PWHL sets Detroit attendance record at Sirens-Victoire game
Hockeytown fans showed up in record numbers for Saturday's PWHL Takeover Game at LCA.
Detroit ā Expansion announcements aren't imminent for the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) for the 2026-2027 season, but hockey fans in Hockeytown showed why on Saturday afternoon that Detroit ranks among the top contenders to be added to the eight-team league. A Detroit record of 15,938 watched Saturday afternoon's Takeover Tour game at Little Caesars Arena. The second-place Montreal Victoire scored three goals in the third period to beat the New York Sirens, 3-1.
The Sirens are three points out of the playoffs with seven games to play. Trailing 1-0 after two periods, Montreal's Catherine Dubois scored back-to-back goals and Laura Stacey completed the scoring. New York's Casey O'Brien scored the only goal in the first period on a goalmouth scramble in front of Canadian Olympic goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens.
Desbiens allowed Team USA's gold-medal winning goal in overtime by Farmington Hills' Megan Keller at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games just OB doing OB things š¤© pic. twitter. com/Yl0e9TyZ0S ā New York Sirens (@PWHL_NewYork) March 28, 2026 It was the fourth PWHL game in three years in Detroit, the only city to host four neutral-site games.
The total attendance at LCA: 53,586. ā¶ March 28, 2026, Montreal 3, New York 1, 15,938 ā¶ March 16, 2025, New York 4, Minnesota 1, 14,288 ā¶ March 16, 2024, Boston 2, Ottawa 1 (SO), 13,736 ā¶ Jan. 8, 2026, Vancouver 4, Boston 3, 9,624 More: Detroit's Elle Hartje 'stoked' to bring women's hockey to LCA What are the odds of the PWHL coming to Detroit?