What are the odds?

There are currently 947 players playing in the NHL. 10 of those players are originally from Buffalo, New York. This means 1.1% of all active players hail from Buffalo. I was born and Buffalo and am convinced if I had continued to live there I would've played hockey. But in his vast wisdom, my father decided to move us to Huron, Ohio, a little fly on the wall town bordering Lake Erie and five minutes from Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Can you guess how many NHL players are from Huron? If you guessed more than zero, you're an idiot. Lake Erie is too big a body of water to freeze over to play (it does freeze a bit but every year you read about 40 or 50 ice fisherman trapped on the lake because their ice broke off and they're floating out to nowhere). Disney on Ice doesn't even make its way through Huron. Ohio just isn't a hockey state. I've been to several games in Columbus. Their fans are barbaric. The highlights of the night are who gets put up on the kiss cam. The fans don't cheer for goals, but rather, for fights to break out. They just don't get hockey in Ohio! so my already ridiculously low odds (7billion on earth, lets say 3.5b are male, 947=3.5b= .000000027% chance of making it) to a new chance of .0000000000000etc...Oh and I lack the size and talent too, but those are just minor details. Just a thought.

I'm happy to report the Sabres are off to a very quick start and should be a playoff bound team barring any injuries or misfortunes. Through 11 games they are 8-2-1. First place in the Northeast. The fun part about Buffalo in the playoffs is while the arena is full, another 10,000 stand up outside watching on a big screen, along with additional vendors. Great fans, great sports city. (Due to the Buffalo Bills struggles for the third year under Dick Jauron, an 8 year old boy bought a billboard and simply put Fire Jauron on it. Following suit, money was raised to put up a 2nd billboard, http://www.wben.com/Fire-Dick-Jauron-billboard-to-go-up-in-Buffalo/5446757.) Along with that party atmosphere, the native Goo Goo Dolls play free concerts before and after the game. Can't beat it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-k2r2ssi_o&feature=fvw. Go Go Buffalo, the Stanley Cup better mapquest directions to Buffalo because that's where she's headed in 2010!