Not long ago, the Flames’ ECHL affiliate Kansas City Mavericks were trying to track down a playoff spot! The team managed to tread water, going .500 through their most condensed and road-heavy part of the season schedule, and were sitting two points out. The team had been unable to make up any ground since, having lost 11 of their last 17 games. That awful month caused their gap to widen from two points out to a whopping fifteen points back of the final Western Conference Playoffs spot. Elimination from the race was all but official, and although the team round out its final two weeks going 5-2 it wasn’t enough to change their fortunes for the postseason.
Mavericks: Horses Out To Pasture
