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.

In 2024 the AIHL had 10 teams split into two conferences, Rurak and Hellyer, competing in the league.^[1]

2024 AIHL teams

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
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

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.^[2] 2024 AIHL Finals information was released by the league in February 2024, confirming dates and location.^[1] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] On 8 June 2024, the AIHL.TV service was expanded to include the release of an app on Apple iOS and Andriod Play.^[8]

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.^[9]

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 an early March men’s and women’s showcase in Brisbane and a alumni vs current team match-up in Adelaide in early April.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[16] 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.^[17] Former Sydney Bears player and team icon Vlad Rubes was appointed Huberty's replacement.^[18]

All player transfers by the ten AIHL teams for season 2024.^{[19][20][21][22]}

Interclub transfers Nat Player Previous team New team Josh Adkins Newcastle Northstars Adelaide Adrenaline Austin Albrecht Canberra Brave Melbourne Ice Mackenzie Bolger Sydney Ice Dogs Central Coast Rhinos Ellesse Carini Sydney Bears Melbourne Ice Hayden Dawes Sydney Bears Central Coast Rhinos Hayden Dawes* Central Coast Rhinos Melbourne Mustangs Justin Dixon Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs Joakim Erdugan Central Coast Rhinos Melbourne Ice Glen Forbes-White Brisbane Lightning Central Coast Rhinos Mike Giorgi Canberra Brave Melbourne Mustangs Justin Harrison Sydney Bears Central Coast Rhinos Sam Hodic Melbourne Ice Brisbane Lightning Joey Hughes Canberra Brave Melbourne Ice Zane Jones Newcastle Northstars Perth Thunder John Kennedy Newcastle Northstars Perth Thunder Yuga Kikuchi Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs Brody Lindal Melbourne Ice Sydney Bears Matthew Price Newcastle Northstars Adelaide Adrenaline Jake Riley Canberra Brave Sydney Bears Drew Robson Perth Thunder Newcastle Northstars Jayden Ryan Central Coast Rhinos Newcastle Northstars Andrew Smardon Newcastle Northstars Central Coast Rhinos Thomas Steven Sydney Bears Canberra Brave Mac Tutton Central Coast Rhinos Sydney Bears * Mid-season transfer.

Retirements Nat Player Team New role Damian Bright Brisbane Lightning No team Joshua Lammon Sydney Bears No team

