2015-16 NEHC Women's Season

This is the 2015-16 New England Hockey Conference Women's hockey season.
==Membership Changes==
none
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Castleton State Spartans 	Castleton, VT 	Spartan Arena
Franklin Pierce Ravens 	Rindge, NH 	Jason Ritchie Ice Arena
Holy Cross Crusaders 	Worcester, MA 	Hart Ice Rink
Manhattanville Valiants 	Purchase, NY 	Playland Ice Casino
New England College Pilgrims	Henniker, NH 	Lee Clement Arena
Nichols Bison 	Dudley, MA 	Levy Rink
Norwich Cadets 	Northfield, VT	Kreitzberg Arena
Plymouth State Panthers 	Plymouth, NH 	Hanaway Rink
Saint Anselm Hawks 	Goffstown, NH 	Sullivan Arena
Salve Regina Seahawks 	Newport, RI 	St. George's School Ice Rink
Southern Maine Huskies 	Gorham, ME 	USM Ice Arena
St. Michael's Purple Knights	Colchester, VT	C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena
UMass-Boston Beacons 	Boston , MA 	Beacons Ice Arena
 New England Nor'Easters 	Biddeford, ME 	Harold Alfond Arena
==Standings==
New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	New England Hockey Conference	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Norwich Cadets 	17 	16 	1 	0 	55 	9 	32 	28 	21 	7 	0 	76 	34
St. Anselm Hawks 	17 	14 	3 	0 	83 	20 	28 	27 	21 	6 	0 	114 	40
Holy Cross Crusaders 	17 	14 	3 	0 	74 	26 	28 	27 	24 	3 	0 	120 	49
Castleton State Spartans 	17 	11 	5 	1 	47 	34 	23 	27 	17 	8 	2 	68 	52
Mass-Boston Beacons 	17 	11 	6 	0 	49 	25 	22 	29 	16 	13 	0 	73 	53
Franklin Pierce Ravens 	17 	10 	7 	0 	52 	32 	20 	26 	17 	8 	1 	98 	38
University of New England Nor'Easters	17 	9 	7 	1 	30 	37 	19 	26 	15 	9 	2 	63 	50
Salve Regina Seahawks 	17 	8 	7 	2 	51 	39 	18 	26 	10 	13 	3 	72 	67
Manhattanville Valiants 	17 	7 	10 	0 	40 	51 	14 	26 	9 	17 	0 	54 	91
Plymouth State Panthers 	17 	6 	11 	0 	30 	49 	12 	26 	10 	16 	0 	50 	64
St. Michael's Purple Knights 	17 	3 	13 	1 	19 	71 	7 	27 	6 	19 	2 	45 	108
New England College Pilgrims 	17 	3 	13 	1 	15 	56 	7 	26 	8 	17 	1 	47 	74
Southern Maine Huskies 	17 	2 	13 	2 	23 	43 	6 	25 	3 	20 	2 	32 	64
Nichols Bison 	17 	1 	16 	0 	9 	85 	2 	25 	3 	22 	0 	20 	117
==NEHC Women's Open Tournament==
The four non-D-III teams and D-I Independent Sacred Heart Pioneers were invited to participate in a tournament sponsored by the conference.
===Preliminary Round===
*St. Michael's defeated Sacred Heart 5-2
===Semifinals===
*Holy Cross defeated St. Michael's 9-2
*St. Anselm defeated Franklin Pierce 2-0
===Final===
*Holy Cross defeated St. Anselm 4-3 (ot)
===Consolation Game===
*Franklin Pierce defeated St. Michaels 6-0
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
*Holy Cross is ineligible for the conference tournament as the school is Division I in all other sports
*St. Anselm Hawks and St. Michael's Purple Knights are ineligible for the conference tournament as the school is Division II in all other sports.
*The top 8 teams out of the remaining 11 qualify for the conference tournament.  The top seed plays the number 8 seed, number 2 plays number 7, number 3 plays number 6 and number 4 plays number 5 in the quarterfinals on February 27th.  The highest seeded semifinal winner host the semifinal and final rounds on March 4th and 5th.  The highest quarterfinal winner host the lowest seeded quarterfinals winner and the 2nd highest seeded quarterfinal winner is the "home" team against the 3rd seeded quarterfinal winner.  The semifinal winners meet on March 5th for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Norwich defeated New England College 1-0
*Castleton State defeated Plymouth State 3-0
*Mass-Boston defeated Manhattanville 4-0
*University New England defeated Salve Regina 3-0
===Semifinals===
*Norwich defeated University of New England 3-1
*Mass-Boston defeated Castleton State 2-1 (ot)
===Final===
*Mass-Boston defeated Norwich 2-0
Mass-Boston Beacons earn the New England Hockey Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.  The Beacons lost in the quarterfinals to the Middlebury Panthers 4-0.
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