2024 AIHL season

The 2024 AIHL season was the 23nd season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The season consisted of 155 total games, split between 150 regular season games and a 5 game Goodall Cup Finals post-season. The regular season ran from 6 April to 11 August 2024. The Finals ran from 23–25 August 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. The Sydney Bears claimed a conference-Premiership double by winning the Hellyer conference trophy and H Newman Reid Trophy. The Newcastle Northstars claimed the Rurak conference trophy, while the Canberra Brave were crowned AIHL Champions and hoisted the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the grand final. The much-improved Central Coast Rhinos picked up the wooden spoon for a second year running.
	
==Teams==
	
In 2024 the AIHL had 10 teams split into two conferences, Rurak and Hellyer, competing in the league.
	
Hellyer Conference 	Hellyer Conference	Hellyer Conference 	Hellyer Conference	Hellyer Conference
Team 	City 	Arena 	Head Coach 	Captain
Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne 	O'Brien Icehouse 	Kerry Goulet 	Mackenzie Caruana
Melbourne Mustangs 	Melbourne 	O'Brien Icehouse 	Scott Timmins 	Todd Cutter
Perth Thunder 	Perth 	Perth Ice Arena 	Benjamin Breault 	Jamie Woodman
Sydney Bears 	Sydney 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	Vlad Rubes 	Ryan Annesley
Sydney Ice Dogs 	Sydney 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	Jason Kvisle 	Daniel Pataky
Rurak Conference 	Rurak Conference 	Rurak Conference 	Rurak Conference 	Rurak Conference
Team 	City 	Arena 	Head Coach 	Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide 	Adelaide IceArenA 	Kaden Elder 	Joey MacDougall
Brisbane Lightning 	Brisbane 	Boondall Iceworld 	Terry Kiliwnik 	No Captain
Canberra Brave 	Canberra 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	Stuart Philps 	Kai Miettinen
Central Coast Rhinos	Central Coast 	Erina Ice Arena 	Ron Kuprowsky 	Robert Malloy
Newcastle Northstars	Newcastle 	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	Kevin Noble 	Liam Manwarring
==League Business==
	
The 2024 regular season fixture list was released publicly by the AIHL on 21 October, confirming all 10 teams from 2023 would be returning to compete in 2024. 2024 AIHL Finals information was released by the league in February 2024, confirming dates and location. The Goodall Cup, H Newman Reid Trophy, Rurak and Hellyer conference trophies would continue to the be prizes AIHL teams would compete for in 2024. The league held its official season launch event at Bondi Icebergs Club on 20 march 2024. Mick McCormack was appointed as the first patron of the AIHL at the event.
The AIHL accepted an invitation by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to open up an additional import slot for the 2024 season to Ukrainian players seeking respite from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Each AIHL would be allowed to sign one Ukrainian player from Ukraine at no cost to their player points-cap.
The AIHL confirmed AIHL.TV would return in 2024 on 4 March. The paid service would provide live and on-demand online streaming of all AIHL regular season and finals games, 155 games in total. With the sudden collapse of 2023 service provided Clutch in late 2023, the service provider for AIHL.TV in 2024 moved to Swedish company StayLive AB. Thought fox Media Group, ATC Productions, Spacequake Sports and Front Row Screens (FRS Sport) continue as the four local production companies associated with the service. 2023 season streams would also be made available on the service. On 8 June 2024, the AIHL.TV service was expanded to include the release of an app on Apple iOS and Andriod Play.
In July 2024, the AIHL announced a new Finals major sponsorship deal with Hungry Jack’s. This was the league’s first major Finals sponsorship since Air Canada’s deal that ended at the conclusion of 2018. The Hungry Jack’s deal will include branding at the Melbourne Icehouse, special activities and promotions during the Finals weekend.
	
===Exhibition games===
	
In 2024, the Newcastle Northstars and Central Coast Rhinos were the only two teams to schedule exhibitions games. The pair faced off over two games in Newcastle and Erina, Central Coast in March 2024. Apart from these two exhibition games, the Sydney Ice Dogs, Brisbane Lightning and Adelaide Adrenaline arranged intraclub pre-season exhibition games. This included a early March men’s and women’s showcase in Brisbane and a alumni vs current team match-up in Adelaide in early April.
	
