2024-25 AJHL season

This is the 2024-24 Alberta Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 61st season dating back to its founding in 1964.
The league goes to a two division fromat from a single table balanced schedule with each team playing each other four times and two teams once more at the AJHL showcase. Each team will play their own division teams six time and the other division four times with two additional games being played at the AJHL Showcase, which will be hled September 25-27, 2024.
==Membership Changes==
*On January 20, 2024 the British Columbia Hockey League announced the addition of the the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders and Spruce Grove Saints from the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the 2024-25 season.https://bchl.ca/bchl-agrees-to-terms-with-five-alberta-based-teams As a result of that announcement the league cancelled all games involving those teams on the following weekend and then on January 25th announce they were cancelling all upcoming games involving the five teams until further notice. The release also stated that games involving the five teams will be allowed between one another under league sanctioning and with AJHL officials.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/ajhl-schedule-update-january-25/ On February 1st, the BCHL announced that the five teams are expelled from the league as a result of formally signing an agreement with the BCHL on January 31st. The five teams will play each other over the rest of the season to determine an Alberta division champion of the BCHL, which will play the champion of the rest of the BCHL.https://bchl.ca/bchl-announces-finalized-franchise-agreements-and-integration-with-five-alberta-based-teams
*In early April of 2024 word of an expansion team being awarded to the community of Devon, Alberta. The team will be based out of the Dale Fisher Arena. The team is expected to begin play with the 2024-25 season.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/ajhl-to-expand-by-one-team-in-2024-2025-season/ The formal announcement of the Devon Xtreme was made on April 26, 2024. Based upon the wording of the new organization's involvement with the Whitecourt Wolverines the league is looking for new ownership of that organization. At the same meeting the league's Board of Governors also reviewed an application from the community of Cold Lake, Alberta to be based out of the Cold Lake Energy Centre. The league stated it would work with the group to establish a team potentially for the 2025-26 season.https://www.ajhl.ca/ajhl-announces-expansion-franchise
==Teams==
North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined AJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bonnyville Pontiacs 	Bonnyville, Alberta 	R. J. Lalonde Arena 	1991 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Devon Xtreme 	Devon, Alberta 	Dale Fisher Arena 	2024 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fort McMurray Oil Barons	Fort McMurray, Alberta 	Centerfire Place 	1981 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Grande Prairie Storm 	Grande Prairie, Alberta 	Bonnetts Energy Centre 	1995 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lloydminster Bobcats 	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan	Centennial Civic Centre 	1988 (founded in 1982 as SJHL team) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Whitecourt Wolverines 	Whitecourt, Alberta 	Scott Safety Centre 	2012 (as Whitecourt Wolverines, 1976 as Fort Saskatchewan Traders) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division	South Division	South Division	South Division	South Division	South Division	South Division
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined AJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Calgary Canucks 	Calgary, Alberta 	Max Bell Centre - Ken Bracko Arena	1971 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Camrose Kodiaks 	Camrose, Alberta 	Edgeworth Centre (Encana Arena) 	1997 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Canmore Eagles 	Canmore, Alberta 	Canmore Recreation Centre 	2001 (as Canmore Eagles, originally joined 1995 as Bow Valley Eagles)	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drayton Valley Thunder 	Drayton Valley, Alberta 	Drayton Valley Omni-Plex 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drumheller Dragons 	Drumheller, Alberta 	Drumheller Memorial Arena 	2003 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Olds Grizzlys 	Olds, Alberta 	Olds & District Sports Complex 	1981 (as Olds Grizzlys, originally joined 1974 as Taber Golden Suns) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
To be added upon completion of the regular season
==2025 Inter Pipeline AJHL Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. Each round is best-of-seven. The playoff winning team win the Inter Pipeline Cup will earn a spot in the 2025 Centennial Cup.
==References==
Category:2024-25 in ice hockey
Category:Alberta Junior Hockey League