2015-16 GLJHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League season.  This is the league's 58 season dating back to it founding as the Eastern Ontario League.  The league champion competes in 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==
*none
==The Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Founded	Arena
Alvinston Flyers 	Alvinston 	1988 	Brooke, Alvinston, Inwood Community Centre
Amherstburg Admirals	Kingsville 	1987 	United Communities Credit Union Complex
Blenheim Blades 	Blenheim 	1968 	Blenheim Community & Recreation Centre
Dresden Jr. Kings 	Dresden 	1959 	Lambton-Kent Memorial Arena
Essex 73's 	Essex 	1973 	Essex Centre Sports Complex
Lakeshore Canadiens 	Belle River	1978 	Belle River District Community Centre
Mooretown Flags 	Mooretown 	1971 	Mooretown Sports Complex
Wallaceburg Lakers 	Wallaceburg	1972 	Wallaceburg Memorial Arena
Wheatley Sharks 	Wheatley 	1995 	Wheatley Area Arena
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Essex 73's 	40	34	3 	1	2 	- 	216	74 	710	71
Blenheim Blades 	40	25	13	1	1 	- 	159	126	850	52
Amherstburg Admirals	40	24	12	3	1 	- 	170	116	672	52
Mooretown Flags 	40	21	15	2	2 	- 	144	134	630	46
Lakeshore Canadiens 	40	18	15	3	4 	- 	163	145	588	43
Wheatley Sharks 	40	19	17	2	2 	- 	141	171	756	42
Dresden Jr. Kings 	40	16	19	3	2 	- 	158	162	699	37
Alvinston Flyers 	40	12	22	1	5 	- 	136	196	585	30
Wallaceburg Lakers 	40	3 	37	0	0 	- 	88 	251	933	6
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.  Teams are re-seeded after the quarterfinals. All series are best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinal===
*Essex 73's defeated Alvinston Flyers 4 games to none (9-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1)
*Bleinheim Blades defeated Alvinston Kings 4 games to 2 (2-0, 3-4, 6-5 (2ot), 5-7, 3-1, 4-2)
*Amherstburg Admirals defeated Wheatley Sharks 4 games to none (7-1, 7-0, 5-4 (ot), 5-2)
*Mooretown Flags defeated Lakeshore Canadiens 4 games to 3 (2-3(ot), 4-5, 5-3, 4-2, 3-2, 3-4, 8-3)
===Semifinals===
*Essex 73's defeated Mooretown Flags 4 games to none (2-1, 4-1, 8-1, 6-2)
*Amherstburg Admirals defeated Bleinheim Blades 4 games to 2 (3-4 (ot), 5-2, 1-5, 4-3 (ot), 5-0, 4-1)
===Final===
*Essex 73's defeated Amherstburg Admirals 4 games to 3 (5-2, 1-3, 2-3 (ot), 2-1, 3-1, 2-3 (ot), 5-4)
The Essex 73's advance to the 2016 Clarence Schmalz Cup.
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