Frost star Britta Curl-Salemme pens 3-word reaction to PWHL Takeover Tour game in Ball Arena setting US attendance record

The Sunday night PWHL Takeover Tour game between the Minnesota Frost and Montreal Victoire drew a record-setting crowd of 14,018 attendees at Ball Arena. The game saw the largest-ever attendance for a professional women’s hockey game in the United States to date.

The official Instagram handle of the PWHL announced the achievement with a special poster on its account, with the caption:

“Denver, you showed UP! 🤩 We set a new U.S. attendance record today in Denver with 14,018 fans in @ballarenadenver, the highest-ever for a professional women’s hockey game in the U.S.”

Montreal Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme shared the post on her Instagram stories.

“That was fun 😎”, she wrote in the caption.

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The Minnesota Frost defeated the Montréal Victoire 4-2 on the night and reached the top of the PWHL standings. Montreal initially took the lead in the first period of the game with Catherine Dubois’ first goal of the season, but Minnesota tied it with Britta Curl-Salemme’s goal before the break.

In the second period, Sophie Jaques put the Frost ahead with a power-play goal, until rookie Jennifer Gardiner equalized for Montreal with a power-play goal of her own. Maggie Flaherty eventually broke the tie midway through the third period with her first goal of the season, and Michela Cava added an empty-net goal in the final moments to secure the win for the Frost.

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Cale Makar and Tracy Evans were in attendance at Ball Center for the PWHL Takeover Tour game in Denver

Among the attendees on the night for the game were Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar and his wife Tracy Evans who were spotted enjoying the game. Earlier, the official X account of the Avalanche helped promote the event on their social media.

During the game, the team shared a clip of Makar waving to the crowd as he and Tracy sat among the audience.

“It's Cale Makar!” the Colorado Avalanche tweeted.

Chants of “we want a team” were audible when the record-setting attendance was announced in the arena. Minnesota Frost head coach Ken Klee praised the Denver crowd after the game, calling the atmosphere incredible.

“It was awesome, it was incredible,” he said. “To showcase these ladies and their talent, that's what it’s all about. Growing the game - the women's hockey game and how far it’s come even since I first got involved in 2014, it’s remarkable.”

“People were asking yesterday at the practice ‘how’s it going to be to see it live?’ and I said you wait, you’re going to see something and say, ‘that’s incredible’...and they are incredible.”

The Frost and Victoire are set for a rematch on Friday which will take place in Montreal.