When we last checked in with the Flames ECHL affiliate, the team had fought their way back to a .500 record and managed to work they way into a playoff spot. KC had won five of their last eight contests and moved up a spot from 5th to 4th on the ECHL Western Conference playoff race. The team has cooled off slightly since, having dropped three of their last five games but knocking off the Allen Americans in back-to-back 4-2 games to finish this last stretch. This has dropped the Mavericks out of that 4th place playoff berth, but they currently only sit two points back of Tulsa for that spot, and have two games in hand.