2015-16 ENIHL season

The 2015-16 English National Ice Hockey League season was the 20th season of the league. 38 teams, divided into two conferences each with a first and second division, participated in the league, and the Blackburn Hawks won the Northern Conference while the Chelmsford Chieftains claimed the Southern Conference.

North Conference

Moralee Division

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Blackburn Hawks	32	26	3	3	221:68	55
2	Whitley Warriors	32	23	3	6	138:78	49
3	Solihull Barons	32	20	0	12	160:131	40
4	Solway Sharks	32	18	2	12	143:105	38
5	Billingham Stars	32	15	3	14	122:113	33
6	Telford Tigers (NIHL)	32	12	4	16	120:129	28
7	Sutton Sting	32	10	3	19	96:118	23
8	Sheffield Spartans	32	10	1	21	100:166	21
9	Sheffield Senators	32	0	1	31	58:250	1

Semifinals

Blackburn Hawks

5:2

Solway Sharks

Solihull Barons

5:3

Whitley Warriors

Final

Solihull Barons

3:7

Blackburn Hawks

Laidler Division

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Deeside Dragons	28	24	3	1	205:73	51
2	Widnes Wild	28	19	3	6	179:95	41
3	Nottingham Lions	28	16	4	8	103:83	36
4	Blackburn Eagles	28	16	1	11	145:129	33
5	Altrincham Aces	28	13	1	14	120:139	27
6	Hull Jets	28	8	2	18	100:140	18
7	Coventry ENL Blaze	28	4	1	23	71:158	9
8	Bradford Bulldogs	28	3	3	22	81:187	9

Semifinals

Deeside Dragons

9:5

Blackburn Eagles

Widnes Wild

3:1

Nottingham Lions

Final

Deeside Dragons

5:3

Widnes Wild

Relegation

The second-to-last team from the top division, the Sheffield Spartans, played against the second placed second division squad, the Widnes Wild.

Relegation
Widnes Wild	–	Sheffield Spartans	0:5

South Conference

Division 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Chelmsford Chieftains	36	31	3	2	201:75	65
2	Invicta Dynamos	36	23	6	7	153:92	52
3	Wightlink Raiders	36	23	5	8	166:95	51
4	Oxford City Stars	36	18	4	14	154:137	40
5	Streatham Redskins	36	19	2	15	166:129	39
6	Solent Devils	36	11	9	16	100:128	32
7	Milton Keynes Thunder	36	14	2	20	127:149	30
8	London Raiders	36	11	2	23	135:174	24
9	Bracknell Hornets	36	6	3	27	95:205	15
10	Cardiff Devils 2	36	4	4	28	84:197	12

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	London Raiders	4:1	5:1
Invicta Dynamos	–	Milton Keynes Thunder	3:4	4:0
Wightlink Raiders	–	Solent Devils	7:3	3:1
Oxford City Stars	–	Streatham Redskins	2:0	1:3 - OTW
Semifinals
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Streatham Redskins	4:4	6:2
Invicta Dynamos	–	Wightlink Raiders	2:7	0:0
Final
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Wightlink Raiders	3:5	7:0

Division 2

Western Group

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Cardiff Fire	16	12	3	1	80:22	27
2	Basingstoke Buffalo	16	10	1	5	100:52	21
3	Bristol Pitbulls	16	8	2	6	67:56	18
4	Wightlink Tigers	16	6	0	10	72:81	12
5	Swindon Wildcats (ENL)	16	1	0	15	51:159	2

Eastern Group

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Chelmsford Warriors	20	19	0	1	171:44	38
2	Peterborough Islanders	20	17	2	3	152:55	34
3	Haringey Racers	20	11	0	9	128:79	22
4	Lee Valley Lions	20	5	1	14	57:115	11
5	Slough Jets	20	4	1	15	77:148	9
6	Invicta Mustangs	20	2	2	16	47:191	6

Playoffs

Semifinals

• Chelmsford Warriors - Basingstoke Buffalo 5:0, 5:0
• Cardiff Fire - Peterborough Islanders 1:1, 7:2

Final

• Chelmsford Warriors - Cardiff Fire 2:2, 5:2

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info