Springfield Thunderbirds battle the Rockford IceHogs

T-Birds Bested by IceHogs, 4-2

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Springfield Thunderbirds (7-9-0-4) could not get past the special teams of the Rockford IceHogs (10-7-0-1) as the visitors came away with a 4-2 win on Friday night at the MassMutual Center in the T-Birds' first-ever regular season contest against a Western Conference opponent. In their return to the Thunderbirds, skating on the same line, Alexey Toropchenko and Nikita Alexandrov nearly generated the... Full Story