2015–16 Halifax Hurricanes season

Halifax Hurricanes
2015–16 season
Head coach	Hugo López
Arena	Scotiabank Centre
Results
Atlantic Division	23-9 (0.719)

The 2015–16 Halifax Hurricanes season is the inaugural season for the franchise. The franchise was founded to replace the bankrupt Halifax Rainmen.^[1]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Greg Foster	Point Guard	United States	Saginaw Valley
2	7	Antonio Garrett	Forward	United States	Idaho
2	8	Edward Dudley	Forward	United States	Lake Erie College
3	7	Hunter Armani Cotton	Forward	United States	Yale University

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Roster

Halifax Hurricanes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 14 Bennerman, Cameron 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 205 lb (93 kg) 32 – 8 May 1984 F 2 Bowdry, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 220 lb (100 kg) 28 – 25 April 1988 G 12 Clinkscales, Cliff (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 184 lb (83 kg) 32 – 11 March 1984 F 22 Dixon, Renaldo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 210 lb (95 kg) 26 – 20 September 1990 G 5 Friesen, Joel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 195 lb (88 kg) 26 – 13 August 1990 G 25 Gibson, Shane 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 180 lb (82 kg) 26 – 5 January 1990 F 1 Glover, Mike 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 216 lb (98 kg) 29 – 9 January 1987 C 24 Hunt, Kyle 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 229 lb (104 kg) 27 – 31 October 1989 G 7 Johnson, Justin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 175 lb (79 kg) 28 – 4 November 1988 F Loiselle, Kevin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 220 lb (100 kg) G 4 Nurse, Ty 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 185 lb (84 kg) 26 – 30 July 1990	Head coach Kevin Keathley Assistant coach(es) Raúl Rodríguez Pérez Phil Park, Jr. Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 21, 2016

Mid season changes

• December 30, 2015. Released Josiah Moore, signed Renaldo Dixon.
• January 4, 2016. Released Alex Johnson, signed Ty Nurse.
• February 3, 2016. Joseph Bertrand place on Injured Reserve, signed JerShon Cobb.
• February 24, 2016. Released JerShon Cobb, activated Joseph Bertrand from Injured Reserve.
• March 6, 2016. Released Joseph Bertrand, signed Brandon Bowdry.
• March 11, 2016. Traded Anthony Criswell to the London Lightning for Kevin Loiselle.
• March 11, 2016. Released Negus Webster-Chan, signed Cameron Bennerman.