2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games	2024 AIHL exhibition games
Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
16 March 2024 	17:00 	Central Coast Rhinos 	8–3 	Newcastle Northstars 	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	Ref
23 March 2024 	15:15 	Newcastle Northstars 	2–3 (OT) 	Central Coast Rhinos 	Erina Ice Arena 	Ref
	
===Personnel changes===
	
Ron Kuprowsky ended his five-year stint with the Sydney Bears as their head coach in October 2023. During this time, Ron guided the Bears to two consecutive grand finals appearances, one Hellyer conference trophy and one championship title. Kuprowsky was later unveiled as the new head coach of the Central Coast Rhinos in December 2023, replacing Ashley Marsh. Marsh moved into a new coaching role with the Rhinos. In February 2024, the Brisbane Lightning announced the hiring of the vastly experienced Canadian Mike Sirant as an associate coach. Sirant joined the Queenslanders after stepping down from his 30-year position as head coach of the University of Manitoba hockey program. In April 2024, Both the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Mustangs appointed new head coaches. American Tyler Huberty took over the vacant head coaching role at the Bears. Huberty moved to Sydney after spending four years as the assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma hockey program. Scott Timmins takes over head coaching responsibilities for the Mustangs but remains on the playing roster too. Timmins links up for the Mustangs for the third season in a row but his first as a player/coach. Timmins replaces Jon Moses, who was acting interim coach for the second half of last season following the departure of Patrick McMahon. 
In June 2024, the Adelaide Adrenaline released Stu Henly from his head coaching duties and appointed Canadian forward Kaden Elder has player/coach for the remainder of the 2024 season. In July 2024, the Sydney Bears parted ways with American head coach Tyler Huberty. Huberty's removal shocked the AIHL community with the Bears sitting top of the league standings at the time. Former Sydney Bears player and team icon Vlad Rubes was appointed Huberty's replacement.
===Player transfers===
All player transfers by the ten AIHL teams for season 2024.
	
====Interclub transfers====
	
	Player	Previous team 	New team
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Canberra Brave 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Sydney Bears 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Sydney Bears 	Central Coast Rhinos
	* 	Central Coast Rhinos	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Melbourne Ice
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Canberra Brave 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Sydney Bears 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Canberra Brave 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Perth Thunder
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Perth Thunder
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Sydney Bears
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Canberra Brave 	Sydney Bears
	 	Perth Thunder 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Sydney Bears 	Canberra Brave
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Sydney Bears
:* Mid-season transfer.
====Retirements====
	
	Player	Team 	New role
	 	Brisbane Lightning	No team
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team
	
