2023-24 GLHL Season

This is the 2023-24 Great Lakes Hockey League season. This is the league's 87th season.
==Membership Changes==
*The West Bend Bombers intended to return to the league this season after sitting out the 2022-23 season. The team was planning on playing out of the Waupun Community Center in Waupun, Wisconsin to start the season. An update the team posted on August 8th indicated the team will be playing out of the Ozaukee Ice Center and would no longer be playing out of the Kettle Moraine Ice Center. On October 29th the team would announce that they would not be able to play during the 2023-24 season due to a lack of funding.https://www.facebook.com/westbend.bombers/posts/pfbid0TRmWiVQizzYWoXkuh2g1j9F71eTzjt3QQPrVvNVUq6YdPpiM9bmr2df4FqXpCiBTl
*At the league meeting on April 30, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Sun Prairie Killer Bees, who played in the American Premier Hockey League for most of the 2023-24 season. The league also anounced the addition of the M & M Shamrocks from Marinette, Wisconsin as well as a team from Verona, Wisconsin.http://theglhl.com/news.php?news_id=2038662
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined
Calumet Wolverines 	Calumet, Michigan 	Calumet Colosseum Ice Rink 	1937
DePere Deacons 	De Pere, Wisconsin 	De Pere Ice Center 	1982
Eagle River Falcons 	Eagle River, Wisconsin 	Eagle River Stadium 	1960
Fond du Lac Bears 	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 	Blue Line Ice Center 	1954
Fox Cities Ice Dogs 	Appleton, Wisconsin& Neenah, Wisconsin	Appleton Family Ice Center& Tri-County Ice Arena	2003
Marquette Mutineers 	Marquette, Michigan 	Lakeview Arena 	2016
Mosinee Papermakers 	Mosinee, Wisconsin 	Mosinee Rec Center 	1998
Portage Lake Pioneers	Houghton, Michigan 	Dee Stadium 	1937
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Portage Lake Pioneers	18	15	2 	1 	0 	134	70 	31
Fond du Lac Bears 	17	14	3 	0 	0 	149	73 	28
Mosinee Papermakers 	18	13	4 	1 	0 	157	107	27
Eagle River Falcons 	18	12	6 	0 	0 	120	95 	24
Calumet Wolverines 	18	7 	11	0 	0 	97 	101	14
DePere Deacons 	18	5 	12	1 	0 	84 	130	11
Fox Cities Ice Dogs 	17	4 	13	0 	0 	87 	132	8
Marquette Mutineers 	18	1 	17	0 	0 	76 	196	2
*Note: A March 29th game between the Fond du Lac Bears and Fox Cities Ice Dogs held at the Tri-County Ice Arena in Neenah, Wisconsin was stopped during the second period due to unsafe ice conditions. As it was the last weekend of the season and both teams place in the standings was already determined the game was not rescheduled.
==Don Kohlman Cup Playoffs==
The 2024 Don Kohlman Cup Playoffs are held at the two rinks of the Blue Line Ice Center in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin April 5-7, 2024.
===Format===
The eight teams are put in a hydrid double elimination tournament. The final four teams are re-seeded based upon regular season record and it then becomes a knockout tournament.
====Results====
April 5th
*Game 1: Portage Lake Pioneers 10-1 Marquette Mutineers
*Game 2: Eagle River Falcons 4-5 Calumet Wolverines
*Game 3: Fond du Lac Bears 5-1 Fox Cities Ice Dogs
*Game 4: Mosinee Papermakers 3-1 DePere Deacons
April 5th
*Game 5: Portage Lake Pioneers 6-1 Calumet Wolverines
*Game 6: Marquette Mutineers 5-7 Eagle River Falcons
*Game 7: Fond du Lac Bears 5-4 Mosinee Papermakers (ot)
*Game 8: Fox Cities Ice Dogs 8-3 DePere Deacons
April 6th
*Game 9: Fox Cities Ice Dogs 3-2 Calumet Wolverines
*Game 10: Eagle River Falcons 5-8 Mosinee Papermakers
===Semifinals===
April 6th
*Game 11: Mosinee Papermakers 3-6 Fond du Lac Bears
*Game 12: Fox Cities Ice Dogs 3-9 Portage Lake Pioneers
===Final===
April 7th
Game 13: Fond du Lac Bears 4-0 Portage Lake Pioneers
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:Great Lakes Hockey League