2015–16 National Ringette League season

The 2015–16 National Ringette League season for the sport of ringette was the 12th season of the National Ringette League and began on October 3, 2015 and ended on April 9, 2016.

2015–16 National Ringette League season
League	National Ringette League
Sport	Ringette
Duration	October 3, 2015 – March 12, 2016 March 12, 2016 - April 9, 2016 (playoff)
Number of games	East: 28 West: 26
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Season champions	East: Cambridge Turbos West: Edmonton WAM!
Season MVP	Jaqueline Gaudet
League Playoffs
Final
Champions	Cambridge Turbos (5th title)
National Ringette League seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Cambridge Turbos won the national championship, winning their fifth national title.^[1]

Teams

Another team joined the league this season.

• Edmonton Black Gold Rush:^[2][3] West Division

Quebec City Cyclones and Prairie Fire did not join the league for three straight seasons.

Regular Seasons

East Division teams would play 28 games which consisted 1, 2 or 4 games against same division team and some of those team will played against West Division teams none, 2 or 4 games.

West Division teams would play 26 games which consisted 6 games against same division team and play none, 2 or 4 game against East Division teams.

Season Opener

This was the first game of the season and was sponsored by Fuelling Women Championship.^[4]

3 October 2015

Atlantic Attack (1-0-0, 2pt)	9-2 (1-0, 2-1, 2-1, 4-0)	Rive Sud Revolution (0-1-0, 0pt)
Snowdown 6:37(2nd), 4:43(4th, PP), 11:05(4th, PP) Caissie 11:02(3rd, PP), 11:58(3rd, PP), 5:11(4th) Doiron 2:55(1st) Proulx 7:55(2nd) Mason 1:53(4th)		Lapointe 7:28(2nd), 4:27(3rd, PP)

Aitken University Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Attendance: 1200

Referee: David Jones, Tim Brun, Mandy Avery

Standings

• x indicates clinches the playoff
• y indicates clinches the Championship (Elite Eight)

East Conference

	GP	W	L	SL	PTS
y-Cambridge Turbos	28	24	2	2	50
y-Montreal Mission	28	21	5	2	44
x-Atlantic Attack	28	20	7	1	41
x-Gloucester Devils	28	19	8	1	39
x-Ottawa Ice	28	17	11	0	34
x-Richmond Hill Lighting	28	16	11	1	33
x-Gatineau Fusion	28	12	15	1	25
x-Le Royal de Bourassa	28	8	18	2	16
Waterloo Fildfire	28	6	19	3	15
Lac St.Louis Adrenaline	28	5	22	1	11
Rive Sud Revolution	28	5	22	1	11

West Conference

	GP	W	L	SL	PTS
y-Edmonton WAM!	26	21	3	2	44
y-Calgary RATH	26	16	9	1	33
x-BC Thunder	26	9	17	0	18
x-Black Gold Rush	26	7	16	3	17

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 National Ringette League playoffs

• Atlantic, Gloucester, Ottawa and Black Gold wins the knockout stage and advance to Elite Eight.
• Gloucester is in first place of Elite eight and clinches final directly. While, Cambridge and Ottawa is second and third place respectively, they clinch semifinal.
• Cambridge beat the Ottawa and advance to the final.
• Cambridge beat the Gloucester to win the final. This is the first loss for Gloucester in the playoffs.

Award

• MVP: Jaqueline Gaudet (CAM)^[5]

Stats

• Regular season
  • Player expect goalie
    • Goal
      • East Jacqueline Gaudet, Martine Caissie (both are 61, CAM and ATL respectively)
      • West Shaundra Bruvall (48, CGY)
    • Assist
      • East Julie Blanchette (83, MTL)
      • West Shaundra Bruvall (35, CGY)
    • Point
      • East Julie Blanchette (128, MTL)
      • West Shaundra Bruvall (83, CGY)
  • Goalie
    • Saving %
      • East Jessie Callander (.910, CAM)
      • West Bobbi Mattson (.901, CGY)
    • Goals against average
      • East Jessie Callander (3.27, CAM)
      • West Breanna Beck (3.46, EDM)
    • Win
      • East Jessie Callander (15, CAM)
      • West Breanna Beck (10, EDM)
• Playoff

Main article: 2016 National Ringette League playoffs § Leaders

References

1. "Cambridge Turbos claim national gold at ringette championships" 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, National Ringette League Official site, April 4, 2016
2. "New team joins National Ringette League, league set for 2015-2016 season draft" 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, National Ringette League Official Site, July 5, 2015
3. The team is based on Edmonton, Alberta.
4. "NRL SEASON OPENER to be Hosted by Fuelling Women Champions" 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, National Ringette League Official Site, Retrieved by January 27, 2016
5. "National Ringette League announces annual award winners" 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, National Ringette League Official Site, April 11, 2016