Late last week Bill Ballou and Jennifer Toland, both great sportswriters for the Worcester Telegram, wrote a story with the news that The College of the Holy Cross has been approached by Hockey East to replace Notre Dame in the conference after the 2016-17 collegiate hockey season when the Fighting Irish join the Big Ten... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester players in North American pro hockey finals
Now that the NHL, AHL, and ECHL playoff finalists have all been determined here's a look at the former Worcester players with a chance to win a championship. For the NHL, only players who would qualify at the beginning of the finals to have their name on the Stanley Cup are included. NHL - Stanley... Continue Reading →
Worcester’s entry in the ECHL to be named Railers
At "Fan Fest 2016" Sunday, attended by an estimated crowd of 3,000 people including many state and local VIPs, Worcester's ECHL franchise owner Cliff Rucker revealed the franchise would be known as the Railers, and unveiled the team's logo. The Railers are scheduled to begin play in October of 2017 at the DCU Center in... Continue Reading →
Worcester ECHL franchise officially starts with Monday press event
Worcester ECHL owner Cliff Rucker, DCU Center General manager Sandy Dunn, and Worcester ECHL President and General Manager Toby O'Brien pose after the press event announcing the new franchise. (Photo: 210Sports) With the snow flying outside the DCU Center Monday afternoon ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna announced the 29th league franchise has been awarded to Cliff... Continue Reading →
Worcester local media reporting ECHL bid “approved unanimously”
Late last night local cable news outlet Charter-TV3 on "Worcester News Tonight" reported that Cliff Rucker's bid to bring an ECHL team to Worcester was approved unanimously by the ECHL's Board of Governors. The brief report by Sports Director Kevin Shea, which you can watch right here on YouTube, mentions no further information. 210Sports contacted... Continue Reading →
Rucker’s bid for Worcester ECHL franchise culminates today in Michigan
As the snow falls today here in Worcester out in Kalamazoo the weather is clear and it's a supposed to be balmy day of 36°F. But for hockey fans in central Massachusetts it's not the weather out in southern Michigan that's important, it's the results of the ECHL Board of Governors' vote to admit Cliff... Continue Reading →
