2015-16 AJIHL season

The 2015–16 AJIHL season is the fourth season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It ran from 29 October 2015 until 21 February 2016, with the finals running from 27 February 2016 until 28 February 2016. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.
==League business==
Ice Hockey Australia made the announcement that the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League would be expanding in the 2015-16 season. It planned to include teams from Queensland, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory. This did not happen, however, and the league remains at 6 teams.
On 21 January it was announced that an "AJIHL Tier 2" tournament would take place, involving a state team representing Queensland, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. This tournament gives one of these teams a chance to enter into the AJIHL finals as a wild card team. The team names are: Brisbane Blitz, Canberra Junior Brave and Adelaide Generals.
Tournament Format
When ice time is available, the first 2 periods are 15 mins running time and the third period is stop time. These games are indicated on the schedule by having 1.5 hrs. The ice is to be resurfaced between the 2nd & 3rd period of each game. When a game cannot have the 3rd period as stop time, the last 5 mins of the 3rd period is stop time, these games are indicated by 1.0hr.
Games that result in a tied score go straight to penalty shootout.
Game points will be applied as follows:
a) Win = 3 points
b) Shootout win = 2 points
c) Shootout loss = 1 point
d) Tie = 1 point
e) Loss = 0 points
The top 2 teams at the end of the round robin will play a final with the winning team receiving the wild card entry into the AJIHL finals. 
The tournament is held in Phillip Ice Skating Centre.
==Regular season==
The regular season will begin on 29 October 2015 and ran through to 21 February 2015 before the teams compete in the playoff series.
===October===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
1 	29 October 2015	20:00	Melbourne Whalers	4 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne	- 	
2 	31 October 2015	18:15	Sydney Wolf Pack 	4 - 2 	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
===November===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
3 	1 November 2015 	17:00	Sydney Sabres 	2 - 3 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
4 	1 November 2015 	18:45	Perth Pelicans 	4 - 1 	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
5 	5 November 2015 	20:00	Melbourne Glaciers	5 - 2 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
6 	7 November 2015 	13:15	Sydney Wolf Pack 	6 - 2 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
7 	7 November 2015 	15:00	Sydney Sabres 	1 - 5 	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
8 	7 November 2015 	18:30	Perth Sharks 	3 - 2 (SO)	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
9 	8 November 2015 	15:30	Sydney Sabres 	3 - 0 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
10 	8 November 2015 	17:15	Sydney Wolf Pack 	1 - 5 	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
11 	14 November 2015	18:30	Perth Pelicans 	3 - 1 	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
12 	15 November 2015	20:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	1 - 5 	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
13 	21 November 2015	18:30	Perth Sharks 	4 - 2 	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
14 	28 November 2015	15:45	Melbourne Glaciers	7 - 2 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
15 	29 November 2015	18:00	Perth Pelicans 	5 - 4 	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
===December===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
16 	5 December 2015 	18:15	Perth Pelicans 	3 - 6	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
17 	5 December 2015 	18:00	Perth Sharks 	5 - 1	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
18 	6 December 2015 	08:30	Perth Pelicans 	4 - 5	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
19 	6 December 2015 	15:00	Perth Sharks 	1 - 3	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
20 	12 December 2015	16:30	Melbourne Glaciers	3 - 2	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
21 	12 December 2015	18:00	Melbourne Whalers 	2 - 4	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
22 	13 December 2015	11:45	Melbourne Whalers 	1 - 5	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka	- 	
23 	13 December 2015	10:00	Melbourne Glaciers	4 - 1	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka	- 	
