2015-16 MJHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's 99th season.

Preceded by 2014-15 MJHL Season

MJHL Seasons

Succeeded by 2016-17 MJHL Season

League Notes

Commissioner Kim Davis

• CJHL introduced All-Academic Team scholarship, one player from each league.
• Bantam Draft held in Neepawa on June 7th.
• League schedules Showcase Weekend for October 1st to 3rd in Winnipeg at the MTS IcePlex.

Regular Season

Team		GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Portage Terriers	60	52	6	1	1	273	122	106
2	Steinbach Pistons	60	45	10	0	5	248	133	95
3	Winkler Flyers	60	42	13	1	4	255	149	89
4	Virden Oil Capitals	60	37	21	2	0	194	141	76
5	Winnipeg Blues	60	32	18	4	6	210	168	74
6	OCN Blizzard	60	27	30	2	1	183	213	57
7	Swan Valley Stampeders	60	22	29	6	3	173	204	53
8	Selkirk Steelers	60	23	31	3	3	192	252	52
9	Dauphin Kings	60	21	33	4	2	181	244	48
10	Waywayseecappo Wolverines	60	16	39	2	3	147	247	37
11	Neepawa Natives	60	13	45	2	0	129	312	28

Playoffs

	Survivor Series					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Turnbull Cup Final
						1	Portage	4
						8	Selkirk	0
	7	Swan Valley	2								1	Portage	4
	10	Waywayseecappo	0								5	Winnipeg	0
						2	Steinbach	4
						7	Swan Valley	0
	(Pairings are re-seeded after each round)															1	Portage	4
																2	Steinbach	1
						3	Winkler	4
						6	OCN	1
	8	Selkirk	2								2	Steinbach	4
	9	Dauphin	0								3	Winkler	3
						4	Virden	3
						5	Winnipeg	4

Western Canada Championship Tournament

Western Canada Cup Championship

Portage finished 3rd Brad Bowles named MVP, Brett Orr Top Defenseman, & both Tournament All-Stars see 2016 Western Canada Cup

CJHL World Junior A Challenge

selected to Team Canada West
Player	Position	Team
Brett Orr	Defense	Portage Terriers
Dean Stewart	Defense	Portage Terriers
Paul Dyck	Assistant Coach	Steinbach Pistons

see 2015 World Junior A Challenge

CJHL Prospects Game

selected to Team West
Player	Position	Team
Dean Stewart	Defense	Portage Terriers

see 2016 CJHL Prospects Game

In Season Awards

Player of the Week		Players of the Month	Peak Performer of the Month
CJHL 3 Stars of the Month
Star	Month	Player	Team
3	September	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers
1	October	Nathan Park	Portage Terriers

League Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers	102
Most Goals	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers	45
Most Assists	Dan Taillefer	Steinbach Pistons	59
Top Goals Against Average	Nathan Park	Portage Terriers	1.92

League Record

Player	Team	Category	Amount
Nathan Park	Portage Terriers	Top Goals Against Average	1.92

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers	45	57	102
2	Logan Harland	OCN Blizzard	39	56	95
3	Tristan Keck	Winkler Flyers	39	44	83
4	Dan Taillefer	Steinbach Pistons	22	59	81
5	Kamerin Nault	Winnipeg Blues	37	39	76
6	Cam Whyte	Winkler Flyers	35	35	70
7	Taeron Lewis	Winnipeg Blues	26	42	68
8	Adam Wowryk	Portage Terriers	24	41	65
	Shawn Bowles	Portage Terriers	19	46	65
10	Scott Gall	Winkler Flyers	34	27	61
	Cole Smith	Steinbach Pistons	26	35	61
	Nick Henry	Portage Terriers	26	35	61

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers
Top Goaltender	Nathan Park	Portage Terriers
Top Defenseman	Brett Orr	Portage Terriers
Rookie of the Year	Nick Henry	Portage Terriers
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Dan Taillefer	Steinbach Pistons
Coach of the Year	Blake Spiller	Portage Terriers
Scoring Champion	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers
Playoff MVP	Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers

CJHL Awards

Player	Team	Category
Chase Brakel	Portage Terriers	All-Academic Team
Brad Bowles	Portage Terriers	Western All-Star Team
Blake Spiller	Portage Terriers	Coach of the Year

Scholarships

Scholarship	Player	Team
RBC Financial Group	Nathan Karlowsky	Winkler Flyers
MJHL Scholarship Fund	Kyle Bird	Virden Oil Capitals
	Drake Bodie	Virden Oil Capitals
	Zak Hicks	Winkler Flyers
	Alex Keena	Wayway Wolverines
Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba	Dan Taillefer	Steinbach Pistons

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team Brad Bowles • Logan Harland • Tristan Keck Portage Terriers • OCN Blizzard • Winkler Flyers Brady Keeper • Brett Orr OCN Blizzard • Portage Terriers Nathan Park Portage Terriers Second All-Star Team Kamerin Nault • Tyler Penner • Dan Taillefer Winnipeg Blues • Steinbach Pistons • Steinbach Pistons Zak Hicks • Zach Whitecloud Winkler Flyers • Virden Oil Capitals Sean Kuehn Virden Oil Capitals Rookie All-Star Team Bennett Dalke • Nick Henry • Josh Tripp Virden Oil Capitals • Portage Terriers • Swan Valley Stampeders Darby Gula • Tyler Jubenvill Steinbach Pistons • Winkler Flyers Emilien Boily OCN Blizzard

Alumni News

see 2015-16 MJHL Alumni News