2015-16 Chinook Hockey League Season

This is the 2015-16 Chinook Hockey League season.  This is the league's 47th season.
For the second straight season the league is having a pre-season classic. It is being hosted by the Innisfail Eagles who also hosted the previous year's event.  The event is scheduled for October 3rd and 4th at the Twin Arenas in Innisfail.
==Membership changes==
*In late July the Okotoks Drillers announced they were sitting out the 2015-16 season.
*The previously independent Rosetown Red Wings had shown interest in joining the league for the 2015-16 season (and according to an unconfirmed source planned to join for 3 seasons) but the team appears to have withdrawn on September 26th and joined the Long Lake Senior Hockey League.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Bentley Generals 	Bentley 	Bentley Arena
Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs	Fort Saskatchewan	Jubilee Recreation Centre
Innisfail Eagles 	Innisfail 	Innisfail Twin Arena
Stony Plain Eagles 	Stony Plain 	Centennial Arena
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF	GA	P
Bentley Generals 	18	14	3 	1 	1 	84	43	29
Stony Plain Eagles 	18	10	7 	1 	0 	77	75	21
Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs	18	6 	10	2 	1 	64	88	14
Innisfail Eagles 	18	6 	12	0 	0 	46	65	12
==Playoffs==
As of the pre-season, the league playoff champion were scheduled to play the champion from British Columbia (Powell River Regals are the only registered Senior "AAA" team in the province) in the McKenzie Cup for a berth in the 2016 Allan Cup being held in Steinbach, Manitoba and hosted by the South East Prairie Thunder.  The Powell River Regals announced they would not compete for the Allan Cup so the CHL playoff champion advances to the 2016 Allan Cup.
===Semifinals===
Best-of-seven
*Bentley defeated Innisfail 4 games to 3 (3-0, 2-3 (ot), 1-8, 5-4, 2-3 (ot), 4-1, 5-4 (ot))
*Stony Plain defeated Fort Saskatchewan 4 games to none (5-3, 5-1, 5-1, 5-2)
===Final===
Best-of-seven
*Bentley defeated Stony Plain 4 games to 1 (4-1, 2-6, 4-0, 7-4, 5-4 (2ot))
The Bentley Generals advance to the 2016 Allan Cup as the Pacific Region representative.
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