24 	13 December 2015	19:30	Sydney Sabres 	3 - 4	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
25 	19 December 2015	13:15	Melbourne Glaciers	4 - 2	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
===January===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
26 	22 January 2016	9:30 	Melbourne Whalers 	0 - 4 	Melbourne Glaciers	Melbourne 	- 	
27 	28 January 2016	20:00	Melbourne Glaciers	6 - 0 	Melbourne Whalers 	Melbourne 	- 	
28 	29 January 2016	19:45	Perth Sharks 	3 - 4 (SO)	Perth Pelicans 	Cockburn Ice Arena	- 	
29 	30 January 2016	17:00	Sydney Sabres 	4 - 2 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	Penrith 	- 	
30 	31 January 2016	09:00	Sydney Wolf Pack 	1 - 2 	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
===February===
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Recap
31 	6 February 2016 	4:30 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	4 - 3 (SO)	Perth Sharks 	Mirrabooka 	- 	
32 	6 February 2016 	18:15	Sydney Sabres 	5 - 1 	Perth Pelicans 	Mirrabooka 	- 	
33 	7 February 2016 	9:00 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	6 - 1 	Perth Pelicans 	Cockburn Ice Arena	- 	
34 	7 February 2016 	10:45	Sydney Sabres 	3 - 0 	Perth Sharks 	Cockburn Ice Arena	- 	
35 	12 February 2016	19:45	Perth Pelicans 	5 - 2 	Perth Sharks 	Cockburn Ice Arena	- 	
36 	13 February 2016	17:00	Melbourne Whalers 	0 - 6 	Sydney Wolf Pack	Penrith 	- 	
37 	13 February 2016	18:45	Melbourne Glaciers	5 - 6 (SO)	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
38 	14 February 2016	8:30 	Melbourne Whalers 	0 - 4 	Sydney Sabres 	Penrith 	- 	
39 	14 February 2016	17:00	Melbourne Glaciers	1 - 5 	Sydney Wolf Pack	Penrith 	- 	
==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 Glaciers	13	10	0	2	1 	55	27	+28	31
Sydney Sabres 	13	8 	1	0	4 	46	29	+17	26
Sydney Wolf Pack 	13	8 	1	0	4 	48	34	+14	26
Perth Pelicans 	13	5 	1	1	6 	41	44	-3 	18
Perth Sharks 	13	3 	1	2	7 	32	42	-10	13
Melbourne Whalers 	13	0 	1	0	12	16	62	-46	2
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Caleb Butler 	Melbourne Glaciers	10	19	10	29 	0
Corey Stringer 	Melbourne Glaciers	13	11	11	22 	4
Liam Manwarring 	Sydney Sabres 	12	11	9 	20 	46
Jordan Grover 	Perth Pelicans 	13	5 	14	19 	8
Bayley Kubara 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	13	10	8 	18 	28
Jonathan Spalding	Perth Pelicans 	13	11	5 	16 	4
Bruno Stolze 	Perth Sharks 	13	8 	8 	16 	2
Ben Stolze 	Perth Sharks 	13	5 	11	16 	10
Ellessee Carini 	Sydney Sabres 	12	9 	6 	15 	30
David Mahood 	Perth Pelicans 	13	8 	7 	15 	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
Dale Tilsted 	Sydney Sabres 	6 	225:00	5	0	4 	2 	0.920	0.80
Alex Tetrault 	Sydney Wolf Pack 	3 	135:00	2	1	4 	0 	0.902	1.33
Jack Hayes 	Melbourne Glaciers	12	540:00	9	1	23	2 	0.905	1.92
Mark McCann 	Perth Sharks 	8 	355:00	1	6	23	0 	0.886	2.92
Tyrone Mendoza-Kehlet	Sydney Sabres 	9 	362:00	3	4	24	1 	0.858	2.98
==AJIHL Tier 2 Wild Card Tournament==
Game	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
1 	28 January 2016	8:15 	Brisbane Blitz 	5 - 1 	Canberra Junior Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
2 	28 January 2016	12:10	Adelaide Generals 	2 - 4 	Brisbane Blitz 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
3 	28 January 2016	18:45	Canberra Junior Brave	4 - 3 (SO)	Adelaide Generals 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
4 	29 January 2016	12:10	Canberra Junior Brave	1 - 2 	Adelaide Generals 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
5 	29 January 2016	18:45	Brisbane Blitz 	5 - 1 	Canberra Junior Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
6 	30 January 2016	12:10	Adelaide Generals 	3 - 2 	Brisbane Blitz 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
===AJIHL Tier 2 Tournament 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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brisbane Blitz 	4	3	0	0	1	16	7 	+9	9
Adelaide Generals 	4	2	0	1	1	10	11	-1	7
Canberra Junior Brave	4	0	1	0	3	7 	15	-8	2
===AJIHL Tier 2 Wild Card Championship===
==Playoffs==
===Western Australia State Semi Final 1===
===New South Wales State Semi Final 1===
===Victoria State Semi Final 1===
===New South Wales State Semi Final 2===
===Victoria State Semi Final 2===
===Western Australia State Semi Final 2===
===Semi Final 1===
===Semi Final 2===
===Qualifying Final===
===Grand Final===
==References==
==External links==
*Ice Hockey Australia
*AJIHL Coverage - Hewitt Sports
AJIHL
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