New signings Nat Player Previous team New team Jeremiah Addison Utah Grizzlies Perth Thunder Derry Adler Southern Jokers Brisbane Lightning Chance Adrian Dalmeny Sabres Brisbane Lightning Mohd Hariz Ananda Outlaws Melbourne Mustangs John Aonso Fredonia Blue Devils Melbourne Ice Oliver Ashby Seattle Jr. Kraken Melbourne Mustangs Maximilian Astner No team Canberra Brave Aziz Baazzi Gothiques d'Amiens Central Coast Rhinos Connor Bartholomew No team Sydney Ice Dogs Samuel Bartlett Melbourne Sharks Melbourne Ice Benjamin Berard Diables Rouges de Briançon Perth Thunder Léo Bertein Corsaires de Dunkerque Perth Thunder Hunter Boland Southern Drop Bears Brisbane Lightning Connor Bolger No team Central Coast Rhinos Estefano Bonfante Sydney Bombers Central Coast Rhinos Danick Bouchard Gothiques d'Amiens Central Coast Rhinos Joseph Braun Sydney Pigeons Sydney Bears Matthew Brown CP Milenio Logroño Central Coast Rhinos Max Bu Norwest Emperors Sydney Ice Dogs Matt Buskas Canberra Blades Canberra Brave Bradley Campbell Kings County Rivermen Brisbane Lightning Jacob Carey New Jersey Rockets Canberra Brave Matt Clark Birmingham Bulls Canberra Brave Billy Cliff No team Sydney Ice Dogs Tyler Colev West Coast Flyers Blue Perth Thunder Bray Crowder Adirondack Thunder Sydney Ice Dogs Richard Crowe Solihull Barons Sydney Bears Mike Dalhuisen Gyergyói HK Sydney Ice Dogs Cooper Davidson-Peacock Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline Brad Demmitt Sydney Sabres Sydney Ice Dogs Mathieu Desautels EV Lindau Islanders Newcastle Northstars Kesho Donald No team Sydney Ice Dogs Shaun Dosanjh IHC Leuven Chiefs Adelaide Adrenaline Michael Douglas York Lions Sydney Ice Dogs Mitchell Dyck Winkler Royals Brisbane Lightning Chris Eaden Canterbury Red Devils Sydney Bears Kaden Elder Outlook Ice Hawks Adelaide Adrenaline Lachlan Fixter Brisbane Spitfires Brisbane Lightning Logan Flodell Manchester Storm Melbourne Mustangs Rylan Freed St. Brieux/Lake Lenore Rivals Melbourne Mustangs Batu Gendunov Darkhan Brisbane Lightning Tobie Gilchrist Pacific Coast Academy Melbourne Ice Finlay Gordon West Coast Flyers Blue Perth Thunder Flyn Gower Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice Matheson Graham Canterbury Red Devils Melbourne Mustangs Jeremy Granger Sydney Bombers Sydney Bears Quentin Greenwood Southern Puckers Brisbane Lightning Sean Greer No team Adelaide Adrenaline Zachery Gumm Southern Jokers Brisbane Lightning Samuel Hou Gustafsson Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan Central Coast Rhinos Jacob Haley Braves IHC Melbourne Mustangs Sean Hamilton Northern Chiefs Perth Thunder Adam Harper Pacific Coast Academy Prep Melbourne Mustangs Arki Hearn-Crombie Newcastle Northstars U17 Central Coast Rhinos Lucas Herrmann Pensacola Ice Flyers Sydney Bears Yu Hikosaka Red Eagles Hokkaido Perth Thunder Bryce Hodges Southern Puckers Brisbane Lightning Ronan Hoy Southern Drop Bears Brisbane Lightning Mitsuaki Inoue Red Eagles Hokkaido Newcastle Northstars Tatsunoshin Ishida Yokohama Grits Melbourne Ice Patrick Ivens Brisbane Spitfires Brisbane Lightning Eugene Ju Polyflor Raptors Sydney Bears Adam Kadlec No team Sydney Bears CJ Kemp Ontario Jr Reign Sydney Ice Dogs Raymond Khalil Braves IHC Melbourne Ice Hayden Klugerman Airdrie Stars U18 Newcastle Northstars Daniel Koudelka Adelaide Generals Adelaide Adrenaline Chris Kushneriuk North Dundas Rockets Sydney Bears Jed Lake Pacific Coast Academy Melbourne Ice Matthew Lavergne Southern Puckers Brisbane Lightning Yoann Levesque Northern Chiefs Adelaide Adrenaline Arvid Ljung IHK Comet Halden Sydney Ice Dogs Skyler Luo Battle Creek Kernels Perth Thunder Alex MacDonald Toulouse-Blagnac Hockey Club Sydney Ice Dogs Matt Marasco Canberra Blades Canberra Brave Kenta Matsukane East Hokkaido Cranes Sydney Bears Bodhi Matthew Adelaide Generals Canberra Brave Kyler Matthews Birmingham Bulls Newcastle Northstars Brayden Maybee Sun Devils Perth Thunder Marcel McGuiness Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline Remy McGuiness Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline Curtis Meger Regina Cougars Brisbane Lightning Carson Miller UBC Thunderbirds Sydney Bears Jack Mollee Southern Puckers Brisbane Lightning Nathan Moncrieff Polyflor Raptors Sydney Bears Luke Moore No team Brisbane Lightning Spencer Nave Melbourne Demons Melbourne Ice Oscar Noone Sydney Sabres Sydney Ice Dogs Anand Oberoi Arnprior Rivermen Central Coast Rhinos Stepan Olkin Sydney Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs Luka Ouimette Brisbane Whalers Brisbane Lightning Tyrone Oxlade Polyflor Raptors Sydney Bears Nick Ponomarev South Shore Kings Melbourne Mustangs Samuel Poole PAdelaide Blackhawks Sydney Bears Max Portnov Sydney Sting Sydney Bears Shai Rabinowitz Frontenac Phantoms Central Coast Rhinos Jake Ratcliffe Danbury Hat Tricks Canberra Brave Jonatan Ruth Central Coast Stingrays Canberra Brave Alistair Rye No team Central Coast Rhinos Timothy Rye Maryville Saints Central Coast Rhinos Adrien Sebag Coqs de Courbevoie Central Coast Rhinos Colby Shumak North Shore Warriors U17 Prep Sydney Bears Victor Sjodin Canberra Bulls Canberra Brave Paul Smith Central Coast Stingrays Central Coast Rhinos Jeff Solow Birmingham Bulls Melbourne Ice Patrick Sucher Sun Devils Perth Thunder Kenwrick Sze Krazy to the Max Sydney Ice Dogs Rylan Toth Foam Lake Flyers Adelaide Adrenaline Samuli Vainionpää Koovee Sydney Bears Nátán Vertes Fehérvár AV19 Perth Thunder Alexander Voronin HC Aosta Gladiators Adelaide Adrenaline Aiden Wagner Evansville Thunderbolts Newcastle Northstars Lachie Walls Melbourne Jets Melbourne Ice Lachlan White Canberra Rebels Canberra Brave Jesse Wilson Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs Ty Wright No team Adelaide Adrenaline Alex Yuill Guildford Flames Newcastle Northstars

