2015-16 College Hockey America Season

This is the 2015-16 College Hockey America season. This is the league's 14th season.

Membership changes[]

none

Membership[]

Team	Location	Arena
Lindenwood University Lady Lions	St. Charles, MO	Lindenwood Ice Arena
Mercyhurst Lakers	Erie, PA	Mercyhurst Ice Center
Penn State University Nittany Lions	University Park, PA	Pegula Ice Arena
Rochester Inst. Of Tech. Tigers	Henrietta, NY	Gene Polisseni Center
Robert Morris University Colonials	Moon Township, PA	84 Lumber Arena
Syracuse Orange	Syracuse, NY	Tennity Ice Skating Pavillon

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
College Hockey America								Overall Record
Mercyhurst Lakers	20	14	3	3	55	26	31	35	19	11	5	92	74
Syracuse Orange	20	14	4	2	56	28	30	36	19	14	3	96	77
Penn State Nittany Lions	20	6	8	6	33	35	18	37	12	19	6	65	76
Robert Morris Colonials	20	7	9	4	52	57	18	38	17	16	5	108	97
Lindenwood Lady Lions	20	5	11	4	31	46	14	37	9	24	4	64	102
RIT Tigers	20	4	5	1	25	60	9	36	8	27	1	51	108

Conference Tournament[]

Format[]

All teams qualify. The top two seeds earn a bye to the semifinals. The third place team host the sixth place team and the fourth place team host the fifth place team in a best-of-three playoff series . The semifinals and final are one game sudden death. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

First Round[]

Penn State defeated RIT 2 games to none (2-0, 3-2)
Robert Morris defeated Lindenwood 2 games to 1 (3-4, 3-1, 5-1)

Semifinals[]

Mercyhurst defeated Robert Morris 4-2
Syracuse defeated Penn State 3-2 (3ot)

Final[]

Mercyhurst defeated Syracuse 4-3 (ot)

Mercyhurst Lakers earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.