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

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The 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament's championship game on April 9, 2016.[1] This was the 69th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and the 122nd year overall in which an NCAA school fielded a team.

On January 22, 2016, Boston College coach Jerry York became the first NCAA hockey coach to win 1,000 games and only the second coach in the professional or amateur level to achieve 1,000 wins. The only other coach to achieve this feat was Scotty Bowman.

Polls

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Regular season

Standings

2015–16 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Robert Morris dagger 28 18 6 4 40 116 69 39 24 11 4 158 107
Air Force 28 16 7 5 37 85 60 37 20 12 5 110 86
Holy Cross 28 16 7 5 37 89 59 36 18 13 5 109 90
Mercyhurst 28 15 9 4 34 86 82 36 17 15 4 108 115
#20 RIT * 28 14 9 5 33 93 77 39 18 15 6 118 116
Army 28 8 11 9 25 64 74 38 14 15 9 88 89
Canisius 28 10 13 5 25 72 82 39 12 22 5 92 121
Bentley 28 9 13 6 24 74 85 40 14 20 6 106 124
Sacred Heart 28 10 15 3 23 72 78 37 13 20 4 96 109
Niagara 28 5 18 5 15 58 95 37 6 25 6 71 126
American International 28 6 19 3 15 57 105 39 7 29 3 80 159
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
2015–16 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#20 Minnesotadagger 20 14 6 0 0 42 76 58 35 19 16 0 114 101
#7 Michigan* 20 12 5 3 2 41 107 68 34 22 7 5 164 103
#19 Penn State 20 10 9 1 1 32 64 72 36 20 12 4 133 113
Ohio State 20 8 8 4 1 29 79 77 34 13 17 4 122 118
Michigan State 20 6 12 2 0 21 47 72 36 10 22 4 90 120
Wisconsin 20 3 13 4 2 15 54 80 34 8 18 8 91 122
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016
2015–16 ECAC Hockey men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Quinnipiac † * 22 16 1 5 37 84 44 43 32 4 7 163 85
#10 Yale 22 14 5 3 31 57 37 32 19 9 4 86 57
#9 Harvard 22 12 6 4 28 72 47 34 19 11 4 116 81
#17 St. Lawrence 22 11 8 3 25 68 50 37 19 14 4 106 84
Clarkson 22 10 9 3 23 52 51 38 20 15 3 101 95
Rensselaer 22 8 7 7 23 47 49 40 18 15 7 97 104
Dartmouth 22 11 11 0 22 60 69 35 18 16 1 94 104
#18 Cornell 22 8 8 6 22 46 50 34 16 11 7 79 82
Union 22 6 10 6 18 53 62 36 13 14 9 91 96
Colgate 22 6 14 2 14 45 71 37 11 24 2 95 132
Brown 22 3 13 6 12 47 70 31 5 19 7 75 107
Princeton 22 3 16 3 9 40 71 31 5 23 3 60 99
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016
2015–16 Hockey East men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College dagger 22 15 2 5 35 91 45 34 24 5 5 134 64
#3 Providence dagger 22 16 3 3 35 71 39 34 25 5 4 117 66
#13 Notre Dame 22 15 5 2 32 70 40 34 19 8 7 108 74
#8 UMass Lowell 22 12 6 4 28 58 37 34 21 8 5 105 63
#11 Boston University 22 12 6 4 28 75 56 36 21 10 5 120 91
#14 Northeastern * 22 10 8 4 24 75 56 36 18 13 5 115 88
Merrimack 22 5 10 7 17 50 70 37 13 17 7 94 103
Connecticut 22 6 12 4 16 49 70 36 11 21 4 88 114
Vermont 22 6 13 3 15 48 66 37 14 20 3 79 98
New Hampshire 22 4 12 6 14 57 73 37 11 20 6 112 121
Maine 22 5 15 2 12 42 77 38 8 24 6 76 129
UMass 22 2 16 4 8 44 101 36 8 24 4 84 146
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 North Dakotadagger 24 19 4 1 1 59 89 49 38 30 5 3 139 69
#4 St. Cloud State* 24 17 6 1 1 53 104 53 38 29 8 1 164 82
#6 Denver 24 17 5 2 0 53 74 52 36 23 8 5 116 82
#16 Minnesota–Duluth 24 11 10 3 1 37 64 44 36 17 14 5 98 73
Miami (OH) 24 9 13 2 2 31 54 65 36 15 18 3 86 97
Omaha 24 8 15 1 0 25 60 83 36 18 17 1 103 107
Western Michigan 24 5 18 1 1 17 56 103 36 8 25 3 80 142
Colorado College 24 4 19 1 0 13 47 99 36 6 29 1 71 145
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 13, 2016
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Michigan Tech dagger 28 18 7 3 39 92 55 34 21 8 5 111 72
#15 Minnesota State dagger 28 16 5 7 39 82 48 36 18 11 7 94 73
Bowling Green 28 16 7 5 37 81 59 38 20 12 6 106 83
Ferris State* 28 13 11 4 30 73 70 35 15 14 6 93 94
Northern Michigan 28 12 11 5 29 65 69 36 15 14 7 85 91
Bemidji State 28 11 12 5 27 66 66 36 16 14 6 90 85
Lake Superior State 28 10 13 5 25 49 71 38 13 20 5 70 97
Alaska 28 8 16 4 20 65 87 34 10 20 4 82 105
Alaska Anchorage 28 8 18 2 18 63 84 34 11 20 3 81 103
Alabama–Huntsville 28 5 17 6 16 61 88 34 7 21 6 73 106
Championship: Ferris State
dagger indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

