(File Photo of Pittsburgh Penguins Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Sunday, a new program was established to expand hockey for girls, thanks to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pittsburgh Pennies Girls Hockey Program, which is named after the first women’s hockey team in the city, is working to give more opportunities for girls to play hockey while promoting equality for both males and females in the sport. According to USA Hockey, the growth of women in the sport of hockey in Western Pennsylvania is much more prevalent over the previous fifteen years, increasing by eighty percent. Some of the original members of the Pittsburgh Pennies will have a clinic for girls ten to twelve years of age today to get on the ice and have a conversation with them about how women’s hockey has prospered in Pittsburgh.