The status quo was maintained this past weekend as both the Northern Manitoba Blizzard and Neepawa Titans split their weekend sets. That leaves the Blizzard two points up on the Titans with two games in hand in the battle for second place and home-ice advantage in the first round of the MJHL playoffs.
Blizzard Head Coach and General Manager says Eric Labrosse says while first place is still possible and within the realm of possibility (see this week’s MJHL column), playing Game One of their first-round playoff matchup at home remains the ultimate goal.
“We don’t want to lose any games, but the key part in all of this is to have home-ice advantage in the playoffs, whether it’s first or second,” he said. “It would be great to finish first, but my focus is to stay ahead of Neepawa.
“They’re two points behind us and though we still have two games in hand, they’re breathing down our backs – we can’t seem to pull away from them,” he added.