Professional Women's Hockey League Official Discussion

[Bobby Barrows]

It's unsurprising Minnesota's attendance would be doing so well by virtue of having an established deep hockey culture and by far the biggest arena in the league.

New York might just be a really bad fit for the league but yeah for a women's league, the average overall attendance being 4,705 is not bad at all. Especially with smaller arenas and lower rent. Keeping the league to 6 teams is also very smart play because it keeps contracts and running costs lower for a league that desperately needs to minimize gross expidenture in the early years.

A TV deal in the US isn't a be all end all, especially if YouTube is serving as a free and cheap alternative too. This year isn't gonna tell us if the league will be financially viable in the long run; that will rely on season 2 and 3 and whether they do end up getting a TV deal at some point

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Minnesota and Ottawa are tied up right now in the 1st!

 

[#Waddles]

Let's get it Minnesota.

 

[#Waddles]

I was going to say, it's not a bad crowd. Until I saw an entire section empty lol.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

3-2 Ottawa up, but Minnesota's getting more aggressive after the great penalty kill

 

[Bobby Barrows]

It's unsurprising Minnesota's attendance would be doing so well by virtue of having an established deep hockey culture and by far the biggest arena in the league.

New York might just be a really bad fit for the league but yeah for a women's league, the average overall attendance being 4,705 is not bad at all. Especially with smaller arenas and lower rent. Keeping the league to 6 teams is also very smart play because it keeps contracts and running costs lower for a league that desperately needs to minimize gross expidenture in the early years.

A TV deal in the US isn't a be all end all, especially if YouTube is serving as a free and cheap alternative too. This year isn't gonna tell us if the league will be financially viable in the long run; that will rely on season 2 and 3 and whether they do end up getting a TV deal at some point

So to expand upon this point, I think the PWHL is going to be just fine.

First PWHL game on New Year’s Day reaches 2.9 million viewers - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

New York's 4-0 win over host Toronto on Jan. 1 was shown on CBC, Sportsnet, and TSN. The league said the game had a combined average audience of 879,000 viewers.

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2.9 Million viewers in Canada alone is mind boggling for Women's sports, but hockey is a national pasttime there so it's no surprise tbh. If the ratings even stagnate around 500k, that's still a massive success.

 

[#Waddles]

Minnesota is the hockey capital in the U.S. and it's really not close.

 

[#Waddles]

I'm assuming this is at the Xcel, no?

MINNESOTA TIES IT UP AT 3!!!!!!!11

 

[Bobby Barrows]

I'm assuming this is at the Xcel, no?

MINNESOTA TIES IT UP AT 3!!!!!!!11

The Xcel is their home yep

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Awesome shot by Minnesota to tie it up. This might go to overtime!

 

[#Waddles]

At first I thought Winona State was playing with the purple jerseys.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

At some point the teams will get their own logos and team names, but the league execs rightfully have stated that it's not a priority at the moment, since that would be a bit more of a cost to have a logo and trademarked name ready to go, when the league is brand new.

 

[Rosie]

At some point the teams will get their own logos and team names, but the league execs rightfully have stated that it's not a priority at the moment, since that would be a bit more of a cost to have a logo and trademarked name ready to go, when the league is brand new.

Also the rumored names sucked. Sometime I'm genuinely considering drawing up my own concepts for the teams, just need to get ideas and practice.

 

[Rosie]

Idea or two in my head inclues the Boston Clovers and the Montreal Fleur

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Tbh I don't think a terrible idea is to just take the names from their NHL counterparts, and just have a partnership with them. Though that's a lot of legal licensing to work around so it obviously wouldn't be a great financial investment.