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danhammerhuis:

[Les Canadiennes and Calgary Inferno Heritage Classic game was] a moment that can only be seen as a rousing success for the CWHL. Les Canadiennes and the Montreal Canadiens did a lot of advertising and press for the game, and the marketing was a big factor in the number of fans who attended. (5,938 to be exact) The league’s partnerships with the NHL at a team level is a model that the CWHL has shown time and time again can work. We’ve seen it with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the All-Star Games that have been held at the Air Canada Centre and the Ottawa Senators with their two-year commitment to host the Clarkson Cup. The games that are on the biggest stages have drawn the biggest crowds. Ouellette said it best when she told reporters that she hoped this wouldn’t be the only game at the Bell Centre. “We wanted this game to be successful, we wanted people to go home and love what they saw, love the show, and love the intensity when we play hockey, because we want to earn the privilege to play here every year and we want the little girls that are in this town today to maybe one day play pro hockey,” she said. Based on the performance of the two teams and the response of the [nearly 6,000 strong] local crowd, it should be the first of many games at the Bell Centre.