Had it not been for some bad luck, there's a very good chance we would be talking about Team NT's boys hockey team being in with a chance to play for a playoff spot at the Canada Winter Games.

It wasn't to be but head coach Mirsad Mujcin is treating the next two games as their own playoff round.

The boys will be facing off with Prince Edward Island later today as they begin the placement round. If they win both of their games, they will finish ninth. On the flipside, if they lose, they'll finish 12th.

Mujcin said he wasn't fussy who he faced.

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Team NT won its final two round-robin games vs. Yukon and Nunavut but it could have easily been three wins in a row had it not been for a late Prince Edward Island goal in their round-robin meeting that condemned them to a 3-2 loss.

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There was even a hope that some divine intervention would see them over the top in that contest, he added.

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The boys had an off-day on Tuesday, a chance to recharge the batteries, said Mujcin, and a chance for them to take their minds off of hockey for a bit.

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For Mujcin, this is the first time he's had a chance to experience anything involving Team NT first-hand. He never played at either the Canada Winter Games or Arctic Winter Games and it's been everything he thought it would be.

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