2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 30, 2015, and concluded on March 26, 2016. This was the 43rd season of Division III college ice hockey.

2015–16 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The Herb Brooks Arena was the host of the 2016 Frozen Four
Duration	October 30, 2015– March 26, 2016
NCAA tournament	2016
National championship	Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York
NCAA champion	Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Sid Watson Award	Jamie Murray (Babson)
List of NCAA Division III men's ice hockey seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

ECAC East rebranded itself as the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) and retained the same league membership from the previous year.^[1]

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

2015–16 ECAC Northeast standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Endicott †	16	11	4	1	23	66	42		27	16	9	2	95	75
Nichols	16	11	5	0	22	59	43		27	17	10	0	94	64
Salve Regina *	16	9	6	1	19	65	43		29	17	11	1	104	75
Suffolk	16	8	6	2	18	40	47		25	13	10	2	80	81
Wentworth	16	8	7	1	17	42	46		27	10	15	2	66	94
Johnson & Wales	16	7	6	3	17	41	40		26	11	11	4	73	69
Becker	16	6	9	1	13	46	50		26	10	15	1	82	93
Curry	16	5	10	1	11	43	47		25	9	14	2	67	74
Western New England	16	1	13	2	4	25	69		25	2	19	4	41	100
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2015–16 ECAC West standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Hobart †*	15	12	3	0	24	68	32		28	21	5	2	111	52
Manhattanville	15	8	7	0	16	49	58		26	12	13	1	86	94
Utica	15	6	6	3	15	42	44		28	14	10	4	77	71
Neumann	15	6	7	2	14	44	49		27	15	9	3	92	75
Nazareth	15	5	9	1	11	43	51		26	8	14	4	71	85
Elmira	15	4	9	2	10	46	58		26	11	12	3	88	85
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2015–16 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Canton State	27	6	17	4	68	118
Daniel Webster	22	3	18	1	40	98

