2015–16_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season

2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
	Amalie Arena in Tampa hosted the 2016 Frozen Four
Duration	October 3, 2015–; April 9, 2016
NCAA tournament	2016
National championship	Amalie Arena; Tampa, Florida
NCAA champion	North Dakota
Hobey Baker Award	Jimmy Vesey; (Harvard)
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2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

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The 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament's championship game on April 9, 2016.^[1] This was the 69th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and the 122nd year overall in which an NCAA school fielded a team.

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On January 22, 2016, Boston College coach Jerry York became the first NCAA hockey coach to win 1,000 games and only the second coach in the professional or amateur level to achieve 1,000 wins. The only other coach to achieve this feat was Scotty Bowman.

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2015–16 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Robert Morris †	28	18	6	4	40	116	69	39	24	11	4	158	107
Air Force	28	16	7	5	37	85	60	37	20	12	5	110	86
Holy Cross	28	16	7	5	37	89	59	36	18	13	5	109	90
Mercyhurst	28	15	9	4	34	86	82	36	17	15	4	108	115
#20 RIT *	28	14	9	5	33	93	77	39	18	15	6	118	116
Army	28	8	11	9	25	64	74	38	14	15	9	88	89
Canisius	28	10	13	5	25	72	82	39	12	22	5	92	121
Bentley	28	9	13	6	24	74	85	40	14	20	6	106	124
Sacred Heart	28	10	15	3	23	72	78	37	13	20	4	96	109
Niagara	28	5	18	5	15	58	95	37	6	25	6	71	126
American International	28	6	19	3	15	57	105	39	7	29	3	80	159
Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2015–16 Big Ten ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota†	20	14	6	0	0	42	76	58	37	20	17	0	121	108
#6 Michigan*	20	12	5	3	2	41	107	68	38	25	8	5	181	115
Penn State	20	10	9	1	1	32	64	72	38	21	13	4	140	122
Ohio State	20	8	8	4	1	29	79	77	36	14	18	4	128	125
Michigan State	20	6	12	2	0	21	47	72	37	10	23	4	93	124
Wisconsin	20	3	13	4	2	15	54	80	35	8	19	8	93	127
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016

2015–16 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Arizona State	29	5	22	2	46	116
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2016

2015–16 ECAC Hockey men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Quinnipiac † *	22	16	1	5	37	84	44	43	32	4	7	163	85
#10 Yale	22	14	5	3	31	57	37	32	19	9	4	86	57
#9 Harvard	22	12	6	4	28	72	47	34	19	11	4	116	81
#17 St. Lawrence	22	11	8	3	25	68	50	37	19	14	4	106	84
Clarkson	22	10	9	3	23	52	51	38	20	15	3	101	95
Rensselaer	22	8	7	7	23	47	49	40	18	15	7	97	104
Dartmouth	22	11	11	0	22	60	69	35	18	16	1	94	104
#18 Cornell	22	8	8	6	22	46	50	34	16	11	7	79	82
Union	22	6	10	6	18	53	62	36	13	14	9	91	96
Colgate	22	6	14	2	14	45	71	37	11	24	2	95	132
Brown	22	3	13	6	12	47	70	31	5	19	7	75	107
Princeton	22	3	16	3	9	40	71	31	5	23	3	60	99
Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

2015–16 Hockey East men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 Boston College †	22	15	2	5	35	91	45	41	28	8	5	156	82
#3 Providence †	22	16	3	3	35	71	39	38	27	7	4	124	71
#13 Notre Dame	22	15	5	2	32	70	40	37	19	11	7	115	86
#8 Massachusetts–Lowell	22	12	6	4	28	58	37	40	25	10	5	121	75
#11 Boston University	22	12	6	4	28	75	56	36	21	10	5	124	106
#14 Northeastern *	22	10	8	4	24	75	56	41	22	14	5	134	105
Merrimack	22	5	10	7	17	50	70	39	13	19	7	95	108
Connecticut	22	6	12	4	16	49	70	36	11	21	4	88	114
Vermont	22	6	13	3	15	48	66	40	15	22	3	86	107
New Hampshire	22	4	12	6	14	57	73	37	11	20	6	112	121
Maine	22	5	15	2	12	42	77	38	8	24	6	76	129
Massachusetts	22	2	16	4	8	44	101	36	8	24	4	84	146
Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

