have turned Bridgestone Arena — the team’s downtown rink also known as “Smashville” — into a fortress this season, losing a league-low nine times at home. That includes the playoffs, where they are a perfect 5-0 heading into Tuesday’s third game of the NHL Western Conference finals.
But Ducks’ Coach Randy Carlyle says the raucous postseason atmosphere can work to his team’s favor too.
“You feed off the positives,” he said. “If you don’t get shivers and chills up your spine stepping out onto the ice, then you’re in the wrong sport.