{"id":130118,"date":"2026-03-05T06:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T06:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:46:06","slug":"dubes-two-goals-net-springfield-thunderbirds-victory-over-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-the-rink-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130118\/","title":{"rendered":"Dube&#8217;s two goals net Springfield Thunderbirds&#8217; victory over Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins &#8211; The Rink Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Springfield Thunderbirds won against the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Wednesday, March 04, 2026, ending 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunderbirds took the lead late in the first period, with a goal from Juraj Pekarcik.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Dube scored late in the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Penguins&#8217; Aidan Mcdonough tallied a goal late, making the score 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Late, Dillon Dube scored a goal, making the score 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins narrowed the gap to 3-2 within the first minute of the third period when Tanner Howe scored.<\/p>\n<p>Aidan Mcdonough tied the game 3-3 with a goal nine minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu Joseph took the lead with a goal five minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunderbirds increased the lead to 5-3 with 43 seconds remaining of the third after a goal from Chris Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins narrowed the gap to 5-4 with 32 seconds remaining of the third after a goal from Rafael Harvey-Pinard.<\/p>\n<p>Next up:<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins will face the Syracuse Crunch in the next game on Friday, March 06, 2026 at 6 p.m. CST. The same day, the Thunderbirds will square off with the Wild at 6:05 p.m. CST.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.therinklive.com\/sports\/pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more pro hockey coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scoring:<\/p>\n<p>AHL<\/p>\n<p>3rd March 2026<\/p>\n<p>Springfield Thunderbirds at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n<p>4-5<\/p>\n<p>1st period:<\/p>\n<p>Springfield Thunderbirds, 1\u20130 (17:00) Juraj Pekarcik<\/p>\n<p>2nd period:<\/p>\n<p>2\u20130 (33:18) Dillon Dube, 2\u20131 (34:02) Aidan Mcdonough, 3\u20131 (36:15) Dillon Dube<\/p>\n<p>3rd period:<\/p>\n<p>3\u20132 (41:17) Tanner Howe, 3\u20133 (50:11) Aidan Mcdonough, 4\u20133 (55:17) Mathieu Joseph, 5\u20133 (59:17) Chris Wagner, 5\u20134 (59:28) Rafael Harvey-Pinard<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therinklive.com\/the-rink-live-textbot\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"The Rink Live Textbot\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/d4dc9a1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1300x1300+310+0\/resize\/100x100!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd0%2F91%2F14f9b4e549b9b570325c2183a9fe%2Ftrl-icon-author-page.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Automated articles produced by United Robots on behalf of The Rink Live.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Springfield Thunderbirds won against the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Wednesday, March 04, 2026, ending 5-4. 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