2015-16 TBJBHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League season.  This is the league's 23rd season.
==Membership Changes==
*The league added the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder, Thunder Bay Wildcats, and the Thunder Bay AAA Kings.  Smooth Rock folded just prior to the start of the regular season.
*It appears that the Thunder Bay Wildcats forfeited the November 1st game to the Northern Hawks.  The league then announced the Wildcats folded on November 4th.
==Teams==
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Nipigon Elks 	Nipigon 	Nippigon Community Centre
Schreiber Falcons 	Schreiber 	Schreiber Community Centre
Thunder Bay AAA Kings 	Thunder Bay	Fort William First Nations Arena
Thunder Bay Northern Hawks	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay Tournament Centre
Thunder Bay Stars 	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay Tournament Centre
===Teams that disbanded after schedule announced===
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Smooth Rock Falls Thunder	Smooth Rock Falls	Reg Lamy Cultural Centre
Thunder Bay Wildcats 	Thunder Bay 	Delaney Arena (primary),Fort William First Nations Arena (secondary)
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Thunder Bay Stars 	32	27	5 	0	- 	- 	210	81 	- 	54
Thunder Bay Northern Hawks	32	24	6 	2	- 	- 	182	79 	- 	50
Thunder Bay AAA Kings 	24	13	11	0	- 	- 	112	85 	- 	26
Nipigon Elks 	32	10	20	2	- 	- 	79 	193	- 	22
Schreiber Falcons 	33	5 	28	0	- 	- 	81 	216	- 	10
Thunder Bay Wildcats* 	9 	0 	9 	0	- 	- 	4 	87 	- 	0
(*) denotes team folded.  League website list the team's record as 0-9 with 83 goals allowed as it includes a (1-0) forfeited game on November 1st against the Northern Hawks.  The team did not announce operations were susupended until November 4th.
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The Thunder Bay AAA Kings are not involved in the playoffs as they are a lower level team.  The four remaining teams qualify for the playoffs.  The playoff champion advances to the 2016 Keystone Cup.
===Semifinals===
*Thunder Bay Stars defeated Schreiber Falcons 4 games to none (6-3, 7-1, 8-1, 8-1)
*Thunder Bay Northern Hawks defeated Nipigon Elks 4 games to 1 (6-0, 9-1, 2-5, 3-2, 4-3)
===Final===
*Thunder Bay Northern Hawks defeated Thunder Bay Stars 4 games to 2 (2-6, 4-2, 4-3, 4-2, 3-6, 7-1)
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