2015–16 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Salem State †*	18	16	2	0	32	88	31		28	22	6	0	118	60
Plymouth State	18	15	2	1	31	70	35		27	21	5	1	97	57
Fitchburg State	18	7	9	2	16	58	57		27	11	14	2	87	90
Massachusetts–Dartmouth	18	6	9	3	15	51	67		26	7	15	4	72	105
Westfield State	18	7	11	0	14	60	65		27	13	14	0	94	93
Framingham State	18	5	12	1	11	42	77		26	6	19	1	62	112
Worcester State	18	3	14	1	7	36	73		25	6	18	1	53	96
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2015–16 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Augsburg †*	16	11	3	2	1	36	64	35		28	17	9	2	101	69
St. Thomas	16	10	3	3	1	34	55	36		26	13	8	5	76	40
Saint John's	16	10	4	2	1	33	58	37		26	10	14	2	76	86
Concordia (MN)	16	8	7	1	1	26	55	51		26	10	14	2	76	86
Hamline	16	6	8	2	2	22	55	61		27	10	12	5	92	103
Saint Mary's	16	6	9	1	0	19	58	58		25	9	14	2	95	101
St. Olaf	16	4	8	4	2	19	48	66		25	6	14	5	76	103
Gustavus Adolphus	16	5	8	3	0	18	37	45		25	6	14	5	52	80
Bethel	16	3	13	0	0	9	39	80		25	4	19	2	62	108
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2015–16 New England Hockey Conference standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Division III
Massachusetts–Boston †*	18	14	2	2	30	78	40		31	23	5	3	134	69
Babson	18	13	3	2	28	61	25		28	19	6	3	96	47
Norwich	18	11	5	2	24	49	35		27	17	8	2	87	59
University of New England	18	9	7	2	20	65	60		27	14	10	3	103	89
New England College	18	6	6	6	18	58	51		26	11	9	6	88	68
Castleton	18	7	9	2	16	47	52		26	8	16	2	59	87
Skidmore	18	5	10	3	13	47	54		26	5	17	4	62	84
Southern Maine	18	5	13	0	10	36	70		26	8	17	1	54	91
Division II
Saint Anselm	18	6	9	3	15	45	48		26	12	11	3	72	64
Saint Michael's	18	3	15	0	6	34	85		24	6	18	0	51	105
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2015–16 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Williams †	18	14	2	2	30	49	27		27	19	6	2	77	45
Trinity *	18	14	4	0	28	62	38		28	21	6	1	97	63
Bowdoin	18	9	5	4	22	53	42		25	13	8	4	80	70
Hamilton	18	8	6	4	20	46	38		25	13	8	4	72	48
Middlebury	18	6	5	7	19	46	41		26	8	11	7	64	65
Amherst	18	7	8	3	17	33	38		27	11	12	4	64	71
Colby	18	6	9	3	15	41	49		25	9	11	5	63	68
Tufts	18	5	8	5	15	43	42		26	10	10	6	71	60
Wesleyan	18	2	9	7	11	39	57		24	2	14	8	52	86
Connecticut College	18	0	15	3	3	32	72		24	3	18	3	47	87
Championship: March 6, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2015–16 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
North
St. Norbert †	20	17	2	1	35	93	27		31	25	4	2	137	52
St. Scholastica	20	12	7	1	25	74	45		28	15	10	3	100	70
Lawrence	20	8	9	3	19	57	69		26	9	14	3	68	105
MSOE	20	9	10	1	19	48	46		25	14	10	1	66	57
Northland	20	6	12	2	14	46	67		25	7	15	3	59	88
Finlandia	20	1	17	2	4	28	108		25	1	21	3	34	133
South
Adrian †*	20	17	2	1	35	124	43		29	24	4	1	156	64
Marian	20	15	4	1	31	76	33		28	18	7	3	97	52
Concordia (WI)	20	7	10	3	17	50	72		26	11	12	3	65	85
Lake Forest	20	8	12	0	16	58	81		25	10	15	0	71	101
Aurora	20	2	17	1	5	34	97		25	2	22	1	46	132
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2015–16 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Plattsburgh State †	16	12	1	3	27	63	33		27	20	4	3	111	65
Buffalo State	16	11	4	1	23	61	30		26	15	7	4	90	56
Geneseo State *	16	9	2	5	23	59	42		31	20	5	6	122	82
Oswego State	16	8	7	1	17	49	39		27	14	11	2	85	59
Brockport State	16	6	6	4	16	56	61		26	11	11	4	91	96
Potsdam State	16	7	7	2	16	41	49		26	11	11	4	69	79
Fredonia State	16	4	10	2	10	50	61		25	8	14	3	87	89
Cortland State	16	3	10	3	9	36	68		25	9	12	4	73	91
Morrisville State	16	1	14	1	3	37	69		24	5	17	2	65	104
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2015–16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Wisconsin–River Falls †	8	5	2	1	11	22	18		28	16	7	5	79	50
Wisconsin–Eau Claire †	8	5	2	1	11	32	15		27	15	6	6	103	53
Wisconsin–Stevens Point *	8	5	3	0	10	37	19		31	24	5	2	150	68
Wisconsin–Superior	8	2	5	1	5	23	41		27	9	15	3	74	96
Wisconsin–Stout	8	1	6	1	3	16	37		29	10	13	6	78	99
Championship: March 5, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brandon Zurn	Senior	Hamline	27	19	31	50	18
Charlie Adams	Senior	Hamline	27	21	28	49	26
Stephen Collins	Junior	Geneseo	31	22	25	47	14
Matthew Lemire	Senior	Massachusetts–Boston	30	17	29	46	18
Joe Kalisz	Senior	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	31	13	29	42	4
Trevor Hills	Junior	Geneseo	26	22	18	40	20
Dylan Nowakowski	Senior	St. Scholastica	28	13	27	40	29
Frankie DeAugustine	Senior	Massachusetts–Boston	31	16	23	39	20
Adam Knochenmus	Junior	Nazareth	27	22	16	38	14
Kyle Sharkey	Junior	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	31	19	19	38	27

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Mason Pulde	Junior	Tufts	16	943	7	5	4	30	2	.947	1.91
Lino Chimienti	Senior	Hobart	16	949	11	3	2	27	1	.946	1.71
Tyler Green	Senior	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	18	1086	10	5	3	32	2	.944	1.77
Evan Buitenhuis	Redshirt	Hamilton	23	1379	12	7	4	40	3	.943	1.74
Mitch Wiebe	Freshman	Neumann	16	896	7	6	3	35	1	.941	2.34
Nik Nugnes	Sophomore	Tufts	10	875	3	5	2	30	0	.941	2.43
Jamie Murray	Senior	Babson	22	1339	14	5	3	36	4	.940	1.61
Michael Pinios	Freshman	Williams	18	1084	13	4	1	29	2	.939	1.61
Frank Oplinger	Sophomore	Hobart	13	730	10	2	0	22	2	.936	1.81
Alex Morin	Sophomore	Trinity	17	993	14	3	0	30	0	.933	1.81

2016 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

First Round March 12

Quarterfinals March 15

Semifinals March 25

National Championship March 26

W1

Adrian (1)

2

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

E2

Geneseo State

1

E2

Geneseo State

7

E7

Salve Regina

1

E2

Geneseo State

2

E3

Williams

1

E3

Williams

7

E6

Salem State

1

W3

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4)

5

W2

St. Norbert (2)

1

W2

St. Norbert (2)

6

W4

Augsburg

1

W2

St. Norbert (2)

8*

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

7

E4

Trinity

0

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

4

E1

Hobart (3)

0

E5

Massachusetts–Boston

2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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See also

• 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
• 2015–16 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season

References

1. "Formation of new league announced". NEHC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
2. "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

External links