The Professional Women’s Hockey League is set to expand into Las Vegas for the 2026-27 season, continuing the league’s rapid growth less than three years after launching operations. According to reports from The Athletic, the official announcement is expected on Wednesday, making Las Vegas the league’s 10th franchise. The new team will join previously announced…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has recorded historic growth in the 2025-26 season, surpassing one million total fans in attendance for the first time in its history. According to league data, 1,116,497 fans attended 120 regular-season games, marking a major milestone in the league’s third season. Average attendance rose to 9,304 per game, representing…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League set a new U.S. attendance record for women’s hockey on Saturday, as a sold-out crowd of 18,006 filled Madison Square Garden for the league’s debut at the venue. The game featured New York Sirens against Seattle Torrent, marking the first women’s professional hockey game played in front of fans at…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is riding an unprecedented wave of momentum following the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. The league officially announced that its upcoming inaugural games at two of North America’s most iconic venues—Madison Square Garden in New York and TD Garden in Boston—are completely sold out. The April Showcase Post-Olympic…
The Seattle Torrent have set a new U.S. arena record for women’s hockey, drawing a sellout crowd of 17,335 fans to Climate Pledge Arena for their matchup against the Toronto Sceptres. This marks the third time the U.S. attendance record has been broken during the PWHL’s landmark third season. 1. The U.S. Attendance Race (Season…
The 2026 Winter Olympics has delivered a definitive proof-of-concept for the commercial scale of women’s sports. The Gold Medal showdown between the United States and Canada—a 2-1 overtime thriller—has officially become the most-watched women’s ice hockey telecast in history, according to verified data from NBC Sports. Averaging 5.3 million viewers across USA Network and Peacock,…
