AHL Game Preview: Hershey Bears at Springfield Thunderbirds with Line Combinations 3/19/2025

Hershey Bears (37-15-5-1, 80 pts) at Springfield Thunderbirds (30-23-2-4, 66 pts)

Venue: MassMutual Center
Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports

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Hershey Bears News & Notes:

The Bears clinched their spot in the playoffs with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Wolves on Sunday. They are now 6-1-0-1 in March averaging four goals per game while allowing an average of 2.5 goals per game.

Springfield Thunderbirds News & Notes:

The Thunderbirds had a rough weekend dropping all three games and being outscored 21-8. They dropped to 4-4-0-0 on the month averaging three goals per game while allowing an average of four goals per game.

Hershey Bears Projected Lines

Roe-Smallman-Dube
Cruikshank-Lapierre-Miroshnichenko
Strome-Rybinski-Trineyev
Smith-Sutter-Saulnier

Priskie-Bear
McDonald-Iorio
Leivermann-Perrott

Shepard
Stevenson

Springfield Thunderbirds Projected Lines

Kasimaki-Peca-Luff
Maceachern-Dvorsky-Dickinson
Stenberg-McGing-Andonovski
Bitten-Callin-Kessy

Schunenman-Addison
Loof-Johannesson
Harrington-Skinner

Ellis
Zherenko

Players To Watch:

Hershey Bears

Ethan Bear this season has 40 points on nine goals and 31 assists. He leads the Bears in points, and in assists. He is sixth among defenseman in points in the league, and tied for fourth in assists among all defensemen. This season against Springfield he has a point in all three games scoring a goal and two assists.

Springfield Thunderbirds

Aleksanteri Kaskimaki in his rookie season has 34 points on 11 goals and 23 assists. He is fifth on the team in points, sixth in goals, and fifth in assists. This season in three games against Hershey he has a point in each game on a goal and two assists.