2015–16 AWIHL season

The 2015–16 AWIHL season is the ninth season of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. It will run from 24 October 2015 until 24 January 2016.
==League business==
On Monday, 13 July 2015 it was announced that this season will see changes to the import rules, which were as follows:
1. Anyone that doesn't have Permanent Residency is an import, including New Zealanders.
2. Only 4 imports per roster, and only 2 can play per game.
3. No import goalies.
==Regular season==
The regular season begins on 24 October 2015 and will run through to 24 January 2016
===October===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
1 	24 October 2015	15:45	Adelaide Adrenaline	6 - 5 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas	Boondall 	
2 	24 October 2015	17:00	Sydney Sirens 	4 - 6 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
3 	25 October 2015	08:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	4 - 3 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas	Acacia Ridge	
4 	25 October 2015	13:15	Sydney Sirens 	5 - 7 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
===November===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
5 	7 November 2015 	17:00	Brisbane Goannas 	3 - 7 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
6 	7 November 2015 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4 - 5 (SO)	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
7 	8 November 2015 	10:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	1 - 4 	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
8 	8 November 2015 	13:15	Brisbane Goannas 	3 - 6 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
9 	21 November 2015	16:00	Sydney Sirens 	8 - 2 	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
10 	22 November 2015	10:00	Sydney Sirens 	4 - 2 	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
11 	28 November 2015	15:45	Melbourne Ice 	4 - 5 (SO)	Brisbane Goannas 	Boondall 	
12 	29 November 2015	08:30	Melbourne Ice 	4 - 2 	Brisbane Goannas 	Boondall 	
===December===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Recap
13 	5 December 2015	16:00	Melbourne Ice 	1 - 5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
14 	5 December 2015	17:00	Brisbane Goannas	4 - 5	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
15 	6 December 2015	10:00	Melbourne Ice 	5 - 3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
16 	6 December 2015	10:30	Brisbane Goannas	2 - 5	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
===January===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
17 	9 January 2016 	15:45	Sydney Sirens 	4 - 2 	Brisbane Goannas 	Boondall 	
18 	9 January 2016 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2 - 1 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
19 	10 January 2016	08:30	Sydney Sirens 	3 - 4 	Brisbane Goannas 	Boondall 	
20 	10 January 2016	13:15	Adelaide Adrenaline	5 - 6 (SO)	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	
21 	23 January 2016	16:00	Brisbane Goannas 	2 - 6 	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
22 	23 January 2016	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	1 - 7 	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
23 	24 January 2016	10:30	Melbourne Ice 	7 - 6 	Sydney Sirens 	Canterbury, New South Wales	
24 	24 January 2016	10:00	Brisbane Goannas 	0 - 3 	Adelaide Adrenaline	Thebarton, South Australia 	
==Standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; SW = Shootout Wins; SL = Shootout Losses; L = Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; GDF = Goal Differential; PTS = Points
The regular season league standings are as follows:
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Melbourne Ice 	12	8	1	1	2	56	49	+7 	27
Sydney Sirens 	12	7	1	0	4	60	42	+18	23
Adelaide Adrenaline	12	3	2	2	5	42	45	-3 	15
Brisbane Goannas 	12	1	1	2	8	35	57	-22	7
Source
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Sharna Godfrey 	Sydney Sirens 	12	20	16	36 	12
Bethanie Kavanagh 	Adelaide Adrenaline	12	10	19	29 	10
Kath McOnie 	Sydney Sirens 	12	8 	15	23 	2
Alivia Del Basso 	Melbourne Ice 	10	10	12	22 	6
Shona Powell 	Melbourne Ice 	12	10	12	22 	12
Carly Rolph 	Melbourne Ice 	12	10	8 	18 	26
Diana Glass 	Adelaide Adrenaline	11	10	6 	16 	30
Rosanna Routledge 	Brisbane Goannas 	10	10	5 	15 	6
Stephanie Cochrane	Sydney Sirens 	10	6 	8 	14 	6
Lucy Parrington 	Melbourne Ice 	10	4 	10	14 	6
==Leading goaltenders==
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	Team 	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Tianna Elaya 	Sydney Sirens 	2 	31 	2	0	1 	0 	0.938	1.45
Claudia Tom 	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 	123 	1	2	7 	0 	0.903	2.56
Michelle Coonan	Sydney Sirens 	12	612 	8	4	41	0 	0.868	3.01
Jenelle Carson 	Melbourne Ice 	6 	324 	4	2	22	0 	0.891	3.06
Joanne Phillis 	Brisbane Goannas 	10	523 	3	6	38	1 	0.879	3.27
==Playoffs==
===Bronze Medal Game===
===Gold Medal Game===
==See also==
*Ice Hockey Australia
*Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
==References==
== External links ==
*Australian Women's Hockey League official site
*Adelaide Adrenaline official site
*Brisbane Goannas official site
*Melbourne Ice official Site
*Sydney Sirens
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