Players lost Nat Player Previous team New team Steven Adams Central Coast Rhinos No team Austin Albrecht Canberra Brave Maine Mariners Artem Astafiev Melbourne Mustangs No team Andrew Bellant Perth Thunder Indy Fuel Josh Bortignon Adelaide Adrenaline No team Declan Bronte Melbourne Ice Franklin Pierce Ravens Mitch Bye Central Coast Rhinos No team Andreas Camenzind Canberra Brave No team Liam Campbell Perth Thunder No team Jack Carpenter Melbourne Mustangs No team Lachlan Clifford Brisbane Lightning Brisbane Moose Will Clifford Brisbane Lightning Brisbane Moose Brendan Connors Melbourne Mustangs No team Darren Corstens Adelaide Adrenaline No team Tristan Côté-Cazenave Perth Thunder Rivière-du-Loup 3L Ace Cowans Sydney Bears No team Tom Cross Central Coast Rhinos No team Luka Dimopoulos Central Coast Rhinos No team Nicholas Doornbos Sydney Ice Dogs No team Ivan Doukhovnikov Central Coast Rhinos No team Luke Doyle Perth Thunder Cockburn Blackhawks Ryan Duchemin Newcastle Northstars Newcastle Northstars (ECSL) Alexander Dvinyaninov Sydney Ice Dogs No team Brandon Egli Sydney Ice Dogs Étoile Noire de Strasbourg Darcy Flanagan Melbourne Ice Oxford City Stars Anthony Gagnon Perth Thunder Rivière-du-Loup 3L Logan Gallacher Melbourne Ice No team C.J. Garcia Perth Thunder Manchester Storm Alexandre Gauthier Sydney Bears No team Alexis Girard Brisbane Lightning Laval Pétroliers Andrew Glass Canberra Brave Adelaide Tigers Andrew Hamilton Adelaide Adrenaline No team Jake Hazel Adelaide Adrenaline No team Joshua Healey Perth Thunder No team Brady Heppner Sydney Ice Dogs No team Alexander Higgins Brisbane Lightning Southern Drop Bears Mark Hobday Central Coast Rhinos Sydney Heat Jay Hodgson Brisbane Lightning No team Liam Hughes Melbourne Mustangs No team Mitchell Humphries Melbourne Mustangs No team Kyle Hunter Sydney Ice Dogs No team Samuel Ivanic Sydney Ice Dogs Hasle-Løren IL Conner Jean Perth Thunder Kalix UHC Hunter Johnson Central Coast Rhinos No team Kahu Joyce Melbourne Ice No team Adam Kimbley Central Coast Rhinos No team Artem Klein Melbourne Ice Mad Dogs Mannheim Brendan Kleipas Central Coast Rhinos Polyflor Raptors Patrick Klöpper Melbourne Ice Hannover Scorpions Kasey Kulczycki Brisbane Lightning Rivière-du-Loup 3L Nathan Lacasse Perth Thunder No team Paul Lazzarotto Melbourne Ice No team Tyler Leeming Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings Austin Lefkowicz Melbourne Ice No team Mathew Lindsay Newcastle Northstars No team Savva Lukin Central Coast Rhinos No team Andrew Masters Central Coast Rhinos HYC Herentals Brendan McDowell Melbourne Mustangs No team Michael McDowell Melbourne Mustangs No team Shannon McGregor Sydney Ice Dogs No team Marc McNulty Sydney Bears Maple Creek Hawks Casey Minson Melbourne Mustangs No team Melker Molund Newcastle Northstars Järfälla HC David Nelson Brisbane Lightning No team Keenan Nelson Melbourne Mustangs Ontario Hockey Academy Jake O’Brien Adelaide Adrenaline No team Thomas Papas Melbourne Mustangs SAHA U17 Prep Jake Pappalardo Sydney Bears No team Jaden Pine-Murphy Brisbane Lightning Brisbane Moose Félix Plouffe Canberra Brave Valenciennes Jett Porter Melbourne Mustangs A21 Academy Coy Prevost Adelaide Adrenaline Knoxville Ice Bears Dash Quartarolo Central Coast Rhinos Salem State Vikings Brett Radford Adelaide Adrenaline No team Mikko Rippon Brisbane Lightning St. Francis High Prep Alexander Rose Melbourne Mustangs No team Maxwell Roth Brisbane Lightning Drakkars de Caen Ryan Ruddle Melbourne Mustangs No team Connor Schultz Newcastle Northstars No team Chris Schutz Melbourne Ice Hammer Eisbären Lachlan Shumak Sydney Ice Dogs No team Eric Speedie Brisbane Lightning No team Kristian Stead Perth Thunder Knoxville Ice Bears Zachary Steele Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings Corey Stringer Melbourne Ice No team Lukas Subrt Melbourne Mustangs No team Lachlan Sucher Perth Thunder Crystal Beach Academy Brett Thompson Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Tigers Zoltán-László Tőke Melbourne Ice CSM Corona Brașov Riley Tonks Newcastle Northstars No team Albin Torstensson Central Coast Rhinos Comètes de Meudon Lachlan Tripp Brisbane Lightning No team Byron Tschuma Melbourne Ice No team Lee Turner Melbourne Mustangs No team Lukas Vaic Sydney Bears Polyflor Raptors Carson Vance Canberra Brave Birmingham Bulls Connor Vermeulen Adelaide Adrenaline HC Wikov Hronov Curtis Villani Adelaide Adrenaline No team Tom Voller Sydney Ice Dogs No team Hector Vrielynck Melbourne Ice No team Darcy Walsh Adelaide Adrenaline No team Jordan Warren Melbourne Mustangs No team Thomas Wedesweiler Newcastle Northstars No team Nicholas Windle Perth Thunder No team Matthew Wrankmore Central Coast Rhinos No team Kevin Yu Adelaide Adrenaline No team Joe Zanlunghi Melbourne Mustangs No team