====New signings====
	
	Player	Previous team 	New team
	 	Utah Grizzlies 	Perth Thunder
	 	Southern Jokers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Dalmeny Sabres 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Outlaws 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Fredonia Blue Devils 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Seattle Jr. Kraken 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	No team 	Canberra Brave
	 	Gothiques d'Amiens 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Melbourne Sharks 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Diables Rouges de Briançon 	Perth Thunder
	 	Corsaires de Dunkerque 	Perth Thunder
	 	Southern Drop Bears 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	No team 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Sydney Bombers 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Gothiques d'Amiens 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Sydney Pigeons 	Sydney Bears
	 	CP Milenio Logroño 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Norwest Emperors 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Canberra Blades 	Canberra Brave
	 	Kings County Rivermen 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	New Jersey Rockets 	Canberra Brave
	 	Birmingham Bulls 	Canberra Brave
	 		No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	West Coast Flyers Blue 	Perth Thunder
	 	Adirondack Thunder 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Solihull Barons 	Sydney Bears
	 	Gyergyói HK 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Adelaide Falcons 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Sydney Sabres 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	EV Lindau Islanders 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	No team 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	IHC Leuven Chiefs 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	York Lions 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Winkler Royals 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Canterbury Red Devils 	Sydney Bears
	 	Outlook Ice Hawks 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Brisbane Spitfires 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Manchester Storm 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	St. Brieux/Lake Lenore Rivals	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Darkhan 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Pacific Coast Academy 	Melbourne Ice
	 	West Coast Flyers Blue 	Perth Thunder
	 	Melbourne Glaciers 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Canterbury Red Devils 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Sydney Bombers 	Sydney Bears
	 	Southern Puckers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	No team 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Southern Jokers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Braves IHC 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Northern Chiefs 	Perth Thunder
	 	Pacific Coast Academy Prep 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	Newcastle Northstars U17 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Pensacola Ice Flyers 	Sydney Bears
	 	Red Eagles Hokkaido 	Perth Thunder
	 	Southern Puckers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Southern Drop Bears 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Red Eagles Hokkaido 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Yokohama Grits 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Brisbane Spitfires 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Polyflor Raptors 	Sydney Bears
	 	No team 	Sydney Bears
	 	Ontario Jr Reign 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Braves IHC 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Airdrie Stars U18 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Adelaide Generals 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	North Dundas Rockets 	Sydney Bears
	 	Pacific Coast Academy 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Southern Puckers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Northern Chiefs 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	IHK Comet Halden 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Battle Creek Kernels 	Perth Thunder
	 	Toulouse-Blagnac Hockey Club 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Canberra Blades 	Canberra Brave
	 	East Hokkaido Cranes 	Sydney Bears
	 	Adelaide Generals 	Canberra Brave
	 	Birmingham Bulls 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Sun Devils 	Perth Thunder
	 	Adelaide Redwings 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Adelaide Redwings 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Regina Cougars 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	UBC Thunderbirds 	Sydney Bears
	 	Southern Puckers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Polyflor Raptors 	Sydney Bears
	 	No team 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Melbourne Demons 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Sydney Sabres 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Arnprior Rivermen 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Sydney Bombers 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Brisbane Whalers 	Brisbane Lightning
	 	Polyflor Raptors 	Sydney Bears
	 	South Shore Kings 	Melbourne Mustangs
	 	PAdelaide Blackhawks 	Sydney Bears
	 	Sydney Sting 	Sydney Bears
	 	Frontenac Phantoms 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Danbury Hat Tricks 	Canberra Brave
	 	Central Coast Stingrays 	Canberra Brave
	 	No team 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Maryville Saints 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Coqs de Courbevoie 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	North Shore Warriors U17 Prep	Sydney Bears
	 	Canberra Bulls 	Canberra Brave
	 	Central Coast Stingrays 	Central Coast Rhinos
	 	Birmingham Bulls 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Sun Devils 	Perth Thunder
	 	Krazy to the Max 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	Foam Lake Flyers 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Koovee 	Sydney Bears
	 	Fehérvár AV19 	Perth Thunder
	 	HC Aosta Gladiators 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Evansville Thunderbolts 	Newcastle Northstars
	 	Melbourne Jets 	Melbourne Ice
	 	Canberra Rebels 	Canberra Brave
	 	Reach Rebels 	Sydney Ice Dogs
	 	No team 	Adelaide Adrenaline
	 	Guildford Flames 	Newcastle Northstars
====Players lost====
	
	Player	Previous team 	New team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Canberra Brave 	Maine Mariners
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Indy Fuel
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Franklin Pierce Ravens
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Canberra Brave 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Brisbane Moose
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Brisbane Moose
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Rivière-du-Loup 3L
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Cockburn Blackhawks
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Newcastle Northstars (ECSL)
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Oxford City Stars
	 	Perth Thunder 	Rivière-du-Loup 3L
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Manchester Storm
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Laval Pétroliers
	 	Canberra Brave 	Adelaide Tigers
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Southern Drop Bears
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Sydney Heat
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Hasle-Løren IL
	 	Perth Thunder 	Kalix UHC
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Mad Dogs Mannheim
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Polyflor Raptors
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Hannover Scorpions
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Rivière-du-Loup 3L
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Redwings
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Newcastle Northstars	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	HYC Herentals
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Sydney Bears 	Maple Creek Hawks
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Newcastle Northstars	Järfälla HC
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	Ontario Hockey Academy
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	SAHA U17 Prep
	 	Sydney Bears 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Brisbane Moose
	 	Canberra Brave 	Valenciennes
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	A21 Academy
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Knoxville Ice Bears
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Salem State Vikings
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	St. Francis High Prep
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	Drakkars de Caen
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Newcastle Northstars	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	Hammer Eisbären
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Knoxville Ice Bears
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Redwings
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	Crystal Beach Academy
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Tigers
	 	Melbourne Ice 	CSM Corona Brașov
	 	Newcastle Northstars	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	Comètes de Meudon
	 	Brisbane Lightning 	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Sydney Bears 	Polyflor Raptors
	 	Canberra Brave 	Birmingham Bulls
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	HC Wikov Hronov
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	No team
	 	Melbourne Ice 	No team
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
	 	Newcastle Northstars	No team
	 	Perth Thunder 	No team
	 	Central Coast Rhinos	No team
	 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	No team
	 	Melbourne Mustangs 	No team
==Regular season==
	
