Home ice advantage is chalk in this series and the Boston faithful isn't about to lose that edge any more than Patrice Bergeron likes losing faceoffs in the offensive zone. The Bruins welcome the roar, including legendary Bobby Orr made a point of praising Boston fans for their support and lung power while here for Game 4 as honorary captain. Here's how loud it is at TD Garden for tonight's Game 6.
| EVENT/OCCURRENCE |
TIME OF PERIOD |
DECIBEL READING |
COMPARISON |
| Canucks skate out for warmups |
Pre-game |
101B | Motorcycle |
| Bruins enter for warmups, arena only half full |
Pre-game |
106dB | Power mower |
| Milt Schmidt introduced as Game 6 honorary captain |
Pre-game |
108B | Power saw |
| Screen shows Thomas, Chara leading the team to ice |
Pre-game |
113dB | Sandblasting |
| Pre-game introductions: (Marchand, Bergeron, Recchi, Ferenece, Boychuk, Thomas) |
Pre-game |
106-109dB | Motorcycle/Power saw |
| End of American national anthem |
Pre-game |
106dB | Power saw |
| Seidenberg delivers hit to Salo |
Early 1st period |
103B | Motorcycle |
| Marchand rifles shot past Luongo |
5:31 of 1st period | 115dB | Sandblasting |
| Quick second goal by Milan Lucic |
35 seconds later | 116B | Loud rock concert |
| Luooongo, Luooongo chant during next time of play |
Moments later | 106dB | Power mower |
| Sustained videoboard tribute to Nathan Horton |
Early 1st period | 111dB | Power saw |
| Collisions around Tim Thomas after frozen puck |
Early 1st period | 107dB | Power saw |
| Ference power play goal at 8:35, Bruins up 3-0 |
8:35 of 1st period | 117B | Loud rock concert |
| Luongo quickly replaced by Cory Schneider |
Moments later | 108dB | Power saw |
| Ryder tips shot past Schneider |
9:45 in 1st period | 118dB | Loud rock concert |
| Luongo shown on video board after the fourth goal |
Mid-1st period | 107dB | Power mower |
| Thomas makes stretched leg save on Kesler wraparound |
Mid-1st period | 103B | Motorcycle |
| Thomas stones Burrows close in to net |
Late 1st period | 105dB | Power mower |
| Canucks get shorthanded breakaway, Thomas makes stop |
Late 1st period | 104dB | Motorcycle |
| Crowd cheers during last 10 seconds of first period |
End of 1st period | 105dB | Power mower |
| Sighs and groans for series of Schneider saves | Early 2nd period | 101dB | Motorcycle |
| Spontaneous Luooongo Luooongo chant | Mid-2nd period | 102dB | Motorcycle |
| Near-miss on Bruins shorthanded attempt | Late 2nd period | 100dB | Snowmobile |
| We Want the Cup! chant, cheer | Late 2nd period | 104dB | Power mower |
| Crowd roars in appreciation of Bruins | End of 2nd period | 104dB | Power mower |
| Referee announces "no goal" after video review | 3:17 of 3rd period | 105dB | Power mower |
| Spectacular Schneider save on Recchi during 5-on-3 | Early 3rd period | 103dB | Motorcycle |
| Krejci scores to make it 5-1 |
6:59 of 3rd period | 119dB | Loud rock concert |
| Big hit on Kesler as he breaks into offense zone | Mid-3rd period | 105dB | Power mower |
| We Want the Cup chant | 5 minutes left | 106dB | Power mower |
| Curt Schilling appears on the video board | Moments later | 105dB | Power mower |
| One minute remaining announcement | 19:00 of 3rd period | 100dB | Motorcycle |
| Standing ovation as buzzer sounds | End of game | 106dB | Power saw |
| Players raise sticks to the crowd | Postgame | 107dB | Power saw |
| Thomas announced No. 1 star (half-empty arena) | Postgame | 107dB | Power saw |
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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