The Melbourne Ice claimed their eighth Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy championship title by winning the grand final.
In 2023–24 the AWIHL had five teams from five Australian state capital cities competing, stretching east to west of the continent.
On 24 October, the AWIHL announced a deal with Sportscast Australia to become the league's new broadcast partner for season 2023–24.
[7] A few days later the AWIHL and Sportscast Australia launched AWIHL.TV to deliver region-unlocked live and on-demand streaming of all regular season and finals games on a custom built website and YouTube.
[3] Game 34 of the regular season was first postponed and then cancelled by the AWIHL following a carbon monoxide poisoning incident at Adelaide’s IceArenA.
[18] The top four teams in the AWIHL regular season qualify for the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy playoffs.
[19] The prize for being crowned AWIHL Champions for winning the grand final is the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy.
The surprise victory for the Ice saw them hoist the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy for a record setting eighth time.