The Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League will make its Madison Square Garden debut on April 4 when the New York Sirens face the Seattle Torrent.<\/p>\n
That game will be the first time fans can attend a women\u2019s professional hockey game at the Garden. The Professional Women\u2019s Hockey Players Association \u2014 the player-led precursor to the PWHL \u2014 held an exhibition game at MSG back in 2021, but played without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cMadison Square Garden has a storied women\u2019s sports history, and on April 4, the New York Sirens will add their own chapter at The World\u2019s Most Famous Arena \u2026 \u201d said New York Sirens general manager Pascal Daoust. \u201cPlaying at the Garden is an honor and sharing it with our dedicated fans will make it even more special.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a capacity of over 18,000 fans, the MSG game has a chance to set a new United States women\u2019s hockey attendance record after Seattle most recently set the mark with 16,014 fans at Climate Pledge Arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cMadison Square Garden has a rich legacy of showcasing world-class women\u2019s athletes \u2014 from the historic all-female boxing event featuring Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano to Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and Nadia Comaneci,\u201d said Joel Fisher, the executive vice president of marquee events and operations at MSG. \u201cWe are excited to partner with the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League and welcome the New York Sirens to The World\u2019s Most Famous Arena for what promises to be an electrifying matchup against the Seattle Torrent on April 4.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sirens have played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., since the 2024-25 season. In the league\u2019s inaugural year, New York split time between UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, C.T., and Prudential. The team has ranked last in the league in average attendance the last two seasons, but has improved this season, averaging more than 3,000 fans over its first five home games. A game at Madison Square Garden will be the team\u2019s first chance to draw fans from the heart of the city.<\/p>\n
By April 4, the PWHL will be in its final month of the season, which means the stakes could be high.<\/p>\n
As of Thursday, the Sirens sit second in the league-wide standings, riding a four-game win streak. The 2025 No. 1 pick, Krist\u00fdna Kaltounkov\u00e1, who was named to the Czech women\u2019s Olympic roster, leads the team in scoring with seven goals through her first 11 pro games. The Torrent are currently sixth, but only four points out of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League will make its Madison Square Garden debut on April 4 when the New…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":501531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,208447,5226,5225,293,5228,5227,225024,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,196611],"class_list":{"0":"post-501530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-sirens","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-seattle-torrent","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-womens-hockey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115860017716916658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}