2023–24 AJHL season

The 2023–24 AJHL season was the 60th season of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). The season began with 16 teams and ended with 11 teams after the surprise mid-season departure of five teams to join the BCHL. The Calgary Canucks swept the Whitecourt Wolverines in 4 games to win the league championship.

League changes

The season began with 16 teams distributed between 2 divisions of 8 teams each. On January 20, 2024, the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) announced that the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders, and Spruce Grove Saints would move from the AJHL to the BCHL in the 2024-25 season. The BCHL had planned to wait until the end of the season to make the announcement, however rumours had already begun to circulate online. The AJHL responded to the announcement by cancelling most of the five teams' remaining scheduled matches except those between each other. It was then decided by the BCHL that the five teams would play out the rest of the season as a stand-alone division under the aegis of the BCHL. The AJHL then consolidated the remaining teams from its North and South divisions into a single unit for the rest of the season.

The league began a pilot program for video review on goals at specific arenas. It subsequently decided to extend the pilot program through the 2024–25 season.

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:

Team Whitecourt Wolverines 57 34 18 4 1 73 Lloydminster Bobcats 57 33 24 0 0 66 Calgary Canucks 57 31 23 1 2 65 Bonnyville Pontiacs 57 30 23 4 0 64 Drumheller Dragons 57 26 23 5 3 60 Grande Prairie Storm 57 24 26 4 3 55 Canmore Eagles 57 25 29 2 1 53 Camrose Kodiaks 57 22 28 0 7 51 Drayton Valley Thunder 57 19 35 2 1 41 Fort McMurray Oil Barons 57 17 34 3 3 40 Olds Grizzlys 57 10 41 3 3 26

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points

Source:

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes Player Team Caden Cabana Lloydminster Bobcats 53 27 42 69 38 Colby Browne Whitecourt Wolverines 57 26 42 68 44 Luka Sukovic Bonnyville Pontiacs 57 35 32 67 42 Bowden Singleton Calgary Canucks 56 21 46 67 32 Ben Aucoin Lloydminster Bobcats 57 32 31 63 40 Travis Verbeek Whitecourt Wolverines 55 28 32 60 38 Alex Atwill Grande Prairie Storm 57 23 35 58 30 Nicolas Beaudoin Bonnyville Pontiacs 54 23 33 56 32 Adam Grenier Drayton Valley Thunder 55 22 34 56 62 Blake Setter Lloydminster Bobcats 56 24 30 54 38

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GA = Goals Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average, SO = Shutouts, Mins = Minutes played.

Player Team Ben Charette Whitecourt Wolverines 34 20 9 4 1 79 0.925 2.40 4 1,974 Sean Cootes Drayton Valley Thunder 26 11 6 3 2 57 0.910 2.43 3 1,406 Julian Molinaro Calgary Canucks 45 27 16 1 1 115 0.916 2.60 6 2,650 Nicholas Jones Grande Prairie Storm 38 16 17 2 2 101 0.907 2.71 1 2,237 Chazz Nixon Drayton Valley Thunder 19 8 9 1 0 51 0.920 2.77 1 1,105

Post-season

Quarterfinal: Whitecourt Wolverines vs. Camrose Kodiaks

Quarterfinal: Lloydminster Bobcats vs. Canmore Eagles

Quarterfinal: Calgary Canucks vs. Grande Prairie Storm

Quarterfinal: Bonnyville Pontiacs vs. Drumheller Dragons

Semifinal: Whitecourt Wolverines vs. Canmore Eagles

Semifinal: Calgary Canucks vs. Drumheller Dragons

Final: Whitecourt Wolverines vs. Calgary Canucks

2023–24 AJHL season

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