LogFAQs > #935513972

So thinking of the prospects of NHL games being played without crowds and I'm wondering if that's happened before?

The only thing I remember, very fondly, was a few years back when... okay I forget this part. The play by play guys were on strike or something? I forget what channel or how many years ago or how many games it lasted, but I distinctly recall watching one game with no play-by-play or colour commentary, just the sounds of the game and the arena. The sound on the ice was 10x louder, you could feel the crispness, it was so great. I'd take every game like that.

....so I kind of want to believe a crowd-less game would have that kind of ambience, but the broadcast team would still be calling the game, damn.