2016 NCAA tournament

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Regional semifinals Regional Finals Frozen Four National championship
                       
1 Quinnipiac 4
4 RIT 0
1 Quinnipiac 4
East Regional
2 Massachusetts–Lowell 1
2 Massachusetts–Lowell 3*
3 Yale 2
E1 Quinnipiac 3
NE2 Boston College 2
1 Providence 1
4 Minnesota–Duluth 2
4 Minnesota–Duluth 2
Northeast Regional
2 Boston College 3
2 Boston College 4
3 Harvard 1
E1 Quinnipiac 1
MW1 North Dakota 5
1 St. Cloud State 4
4 Ferris State 5*
4 Ferris State 3
West Regional
2 Denver 6
2 Denver 7
3 Boston University 2
W2 Denver 2
MW1 North Dakota 4
1 North Dakota 6
4 Northeastern 2
1 North Dakota 5
Midwest Regional
2 Michigan 2
2 Michigan 3*
3 Notre Dame 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

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Scoring leaders

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

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Kyle Connor Freshman Michigan 38 35 36 71 6
J. T. Compher Junior Michigan 38 16 47 63 28
Brock Boeser Freshman North Dakota 42 27 33 60 26
Tyler Motte Junior Michigan 38 32 24 56 36
Zac Lynch Senior Robert Morris 39 25 30 55 50
Kalle Kossila Senior St. Cloud State 41 14 40 54 14
Andrew Poturalski Sophomore New Hampshire 37 22 30 52 24
Greg Gibson Senior Robert Morris 39 29 22 51 36
Drake Caggiula Senior North Dakota 39 25 26 51 60
Sam Anas Junior Quinnipiac 43 24 26 50 18

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
Alex Lyon Junior Yale 31 1905:37 19 8 4 52 5 .936 1.64
Cam Johnson Sophomore North Dakota 34 1918:19 24 4 2 53 5 .935 1.66
Nick Ellis Junior Providence 36 2195:30 25 7 4 66 4 .936 1.80
Kevin Boyle Senior Massachusetts–Lowell 39 2363:34 24 10 5 72 7 .934 1.83
Cole Huggins Junior Minnesota State 26 1501:15 13 11 2 46 3 .917 1.84
Jason Pawloski Freshman Minnesota State 17 972:51 8 2 5 30 1 .901 1.85
Thatcher Demko Junior Boston College 39 2361:48 27 8 4 74 10 .935 1.88
Michael Garteig Senior Quinnipiac 43 2581:24 32 4 7 82 8 .924 1.91
Chris Nell Sophomore Bowling Green 37 2166:38 18 11 6 69 4 .930 1.91
Kasimir Kaskisuo Sophomore Minnesota–Duluth 39 2349:34 19 15 5 75 5 .923 1.92
Shane Starrett Sophomore Air Force 33 1781:55 16 9 5 57 4 .924 1.92

Awards

See also

References

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