PWHL sets another attendance record, selling out Madison Square Garden
A sold-out crowd of more than 18,000 watched the New York Sirens defeat the Seattle Torrent on Saturday in their first game at Madison Square Garden.
In yet another sign of the growing popularity of women's hockey, the PWHL set a new U. S. attendance record as the Seattle Torrent and New York Sirens played Saturday, April 4, in front of a sellout crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden.
The figure topped the previous mark of 17,335 set at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on Feb. 27, right after the U. S.
women's hockey team won gold at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics . It marked the eighth time a U. S.
arena record for a women’s hockey game has been set since the league's inaugural puck drop in January 2024 – and the fourth time this season alone. Playing their first game at the storied New York City arena, the Sirens won 2-1 in a shootout. Fittinginly for a game in New York, there were plenty of dignitaries on hand.