After posting a 4-2 road win over Hartford on Wednesday, the visiting Springfield Thunderbirds fell by a 6-5 count to the St. John’s IceCaps on Friday night in Newfoundland. The teams will face-off again tonight at Mile One Centre.
Charles Hudon and Joel Hanley scored in a 54 second span early in the first period to give the IceCaps a 2-0 lead.
Springfield countered with Anthony Greco converting from Ryan Horvat at 11:53 and Eric Robinson notching his first of the year with the lone assist going to Stephen MacAulay at 15:14.
The tie only lasted 14 seconds as Chris Terry beat Mike McKenna to put St.