It is always number 3...

Joan and I went to game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Chicago Wolves and Manitoba Moose last night. Thought I'd run down the game by the numbers....

156: Number of times I giggled thinking about standing on "God" during O Canada

0.5: Number of times Joan giggled over my standing on God comments. Probably time to retire that bit.

28: Bouwmeester. Still a stud.

6.5: Approximate number of facial hairs in the playoff beards of Tommi Santala, Jay Bouwmeester, Stephen Weiss and Kari Lehtonen combined.

3: The nut under which the puck was hidden during the Fisher Nuts Puck Shuffle. Shocker.

2: Period in which all hell broke loose.

16: Number of players in the penalty boxes at one time -- 9 for the Wolves, 7 for the Moose.

8,457,822: Approximate number of penalty minutes given to said 16 players during the 2nd period. Give or take 2 minutes....I may have missed a high stick in there somewhere.

0: Number of annoying children in our general vicinity. Such a lovely game it was.

0: Number of times Joan and I were hit in the head with the Thundersticks. See above. Twas lovely.

4: The number of "gay" Coronas consumed during the game

3-0: Final score...Wolves Win!!

2-0: Wolves lead the series 2-0.

July 27, 2005: Approximate date that these playoffs might end.