23-06-2025
Boston Fleet say they'll play four home games, up from two, at Agganis Arena in 2025-26 season
The Fleet played a pair of games at
Boston's only larger announced attendance was 6,032 on Feb. 16,
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The Fleet averaged an announced 4,330 fans across their 11 games at Tsongas in 2024-25, and 5,316 for the five played on a weekend (Friday-Sunday). All six of their dates on Tuesday or Wednesday nights drew fewer than 4,000.
Tsongas lists a hockey capacity of 6,500, larger than Agganis's 6,221.
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Those numbers were up from the league's first season, in which PWHL Boston averaged 3,770 fans in 11 games at Tsongas, but put the Fleet fifth in the six-team league behind Toronto (9,059/game), Montreal (9,013), Ottawa (6,888), and Minnesota (6,524). Only New York (2,764), which has missed the playoffs in back-to-back years and played more than half its home games midweek, drew fewer.
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The PWHL announced total attendance of nearly 645,000 in the 2024-25 season, an average of 7,245 buoyed by nine neutral-site Takeover Tour games. Those games averaged nearly 14,000 fans, with two of the sites —
Lowell's Tsongas Center will be the Fleet's primary home arena for the third straight season in 2025-26.
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The Fleet are in a state of flux with the annual player draft set for Tuesday night in Ottawa. After
Boston has the second pick in each of the draft's six rounds.
