PWHL expansion was placed on the table last fall, with the league considering expanding by as many as two teams for next season.

Young women, among those in a record-breaking crowd, held up signs with messages for the Professional Women's Hockey League. “PWHL DETROIT NEEDS A TEAM,” was printed on one side of the signs. The six-team PWHL may expand next season — in its third year — and is touring cities potentially on the list to get in the game.

DETROIT, MI – Safe to say professional women’s hockey would do well in Detroit. The New York Sirens cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Frost in front of a U.S. record-breaking crowd at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on Sunday night.