NHL.com aims to find out. We have a decibel meter packed alongside all the laptops, notebooks, cameras and pens, so we will provide some level of the noise and excitement inside the building at key parts of Game 1. Pre-game and 1st period will be taken from the press box. 2nd period will be taken from the 200 level. 3rd period will be taken from the 300 level.
And the decibel meter will be making the trek to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4 of the Final to see if Flyers fans can raise the roof at Wachovia Center.
| EVENT/OCCURRENCE |
TIME OF PERIOD |
DECIBEL READING |
COMPARISON |
| Organist practicing | Pre-game |
91dB | Truck traffic |
| Hawks come out on ice |
Pre-game | 107dB | Power mower at 3ft |
| Let's Go Hawks! chat |
Pre-game | 105dB | Snowmobile |
| Hawks in-arena video |
Pre-game | 112dB | Power saw at 3ft |
| Hawks enter ice |
Pre-game | 115dB | Loud rock concert |
| National Anthem |
Pre-game | 115-121dB | Sandblasting |
| Hawks forecheck (2 solid hits) |
3:21 of 1st period | 104dB | Snowmobile |
| Whistling fan in Sec. 310 |
4:35 of 1st period | 101dB | Motorcycle |
| Kane shown on video screen |
5:55 of 1st period | 104dB | Snowmobile |
| Brouwer tying goal |
7:14 of 1st period | 116dB | Loud rock concert |
| Bolland breakaway SH goal |
11:50 of 1st period | 118dB | Loud rock concert |
| Leigh-ton, Leigh-ton chant |
13:35 of 1st period | 99dB | Subway train at 200ft |
| Let's go Hawks cheer after PHI 4th goal |
8:00 of 2nd period | 108dB | Loud rock concert |
| Versteeg's tying goal |
9:31 of 2nd period | 112dB | Power saw at 3ft |
| Brouwer scores again, Hawks' 5th |
15:18 of 2nd period | 110dB | Power saw at 3ft |
| Extended song celebration |
15:18 of 2nd period | 108dB | Loud rock concert |
| PA announcement on Flyers goalie switch |
15:18 of 2nd period | 109dB | Loud rock concert |
| Hawks legends shown of video screen |
16:15 of 2nd period | 110dB | Loud rock concert |
| Kopecky scores Hawks' 6th goal |
8:25 of 3rd period | 114dB | Sandblasting |
| Niemi makes glove save on Briere |
17:54 of 3rd period | 108dB | Loud rock concert |
| Final buzzer goes off |
End of game | 113dB | Sandblasting |
| Hawks give stick salute to fans |
Postgame | 110dB | Loud rock concert |
NOTES:
Level at which sustained exposure may result in hearing loss: 90 - 95dB
Pain begins: 125dB
Loudest recommended exposure WITH hearing protection: 140dB
Loudest sound possible: 194dB
Statistics for the Decibel Comparison Chart were taken from a study by Marshall Chasin , M.Sc., Aud(C), FAAA, Centre for Human Performance & Health, Ontario, Canada.
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