Detroit draws 14,288 fans to watch PWHL game, setting U.S. record for pro women’s hockey game

By LARRY LAGE The Associated Press
Updated: March 17, 2025 - 3:09 AM
Published: March 17, 2025 - 1:37 AM
Fans get excited during the first period of a PWHL game between the New York Sirens and the Minnesota Frost, at Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Guralnick]

DETROIT (AP) — The Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens played in front of 14,288 fans Sunday night, setting an attendance record for a professional women’s hockey game in the United States. The Professional Women’s Hockey League game broke the mark as part of its Takeover Tour of potential expansion venues at Little Caesars Arena, a year after 13,736 fans watched women on the same sheet of ice at the home of the Detroit Red Wings. Denver drew 14,018 fans to set the previous U.S. record two months ago in another neutral-site game featuring the Frost and the Montreal Victoire.

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