MONTREAL -- The Penguins have played host to a number of successful professional women's hockey events in recent years.
First came the sold-out National Women's Hockey League All-Star Game in Cranberry in 2017. The NWHL twice returned to Cranberry for neutral site regular-season games, a Beauts-Whale game in 2017-18 and a Whale-Riveters game in 2018-19, both in front of sold-out crowds. The U.S. and Canadian women's national teams held a joint training camp in Cranberry in 2019, culminating in two sold-out exhibition games.
The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association came to Pittsburgh this past March, with the women from the U.