2015-16 CCHL2 Season

This is the 2015-16 Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 season. This is the league's first season under this name and its' 51st season dating back to the founding of the Rideau-St. Lawrence Junior B Hockey League in 1966. Prior to this season the league was known as the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Membership Changes

In the early part of 2015 the league reportedly worked out affiliation agreement with the teams of the Central Canada Hockey League. The Junior Hockey News website ran an article on April 15th reporting the changes but stated the leagues will hold off on the announcement until the end of the playoffs. The affilation agreement will apparently lead the league being renamed the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 and the dropping of six teams from the league (Gananoque Islanders, Akwesasne Wolves, Morrisburg Lions, Almonte Thunder, Shawville Pontiacs, and the Gatineau Mustangs.) The Gananoque Islanders were reported (as of April 16, 2015) to be joining the Empire Junior C Hockey League The teams remaining in the league with this arrangement were the Ottawa West Golden Knights, Ottawa Junior Canadians, Clarence Creek Castors, Metcalfe Jets, Stittsville Rams, Renfrew Timberwolves, Perth Blue Wings, Arnprior Packers, Casselman Vikings, Winchester Hawks, Char-Lan Rebels and the Alexandria Glens.The structure of the two leagues will be similar in theory with the North American Hockey League and their feeder leagues (North American 3 Hockey League and the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League).

Brockville Tikis Mutiny

According to a report on the Junior Hockey News website (and confirmed by a tweet on the teams twitter page) ten players left the teams over an issue with fees charged to players. The players included the captain and all three alternate captains. Less than 48 hours later, the head coach quit (and then was relieved of his general managerial duties) . The report also indicated that a previous incident involving the then assistant coach (now head coach) may have also been an additional factor in the players leaving the teams. In the end 11 players left the team, six of them were traded to three different teams by October 3rd.

The Teams

The teams are being realigned into east and west divisions for 2015-16. The Rideau and Valley Divisions will form the West Divsion and St. Lawrence and Metro Divisions will form the East Division.

Martin Division
Team	Centre	Founded	CCHL Affiliate	2014-15 Record	Points
Alexandria Glens	Alexandria	1967	Hawkesbury Hawks	23-14-3	49
Casselman Vikings	Casselman	2008		34-4-2	70
Char-Lan Rebels	Williamstown	1979		19-20-1	39
Clarence Beavers	Clarence	1980		20-16-4	44
Metcalfe Jets	Metcalfe	1967		18-18-4	40
Ottawa Jr. Canadians	Ottawa	1973		17-19-4	38
Ottawa West Golden Knights	Ottawa	1983	Nepean Raiders	23-16-1	47
Winchester Hawks	Winchester	1971	Nepean Raiders	23-14-3	49
Richardson Division
Team	Centre	Founded	CCHL Affiliate	2014-15 Record	Points
Arnprior Packers	Arnprior	1965		23-16-1	47
Athens Aeros	Athens	1968		17-20-7	41
Brockville Tikis	Brockville	1967	Brockville Braves	20-20-4	44
Perth Blue Wings	Perth	1936		10-30-0	20
Prescott Flyers	Prescott	1971		33-7-4	70
Renfrew Timberwolves	Renfrew	1987		27-9-4	58
Stittsville Rams	Stittsville	1968		27-12-1	55
Westport Rideaus	Westport	1967	Smiths Falls Bears	19-24-1	39

Standings

Martin Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Casselman Vikings	44	40	3	-	1	0	266	116	1137	81
Ottawa West Golden Knights	44	27	15	-	1	1	209	161	612	56
Metcalfe Jets	44	26	15	-	1	2	184	168	648	55
Alexandria Glens	44	24	16	-	3	1	209	164	1200	52
Char-Lan Rebels	44	17	21	-	3	3	178	208	723	40
Winchester Hawks	44	17	21	-	2	4	166	199	1102	40
Ottawa Jr. Canadians	44	13	28	-	1	2	129	199	999	29
Clarence Beavers	44	13	30	-	0	1	139	205	878	27
Richardson Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Perth Blue Wings	44	38	4	-	1	1	260	116	525	78
Stittsville Rams	44	30	12	-	1	1	219	173	931	62
Westport Rideaus	44	26	17	-	1	0	171	152	944	53
Athens Aeros	44	24	18	-	2	0	155	163	1109	50
Arnprior Packers	44	23	19	-	2	0	166	183	891	48
Renfrew Timberwolves	44	18	24	-	2	0	183	208	1364	38
Prescott Flyers	44	10	28	-	3	3	132	206	964	26
Brockville Tikis	44	6	38	-	0	0	103	24	1118	12

Carson Memorial Trophy Playoffs

On January 26, 2016 the league announce the format of the 2016 playoffs. The top ten teams qualify for the playoffs. The top three teams in each division receive a first round bye. The next four seeds overall participate in a best-of-three series with 7 playing 10 and 8 playing 9. The winning teams are re-seeded WC1 and WC2. If they are from different divisions they rejoin their division for the best-of-seven quarterfinals. If they are from the same division the lower seeded winner plays the division winner with the better record and the higher seeded winner plays the other division winner. The quarterfinal winners are reseeded based on overall record with the top seed playing the 4th seed and the 2nd seed playing the 3rd seed in the best-of-seven semifinals. The semifinal winners meet in the best-of seven final.

The Char-Lan Rebels and Winchester Hawks both finished tied for the 10th (final playoff) spot. They held a playoff game on February 22.

Bracket

Wild Card Series			Quarter Finals			Semi Finals			Carson Memorial Trophy Finals

7	Alexandria	2
10	Winchester *	1
			1	Casselman	4

			7	Alexandria	0



						1	Casselman	4

						4	Ottawa West	0



			4	Ottawa West	4

			5	Metcalfe	2



									1	Casselman	4

									2	Perth	1



			2	Perth	4

			8	Athens	0



						2	Perth	4

						3	Stittsville	2



			3	Stittsville	4

			6	Westport	3
8	Athens	2

9	Arnprior	1

*- Winchester Hawks defeated Char-Lan Rebels 5-3 to break 10th place tie.

Tie Breaker

Winchester Hawks defeated Char-Lan Rebels 5 to 3

Wild Card Round

Alexandria Glens defeated Winchester Hawks 2 games to 1 (1-3, 9-2, 3-2)
Athens Aeros defeated Arnprior Packers 2 games to 1 (7-3, 3-6, 6-5)

Quarterfinals

Casselman Vikings defeated Alexandria Glens 4 games to none (6-1, 4-3 (ot), 5-2, 8-0)
Perth Blue Vikings defeated Athens Aeros 4 games to none (4-3 (ot), 6-5, 7-3, 2-1)
Stittsville Rams defeated Westport Rideaus 4 games to 3 (2-8, 5-1, 2-3, 2-4, 6-4, 4-0, 6-1)
Ottawa West Golden Knights defeated Metcalfe Jets 4 games to 2 (3-0, 4-2, 3-4 (ot), 3-6, 7-3, 7-2)

Semifinals

Casselman Vikings defeated Ottawa West Golden Knights 4 games to none (6-1, 5-2, 6-1, 7-0)
Perth Blue Vikings defeated Stittsville Rams 4 games to 3 (7-3, 1-2, 6-3, 4-2, 3-6, 6-2)

Barkley Cup Final

Casselman Vikings defeated Perth Blue Wings 4 games to 1 (4-1, 3-4, 4-3, 6-4, 8-2)