2015-16 Chinook Hockey League Season

This is the 2015-16 Chinook Hockey League season. This is the league's 47th season.

For the second straight season the league is having a pre-season classic. It is being hosted by the Innisfail Eagles who also hosted the previous year's event. The event is scheduled for October 3rd and 4th at the Twin Arenas in Innisfail.

Membership changes

In late July the Okotoks Oilers announced they were sitting out the 2015-16 season.
The previously independent Rosetown Red Wings had shown interest in joining the league for the 2015-16 season (and according to an unconfirmed source planned to join for 3 seasons) but the team appears to have withdrawn on September 26th and joined the Long Lake Senior Hockey League.

Teams

Team	Centre	Arena
Bentley Generals	Bentley	Bentley Arena
Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs	Fort Saskatchewan	Jubilee Recreation Centre
Innisfail Eagles	Innisfail	Innisfail Twin Arena
Stony Plain Eagles	Stony Plain	Centennial Arena

On Leave

Team	Centre	Arena
Okotoks Drillers	Okotoks	Scott Seaman Sports Rink

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Bentley Generals	18	14	3	-	1	1	84	43	-	29
Stony Plain Eagles	18	10	7	-	1	0	77	75	-	21
Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs	18	6	10	-	2	1	64	88	-	14
Innisfail Eagles	18	6	12	-	0	0	46	65	-	12

Playoffs

As of the pre-season, the league playoff champion were scheduled to play the champion from British Columbia (Powell River Regals are the only registered Senior "AAA" team in the province) in the Mckenzie Cup for a berth in the 2016 Allan Cup being held in Steinbach, Manitoba and hosted by the South East Prairie Thunder. The Powell River Regals announced they would not compete for the Allan Cup so the CHL playoff champion advances to the 2016 Allan Cup.

Semifinals

Best-of-seven

Bentley defeated Innisfail 4 games to 3 (3-0, 2-3 (ot), 1-8, 5-4, 2-3 (ot), 4-1, 5-4 (ot))
Stony Plain defeated Fort Saskatchewan 4 games to none (5-3, 5-1, 5-1, 5-2)

Final