On a recent Saturday night, more than 18,000 fans packed into Madison Square Garden for a sold-out game. They were all there to watch the New York Sirens face off against the Seattle Torrent, as the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) made its debut in the world's most famous arena.
The Sirens signature chant - "Wee-woo, wee-woo" - filled the air as the players chased the puck around the ice for more than two hours. While they trailed the Torrent for much of play, the Sirens tied the game with 3:35 left on the clock. And in a thrilling shootout, the Sirens won, 2-1. The crowd erupted as all the Sirens players took to the ice to celebrate the historic win.
Two of those players were Elle Hartje '24 and Anna Bargman '25, both forwards for the Sirens and former captains of the Yale women's ice hockey team. The duo reunited on the ice as players in the PWHL when Bargman was drafted last year. (Two other former Yale Bulldogs also play in the PWHL: Claire Dalton '23 for the Toronto Sceptres and Vita Poniatovskaia '25 for the Ottawa Charge.)