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.^[23]

Key:

2024 AIHL season top-ten skater statistics for points, goals, assists and penalty minutes.^[27]

Points # Name Team Pos Pts 1 Adam Kadlec SB F 70 2 Austin Albrecht MI F 68 3 Lucas Herrmann SB F 66 4 Francis Drolet NN F 62 5 Scott Timmins MM F 61 6 Alex Macdonald SD F 58 7 Mackenzie Caruana MI F 56 8 Austin Cangelosi CB F 53 9 Grant Toulmin SD F 52 10 Daniel Berno NN F 46

Goals # Name Team Pos G 1 Adam Kadlec SB F 32 2 Alex Macdonald SD F 29 3 Austin Albrecht MI F 26 4 Francis Drolet NN F 24 5 Scott Timmins MM F 24 6 Austin Cangelosi CB F 24 7 Kaden Elder AA F 24 8 Brody Lindal SB F 23 9 Lucas Herrmann SB F 22 10 Mackenzie Caruana MI F 22

Assists # Name Team Pos A 1 Lucas Herrmann SB F 44 2 Austin Albrecht MI F 42 3 Adam Kadlec SB F 38 4 Francis Drolet NN F 38 5 Scott Timmins MM F 37 6 Grant Toulmin SD F 37 7 Mackenzie Caruana MI F 34 8 Josh Adkins AA F 34 9 Ryan Annesley SB D 33 10 Alex Macdonald SD F 29

Penalty minutes # Name Team Pos PIM 1 Alastair Punler PT D 145 2 Hamish Powell NN F 80 3 Johnny Aonso MI D 71 4 Patrik Popovics BL F 68 5 Mike Dalhuisen SD D 65 6 Sacha Rapchuk BL F 63 7 Bradley Apps MM F 61 8 Daniel Berno NN F 55 9 Mackenzie Bolger CR F 55 10 Lliam Webster MI D 53

