The Heat came into this weekend with a critical home-and-home series against the hated San Jose Barracuda needing to either sweep or get three points to remain alive in the playoff race.
They had mostly followed the path that I laid out a few weeks ago:
- Get two out of four points in Manitoba – complete.
- Get a win against the last place Cleveland Monsters – FAIL (blown out 6-0 on home ice).
- Get four out of six points on the Texas road trip – complete (albeit an overtime point to Texas wasn’t on the list).