2015-16 EBJCHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Empire B Junior C Hockey League season . This is the league's 27th season dating back to its founding as the Eastern Ontario Junior "C" Hockey League in 1989.  The league champion moves on to the 2016 Clarence Schmalz Cup.
This would be the league's final season under this identity as a major consolidation which had been In the works since 2014, in the spring of 2016 it was announced that the eight Junior C leagues of the Ontario Hockey Association would merge for the 2016-17 season to create the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The union was in an effort to streamline rules across the classification and to promote growth and development.
==Membership Changes==
*The Gananoque Islanders joined the league from the recently reorganized Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League, which formed an affiliation with the Central Canada Hockey League and its subsequently was renamed the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2.  The Islanders and five other teams were dropped by the league.
*The Deseronto Storm left the league
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Founded
Amherstview Jets 	Amherstview 	1989
Campbellford Rebels	Campbellford	1992
Gananoque Islanders	Gananoque 	1986
Napanee Raiders 	Napanee 	1989
Picton Pirates 	Picton 	1989
Port Hope Panthers 	Port Hope 	2004
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Port Hope Panthers 	40	34	5 	1	- 	- 	223	72 	791	69
Napanee Raiders 	40	24	12	4	- 	- 	163	129	863	52
Amherstview Jets 	40	22	14	4	- 	- 	203	170	856	46
Gananoque Islanders	40	11	24	5	- 	- 	158	193	680	27
Picton Pirates 	40	12	27	1	- 	- 	128	193	903	25
Campbellford Rebels	40	9 	30	1	- 	- 	107	225	893	19
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.  Both rounds are best-of-seven.
===Semifinals===
*Port Hope Panthers defeated Gananoque Islanders 4 games to none (3-2, 5-2, 7-3, 3-2 (ot)
*Napanee Raiders defeated Amherstview Jets 4 games to 1 (5-4 (ot), 3-5, 7-4, 9-2, 7-2)
===Final===
*Port Hope Panthers defeated Napanee Raiders 4 games to none (4-3 (ot), 3-2, 7-3, 8-1)
The Port Hope Panthers advance to the 2016 Clarence Schmalz Cup.
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