The season has come down to its final week, and while the Texas Stars will not have home ice advantage if they advance past the first round, they are in full control of their home ice advantage in their series against Manitoba.
Texas leads Manitoba by five points with three games remaining for the Moose. To overcome the Stars and claim home ice in their best-of-3 series, Manitoba has to be perfect. Actually, they have to be better than perfect. Six points are not enough.
The Moose play one more game before visiting Texas this weekend. That has to be a win for Manitoba to still be in the conversation on Friday.