Thunderbirds defeat Wings in back to back games

Halifax Thunderbirds' forward, Thomas Hoggarth, celebrates his fourth-quarter goal in a 13-10 over the Philadelphia Wings. (Trevor MacMillan/Halifax Thunderbirds)
February 16, 2025

For the second time in two weekends, the Halifax Thunderbirds defeated the Philadelphia Wings, this time by a score of 13-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. They beat the Wings 14-10 last weekend in Philadelphia.  “They’re a good team, and I think we had a good plan in place. We stuck with it, and the ball was dropping for us,” said Thomas Hoggarth, who scored three goals and added…

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NLL: Terefenko’s hat trick propels Thunderbirds over Warriors

Halifax Thunderbird Ryan Terefenko carries the ball as Vancouver Warriors defender Matt Beers guards him.
February 1, 2025

In a battle between the east coast Halifax Thunderbirds and the west coast Vancouver Warriors, it was fitting that the star of the game was Halifax defender Ryan Terefenko. Multiple times, he went from the defensive end to the offensive end, or coast to coast, to score his first career hat trick and add two assists to propel the Thunderbirds to a 10-9 victory over the Warriors at the Scotiabank…

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NLL: Knighthawks split the season series against the Thunderbirds

Rochester Knighthawk's defender Matt Gilray wraps his arm around Halifax Thunderbirds's forward Clarke Petterson as Petterson tries to make an offensive play.
January 19, 2025

The Rochester Knighthawks outscored the Halifax Thunderbirds 5-1 in the fourth quarter to win 11-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “Our defensive unit played a great game and held us in it, and that gave us a lot of confidence to know we have that defence and (Hutchcraft) in net,” said Rochester forward Connor Fields, who led the game with four goals and six points. “Once we started to…

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NLL: Thunderbirds rally for a come-from-behind victory against the FireWolves

Clarke Petterson celebrates a goal for the Thunderbirds as teammate Randy Staats looks on.
December 30, 2024

The Halifax Thunderbirds looked finished.  They were down 9-3 to the Albany FireWolves with six minutes left in the third quarter in front of 10,595 quiet fans at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. The likelihood of a comeback was slim, as the Thunderbirds always have trouble scoring against Albany. They’ve only beaten the FireWolves once in six all-time meetings coming into this game. If that wasn’t bad enough, the…

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