2015-16 WOJCHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League season.  This is the league's 50th season dating back to its founding as the Western Junior C Hockey League in 1966.
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==
 	
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Team 	Founded	Centre 	Arena
Goderich Sailors 	2003 	Goderich 	Goderich & District Community Centre
Hanover Barons 	1964 	Hanover 	P&H Centre
Kincardine Bulldogs 	1994 	Kincardine 	Davidson Centre Arena
Mitchell Hawks 	1966 	Mitchell 	Mitchell & District Arena
Mount Forest Patriots	1987 	Mount Forest	Mount Forest & District Community Centre
Walkerton Hawks 	1976 	Walkerton 	Walkerton Community Centre
Wingham Ironmen 	1975 	Wingham 	North Huron Wescast Community Complex
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PIM	P
Walkerton Hawks 	36	27	8 	1	- 	- 	176	112	884	55
Kincardine Bulldogs 	36	25	10	1	- 	- 	142	104	596	51
Mount Forest Patriots	36	22	13	1	- 	- 	179	135	878	45
Mitchell Hawks 	36	17	19	0	- 	- 	128	134	964	35
Wingham Ironmen 	36	16	19	1	- 	- 	130	128	695	33
Hanover Barons 	36	14	22	0	- 	- 	138	143	869	28
Goderich Sailors 	36	3 	33	0	- 	- 	97 	234	839	6
==Playoffs==
===Format===
All seven teams qualify.  The top seed gets a bye to the semifinals.The remaining teams are paired off 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5 in the quarterfinals.  The lowest winning quarterfinal team is paired up against the top seed and the other two quarterfinal winner are paired up in the semifinals. All series are best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinals===
*Kincardine Bulldogs defeated Goderich Sailers 4 games to none (6-3, 10-0, 6-4, 5-3)
*Mount Forest Patriots defeated Hanover Barons 4 games to 3 (4-0, 4-5 (ot), 2-5, 10-4, 5-1, 2-5, 4-0)
*Mitchell Hawks defeated Wingham Ironmen 4 games to 2 (1-3, 4-1, 2-1 (ot), 3-4, 3-2 (ot), 2-0)
===Semifinals===
*Walkerton Hawks defeated Mitchell Hawks 4 games to 1 (4-2, 3-1, 2-3, 9-4)
*Kincardine Bulldogs defeated Mount Forest Patriots 4 games to 3 (5-1, 4-2, 2-3, 2-4, 9-4, 4-5, 6-3)
===Final===
*Kincardine Bulldogs defeated Walkerton Hawks 4 games to 3 (3-2, 3-6, 2-5, 0-3, 3-1, 2-0, 5-4 (ot))
The Kincardine Bulldogs advance to the 2016 Clarence Schmalz Cup.
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