2015–16 AJIHL season
| 2015–16 AJIHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Australian Junior Ice Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 29 October 2015 – 28 February 2016 |
| Number of games | 13 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Regular season | |
| Premiers | Melbourne Glaciers |
| Top scorer | Caleb Butler |
| AJIHL Champions Trophy | |
| Champions | Sydney Sabres |
| Runners-up | Melbourne Glaciers |
The 2015–16 AJIHL season is the fourth season of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. It will run from 29 October 2014 until 21 February 2015, with the finals running from 27 February 2015 until 28 February 2015. The AJIHL is the highest Australian national junior ice hockey competition.
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.
The regular season will begin on 29 October 2015 and ran through to 21 February 2015 before the teams compete in the playoff series.
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