2015–16 CWHL season

2015–16 CWHL season
League	Canadian Women's Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 17, 2015 – February 21, 2016
Number of games	24
Number of teams	5
Regular season
Season champions	Les Canadiennes
Season MVP	Marie-Philip Poulin
Top scorer	Marie-Philip Poulin
Clarkson Cup
Champions	Calgary Inferno
Seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 CWHL season is the ninth season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

For the second consecutive year, the Brampton Thunder held the first pick overall and selected Harvard defender Sarah Edney. Two members of Canada’s gold medal winning roster at the 2014 Winter Olympics were selected during the first round: Marie-Philip Poulin by Les Canadiennes and Brianne Jenner by the Calgary Inferno. Calgary also selected Hayley Wickenheiser ninth overall. In total, the five teams selected 55 players over 13 rounds.

Les Canadiennes won the Commissioner’s Trophy for the best regular season records for the fifth time in seven years, eight points ahead of second-place Calgary Inferno. Montreal also lead the league with a +78 goal differential and an average of 4.75 goals per game. With a 5–4 win against the Brampton Thunder in the final game of the season, Calgary was the second team to secure home-ice advantage for the play-offs. Defending Clarkson Cup champions Boston Blades, however, would only record one shootout victory in their second game of the season, finishing last in the league with two points.

Regular season scoring was led by four Canadiennes players, with Marie-Philip Poulin claiming the Angela James Bowl as the CWHL's top scorer. Along with Natalie Spooner of the Toronto Furies and Laura Fortino of the Brampton Thunder, she was also nominated for the MVP title.

In a game against the Brampton Thunder on December 13, 2015, Noemie Marin registered the 200th point of her CWHL career . She would record two assists in the game, including one on the game-winning tally, to reach the milestone.

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