That's fantastic to hear! While I was in school my friends and I frequently went to the womens simply because we love hockey. I'm glad to hear that people that have never been to women's hockey before are not at least giving it a shot and attending a game. I wish that I was closer so that I could continue to support the team as well. Go job today ladies and get the sweep tomorrow!
As far as the band not being there, they were obviously at the football game and I don't believe that the band is large enough to be in two places at once. I seem to recall the band attending some women's games when I was in school and I just checked with my friend who is still in the band and they will be attending every game in the future (unless it conflicts with football), so expect them in the future. Another thing that I'm not sure whether or not happened today, but Sioux Crew my senior year was doing a points system where you earned points for sporting events attended and with points you got prizes... I believe that the Greek houses had a competition as well to see who could get the most members to athletic events (I'm not sure who organized this whether it was Sioux Crew, the Greek houses, or the athletic department) but my senior year there was frequently more than 100 students in the student section (I'm not good at estimating) with a large number of them being Greek and having signs.