Pro Women’s Hockey League explores new markets with neutral site games in Detroit and Pittsburgh WSOC TV [Video]

Boston defenseman Megan Keller can already foresee the potential for expansion with the Professional Women’s Hockey League holding neutral site games in Pittsburgh and Detroit this weekend.

It’s not a matter of if, Keller believes, but when for the first-year, six-team league.

“I think it’s inevitable,” she said during a PWHL video conference call this week.

“There’s so much room for growth in women’s hockey, and especially at the professional level,” added Keller, who grew up outside of Detroit. “To have that access for young hockey players in those different markets, I think it would be super successful. And it’s something fans, Detroit hockey fans, I think deserve.”

Though league executives have tapped the brakes on expansion talk, with nothing on the horizon until the 2025-26 season at the earliest, it hasn’t prevented them from testing potential markets as reflected in the PWHL’s dubbed “Takeover Weekend.” And the PWHL is already promising even more neutral-site games …