Detroit shoots to increase its offer for the PWHL expansion team and to draw record quantities for Pro women's hockey

Detroit-young women, among which in a record-breaking quantity, gave signs with news for the hockey league of professional women.

“Pwhl Detroit needs a team,” was printed on one side of the characters.

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Detroit tried to improve his chances of a team and draw 14,288 fans on Sunday evening to break the presence record for a professional women's hockey game in the USA when New York Minnesota defeated 4: 1 in the Little Caesars Arena.

The game was part of the PWHL takeover trip over potential expansion locations, and his latest stop was a hit, a year after 13,736 fans at the home of the Detroit Red Wings professional hockey playing on the same ice sheet.

As impressive as the turnout in Detroit for a few PWHL games was, it has a competition.

Denver drew 14,018 fans, many broke in chants of “We want a team!” To set up the previous US record for a professional women's hockey game two months ago in another neutral game.

In addition to Denver, others are in the Seattle, Vancouver and Quebec race, whereby the PWHL is expected to announce a decision in early April.

“Everything is a competition,” said Frost striker Kendall Coyne Schofield. “It is great to see, but I think it also speaks for the demand and as it has been taking for a long time.

“With the right support, resources, investments and platform, everything is possible.”

The World visitor record for hockey for women was set up almost a year ago when 21,105 people were in the stands for a PWHL game between Montreal and Toronto in the arena of the Canadiens.

In the first phase of the Frost Sirens game in Detroit, the PWHL announced that more than 1 million fans have participated in games since the league made its debut last season. The players of both teams gave the fans in the Tribon pucks that were reminiscent of the milestone.

“Sometimes I don't think it's real,” said Amy Scheer, Executive Vice President of PWHL. “When we started last year, we didn't really know what to expect. 16, 17 months later to be here and break the US record (for a professional women's hockey game) to see the Canadian arenas sold out in a manner, it is surreal.

“Hockey, every game is incredible. I think we organize a great show for the fans on the business side. The fans appreciate it and it's really humble. “

Scheer made sure not to give an indication of the over 20 markets to express the league as a guidance of the pack. She claimed that market size, potential support and opportunities to achieve partnerships with local companies are weighed equally.

Geography is also a problem for a league with three teams in the USA (New York, Boston and Minnesota) and Canada (Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto) and concentrated with the exception of Minnesota in the northeast.

For the league, it can be advantageous to add two US teams to gain a US television matters that goes beyond the current regional offers, including a YouTube streaming agreement.

The six teams in the league are managed centrally, and this will remain the case in the foreseeable future. Several private parties have contacted the PWHL to own teams directly, but were rejected.

St. Louis is organizing the ninth and last stop of the takeover trip on March 29 when the Ottawa ranking faces the Boston fleet.

The regular season ends on May 3 and the Puck falls in the second post of PWHL the following week.

The expansion was brought to the table last autumn, and the league ensured that it was considered to expand up to two teams, and Scheer continues to say that it could possibly be limited to one or no or none.

“We did our homework and research and hopefully we will find out what this answer will be in the next few weeks,” she said.

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The AP Hockey writer John Wawrow contributed to this report.