2023 AIHL season top-ten¹ goaltender statistics for goals against average and save percentage.^[28]

¹ only goaltenders who have played 10 or more games qualify for these lists

Goals against average # Name Team Pos GAA 1 Aleksi Toivonen CB G 2.79 2 Tatsunoshin Ishida MI G 2.81 3 Rylan Toth AA G 2.92 4 Léo Bertein PT G 2.93 5 James Downie SB G 3.09 6 Charles Smart NN G 3.42 7 Logan Flodell MM G 3.58 8 Alex Tétreault CB G 3.66 9 Anthony Kimlin SB G 3.80 10 Curtis Meger BL G 3.84

Save percentage # Name Team Pos SV% 1 Tatsunoshin Ishida MI G .920 2 Léo Bertein PT G .914 3 Logan Flodell MM G .908 4 Rylan Toth AA G .906 5 Aleksi Toivonen CB G .905 6 James Downie SB G .905 7 Anand Oberoi CR G .897 8 Curtis Meger BL G .896 9 Arvid Ljung SD G .893 10 Alex Tétreault CB G .892

Each week the AIHL, through sponsorship, names a player of the week.^[29][30]
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

Below lists the 2024 AIHL season award winners.^[31][30]

Award	Name	Team
MVP	Kaden Elder	Adelaide Adrenaline
Goaltender	Rylan Toth	Adelaide Adrenaline
Defenceman	Ryan Annesley	Sydney Bears
Local	Robert Haselhurst	Perth Thunder
Rookie	Daniel Koudelka	Adelaide Adrenaline
Coach	Jason Kvisle	Sydney Ice Dogs
Finals MVP	Jake Ratcliffe	Canberra Brave

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.^[32]

The Sydney Bears 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.^[33][34] 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.^[35][36] 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.^[37]

All times are UTC+10:00

Game reference
	Curtis Meger	Goalies	Tatsunoshin Ishida	Referees: Nick Air Joey Theriault Linesmen: Darren Lampard Jake O'Brien
	0 – 1 Kraemer (Caruana, Albrecht) 0 – 2 J.Lake (Webster, Caruana) 0 – 3 Hughes (Albrecht, Caruana) 0 – 4 Aonso (Bourke, Webster) 0 – 5 Kraemer (Caruana, Albrecht)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	48

Game reference
	Leo Bertein	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referees: David Gal Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: David Rehak Russell Dow
	0 – 1 B.Kubara (Clark, Ratcliffe) (Haselhurst, Vertes) Addison 1 – 1 1 – 2 Clark (C.Kubara, Cangelosi)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	29

Game reference
	Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referees: Joey Theriault Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: David Rehak Jake O'Brien
	(Unassisted) Maylan 1 – 0 (Harvey, Ratcliffe) Cangelosi 2 – 0 (B.Kubara, Cangelosi) T.Kubara 3 – 0 (Ratcliffe, Harvey) Cangelosi 4 – 0 4 – 1 Herrmann (Brücker) 4 – 2 Landa (Herrmann, Kushneriuk) (Maylan) Clark 5 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	44

Game reference
	Tatsunoshin Ishida	Goalies	Charlie Smart	Referees: Nick Air David Gal Linesmen: Russell Dow Darren Lampard
	(Solow, Caruana) Kraemer 1 – 0 1 – 1 Berno (Klugerman, Hawes) 1 – 2 Klugerman (Hawes) 1 – 3 Darge (Ellen) (Albrecht) Kraemer 2 – 3 (Albrecht) Solow 3 – 3 (Kraemer, Albrecht) Cincotta 4 – 3
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	43	Shots	31

Game reference
	Tatsunoshin Ishida	Goalies	Alex Tetreault	Referees: David Gal Joey Theriault Linesmen: David Rehak Jake O'Brien
	0 – 1 Ratcliffe (C.Kubara, Clark) 0 – 2 Harvey (T.Kubara) 0 – 3 C.Kubara (Ratcliffe, Cangelosi) 0 – 4 C.Kubara (Ratcliffe, Cangelosi) 0 – 5 Ratcliffe (B.Kubara, C.Kubara)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	33

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