2015-16 NEHC Women's Season

This is the 2015-16 New England Hockey Conference Women's hockey season.

Membership Changes
none

NEHC Women's Open Tournament
The four non-D-III teams and D-I Independent Sacred Heart Pioneers were invited to participate in a tournament sponsored by the conference.

Preliminary Round

 * St. Michael's defeated Sacred Heart 5-2

Semifinals

 * Holy Cross defeated St. Michael's 9-2
 * St. Anselm defeated Franklin Pierce 2-0

Final

 * Holy Cross defeated St. Anselm 4-3 (ot)

Consolation Game

 * Franklin Pierce defeated St. Michaels 6-0

Format

 * Holy Cross is ineligible for the conference tournament as the school is Division I in all other sports
 * St. Anselm Hawks and St. Michael's Purple Knights are ineligible for the conference tournament as the school is Division II in all other sports.
 * The top 8 teams out of the remaining 11 qualify for the conference tournament.  The top seed plays the number 8 seed, number 2 plays number 7, number 3 plays number 6 and number 4 plays number 5 in the quarterfinals on February 27th.  The highest seeded semifinal winner host the semifinal and final rounds on March 4th and 5th.  The highest quarterfinal winner host the lowest seeded quarterfinals winner and the 2nd highest seeded quarterfinal winner is the "home" team against the 3rd seeded quarterfinal winner.  The semifinal winners meet on March 5th for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals

 * Norwich defeated New England College 1-0
 * Castleton State defeated Plymouth State 3-0
 * Mass-Boston defeated Manhattanville 4-0
 * University New England defeated Salve Regina 3-0

Semifinals

 * Norwich defeated University of New England 3-1
 * Mass-Boston defeated Castleton State 2-1 (ot)

Final
Mass-Boston Beacons earn the New England Hockey Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. The Beacons lost in the quarterfinals to the Middlebury Panthers 4-0.
 * Mass-Boston defeated Norwich 2-0