Sport Day: Islanders vs. Thunderbirds – Bridgeport Islanders

THE STORY COMING IN
The Bridgeport Islanders (8-24-2-2) full a season-long, four-game homestand this night as they rematch the Springfield Thunderbirds (16-15-2-1) at 7 p.m. inside Complete Mortgage Area. Springfield defeated the Islanders 4-0 on Wednesday. The Thunderbirds haven’t performed since then, however Bridgeport hosted Syracuse simply 24 hours in the past, falling to the Crunch 4-1 of their first assembly of the season. Cam Thiesing scored his first skilled objective late within the third interval, whereas Jakub Skarek (4-11-1) made 32 saves. It was Skarek’s 157th profession recreation with Bridgeport, passing Kevin Poulin for second place on the group’s all-time listing for goalies.
 
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ISLANDERS VS. THUNDERBIRDS
Tonight marks the sixth of 10 conferences between the Islanders and T-Birds this season, and the second of 5 matchups at Complete Mortgage Area. Bridgeport is 2-2-1-0 towards the St. Louis Blues’ affiliate. The Islanders gained the primary assembly, 4-1, on Nov. 1st and posted a season-high seven targets in a 7-5 victory on Dec. twenty eighth (each in Springfield, Mass). Chris Terry leads all Bridgeport gamers within the collection with six factors (1g, 5a) in 5 video games, whereas Matthew Peca has a series-best 4 targets for the T-Birds.
 
VIEW FROM SPRINGFIELD
Head coach Steve Konowalchuk’s membership is on a three-game successful streak, with an opportunity tonight to place collectively 4 straight wins for the third time this season. Springfield is tied with Hartford for sixth place within the Atlantic Division following its 4-0 win in Bridgeport on Wednesday. Thunderbirds captain Matthew Peca scored his team-leading thirteenth objective of the season that evening, whereas AHL rookie Simon Robertsson had two factors (1g, 1a) and scored a objective for the second straight contest. Robertsson has 5 factors (3g, 2a) in his final two video games. Goaltender Colten Ellis is 8-1-1 in his final 10 video games since Nov. fifteenth, and rookie Dalibor Dvorsky, who lately captained Crew Slovakia and had 9 factors (5g, 4a) in 5 video games on the 2025 World Junior Championships, is tied for tenth amongst all AHL rookies with 23 factors (12g, 11a).
 
THIESING SCORES HIS FIRST
Cam Thiesing scored his first skilled objective in his nineteenth profession recreation final evening. It got here at even energy 15:24 into the third interval, after Cole Bardreau and Eetu Liukas created a turnover with an efficient forecheck deep within the Syracuse zone. Thiesing has 5 factors (1g, 1a) in 19 AHL video games since making his professional debut within the season opener on Oct. 12. He signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders on Mar. 22 following a three-year profession at Ohio State College, the place he totaled 61 factors (32g, 29a) in 108 video games from 2021-24.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
Following tonight’s motion, the Islanders will play seven of their subsequent eight video games on the highway, together with stops in Springfield, Utica, Syracuse, Lehigh Valley, Hershey, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Islanders have gained two of their final three video games on the highway, and 6 of their eight wins this season have come away from Complete Mortgage Area.
 
QUICK HITS
Marc Gatcomb was recalled by the New York Islanders on Friday morning and missed his first AHL recreation of the season final evening… That leaves Calle Odelius and Brian Pinho as the one two gamers who’ve appeared in all 36 video games for Bridgeport… Chris Terry has six factors in his final six video games (3g, 3a), and is one objective from tying Travis St. Denis (2016-20) and Otto Koivula (2018-24) for fifth on the group’s all-time listing (65)… Terry’s 22 assists on the season are tied for seventh amongst all AHL gamers.
 
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