The 2015–16 Maritime Junior Hockey League season was the 49th season in league history. Each team played 48 games.
At the end of the regular season, the league's top teams competed for the Kent Cup, the league's playoff championship trophy. The team successful in winning the Kent Cup had a chance to compete for the 2016 Fred Page Cup to determine the Eastern Canadian Champion, if successful in winning the team moved on to compete for the 2016 Royal Bank Cup to determine the 2016 Junior 'A' champion.
Team changes
No team changes.
Regular season standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; STK = Streak; x = Clinched playoff spot y = Clinched division; z = Clinched first overall
Final Standings
Eastlink South Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts. Stk xy - Truro Bearcats 48 25 15 5 3 134 116 58 L1 x - Valley Wildcats 48 26 17 2 3 179 165 57 W1 x - Pictou County Crushers 48 25 18 5 0 172 143 55 L1 x - South Shore Lumberjacks 48 24 21 2 1 138 142 51 W1 Amherst Ramblers 48 17 29 1 1 142 187 36 W2 Yarmouth Mariners 48 13 35 0 0 141 222 26 L1
Eastlink North Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts. Stk xyz - Summerside Western Capitals 48 34 12 1 1 207 150 70 W8 x - Woodstock Slammers 48 32 10 5 1 197 124 70 W1 x - Dieppe Commandos 48 33 14 1 0 207 160 67 W2x - Campbellton Tigers 48 23 16 7 2 152 143 55 L2 Miramichi Timberwolves 48 26 20 0 2 178 177 54 L1 County Aces 48 10 36 2 0 124 242 22 L2
2016 MHL Playoff bracket
Quarter-finals
*= If Necessary
South Division Semi-final 1 (1) Truro Beatcats vs. (4) South Shore Lumberjacks
South Division Semi-final 2 (2) Valley Wildcats vs. (3) Pictou County Crushers
North Division Semi-final 1 (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs. (4) Campbellton Tigers
North Division Semi-final 2 (2) Woodstock Slammers vs. (3) Dieppe Commandos
Semi-finals
South Division Finals (3) Pictou County Crushers vs (4) Shouth Shore Lumberjacks
North Division Finals (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs (3) Dieppe Commandos
Kent Cup Finals
Kent Cup Finals (3) Dieppe Commandos vs (3) Pictou County Crushers
External links Official website of the Maritime Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League