(Credit: Logan Foust/Texas Stars) Twelve days. That's what separates the Texas Stars from playoff hockey. And on Tuesday night, with the clock ticking and the bracket taking shape, they dropped a game at home to the last-place team in the Central Division. The Iowa Wild arrived at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park sitting at the bottom of the division standings, with no playoff hopes, and nothing left to protect. They left with two points they weren't supposed to have. That's on Texas. "You have to earn your chances against them," head coach Toby Petersen said after the game. "Every inch of ice is earned. And if you aren't opportunistic, and if you don't take advantage of the chances you do get, then it can be total..." He paused, searching for the word. "Tonight, that was the case." Iowa wasted no time making their intentions clear. Hunter Haight's backhand at 2:58 of the first frame caught Remi Poirier off guard and gave the Wild an ...