A year ago, 13,736 fans watched PWHL Boston and Ottawa on the same sheet of ice at Little Caesars Arena, home of the Red Wings.

The Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens played in front of 14,288 fans Sunday night, setting an attendance record for a professional women's hockey game in the United States.

My daughters’ generation is growing up in a world that is far more tolerant of their choice to participate in athletics (or any other endeavor) — regardless of the activity or their gender. But we still have so much further to go.