===Fixtures and results===
	
The 2024 regular season consists of 150 games that are scheduled to run from 6 April to 11 August 2024. Teams are split into two five-team conferences named Rurak and Hellyer. Each team plays a total of 30 regular season games, playing each other team in their conference four times (two at home and two away) and playing teams outside their conference two to three times.
	
====April====
	
April 	April 	April	April 	April 	April 	April 	April
Game #	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
1 	6 Apr 2024 	16:45	Perth Thunder 	6–8 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
2 	6 Apr 2024 	17:00	Canberra Brave 	3–7 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
3 	6 Apr 2024 	17:00	Central Coast Rhinos	1–11 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
4 	6 Apr 2024 	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–6 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
5 	7 Apr 2024 	14:00	Central Coast Rhinos	0–9 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
6 	7 Apr 2024 	15:45	Perth Thunder 	5–1 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
7 	7 Apr 2024 	17:00	Canberra Brave 	6–1 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
8 	13 Apr 2024	15:30	Newcastle Northstars	14–1 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
9 	13 Apr 2024	16:30	Sydney Bears 	3–4 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
10 	13 Apr 2024	16:30	Canberra Brave 	2–7 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
11 	13 Apr 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	2–5 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
12 	14 Apr 2024	14:00	Brisbane Lightning 	4–7 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
13 	14 Apr 2024	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	3–7 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
14 	14 Apr 2024	16:30	Canberra Brave 	3–6 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
15 	19 Apr 2024	19:30	Sydney Bears 	9–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
16 	20 Apr 2024	15:30	Sydney Bears 	8–4 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
17 	20 Apr 2024	17:00	Perth Thunder 	5–2 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
18 	20 Apr 2024	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1–4 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
19 	20 Apr 2024	17:15	Brisbane Lightning 	5–2 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
20 	21 Apr 2024	14:00	Perth Thunder 	3–7 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
21 	21 Apr 2024	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–4 (OT)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
22 	21 Apr 2024	16:45	Brisbane Lightning 	5–2 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
23 	26 Apr 2024	19:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–5 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
24 	27 Apr 2024	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	0–1 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
25 	27 Apr 2024	16:45	Central Coast Rhinos	1–2 (OT)	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
26 	27 Apr 2024	17:00	Sydney Bears 	9–7 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
27 	27 Apr 2024	17:15	Newcastle Northstars	6–2 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
28 	28 Apr 2024	14:00	Sydney Bears 	2–4 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
29 	28 Apr 2024	15:45	Central Coast Rhinos	5–2 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
30 	28 Apr 2024	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	6–5 (SO)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
	
