NoQuitInNewMexico
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Attendance for the first PWHL NY game in the Devils arena was a bit north of 5000. Which is *okay*, I guess, but I was expecting a bigger number. They had a lot of time to promote it.
They play in Newark again on the 30th and it's a Tuesday game so it should be a decent bit lower. The market is spread out, split up between the three NHL teams and only really used to supporting NHL hockey, so it's tough. I'm sure the league will try to make it work again next year, they're not shipping them out to Milwaukee, but Bridgeport didn't work out for them (not shocking considering how cold it is now as an AHL market)
Long form article about the New York team in the Times: New York’s Newest Hockey Team Has Everything but a Name and Home Ice
They play in Newark again on the 30th and it's a Tuesday game so it should be a decent bit lower. The market is spread out, split up between the three NHL teams and only really used to supporting NHL hockey, so it's tough. I'm sure the league will try to make it work again next year, they're not shipping them out to Milwaukee, but Bridgeport didn't work out for them (not shocking considering how cold it is now as an AHL market)
Long form article about the New York team in the Times: New York’s Newest Hockey Team Has Everything but a Name and Home Ice
