PWHL Takeover Tour a hit

NEW YORK AND TORONTO – The Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) is having a look again at among the numbers that formed the first-ever PWHL Takeover Tour™, a groundbreaking collection of 9 neutral-site regular-season video games held from January to March 2025.

The Tour drew record-breaking crowds, sparked new fan engagement, and expanded the PWHL’s attain past its house markets. A full listing of dates, areas, and attendance figures from the PWHL Takeover Tour will be discovered beneath.

The Crowds

123,601 followers attended the 9 Takeover Tour stops.
Two attendance information have been set for skilled girls’s hockey within the U.S.: 14,018 followers in Denver, then damaged by 14,288 followers in Detroit.
5 of the 9 video games are among the many prime 10 single-game attendance figures in PWHL historical past, together with the sold-out crowd of 19,038 in Vancouver that ranks fourth all-time.
As much as 78% of attendees have been visiting the host venue for the primary time.
An estimated 80% of Takeover Tour attendees skilled their first-ever PWHL recreation.
Followers from all 50 U.S. states and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories attended numerous video games on the Tour.

The Hockey

27 factors have been awarded within the standings throughout the 9 video games with six regulation wins, two shootout outcomes, and one additional time resolution.
30 completely different PWHL gamers scored 41 objectives, with 5 of the 9 video games determined by one purpose.
1,800 Takeover Tour pucks have been produced for warmups and recreation motion.
Gamers fueled up with 648 Uncrustables (a participant favourite), 864 applesauce pouches (a go-to for gamers between durations), 1,080 packs of gummy snacks, and 1,296 bottles of Gatorade (Cool Blue was the most well-liked taste).

The Neighborhood

945 ladies’ hockey gamers participated in clinics and meet-and-greets with PWHL athletes throughout all 9 stops.
Greater than 1,400 followers collected autographs from PWHL gamers throughout post-game signings, youth clinics, open practices, and group occasions.
Over 16,000 items of PWHL gear, together with jerseys, hoodies, crews, tees, hats and pucks, have been bought by followers in-venue.
Social media engagement soared resulting in a 30% improve in league-wide followers in the course of the Tour window.

“We have been proud to ship a first-of-its-kind initiative with the PWHL Takeover Tour,” stated Amy Scheer, PWHL Government Vice President of Enterprise Operations. “Throughout the 9 stops, we linked with new followers, grew the sport, and gave audiences the chance to expertise the unparalleled pleasure of a PWHL recreation dwell. This Tour created core recollections for our followers and gamers and its success is a real testomony to the eagerness and help we’re seeing throughout North America.”

“The PWHL Takeover Tour has been one of the crucial rewarding initiatives since our inception—for our followers, our athletes, and our workers,” stated Jayna Hefford, PWHL Government Vice President of Hockey Operations. “There’ll come a time when the league is full of gamers who have been first impressed as younger followers in the course of the Takeover Tour, realizing that skilled girls’s hockey is an achievable purpose.”

PWHL Takeover Tour™ Dates, Areas, Outcomes & Attendance

January 5 in Seattle, Local weather Pledge Enviornment: Boston Fleet 3, Montréal Victoire 2 (SO) (12,608)
January 8 in Vancouver, Rogers Enviornment: Montréal Victoire 4, Toronto Sceptres 2 (19,038)
January 12 in Denver, Ball Enviornment: Minnesota Frost 4, Montréal Victoire 2 (14,018)
January 19 in Quebec Metropolis, Videotron Centre: Montréal Victoire 2, Ottawa Cost 1 (18,259)
February 16 in Edmonton, Rogers Place: Toronto Sceptres 3, Ottawa Cost 2 (OT) (17,518)
February 23 in Buffalo, KeyBank Heart: Boston Fleet 3, New York Sirens 2 (SO) (8,512)
March 7 in Raleigh, Lenovo Heart: Minnesota Frost 5, Ottawa Cost 0 (10,782)
March 16 in Detroit, Little Caesars Enviornment: New York Sirens 4, Minnesota Frost 1 (14,288)
March 29 in St. Louis, Enterprise Heart: Ottawa Cost 2, Boston Fleet 1 (8,578)

Click on right here for extra data, recaps, and highlights from throughout the PWHL Takeover Tour.