====May====
	
May 	May 	May 	May 	May 	May 	May 	May
Game #	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
31 	4 May 2024 	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	7–4 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
32 	4 May 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	6–5 (OT)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
33 	4 May 2024 	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–3 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
34 	4 May 2024 	17:15	Melbourne Ice 	4–3 (SO)	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
35 	5 May 2024 	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	0–1 (SO)	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
36 	5 May 2024 	16:00	Sydney Bears 	9–2 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
37 	5 May 2024 	16:45	Melbourne Ice 	3–1 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
38 	5 May 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–5 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
39 	11 May 2024	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	7–2 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
40 	11 May 2024	16:30	Central Coast Rhinos	3–9 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
41 	11 May 2024	16:45	Sydney Bears 	4–1 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
42 	11 May 2024	17:00	Canberra Brave 	2–4 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
43 	11 May 2024	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	4–3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
44 	12 May 2024	14:00	Canberra Brave 	3–4 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
45 	12 May 2024	15:45	Sydney Bears 	8–1 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
46 	18 May 2024	16:30	Canberra Brave 	7–6 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
47 	18 May 2024	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	4–0 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
48 	18 May 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	1–9 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
49 	18 May 2024	17:00	Central Coast Rhinos	5–3 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
50 	18 May 2024	17:00	Sydney Bears 	4–3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
51 	19 May 2024	14:00	Central Coast Rhinos	1–14 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
52 	19 May 2024	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	5–6 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
53 	19 May 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	6–9 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
54 	19 May 2024	17:00	Canberra Brave 	4–1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
55 	25 May 2024	13:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–5 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
56 	25 May 2024	15:30	Sydney Bears 	4–3 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
57 	25 May 2024	17:00	Canberra Brave 	2–4 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
58 	25 May 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	1–6 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
59 	25 May 2024	17:00	Perth Thunder 	8–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
60 	26 May 2024	13:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–6 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
61 	26 May 2024	15:30	Perth Thunder 	4–3 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
62 	26 May 2024	16:45	Sydney Ice Dogs 	1–5 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
63 	26 May 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	2–1 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
64 	26 May 2024	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	1–6 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
	
====June====
	
June 	June 	June 	June 	June 	June 	June 	June
Game #	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
65 	1 Jun 2024 	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	2–4 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
66 	1 Jun 2024 	16:45	Melbourne Mustangs 	1–4 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
67 	1 Jun 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	6–3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
68 	1 Jun 2024 	17:15	Sydney Bears 	3–5 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
69 	2 Jun 2024 	15:30	Melbourne Ice 	4–3 (OT)	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
70 	2 Jun 2024 	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	2–3 (SO)	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
71 	2 Jun 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–6 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
72 	8 Jun 2024 	16:30	Central Coast Rhinos	1–2 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
73 	8 Jun 2024 	16:45	Sydney Ice Dogs 	6–5 (OT)	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
74 	8 Jun 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	7–1 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
75 	8 Jun 2024 	17:00	Perth Thunder 	2–4 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
76 	8 Jun 2024 	17:15	Melbourne Mustangs 	5–2 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
77 	9 Jun 2024 	16:00	Perth Thunder 	2–1 (OT)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
78 	9 Jun 2024 	16:15	Central Coast Rhinos	2–6 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
79 	9 Jun 2024 	16:45	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–6 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
80 	9 Jun 2024 	17:00	Melbourne Ice 	6–7 (OT)	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
81 	14 Jun 2024	19:30	Melbourne Ice 	3–5 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
82 	15 Jun 2024	15:30	Canberra Brave 	11–4 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
83 	15 Jun 2024	16:30	Perth Thunder 	3–2 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
84 	15 Jun 2024	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	4–6 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
85 	15 Jun 2024	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	3–8 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
86 	16 Jun 2024	14:00	Sydney Ice Dogs 	3–6 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
87 	16 Jun 2024	16:00	Central Coast Rhinos	3–4 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
88 	16 Jun 2024	16:15	Perth Thunder 	1–3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
89 	21 Jun 2024	19:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	5–7 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
90 	22 Jun 2024	16:30	Melbourne Ice 	5–1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
91 	22 Jun 2024	16:45	Newcastle Northstars	4–5 (OT)	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
92 	22 Jun 2024	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–3 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
93 	22 Jun 2024	17:15	Perth Thunder 	3–2 (OT)	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
94 	23 Jun 2024	15:45	Newcastle Northstars	5–1 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
95 	23 Jun 2024	16:15	Melbourne Ice 	7–4 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
96 	23 Jun 2024	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs 	3–5 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
97 	28 Jun 2024	19:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	7–3 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
98 	29 Jun 2024	15:30	Brisbane Lightning 	3–6 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
99 	29 Jun 2024	17:00	Sydney Bears 	9–6 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
100 	29 Jun 2024	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1–3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
101 	29 Jun 2024	17:15	Newcastle Northstars	3–7 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
102 	30 Jun 2024	14:00	Sydney Bears 	3–2 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
103 	30 Jun 2024	15:15	Brisbane Lightning 	2–3 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
104 	30 Jun 2024	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–4 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
105 	30 Jun 2024	17:00	Canberra Brave 	6–3 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
	