2015–16_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season

2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

Polls

Regular season

Standings

2016 NCAA tournament

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Awards

NCAA

Atlantic Hockey

Big Ten

ECAC

Hockey East

NCHC

WCHA

Hobey Baker Award

Mike Richter Award

2016 NHL Entry Draft

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2015–16 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 North Dakota†	24	19	4	1	1	59	89	49	44	34	6	4	162	81
#4 St. Cloud State*	24	17	6	1	1	53	104	53	41	31	9	1	175	90
#6 Denver	24	17	5	2	0	53	74	52	41	25	10	6	134	96
#16 Minnesota–Duluth	24	11	10	3	1	37	64	44	40	19	16	5	107	82
Miami	24	9	13	2	2	31	54	65	36	15	18	3	86	97
Omaha	24	8	15	1	0	25	60	83	36	18	17	1	103	107
Western Michigan	24	5	18	1	1	17	56	103	36	8	25	3	80	142
Colorado College	24	4	19	1	0	13	47	99	36	6	29	1	71	145
Champions: St. Cloud State † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 13, 2016

2015–16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Michigan Tech †	28	18	7	3	39	92	55	37	23	9	5	123	77
#15 Minnesota State †	28	16	5	7	39	82	48	41	21	13	7	105	80
Bowling Green	28	16	7	5	37	81	59	42	22	14	6	118	91
Ferris State*	28	13	11	4	30	73	70	41	20	15	6	112	109
Northern Michigan	28	12	11	5	29	65	69	38	15	16	7	89	99
Bemidji State	28	11	12	5	27	66	66	39	17	16	6	96	96
Lake Superior State	28	10	13	5	25	49	71	41	14	22	5	74	105
Alaska	28	8	16	4	20	65	87	36	10	22	4	86	117
Alaska Anchorage	28	8	18	2	18	63	84	34	11	20	3	81	103
Alabama–Huntsville	28	5	17	6	16	61	88	34	7	21	6	73	106
Championship: Ferris State † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Regional semifinals			Regional Finals			Frozen Four			National championship

1	Quinnipiac	4

4	RIT	0
			1	Quinnipiac	4
East Regional
			2	Massachusetts–Lowell	1
2	Massachusetts–Lowell	3*

3	Yale	2
						E1	Quinnipiac	3

						NE2	Boston College	2
1	Providence	1

4	Minnesota–Duluth	2
			4	Minnesota–Duluth	2
Northeast Regional
			2	Boston College	3
2	Boston College	4

3	Harvard	1
									E1	Quinnipiac	1

									MW1	North Dakota	5
1	St. Cloud State	4

4	Ferris State	5*
			4	Ferris State	3
West Regional
			2	Denver	6
2	Denver	7

3	Boston University	2
						W2	Denver	2

						MW1	North Dakota	4
1	North Dakota	6

4	Northeastern	2
			1	North Dakota	5
Midwest Regional
			2	Michigan	2
2	Michigan	3*

3	Notre Dame	2

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kyle Connor	Freshman	Michigan	38	35	36	71	6
J. T. Compher	Junior	Michigan	38	16	47	63	28
Brock Boeser	Freshman	North Dakota	42	27	33	60	26
Tyler Motte	Junior	Michigan	38	32	24	56	36
Zac Lynch	Senior	Robert Morris	39	25	30	55	50
Kalle Kossila	Senior	St. Cloud State	41	14	40	54	14
Andrew Poturalski	Sophomore	New Hampshire	37	22	30	52	24
Greg Gibson	Senior	Robert Morris	39	29	22	51	36
Drake Caggiula	Senior	North Dakota	39	25	26	51	60
Sam Anas	Junior	Quinnipiac	43	24	26	50	18

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Alex Lyon	Junior	Yale	31	1905:37	19	8	4	52	5	.936	1.64
Cam Johnson	Sophomore	North Dakota	34	1918:19	24	4	2	53	5	.935	1.66
Nick Ellis	Junior	Providence	36	2195:30	25	7	4	66	4	.936	1.80
Kevin Boyle	Senior	Massachusetts–Lowell	39	2363:34	24	10	5	72	7	.934	1.83
Cole Huggins	Junior	Minnesota State	26	1501:15	13	11	2	46	3	.917	1.84
Jason Pawloski	Freshman	Minnesota State	17	972:51	8	2	5	30	1	.901	1.85
Thatcher Demko	Junior	Boston College	39	2361:48	27	8	4	74	10	.935	1.88
Michael Garteig	Senior	Quinnipiac	43	2581:24	32	4	7	82	8	.924	1.91
Chris Nell	Sophomore	Bowling Green	37	2166:38	18	11	6	69	4	.930	1.91
Kasimir Kaskisuo	Sophomore	Minnesota–Duluth	39	2349:34	19	15	5	75	5	.923	1.92
Shane Starrett	Sophomore	Air Force	33	1781:55	16	9	5	57	4	.924	1.92

