PWHL a great surge of female hockey interest

[LadyStanley]

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[Voight]

Its a good start, but they're still in the honeymoon phase.

 

[JMCx4]

Its a good start, but they're still in the honeymoon phase.

More like first date phase. The flirtation is still in high gear.

 

[masa2009]

Has there been any info about the TV ratings since that first game that was simulcast across several broadcasters? I don't think that I've seen a single number for a regular game.

 

[LadyStanley]

As they remove the YouTube live games afterwards, no way to confirm # watching, but everytime I go to wait for feed to start, I'm seeing 400+ "waiting" for stream to start.

 

[LadyStanley]

Leonsis very bullish on women's sports

 

[VaCaps Fan]

PWHL to Washington!

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Only good news. Hopefully Chicago gets a team sooner rather than later.

 

[Primary Assist]

Women's sports in general are having a huge moment, and it would be great to see hockey ride that wave. Hopefully they can establish a long term fanbase as well to stay on board if the tide does eventually fall

 

[LadyStanley]

Check out this Podcast: Does Anyone Want the East Wild Card + Don Waddell Joins the Show Does Anyone Want the East Wild Card + Don Waddell Joins the Show

Starting around 5 minutes in, talk about growth potential for Women's sports, including hockey and Leonsis' desire for PWHL team.

 

[LadyStanley]

Championship trophy

 

[LadyStanley]

Another record

 

[Ernie]

Mark Walter is starting to look incredibly smart right now. He's managed to catch the massive wave of interest in women's sports. An NBA expansion fee is over $50m. What would a PWHL expansion fee be worth? $20m?

Wasn't long ago that any mention of women's hockey would have a bunch of people here coming out of the woodwork to declare nobody would ever watch / it would never be successful. Haven't seen any of them in a while..