Combines on the brink of elimination
To say hopes were high for the Meota Combines entering the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) playoffs last week would certainly be an understatement.
The Combines boasted the second best record in the SPHL (13-3-0) and had the most explosive offence in the league (118 goals). The Combines were facing the Maymont Settlers (5-8-0-3) in the opening round. Maymont players struggled with consistency all season. The team ranked near the bottom of the league in goals for, goals against and lost four of the final five games of its regular season.
However as any sports fan can tell you, anything can happen when you get into the post-season and for Meota it has.
The Combines are on the brink of elimination following a 6-5 double overtime loss to the Settlers on Sunday at the North Battleford Civic Centre and now trail the best of five series two games to one. It was the second consecutive home ice loss for the Combines after only losing just one home game all season long at the Civic Centre.