Here’s a look at the PWHL’s year-by-year attendance, including significant attendance marks and records. The PWHL has smashed every mark there was for professional women’s hockey, and continues to re-write women’s hockey attendance marks.
PWHL 2024: Season One
TEAM
HOME GAMES
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
PWHL Ottawa
12
7,496
89,952
PWHL Minnesota
12
7,138
85,660
PWHL Montreal
11
6,881
75,686
PWHL Toronto
12
3,912
46,948
PWHL Boston
11
3,770
41,474
PWHL New York
12
2,496
29,952
Neutal Site Games
2
11,293
22,586
LEAGUE
70
5,448
392,259
Inaugural 2024 PWHL Season Attendance
2024 Season: Significant Dates
January 2, Ottawa sets new professional women’s hockey regular season and Canadian professional women’s hockey attendance record of 8,318 at TD Place.
January 6, Minnesota sets new professional women’s hockey regular season and American professional women’s hockey attendance record of 13,316 at Xcel Energy Center.
January 27, Montreal sets new Canadian professional women’s hockey attendance record drawing 8,646 at Place Bell.
February 16, Toronto sets new professional women’s hockey regular season and Canadian professional women’s hockey attendance record drawing 19,285 fans at Scotiabank Arena
March 16, Ottawa and Boston set new American professional women’s hockey attendance record drawing 13,736 to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
April 20, Montreal sets new professional women’s hockey regular season and Canadian professional women’s hockey attendance record drawing 21,105 fans to the Bell Centre.
May 26, Minnesota sets all-time professional women’s hockey playoff attendance record breaking several numbers set in the inaugural PWHL playoffs drawing 13,104 to the Xcel Energy Center
January 12, 2025 – A new American attendance record for a professional women’s hockey game is set at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. 14,018 fans attended a PWHL Takeover Tour game between the Minnesota Frost and Montreal Victoire.
January 25, 2025 – The Toronto Sceptres record another sell out at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto drawing 19,102 for the second Battle on Bay Street.
March 16, 2025 – Detroit, for the second straight season, set a new American professional women’s hockey attendance record. This time they drew 14,288 fans. The game also saw the league surpass one million fans all-time including regular season and playoffs.
