PWHL hits its home stretch after women's world hockey championship

The Professional Women's Hockey League enters the home stretch of its inaugural season Thursday when it resumes following the world championship break.

A sellout is projected for Saturday's Toronto at Montreal clash at the 21,105-seat Bell Centre, which would set a new attendance mark.

YouTube is a key cog in audience-building, which will determine what rights are worth in the future, added PWHL vice-president of league operations and compliance Chris Burkett.

"You see with other professional women's sports leagues where the media rights are incredibly valuable because they built an audience."

The PWHL's board consists of Dodgers president Stan Kasten, minority owners Billie Jean King and Ilona Kloss and vice-president Royce Cohen.

Canada and the U.S. had a combined 30 PWHL players on their world championship rosters in Utica, N.Y., while another nine played for Czechia, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.