Springfield Thunderbirds didn’t raise the Calder Cup but revived hockey in a successful season
Matt Vautour, MassLive.com
Published: Jun. 25, 2022, 10:52 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD — The fairy tale ending didn’t happen. The idea that the Thunderbirds could go from 2020-21′s COVID hibernation to a Calder Cup championship would have been a perfect, tidy, happily-ever-after storyline for Springfield.
But reality and the Wolves didn’t comply. ...
But even as the final seconds ticked off ending the season, it was hard to think of the night as a loss and impossible not to see the season as a huge victory for the franchise and hockey in the city.
On June 25 — over a month after the Bruins’ season ended and after most hockey cities at every level had melted their ice for the summer — there was a game in Springfield. ...
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After no hockey in 2020-21, Springfield came just short of a championship.
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