Strong 1st PWHL season coincides with growing appetite for women's sports
![Among the highlights during the inaugural PWHL regular season, Montreal drew a women's hockey record crowd of 21,105 at the Bell Centre, home of the NHL’s Canadiens, for an April showdown against Toronto. pwhl-montreal-240404-1180](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7195673.1715023293!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/pwhl-montreal-240404-1180.jpg)
In less than a year, the Professional Women's Hockey League has staged its inaugural season with 72 games around North America televised or streamed and attendance records broken over and over, putting the sport in the spotlight like never before.