2015-16 NJHL Season

This is the '''2015-16 Noralta Junior Hockey League season. '''This is the league's 24th season dating back to its' founding as the North Central Junior Hockey League in 1992.

Membership changes

 * none

Format
The top 8 teams qualify for the main playoffs. The 9th-12 place teams qualify for the B playoffs and the 13th place team is eliminated from any further play.

The main playoffs have a best-of-three quarterfinal series with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7, 3 playing 6 and 4 playing 5. The teams are re-seeded for the best-of-three semifinals with the winners advancing to the best-of-three final

The two finalist plus one additional team advance to the 2016 Alberta Junior C Playoffs being held March 25 to 27 2016 at the Callingwood Arena Edmonton, which will be held with an additional 3 teams from the Calgary Junior C Hockey League.

The B playoffs have 9 playing 12 and 10 playing 11 in a best-of-three semifinal series. The B semifinal winners advance to a best-of-three B final series.

Quarterfinals

 * NorthEast Zone Northstars defeated Seera Icemen 2 games to none (7-3, 5-3)
 * Edmonton Avalanche defeated Edmonton Mavericks 2 games to none (8-5, 6-1)
 * Sherwood Park Renegades defeated Fort Saskatchewan Traders 2 games to none (6-3, 8-2)
 * St. Albert Comets defeated SouthWest Zone Oil Kings 2 games to 1 (scores unavailable)

Semifinals
semifinal winners qualify for the 2016 Alberta Junior C Playoffs. the losing teams advance to a one game playoff on March 17th for the league's other spot in the tournament.
 * NorthEast Zone Northstars defeated St. Albert Comets 2 games to none (4-3, 4-3)
 * Edmonton Avalanche defeated Sherwood Park Renegades 2 games to none (9-2, ?-?)

Final
Both league finalists qualify for the 2016 Alberta Junior C Playoffs.
 * Edmonton Avalanche defeated NorthEast Zone Northstars 2 games to none (3-2, 4-3)



Provincial Qualifier
The two teams eliminated in the semifinals played a one game qualifier for the league's third spot in the provincial playoffs. The game was held March 17th with the winner advancing to the 2016 Alberta Junior C Playoffs.
 * St. Albert Comets defeated Sherwood Park Renegades 4 to 3

B Semifinals

 * Morinville Titans defeated Gibbons Broncos 2 games to 1 (8-3, 6-6?, ?-?)
 * SEERA Stealth defeated SouthWest Zone Ice Kings 2 games to none (1-0, 4-3)

B Final

 * Morinville Titans defeated Seera Stealth