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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Sure it's true. It's not just true for the Flames - a loud arena is shown to bring adrenaline to the home team that gives them a home ice/field/court advantage. Not to mention a source of intimidation for the opposition...
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It has been "shown" that crowd noise is the controlling element in home-ice success? I don't know about that, and I rather suspect that there are all sorts of other contributing factors as to why most NHL teams are more successful at home than they are on the road.