The other day I was looking up the attendance figures for the Predators.  So far this season through 6 home games the Preds are averaging a little over 16,000 in attendance, or 94% of capacity.  That is a pretty good figure for early in the season and is a good sign as attendance in Nashville tends to pick up as the season goes on.

But one thing struck me as being odd.  The Blackhawks are averaging 107% capacity.  How can this be?  Does that mean if I buy a ticket to a game in Chicago there is a chance that I will be sharing a seat with someone?  Don't get me wrong, there is nothing I would like more than to have some attractive female hockey fan sitting on my lap.  We could talk about the advantages of the 2-1-2 forecheck or how George Parros grooms his facial hair.  But given my luck I would have some 300 pound Hawk fan crushing my guts as he endlessly pounds beers.  Meanwhile his stomach is gurgling as it  tries to digest the large nachos with extra jalepenos he just ate.  By the 3rd period I could only guess the amount of damage inflicted on my olfactory nerve.  Heaven help me if the game goes into overtime.

While I only recently graduated with an accounting degree and don't have much real world experience in the field, one thing that my education taught me was how to count.  Heck, my seven year old nephew tells me that he has already learned to count, but then again he is advanced for his age.   So my question to the Chicago bean counters, how can you have more than 100% attendance?  This doesn't pass the smell test.