As we near the Christmas holiday it's time to take our first look at how some current and former Worcester pro players are doing in the 2019-2020 season. For the North American pro leagues, any player in their league’s top-20 gets a mention, and for the European leagues, it’s just those in the top-five for... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: December 17
1994 at Portland 5-2 win (PORTLAND) The team wearing white jerseys won Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Unfortunately for the home-standing Portland Pirates, it was Reverse Jersey Night. The Worcester IceCats, stunned the Pirates, 5-2 before a crowd of 6,433. Defenseman Terry Virtue and center Cal McGowan each scored two goals --... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: December 16
1994 at Providence 6-1 loss The Worcester IceCats were outclassed by the P-Bruins in a 6-1 win for the Baby-Bs. It was already 5-0 with with more than 13 minutes to go in the second period. Shawn Heaphy scored the IceCats goal, on the power play, at 12:38 of the second period when he banged... Continue Reading →
Railers stand tall in 4-1 win over Reading
The Worcester Railers were looking for consecutive wins for just the second time this season as they took on the Reading Royals in a Sunday afternoon matinee at the DCU Center, and behind a 31 save effort from Ian Milosz in his pro debut Worcester came out on the better side of a 4-1 final.... Continue Reading →
Railers hold on for 3-2 win over Maine
The Worcester Railers faced off against the Maine Mariners at the DCU Center for the second time in 24 hours Saturday night looking to avenge their 4-2 loss from Friday, and while they didn't play perfect hockey Worcester was able to earn a split of the two game series with a 3-2 win. It was... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: December 15
1996 at Providence 5-4 win The Worcester IceCats overcame deficits of 3-1 and 4-3, scoring the final two goals of the game to defeat the Bruins 5-4. Bob Beers gave the P-Bruins the lead 1:04 into the contest. Craig Conroy got the 'Cats back to even at 9:57, assisted by Dmitri Leonov and Kevin Rappana.... Continue Reading →