AHL Game Preview: Springfield Thunderbirds at Bridgeport Islanders with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

AHL Game Preview: Springfield Thunderbirds at Bridgeport Islanders with Line Combinations 3/22/2025
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Springfield Thunderbirds (30-25-2-4, 66 pts) at Bridgeport Islanders (13-40-4-3, 33 pts)

Venue: Total Mortgage Arena
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 5:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Springfield Thunderbirds News & Notes:

The Thunderbirds dropped their fifth straight last night as they suffered a 4-1 loss to the Milwaukee Admirals. Their last win came on March 9th against the Islanders. They dropped to 4-6-0-0 in March and are averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing four goals per game.

Bridgeport Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders suffered a 6-1 loss to the Belleville Senators last Saturday. They dropped to 1-5-1-0 in March and are averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 4.7 goals per game.

Springfield Thunderbirds Projected Lines

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

Schunenman-Addison
Loof-Johannesson
Harrington-Skinner

Ellis
Zherenko 

Bridgeport Islanders Projected Lines

Liukas-Bardreau-Randl
Foudy-Pinho-Terry
Jeffries-Thiesing-Maggio
Piercey-Thompson-Dufour

Bolduc-Cholowski
Mitchell-George
Warren-Newpower

Skarek
Tikkanen

Players To Watch:

Springfield

Matthew Peca this season has 54 points on 27 goals and 27 assists. This season against Bridgeport he has 11 points on six goals and five assists.  

Bridgeport

Liam Foudy this season has 36 points on 18 goals and 18 assists. This season against Springfield he has ten points on seven goals and three assists.

Next Game

Springfield – March 28 vs. Iowa Wild
Bridgeport – March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

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