====July====
	
July 	July 	July 	July 	July 	July 	July 	July
Game #	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
106 	6 Jul 2024 	16:30	Newcastle Northstars	4–3 (OT)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
107 	6 Jul 2024 	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	4–5 (OT)	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
108 	6 Jul 2024 	16:45	Canberra Brave 	6–4 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
109 	6 Jul 2024 	17:00	Central Coast Rhinos	5–4 (SO)	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
110 	7 Jul 2024 	15:45	Canberra Brave 	1–2 (SO)	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
111 	7 Jul 2024 	16:15	Newcastle Northstars	2–3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
112 	7 Jul 2024 	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–5 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
113 	13 Jul 2024	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	3–5 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
114 	13 Jul 2024	16:45	Melbourne Ice 	3–5 	Brisbane Lightning 	Iceworld Boondall 	
115 	13 Jul 2024	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	3–2 (SO)	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
116 	13 Jul 2024	17:00	Central Coast Rhinos	3–6 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
117 	14 Jul 2024	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs 	3–6 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
118 	14 Jul 2024	16:45	Central Coast Rhinos	2–7 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
119 	14 Jul 2024	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–4 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
120 	19 Jul 2024	19:30	Melbourne Ice 	2–9 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
121 	20 Jul 2024	15:30	Canberra Brave 	6–1 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
122 	20 Jul 2024	16:30	Brisbane Lightning 	4–1 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
123 	20 Jul 2024	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	1–5 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
124 	20 Jul 2024	17:00	Perth Thunder 	6–2 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
125 	21 Jul 2024	14:00	Newcastle Northstars	4–3 (OT)	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
126 	21 Jul 2024	16:15	Brisbane Lightning 	0–3 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
127 	21 Jul 2024	17:00	Perth Thunder 	6–3 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
128 	27 Jul 2024	15:30	Brisbane Lightning 	1–0 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
129 	27 Jul 2024	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs 	5–2 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	Adelaide Ice Arena 	
130 	27 Jul 2024	17:00	Perth Thunder 	1–5 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
131 	27 Jul 2024	17:00	Canberra Brave 	6–4 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
132 	28 Jul 2024	14:00	Perth Thunder 	4–5 (OT)	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
133 	28 Jul 2024	16:00	Central Coast Rhinos	0–3 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
134 	28 Jul 2024	17:00	Brisbane Lightning 	1–4 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
	
====August====
	
August	August 	August	August 	August 	August 	August 	August
Game #	Date 	Time 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Location 	Recap
135 	3 Aug 2024 	16:30 	Sydney Bears 	5–3 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
136 	3 Aug 2024 	16:45 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	4–5 	Brisbane Lightning 	IceWorld Boondall 	
137 	3 Aug 2024 	17:00 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	4–6 	Melbourne Mustangs 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
138 	3 Aug 2024 	17:15 	Central Coast Rhinos	2–7 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
139 	4 Aug 2024 	14:00 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	2–9 	Melbourne Ice 	O’Brien Icehouse 	
140 	4 Aug 2024 	15:30 	Newcastle Northstars	3–2 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
141 	4 Aug 2024 	15:45 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1–2 (SO)	Brisbane Lightning 	IceWorld Boondall 	
142 	4 Aug 2024 	16:30 	Sydney Bears 	7–2 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
143 	10 Aug 2024	15:30 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	9–5 	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
144 	10 Aug 2024	16:30 	Brisbane Lightning 	0–6 	Perth Thunder 	Perth Ice Arena 	
145 	10 Aug 2024	17:00 	Melbourne Mustangs 	2–9 	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	
146 	10 Aug 2024	17:00 	Melbourne Ice 	4–5 	Sydney Bears 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
147 	10 Aug 2024	17:15 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	2–3 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
148 	11 Aug 2024	15:30 	Melbourne Mustangs 	5–6 (OT)	Central Coast Rhinos	Erina Ice Arena 	
149 	11 Aug 2024	16:45 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	1–6 	Canberra Brave 	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	
150 	11 Aug 2024	17:00 	Melbourne Ice 	2–3 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs 	Macquarie Ice Rink 	
	
