PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Springfield Thunderbirds (17-16-2-1) saw their four-game win streak end as they fell 4-0 to the Providence Bruins (21-13-3-1) on Sunday afternoon inside Amica Mutual Pavilion.
Things did not get off to a pleasant start for the T-Birds when Jeff Viel rudely greeted Vadim Zherenko with a glove-side goal just 36 seconds into the action to give Providence a quick 1-0 lead.
Springfield was given multiple chances to get back into the game as the Bruins succumbed to three straight penalties in the opening half of the period, but Brandon Bussi and the Providence defense kept it at 1-0 thanks to nine opening-period saves from their goaltender, including a beautiful post-to-post denial on a one-timer Dalibor Dvorsky…