Hayley Scamurra had chills even before the puck dropped inside TD Place for PWHL Ottawa’s first game on Tuesday.
When the team went out for warm-ups, Scamurra said the crowd was cheering as if they’d just scored a goal.
“I just couldn’t believe the energy they were bringing, and you could just tell they were so excited to have us and to see us play hockey,” she told CBC Sports.
The game set a record as the most-attended professional women’s hockey league game, with 8,318 fans at TD Place. It surpassed the 7,765 fans who attended a Swedish women’s hockey league game during
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