2015-16 CIHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Central Interior Hockey League season.  This is the league's 20th season.
==Membership changes==
*none
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Kitimat Ice Demons 	Kitimat 	Tamitik Arena
Lac la Hache Tomahawks 	Lac la Hache, British Columbia	Rolf Zeiss Memorial Arena
Prince Rupert Rampage 	Prince Rupert 	Jim Ciccone Civic Centre
Quesnel Kangaroos 	Quesnel 	Quesnel Arena
Smithers Steelheads 	Smithers 	Smithers Civic Centre Arena
Terrace River Kings 	Terrace 	Terrace Sportsplex
Williams Lake Stampeders	Williams Lake 	Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex
==Standings==
Eastern Division 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Williams Lake Stampeders	16	12	4 	-	0 	- 	109	60 	267	24
Quesnel Kangaroos 	16	8 	7 	-	1 	- 	105	80 	390	17
Lac La Hache Tomahawks 	16	0 	16	-	0 	- 	45 	161	422	0
Western Division 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Smithers Steelheads 	16	13	3 	-	0 	- 	94 	48 	364	26
Terrace River Kings 	16	11	3 	-	2 	- 	87 	48 	392	24
Prince Rupert Rampage 	16	7 	8 	-	1 	- 	78 	81 	427	15
Kitimat Ice Demons 	16	5 	11	-	0 	- 	51 	91 	387	10
==Playoffs==
===Playoff Format===
All teams qualify.  The first place team in the Eastern Divsion receives a bye to the division finals. The 2nd place team plays the 3rd place team in the Eastern Division semifinal.  The first place team plays the 4th place team and the 2nd place team plays the 3rd place team in the Western Division semifinals. The division semifinal round series are best-of-three.  The Eastern Division final round series is best-of-five, while the Western Division series is best-of-three.
===East Division Semifinal===
*Quesnel Kangaroos defeated Lac La Hache Tomahawks 2 games to none (6-5, 9-5)
===West Divsion Semifinals===
*Smithers Steelheads defeated Kitimat Ice Demons 2 games to none (9-4, 6-2)
*Terrace River Kings defeated Prince Rupert Rampage 2 games to none (5-2, 7-2)
===East Division Final===
*Williams Lake Stampeders defeated Quesnel Kangaroos 3 games to 1 (10-5, 3-4 (ot), 5-4, 6-5 (ot))
===West Division Final===
*Smithers Steelheads defeated Terrace River Kings 2 games to 1 (5-6 (2ot), 5-2, 6-5 (2ot))
===League Final===
*Smithers Steelheads defeated Williams Lake Stampeders 2 games to none (4-1, 5-3)
Smithers Steelheads automatically qualifies for the 2016 Coy Cup, which is the provincial Men's "AA" championship.  Traditionally, the Williams Lake Stampeders would have qualified for the final qualifier for the tournament; but due to a scheduling issue involving the defending champions (the Fort St. John Flyers were given a spot in the tournament as they were defending champions), this final qualifier may not be used for the 2016 tournament, after a qualifer on March 11th between the Whitehorse Huskies and the Powell River Regals.
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