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First period swoon dooms Thunderbirds in 3-2 loss to Americans

The Springfield Thunderbirds had its two-game winning streak come to a close with a 3-2 loss to the Rochester Americans at MassMutual Center on Sunday.

Springfield opened the scoring at the 12:36 mark of the first period when Stephen MacAulay lit the lamp with the assists going to Tim Bozon and Shane Harper. Harper is just back from a stint with the Florida Panthers.

The lead only lasted for a 1:56, with Mac Bennett getting the tying goal from Eric Cornel and Taylor Fedun.

Later in the period, Nick Baptiste scored a pair of goals 48 seconds apart to put the Amerks up 3-1.