Deafening crowds cheer on Bulldogs at school day game
Lets hope that anyone who stepped inside FirstOntario Centre today wore earplugs.
Here's the vibe inside the <a href="https://twitter.com/BulldogsOHL">@BulldogsOHL</a> school day game after a goal. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamOnt?src=hash">#HamOnt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ohl?src=hash">#ohl</a> <a href="https://t.co/n3VRDs7kPS">pic.twitter.com/n3VRDs7kPS</a>
—@AdamCarterCBCThousands of students from the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board descended upon the arena Wednesday for their annual school day game, as the Bulldogs Squared off against the Owen Sound Attack.
It was a game the OHL's Bulldogs lost 5-2, but you wouldn't know it from the enthusiasm belted out from the kids in the stands.
A reading from a decibel meter inside the rink showed noise levels of 96.3 decibels — which, according to Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (or HEAR, for short) is equal to the sound a subway train makes from about 60 metres away.
That's loud enough to actually cause hearing loss over a sustained duration.
School board spokesperson Marnie Jadon says there were 4,264 students from 29 Hamilton schools at the game today.
No doubt they were stoked to get the field trip.