The Springfield Thunderbirds traded places in the standings with Lehigh Valley after the Phantoms posted a 3-1 win last night in Allentown, PA.
Springfield dropped to fourth place while Lehigh Valley climbed into the three hole in the AHL’s Atlantic Division.
The Phantoms got a first period goal from Taylor Leier and added two more in the second from Connor Bunnaman and Mike Vecchione to chase Samuel Montembeault (13 saves on 16 shots) at the 6:32 mark.
The change to Chris Driedger, who stopped all 13 shots he faced in relief, sparked the the T-Birds to its only goal 7:12 later when Jacob MacDonald (remember him?