T-Birds Nip Phantoms 2-1

Tomasino Scores First with Lehigh Valley

January 30, 2026

Springfield, MA – Phil Tomasino (6th) broke through on the power play for his first with the Orange and Black but Vadim Zherenko held off Lehigh Valley’s hard push the rest of the way as the Springfield Thunderbirds held on for a 2-1 nailbiter on Friday night.

Aleksei Kolosov (22/24) was strong in his return to the Phantoms and only allowed a pair of power-play goals in the first period. He made several...