Standings

# Atlantic Division Team W L PCT GB Div GP 1 Halifax Hurricanes 29 11 0.725 0 14-7 40 2 Saint John Mill Rats 25 15 0.625 4 13-9 40 3 Moncton Miracles 15 25 0.375 14 10-13 40 4 Island Storm 14 26 0.370 15 7-15 40 # Central Division Team W L PCT GB Div GP 1 London Lightning 26 14 0.650 0 14-9 40 2 Windsor Express 21 19 0.525 5 15-10 40 3 Niagara River Lions 16 24 0.400 10 10-13 40 4 Orangeville A's 14 26 0.350 12 7-14 40 Games Pre-season The Hurricanes went undefeated in the preseason, winning both games played. The first game was played against the Island Storm in Sydney, Nova Scotia before an estimated 1,100 fans. The game was played to introduce the National Basketball League of Canada to the city, who was award an expansion franchise for the 2016–17 NBL Canada season. The expansion franchise will be named the Cape Breton Highlanders.[3] Game Date Team Score Location Attendance Record 1 Dec 18 Island Storm W 106-103 Centre 200 1,100 1-0 2 Dec 19 Moncton Miracles W 110-91 Scotiabank Centre 2,000+ 2-0 Regular season The Hurricanes' game on December 26, 2015 was the first ever home game for the franchise. The Hurricanes won the game 129-113 in front of approximately 2,000 fans.[4] Game Date Team Score Location Attendance Record 1 Dec 26 Moncton Miracles W 129-113 Scotiabank Centre 2,000 1-0 (1.000) 2 Dec 27 Saint John Mill Rats L 110-103 Harbour Station 1,584 1-1 (0.500) 3 Dec 29 Moncton Miracles W 108-101 Moncton Coliseum 902 2-1 (0.667) 4 Dec 31 Island Storm W 115-112 Eastlink Centre 1,950 3-1 (0.750) 5 Jan 1 Moncton Miracles W 124-121 (OT) Scotiabank Centre 1,758 4-1 (0.800) 6 Jan 3 Saint John Mill Rats W 125-121 (OT) Scotiabank Centre 1,549 5-1 (0.833) 7 Jan 7 Island Storm W 100-95 Scotiabank Centre 1,238 6-1 (0.857) 8 Jan 13 Saint John Mill Rats L 105-100 Scotiabank Centre 1,611 6-2 (0.750) 9 Jan 14 Saint John Mill Rats L 98-91 Harbour Station 1,174 6-3 (0.667) 10 Jan 17 Moncton Miracles W 117-107 Moncton Coliseum 1,282 7-3 (0.700) 11 Jan 22 Moncton Miracles W 96-92 Moncton Coliseum 1,334 8-3 (0.727) 12 Jan 23 Island Storm W 94-85 Eastlink Centre 1,850 9-3 (0.750) 13 Jan 28 Saint John Mill Rats L 115-104 Scotiabank Centre 1,710 9-4 (0.692) 14 Feb 5 Island Storm W 90-88 Scotiabank Centre 1,843 10-4 (0.714) 15 Feb 13 Island Storm W 105-85 Scotiabank Centre 1,828 11-4 (0.733) 16 Feb 14 Orangeville A's W 125-89 Scotiabank Centre 2,155 12-4 (0.750) 17 Feb 18 Moncton Miracles L 98-93 Scotiabank Centre 1,736 12-5 (0.706) 18 Feb 19 Island Storm W 107-99 Scotiabank Centre 1,968 13-5 (0.722) 19 Feb 26 Niagara River Lions W 116-93 Scotiabank Centre 2,367 14-5 (0.737) 20 Feb 28 Saint John Mill Rats L 107-95 Harbour Station 2,494 14-6 (0.700) 21 Mar 4 Island Storm L 108-106 Eastlink Centre 2,114 14-7 (0.667) 22 Mar 9 Moncton Miracles W 97-89 Scotiabank Centre 1,741 15-7 (0.681) 23 Mar 10 Saint John Mill Rats W 112-101 Scotiabank Centre 1,917 16-7 (.696) 24 Mar 16 Niagara River Lions W 100-95 Meridian Centre 1,620 17-7 (.708) 25 Mar 18 Orangeville A's W 126-121 (OT) Athlete Institute 351 18-7 (0.720) 26 Mar 19 London Lightning L 119-107 Budweiser Gardens 8,011 18-8 (0.692) 27 Mar 24 Saint John Mill Rats W 127-93 Scotiabank Centre 2,023 19-8 (0.704) 28 Mar 27 Island Storm W 104-84 Scotiabank Centre 1,956 20-8 (0.714) 29 Mar 28 Island Storm W 104-93 Eastlink Centre 1,961 21-8 (0.724) 30 Apr 7 Moncton Miracles W 110-90 Scotiabank Centre 1,780 22-8 (0.733) 31 Apr 9 Saint John Mill Rats L 110-103 Harbour Station 1,686 22-9 (0.710) 32 Apr 10 Saint John Mill Rats W 143-103 Scotiabank Centre 2,209 23-9 (0.719) 33 Apr 14 London Lightning Scotiabank Centre 34 Apr 16 Windsor Express WFCU Centre 35 Apr 21 Moncton Miracles Moncton Coliseum 36 Apr 23 Island Storm Eastlink Centre 37 Apr 24 Windsor Express Scotiabank Centre 38 Apr 28 Moncton Miracles Moncton Coliseum 39 Apr 29 Island Storm Eastlink Centre 40 Apr 30 Saint John Mill Rats Harbour Station [5] Results versus each team Team Games GP W L W% Niagara River Lions 2 2 2 0 1.000 Orangeville A's 2 2 2 0 1.000 Island Storm 11 9 8 1 0.889 Moncton Miracles 10 8 7 1 0.875 Saint John Mill Rats 11 10 4 6 0.400 Windsor Express 2 0 0 0 0.000 London Lightning 2 1 0 1 0.000 References Zaccagna, Remo. "Halifax's new NBL team dubbed the Hurricanes". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2015. "Draft recap". NBL Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2015. "Criswell makes case for roster spot...". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Hurricanes open season with split". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "NBLC regular season schedule". NBLC. Retrieved 25 November 2015. External links