The Worcester Railers and Trois-Rivières Lions met for the second time in 24 hours at Colisée Vidéotron Sunday afternoon, and the Railers had to overcome two deficits to get the game into overtime and a shootout where they ultimately lost 4-3.
After almost getting blown out of the building Saturday, it was important for Worcester to get off to a good start against the North Division rivals. Unfortunately, they did the exact opposite, as just 59 seconds into the contest, the Lions’ first shot beat Parker Gahagen. Jacob Dion flipped one on the Railers’ net, where it hit defender Calle Odelius’ skate and deflected through the five-hole of Gahagen. You could almost hear the collective groan of Worcester fans when it went in.
It didn’t get much better when Mathieu Bizier beat Gahagen with a one-timer at 6:22 to make it a 2-0 lead for Trois-Rivières.
The Railers’ first comeback started a full twenty minutes later when Riley Piercey forced a turnover and went three zones, finally beating Lions netminder Benjamin Gaudreau at 6:47 of the middle period. While he won’t get an assist, Max Dorrington streaking up the right wing side played a huge role in the goal.
Odelius made up for his own-goal earlier with an “excuse me” type tally, assisted by Michael Suda and Dorrington, when his seeing-eye shot somehow found the back of the net.
Trois-Rivières would get a power play goal by Isaac Dufort at 18:36 to take a 3-2 lead into the second intermission.
Worcester would have the only goal of the third period as the suddenly red-hot MacAuley Carson had the whole net to shoot at as Dorrington’s centering feed had him all alone at the back post behind Gaudreau.
The teams played a scoreless overtime, mostly due to the play of Gahagen, who made seven saves in the extra session, almost all of them on high-quality bids.
To the shootout the teams went, where historically the Railers have had issues. They had no goals through five rounds, while Nicholas Girouard scored for the Lions, giving them the 4-3 win.
GAME NOTES
Scratches for the Railers were Anthony Callin, Riley Ginnell (3-day IR), Anthony Hora (14-day IR/Lower body), Tristan Lennox, and AJ Schlepp. Thomas Gale was the backup goaltender.
In what might not be some good news, Drew Callin looked to suffer some sort of lower-body injury on the shift after Calle Odelius scored. Callin was down on the ice after being bumped by Lions defender Darick Louis-Jean, and then Louis-Jean fell onto Callin’s leg. Callin struggled to get to his feet and slowly made his way to the Railers’ bench. He did not play another shift afterwards in the period, and did not come out of the dressing room for the third period.
The Railers/Lions tilt wasn’t the only ECHL game to go to a shootout Sunday, as the Utah Grizzlies and Cincinnati Cyclones both needed to go to the skills competition to determine a winner. Only their shootout lasted a tad longer than the Railers’, as while our game went five rounds, the Grizzlies and Cyclones went an amazing 20 rounds before determining a winner. It took until round ten for anyone to score, as both Colby Enns (UTA) and Shawn Kennedy (CIN) lit the lamp. Then Yaroslav Yevdokimov (UTA) and Jake Johnson (CIN) both scored as they headed to round 13. It took until round 20 when Ryan Kirwan, shooting for the second time, finally resulted in a winner when he beat Kyle Keyser for the 3-2 win. The winning goaltender, making saves on 18 of 20 attempts? Our old friend Ken Appleby.
Taking a look over at Mount Saint James, Holy Cross Women’s ice hockey head coach Katie Lachapelle has been selected as the 2026 Hockey East Coach of the Year. Lachapelle, who becomes the Crusaders’ first-ever Hockey East Coach of the Year selection, led Holy Cross to the Hockey East semifinals for the first time in program history this year, with the Crusaders posting an overall record of 19-13-3 and a 10-11-3 mark in Hockey East play. This year’s squad broke the school records for the most Hockey East victories (10) and most Hockey East points (37) in a single season, while its 19 overall wins are tied for the fifth-most in program history. The Crusaders fell to the eventual Hockey East Women’s champion, #6 Connecticut, early last week. For the Men’s team, the #4 Holy Cross men’s ice hockey team defeated #5 RIT, 5-4, in overtime on Saturday night at the Hart Center Rink to sweep their series. With the win, Holy Cross advances to the Atlantic Hockey Semifinal round next weekend and will take on the top-seeded Bentley Falcons in Waltham, Massachusetts.
We’ll have a further look at how some other local colleges ended their hockey seasons later this week.
The three stars of the game were
1. TR – #27 Jacob Dion
2. TR – #10 Isaac Dufort
3. WOR – #7 Max Dorrington
The 210Sports Player of the Game is Riley Piercey.
Even Strength Lines
Repaci / DeMelis / D.Callin
Donhauser / Miotto / Mitton
Piercey / Carson / Hatten
Acosta / Dorrington / X
Samuelsson / McDonald
Federkow / Blanchard
Suda / Odelius
Ferrandino
Press Releases
RAILERS: Railers drop 4-3 shootout decision to Lions
LIONS: Three points for Dion in Lions shootout victory
Our affiliates last night
Bridgeport 5, Lehigh Valley 4
In the ECHL’s North Division last night
Maine 4, Adirondack 3 OT
Greensboro 6, Reading 2
BOX SCORE
Worcester 0 2 1 0 – 3
Trois-Rivières 2 1 0 0 – 4
1st Period-1, Trois-Rivières, Dion 5 (Beauregard, Dufort), 0:59. 2, Trois-Rivières, Bizier 2 (Dion, Estapa), 6:22. Penalties-McDonald Wor (roughing), 19:01; Poulin Tr (roughing), 19:01.
2nd Period-3, Worcester, Piercey 4 6:47. 4, Worcester, Odelius 2 (Suda, Dorrington), 14:29. 5, Trois-Rivières, Dufort 9 (Beauregard, Dion), 18:36 (PP). Penalties-Estapa Tr (holding), 3:40; Miotto Wor (roughing), 15:23; Paquette Tr (roughing), 15:23; Samuelsson Wor (interference), 16:52.
3rd Period-6, Worcester, Carson 3 (Dorrington, Piercey), 11:24. Penalties-Dorrington Wor (tripping), 2:03; Miotto Wor (roughing), 8:50; Estapa Tr (cross-checking), 8:50; Louis-Jean Tr (roughing), 8:50.
1st OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-No Penalties
Shootout – Worcester 0 (DeMelis NG, Hatten NG, Miotto NG, Repaci NG, Carson NG), Trois-Rivières 1 (Beauregard NG, Kidney NG, Adams-Moisan NG, Laferrière NG, Girouard G).
Shots on Goal-Worcester 10-10-9-4-0-33. Trois-Rivières 9-10-8-7-1-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Worcester 0 / 2; Trois-Rivières 1 / 2.
Goalies-Worcester, Gahagen 14-7-4-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Trois-Rivières, Gaudreau 8-11-0-3 (33 shots-30 saves).
A-2,010
Referees-Alexandre Bechard (27), -.
Linesmen-Nicolas Boivin (82), Guillaume Ouellet (51).
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