2015-16 NESCAC Men's Season

This is the 2015-16 New England Small College Athletic Conference Men's hockey season.

Membership Changes
none

Format
The tournament is single elimination format. The top 8 teams qualify for the tournament. The quarterfinal round matches up 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. The teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the top seed playing the bottom seed and the other two teams pairing off. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals

 * Tufts defeated Williams 2-1
 * Trinity defeated Colby 3-1
 * Amherst defeated Bowdoin 8-5
 * Middlebury defeated Hamilton 2-1 (ot)

Semifinals

 * Trinity defeated Tufts 5 to 3
 * Amherst defeated Middlebury  4 to 2

Final
The Trinity Bantams earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
 * Trinity defeated Amherst 5-1