Kate Hoos remembers watching in awe from her living room as women's ice hockey players skated on Olympic ice for the first time in 1998.
But it would take another four years until women's ice hockey aired on national television again.
This time, the wait won't be anywhere near as long.
When the puck drops on the ice at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday, Hoos and thousands of fans will be watching in real time as access to women's ice hockey expands to television screens across the United States.
Saturday's game between the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will be the first nationally televised Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) game in US history, made accessible to more than 126 million US households, the league said.