Round	Pick	Player	College	Conference	NHL team
1	7	Clayton Keller ^†	Boston University	Hockey East	Arizona Coyotes
1	10	Tyson Jost ^†	North Dakota	NCHC	Colorado Avalanche
1	14	Charlie McAvoy	Boston University	Hockey East	Boston Bruins
1	17	Dante Fabbro ^†	Boston University	Hockey East	Nashville Predators
1	19	Kieffer Bellows ^†	Boston University	Hockey East	New York Islanders
1	20	Dennis Cholowski ^†	St. Cloud State	NCHC	Detroit Red Wings
1	23	Henrik Borgström ^†	Denver	NCHC	Florida Panthers
1	25	Riley Tufte ^†	Minnesota–Duluth	NCHC	Dallas Stars
2	34	Andrew Peeke ^†	Notre Dame	Hockey East	Columbus Blue Jackets
2	40	Cam Morrison ^†	Notre Dame	Hockey East	Colorado Avalanche
2	45	Chad Krys ^†	Boston University	Hockey East	Boston Bruins
2	49	Ryan Lindgren ^†	Minnesota	Big Ten	Boston Bruins
2	52	Wade Allison ^†	Western Michigan	NCHC	Philadelphia Flyers
2	60	Dylan Gambrell	Denver	NCHC	San Jose Sharks
2	61	Kasper Björkqvist ^†	Providence	Hockey East	Pittsburgh Penguins
3	62	Joseph Woll ^†	Boston College	Hockey East	Toronto Maple Leafs
3	64	Will Lockwood ^†	Michigan	Big Ten	Vancouver Canucks
3	66	Adam Fox ^†	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	Calgary Flames
3	67	Matt Filipe ^†	Northeastern	Hockey East	Carolina Hurricanes
3	72	J. D. Greenway ^†	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Florida Panthers
3	73	Joey Anderson ^†	Minnesota–Duluth	NCHC	New Jersey Devils
3	75	Jack LaFontaine ^†	Michigan	Big Ten	Carolina Hurricanes
3	76	Rem Pitlick ^†	Minnesota	Big Ten	Nashville Predators
3	84	Matt Cairns ^†	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	Edmonton Oilers
3	86	Casey Fitzgerald	Boston College	Hockey East	Buffalo Sabres
4	99	Brett Murray ^†	Penn State	Big Ten	Buffalo Sabres
4	103	Todd Burgess ^†	Rensselaer	ECAC Hockey	Ottawa Senators
4	106	Brandon Duhaime ^†	Providence	Hockey East	Minnesota Wild
4	116	Rhett Gardner	North Dakota	NCHC	Dallas Stars
4	118	Ross Colton ^†	Vermont	Hockey East	Tampa Bay Lightning
4	121	Ryan Jones ^†	Omaha	NCHC	Pittsburgh Penguins
5	124	Casey Staum ^†	Colorado College	NCHC	Montreal Canadiens
5	125	Nolan Stevens	Northeastern	Hockey East	St. Louis Blues
5	126	Mitchell Mattson ^†	Michigan State	Big Ten	Calgary Flames
5	128	Colton Point ^†	Colgate	ECAC Hockey	Dallas Stars
5	136	Cameron Clarke ^†	Ferris State	WCHA	Boston Bruins
5	138	Patrick Harper ^†	Boston University	Hockey East	Nashville Predators
5	142	Mikey Eyssimont	St. Cloud State	NCHC	Los Angeles Kings
5	149	Graham McPhee ^†	Boston College	Hockey East	Edmonton Oilers
6	153	Aapeli Räsänen ^†	Boston College	Hockey East	Edmonton Oilers
6	155	Peter Thome ^†	North Dakota	NCHC	Columbus Blue Jackets
6	161	Nate Clurman ^†	Notre Dame	Hockey East	Colorado Avalanche
6	169	Tanner Laczynski ^†	Ohio State	Big Ten	Philadelphia Flyers
6	170	Collin Adams ^†	North Dakota	NCHC	New York Islanders
6	173	Blake Hillman	Denver	NCHC	Chicago Blackhawks
6	174	Tyler Wall ^†	Massachusetts–Lowell	Hockey East	New York Rangers
6	177	Chase Priskie	Quinnipiac	ECAC Hockey	Washington Capitals
7	183	Vincent Desharnais	Providence	Hockey East	Edmonton Oilers
7	187	Arvid Henrikson ^†	Lake Superior State	WCHA	Montreal Canadiens
7	188	Dean Stewart ^†	Omaha	NCHC	Arizona Coyotes
7	192	Jérémy Davies ^†	Northeastern	Hockey East	New Jersey Devils
7	193	Nick Pastujov ^†	Michigan	Big Ten	New York Islanders
7	195	Ben Finkelstein ^†	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey	Florida Panthers
7	197	Jacob Kucharski ^†	Providence	Hockey East	Carolina Hurricanes
7	198	Adam Smith	Bowling Green	WCHA	Nashville Predators
7	203	Jake Ryczek ^†	Providence	Hockey East	Chicago Blackhawks
7	208	Ryan Lohin ^†	Massachusetts–Lowell	Hockey East	Tampa Bay Lightning