head coach and general manager jim hulton was relieved of his duties in the 2015 offseason and replaced by bill muckalt. the former five-year nhl veteran came to the storm following a four-year stint as assistant coach at michigan tech. in 2015–16, the team had its best start since 2003–04, winning its first four games. the storm went on a team-record 13-game point streak from february 6 to march 19 and the best record in the western conference for the first time since 2003–04. the storm finished with 73 points and a 28–15–10–7 record. twenty of the storm's 60 games went to overtime, and the storm lost 17 of them (10 in overtime), the tier i ushl record for most losses past regulation. the storm took a club-low 726 penalty minutes, fewest in the ushl that season. goaltender jake kielly set the storm's single-season record for best save percentage (.919) and went on a 19-game point streak during the middle of the season. mattias goransson finished the regular season with 34 assists, the storm defensemen record.