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After making history by becoming the first team to win a playoff series despite dropping the first two games at home, the Scorpions now find themselves in a two-game hole again.

Fortunately, the deficit the Scorps face against Laredo in the Central Hockey League semifinals is not uncharted territory. But this kind of scenario is getting all too familiar to a few members of the organization.

In the 2005 playoffs, the now defunct San Angelo Saints took on the Bucks in the conference semi-finals. With current Scorpions head coach Ray Edwards behind the bench and a trio of current Scorps on the ice, the Saints rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force a deciding Game 7 against the defending champions. More importantly, they captured all three games on their home ice, courtesy of a CHL-series-record three shutouts from current Scorps goaltender Scott Reid. Laredo ultimately won Game 7 in overtime and went on to its second of three consecutive finals appearances.

In this year's playoffs, the Bucks have dropped just two games through the first two rounds. They also boast a league-best goals-against average of 2.50.

"There's a reason why they're the defending champs," Reid said of the Bucks prior to the series. "And there's a good reason why they're back to this point."

The Scorpions, on the other hand, have provided the most offensive punch of any team in the playoffs, averaging exactly 4 goals per game. Their defense has struggled to keep up at times, however, and consequently the Scorpions are just one game are 8-7 in the postseason.

Through the first two games of their current series, the Bucks have outscored the Scorps 11-6.

That trend will have to be reversed if the Scorpions hope to keep the Bucks from making their fourth straight finals appearance.