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“Boston is the ultimate sports city, and seeing this kind of support shows that women’s professional sports belong on the biggest stages.”
Megan Keller (right), who scored the game winner for the US in the Olympic gold medal game, will face off against Abby Roque and Montreal at TD Garden in April. Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe
Riding high off the success of its stars in the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Boston Fleet announced Thursday they have sold out their game against the Montreal Victoire at TD Garden on April 11.
It is the first Professional Women’s Hockey League game to be held at the Garden, which has a capacity of 17,850 for hockey.
“Selling out TD Garden is a powerful moment for our team and for women’s hockey, and it says everything you need to know about the passion this city has for the Fleet,” said Fleet general manager Danielle Marmer in a release. “Boston is the ultimate sports city, and seeing this kind of support shows that women’s professional sports belong on the biggest stages.”
The April 11 game would break the current record for attendance at a professional women’s hockey game in the United States, but that mark is likely to be reset a week before the game at TD Garden.
Also on Thursday, the New York Sirens announced a sellout of their game against the Seattle Torrent on April 4 at Madison Square Garden. MSG seats more than 18,000 fans for hockey.
“Playing for the first time at these two world-class arenas will be another step in what has already been a historic season for our league, and the atmosphere for fans and players alike will be nothing short of incredible,” said Amy Scheer, PWHL executive vice president of business operations, in a release.
The 2025-26 PWHL season, the league’s third, has been filled with records. The US arena mark was set for the Torrent’s home opener in November, then passed in January with a crowd of 17,228 at a game between Montreal and New York in Washington, D.C.
On Feb. 27, in their first game back from the Olympics, the Torrent sold out Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena with 17,335 fans in attendance.
At the Olympic break, league attendance was up 17 percent over last year.
The Fleet and Victoire are neck-and-neck in the PWHL standings with the playoffs scheduled to begin in late April. Montreal leads with 35 points to Boston’s 32, with Boston having played three fewer games.
The Fleet play Thursday against New York at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, then travel west for games against Vancouver and Seattle. The road trip wraps with a game at Montreal on March 15.
Boston’s first home game after the Olympics will be March 17 against Toronto at Agganis Arena.
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