The 2023–24 Brown Bears Men's ice hockey season was the 106th season of play for the program and the 62nd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bears represented Brown University, played their home games at the Meehan Auditorium and were coached by Brendan Whittet in his 14th season.
Brown's season followed nearly the same path that it had in 2023. The Bears began poorly, losing six of their first nine due mostly to a weak offense. The goaltending dual that arose out of training camp was soon settled in favor of Lawton Zacher. However, in spite of stable goaltending, Brown was unable to capitalize on many resulting opportunities. In the first three months of the season, The Bears managed 3 goals in just four of fourteen games.
When the team started the second half of its season, there was a mild uptick in scoring but that was enough to give the Bears four wins in six games. The mini-streak put Brown in the middle of the conference standings and had them briefly competing for a home site in the conference playoffs. Once February rolled around, all of those gains were washed away. The offense slept-walked through the rest of their schedule and Brown didn't win once in their final nine games. The losing skid sent the team plummeting to the bottom of the standings and they finished just a single point out of last place.
The postseason opened with Union getting off to a quick start and never looking back. Brown was badly outplayed by the Garnet Chargers in the first two periods and found themselves down by three goals entering the third. The Bears were forced to abandon their defensive structure to try and tie the game but all that did was give Union free rein to all to their lead. When the dust settled, Brown was on the wrong end of a 0–6 score and their lackluster season was over.
| Luke Albert | Defenseman | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Mathieu Caron | Goaltender | Transferred to Boston University | ||
| Brad Cocca | Forward | Graduation (retired) | ||
| James Crossman | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Michigan State | ||
| James Durham | Goaltender | Left program (retired) | ||
| Luke Krys | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Providence | ||
| Connor Marshall | Forward | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Samuli Niinisaari | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Massachusetts | ||
| Nathan Plessis | Forward | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Jonny Russell | Forward | Graduation (retired) |
| Griffen Barr | Defenseman | 21 | Nanaimo, BC | ||
| Matthew Brille | Forward | 20 | Bethesda, MD | ||
| Michael Cataldo | Forward | 20 | Norfolk, MA | ||
| Stephen Chen | Goaltender | 18 | Beijing, CHN | ||
| Tyler Kopff | Forward | 20 | Ridgewood, NJ | ||
| Ethan Mistry | Forward | 20 | Toronto, ON | ||
| Alex Pineau | Defenseman | 20 | Thunder Bay, ON | ||
| Max Scott | Forward | 20 | San Jose, CA | ||
| Tyler Shea | Goaltender | 22 | Stevenson Ranch, CA
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| Ryan St. Louis | Forward | 20 | Burlington, VT
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| Lawton Zacher | Goaltender | 19 | Buffalo, NY |
As of July 20, 2023.[1] |}
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=";" |
| 30 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 30 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 30 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Total | 61 | 106 | 167 | 201 |
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| 26 | 1380:40 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 67 | 667 | 0 | .909 | 2.91 | ||
| 10 | 422:25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 210 | 0 | .901 | 3.27 | ||
| Empty Net | - | 21:29 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 30 | 1824:54 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 98 | 877 | 0 | .899 | 3.22 |
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
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| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | – | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |