The volume was turned up inside Amerant Bank Arena for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
A total of 19,863 fans packed inside the Sunrise hockey barn to see their Florida Panthers battle the Edmonton Oilers in what was a tied series entering the contest.
It didn’t take long for Florida to get their fans going, as Brad Marchand scored a goal 56 seconds into the game that had the building rocking.
That turned out to only be the beginning.
Hard Rock Bet had someone inside the building with a sound meter, checking to see how loud the crowd would get at different points of the game.
For the most part, the loudest moments saw the decibel levels somewhere between 100 and 110
At different points, the meter was running while Panthers fans were chanting Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner’s name, while Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo was banging the pregame drum and during an intermission performance from worldwide entertainment star D.J. Khaled.
But the loudest the building got all night, according to the meter, was after Sam Bennett scored a breakaway goal during the second period.
According to the sound meter, the decibel level reached a whopping 130.9 dB.
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The goal put the Panthers up 4-1 at the time. They would go on to win 6-1 and take a two games to one lead in the best-of-seven series.
Perhaps it was the buildup to the goal that helped the crowd get so loud.
Bennett had almost half the ice to skate down before scoring the goal, and in those couple of seconds, you could both hear and feel the crowd building to a potential crescendo.
It was an incredibly cool moment to be part of in a night that was full of them.
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Florida beat down the Oilers in Game 3, and Edmonton’s players seemed perfectly happy to engage and instigate much of the physical hostilities that came during the latter stages of the night.
How much of that bleeds over into Game 4 remains to be seen.
Regardless, it should be another loud night at the Cats’ home barn.
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Photo caption: Jun 9, 2025; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett (9) scores against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner (74) during the second period in game three of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)
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