The Worcester Railers headed south to Greensboro, North Carolina, for the first of three this week against the Gargoyles at the First Horizon Coliseum, and for the first time this season had two different leads in a game, only to lose both and end up in overtime where Sam Stange tipped Jordan Kaplan’s bid into the net for a 3-2 win.
With FloHockey out for most of the league, the Railers didn’t put up any video during the game, but I was able to grab just the Worcester goals, so that’s the only reason there’s a post this morning. Unfortunately, we don’t get to hear the dulcet tones of our own Tim Foley, and instead get Greensboro play-by-play man David Lewis, who I will say does a fine job himself.
First period: Hatten 2 (Carson, Fawcett), 11:52.
First period: 3, Worcester, Kaplan 4 16:19.
OT: Worcester, Stange 2 (Kaplan, McDonald), 3:05.
The good: Even though they gave away one, getting two points in an away building is pretty good.
The bad: FloHockey ruining everyone’s Thursday night
The obvious: The clock is still ticking because the Railers need a lot more of what happened last night.
GAME NOTES
Scratches for the Railers were William Lavallière, Riley Piercey, and Michael Suda (7-day IR/Upper body). Gabriel Carriere was the backup goaltender.
With this being the first time this season Worcester and Greensboro have faced each other, we’ll take a look at some area and roster connections between the teams. For the Gargoyles, defender Benjamin Lindberg played four games for the Railers in the 2024-25 season and had an assist and six penalty minutes. Fellow blueliner Austen May played one season at Northeastern University. Forward Ethan Leyh spent three seasons at Bentley University, captaining the Falcons his final two years there. Matt Quercia was born in Andover, MA, and spent three seasons at Boston University. Casey Severo played four seasons at Harvard University, while Ben Raymond hails from Newton, MA. And finally, Jack Seymour spent four seasons at Holy Cross, captaining the Crusaders in his senior year. For Worcester, defender Gabe Blanchard played eight games for the Gargoyles last season, notching an assist.
The three stars of the game were
1. WOR – #22 Sam Stange
2. WOR – #19 Jordan Kaplan
3. WOR – #11 Lincoln Hatten
The 210Sports Player of the Game was Parker Gahagen.
Even Strength Lines
Sterzer / DeMelis / Stange
Repaci / Donhauser / McDonnell
Ginnell / Kaplan / Moses
Fawcett / Carson / Hatten
Wheeler / Blanchard
McDonald / Corcoran
Federkow / Samuelsson
Press Releases
RAILERS: Worcester wins first overtime game of the year 3-2 over Greensboro
GARGOYLES: None at posting time
Our affiliates last night
St Louis 1, Utah 0 SO
In the ECHL’s North Division last night
Savannah 3, Trois-Rivières 2
BOX SCORE
Worcester 2 0 0 1 – 3
Greensboro 1 1 0 0 – 2
1st Period-1, Worcester, Hatten 2 (Carson, Fawcett), 11:52. 2, Greensboro, Trikozov 1 (Oden, Cristall), 15:17 (PP). 3, Worcester, Kaplan 4 16:19. Penalties-Hatten Wor (holding), 13:23; Ginnell Wor (hooking), 19:54.
2nd Period-4, Greensboro, Quercia 2 (Lindauer), 0:30 (PP). Penalties-Quercia Gso (slashing), 12:59; Corcoran Wor (boarding), 18:06.
3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Donhauser Wor (fighting – major), 1:42; Briedis Gso (fighting – major), 1:42; May Gso (tripping), 3:12; Lefebvre Gso (delay of game), 5:21; May Gso (slashing), 6:06; Briedis Gso (tripping), 18:37.
1st OT Period-5, Worcester, Stange 2 (Kaplan, McDonald), 3:05. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Worcester 14-11-10-3-38. Greensboro 9-15-5-3-32.
Power Play Opportunities-Worcester 0 / 5; Greensboro 2 / 3.
Goalies-Worcester, Gahagen 2-4-0-0 (32 shots-30 saves). Greensboro, Khazheyev 3-1-1-0 (38 shots-35 saves).
A-4,123
Referees-Hunter Mottinger (9), Eric Scherger (4).
Linesmen-Wyatt Corrigan (85), Jake Rennert (57).
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