Key:
Winner
===Standings===
	
====Overall====
	
	
====Hellyer Conference====
	
	
====Rurak Conference====
	
	
===Awards===
====Skaters Network player of the week====
Each week the AIHL, through sponsorship, names a player of the week. 
The award is based on the following criteria: 
*individual performance, including significant game statistics;
*contribution to the team's success through individual leadership abilities; and
*performance off the ice, including community engagement.
Round	Awarded to 	Pos	Ref
1 	Joey Hughes 	F 	Ref
2 	Wehebe Darge 	F 	Ref
3 	Noah Moncrieff 	F 	Ref
4 	Dmitri Kuleshov 	F 	Ref
5 	Dmitri Kuleshov 	F 	Ref
6 	Jamie Bourke 	F 	Ref
7 	Casey Kubara 	F 	Ref
8 	Kieren Webster 	F 	Ref
9 	Robert Haselhurst	D 	Ref
10 	Daniel Chen 	F 	Ref
11 	Beau Taylor 	F 	Ref
12 	Ethan Hawes 	D 	Ref
13 	Mackenzie Bolger 	F 	Ref
14 	Robert Haselhurst	D 	Ref
15 	Alexander Wardlaw	F 	Ref
16 	Jordan Kyros 	F 	Ref
17 	Charlie Smart 	G 	Ref
18 	Julian Fodor 	F 	Ref
19 	Dillon Dewar 	G 	Ref
====Season awards====
Below lists the 2024 AIHL season award winners.
Award	Name 	Team
 	Kaden Elder 	Adelaide Adrenaline
 	Rylan Toth 	Adelaide Adrenaline
 	Ryan Annesley 	Sydney Bears
 	Robert Haselhurst	Perth Thunder
 	Daniel Koudelka 	Adelaide Adrenaline
 	Jason Kvisle 	Sydney Ice Dogs
 	Jake Ratcliffe 	Canberra Brave
==Goodall Cup playoffs==
	
For season 2024, the AIHL adopted another new Finals format not previously used by the league. Six teams will qualify, three from each conference, to play five games in three days. Winners of the two conferences will begin On Day 2 in the semi-finals, with the other four teams entering the preliminary-finals on Day 1. AIHL Finals uses single-game elimination with winning teams advancing to the next round and losing teams eliminated. Melbourne's O'Brien Icehouse will host Finals once again for the 11th time. Finals winners are crowned AIHL Champions and claim the historic Goodall Cup. Man of the match in the grand final is named AIHL Finals MVP.
The Melbourne Ice and Newcastle Northstars topped the Hellyer and Rurak conferences to qualify straight to the semi-finals. Melbourne Ice, Perth Thunder, Canberra Brave and Brisbane Lightning qualified for the preliminary-finals by finishing second and third in their respective conferences. The Ice and Brave won on Day 1 to progress to the semi-finals, with Lightning and Thunder knocked-out. Japanese goaltender, Tatsunoshin Ishida, securing a shutout for the Ice. The Ice and Brave then both won on Day 2 to progress to the Grand Final to compete for the Goodall Cup. Knocking out the Bears and Northstars respectively. The Brave defeated the Ice in the grand final to claim the team's third Goodall Cup and AIHL Championship title. Alex Tétreault securing his first shutout of the season for the Brave. It was the second grand final in a row to have a shutout. 
All times are UTC+10:00
===Preliminary-finals===
===Semi-finals===
===Final===
==References==
	
==External links==
*The Australian Ice Hockey League
*Ice Hockey Australia
	
	
	
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