After the first PWHL game in Vancouver drew a sold-out crowd at Rogers Arena, the enthusiastic reception has some hoping for the league's expansion to B.C. Speaking to BC Today host Michelle Eliot, CBC's Karin Larsen draws from Vancouver's history with women's hockey and breaks down what it might take — including the establishment of a West Division and more appropriately sized arenas.

On Jan. 5, 1912, the city of Vancouver had its first professional hockey game. The Province reported about 5,000 spectators turned out to watch Vancouver beat New Westminster 8-3 at a new 10,000 seat arena the Patrick family had built at Denman and Georgia Streets.

For Jennifer Gardiner and Rylind MacKinnon, the Vancouver stop on the PWHL's Takeover Tour is more than a game for them, and it's also a game with meaning "for all the girls out west."