2023-24 AFHLU18AAA season

This is the 2023-24 Alberta Female Hockey League U18 AAA season.
==Membership Changes==
*The Lloydminster Steelers are renamed the Lloydminster Lancers. The would revert to the Steelers name for the 2024-25 season.
*On January 5, 2024 the league announced the addition of three teams for the 2024-25 season. The team will be operated by Hockey Calgary, Sherwood Park Minor Hockey Association, and a U18 Female Accredited School team operated by OHA Edmonton.https://www.u18femaleaaa.ca/three-u18-teams-being-added-in-elite-female-hockey The Calgary entry would result in the split of the Calgary Fire in to two teams (Black and Red) and the addition of the Sherwood Park Reign. The addition of the OHA Edmonton team would appear to have fallen through for 2024-25.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Calgary Fire 	Calgary 	Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
Edmonton Jr. Oilers White 	Edmonton 	Bill Hunter Arena
Lloydminster Lancers 	Lloydminster 	Servus Sports Centre
Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA	Red Deer 	Servus Arena
Rocky Mountain Raiders 	Rocky Mountain House	Pason Green Arena
St. Albert Slash 	St. Albert 	Servus Place
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	Pts	GF 	GA
Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA	30	24	5 	1 	0 	123	41 	72
Edmonton Jr. Oilers White 	30	21	7 	2 	0 	104	41 	64
Calgary Fire 	30	19	9 	1 	1 	89 	50 	57
St. Albert Slash 	28	14	13	1 	0 	59 	58 	40
Lloydminster Lancers 	28	7 	19	1 	1 	38 	105	21
Rocky Mountain Raiders 	30	3 	25	1 	1 	26 	144	10
Note:St. Albert and Lloydminster appear to have had their final weekend games cancelled.
==Playoffs==
All six teams qualify. The top two teams earn a bye to the semifinal round robin. The third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in best-of-three series. The semifinals consist of a single round robin with the first and second place team meeting in a single game championship and the third and fourth place teams meeting in the consolation game. The playoff champion advances to the 2024 Esso Cup Pacific Regional.
===Quarterfinals===
*Calgary Fire defeated Rocky Mountain Raiders 2 games to none (3-2 (ot), 3-0) 
*St. Albert Slash defeated Lloydminster Lancers 2 games to none (3-0, 4-1)
===Semifinal Round Robin===
*Edmonton Jr. Oilers White defeated Calgary Fire 3-1
*Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA defeated St. Albert Slash 4-1 
*Edmonton Jr. Oilers White defeated St. Albert Slash 2-1
*Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA defeated Calgary Fire 1-0
*St. Albert Slash defeated Calgary Fire 2-1 
*Edmonton Jr. Oilers White defeated Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA 3-1
===Round Robin Standings===
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	T	GF	GA	Pts.
Edmonton Jr. Oilers White 	3 	3	0	0 	0	8 	3 	9
Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA	3 	2	1	0 	0	6 	4 	6
St. Albert Slash 	3 	1	2	0 	0	4 	7 	3
Calgary Fire 	3 	0	3	0 	0	2 	6 	0
===Bronze Medal Match===
*St. Albert Slash defeated Calgary Fire 2-1
===Final===
*Edmonton Jr. Oilers White defeated Red Deer Chiefs Female AAA 2-1
The playoff champion were to advance to the 2024 Esso Cup Pacific Regional. However, the BC Champion, the Thompson-Okanagan Lakers had already qualified for the 2024 Esso Cup, so the Edmonton Jr. Oilers White advance to the 2024 Esso Cup as the Pacific region representative.
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey