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 five 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.
==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.
	
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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
==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====
	
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Sydney Bears 	30 	23	1 	1 	5 	166	103	+63	72 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
2 	Melbourne Ice 	30 	18	2 	3 	7 	154	99 	+55	58 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
3 	Perth Thunder 	30 	15	5 	1 	9 	124	98 	+26	53 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
4 	Newcastle Northstars	30 	13	3 	7 	7 	124	108	+16	52 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
5 	Canberra Brave 	30 	15	1 	3 	11	128	105	+23	50 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
6 	Melbourne Mustangs 	30 	13	2 	1 	14	136	120	+16	44 	
7 	Brisbane Lightning 	30 	9 	4 	1 	16	85 	124	−39	36 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
8 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	30 	9 	3 	1 	17	112	145	−33	34 	
9 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	30 	5 	2 	6 	17	70 	108	−38	25 	
10 	Central Coast Rhinos	30 	4 	3 	2 	21	81 	170	−89	20 	
Note: Melbourne Ice and Perth Thunder were both deducted 3 points by the league for breaching player cap regulations.
====Hellyer Conference====
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Sydney Bears 	30 	23	1 	1 	5 	166	103	+63	72 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
2 	Melbourne Ice 	30 	18	2 	3 	7 	154	99 	+55	58 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
3 	Perth Thunder 	30 	15	5 	1 	9 	124	98 	+26	53 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
4 	Melbourne Mustangs	30 	13	2 	1 	14	136	120	+16	44 	
5 	Sydney Ice Dogs 	30 	9 	3 	1 	17	112	145	−33	34 	
====Rurak Conference====
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Newcastle Northstars	30 	13	3 	7 	7 	124	108	+16	52 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
2 	Canberra Brave 	30 	15	1 	3 	11	128	105	+23	50 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
3 	Brisbane Lightning 	30 	9 	4 	1 	16	85 	124	−39	36 	2024 Goodall Cup Finals
4 	Adelaide Adrenaline 	30 	5 	2 	6 	17	70 	108	−38	25 	
5 	Central Coast Rhinos	30 	4 	3 	2 	21	81 	170	−89	20 	
==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.
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===Preliminary-finals===
===Semi-finals===
===Final===
==External links==
*The Australian Ice Hockey League
*Ice Hockey Australia
	
	
	
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