The Springfield Thunderbirds (13-7-2-2) rolled to a big 5-1 home ice win over the Binghamton Devils on Sunday to post a 1-1-1 record this weekend, moving into a third place tie with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the Atlantic Division.
On Friday, the visiting Thunderbirds were beaten by a 5-2 count by the Utica Comets at Adirondack Bank Center. Jayce Hawryluk opened the scoring with a first period goal from Blaine Byron and Henrik Borgstrom and set up Sebastian Repo midway through the second period to give Springfield a 2-1 lead. The Comets scored the last four goals, two in the second and two in the third, to win going away.