcats defeated Cape Cod Islanders 2 games to none (5-4, 5-4)
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