Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center the Worcester Railers and Reading Royals played the final contest of their two-game weekend set, and once again the Worcester offense had a hard time finding the back of the net as they took their second consecutive 2-1 loss to their ECHL North Division rivals. Or, perhaps more correctly,... Continue Reading →
Railers drop season opener 2-1 to Reading
The Worcester Railers opened their 2024-2025 ECHL regular season slate Saturday night at the DCU Center against the Reading Royals, and did not manage to generate many quality offensive chances in a 2-1 loss to their East Division rivals. The two teams meet in a rematch Sunday afternoon with a 3pm scheduled puck drop. The... Continue Reading →
Bullion is gold in Railers 4-0 exhibition win over Maine
The Worcester Railers closed out their 2024 preseason schedule Saturday night at the Worcester Ice Center with another match-up against the Maine Mariners and used a 24-save performance by goaltender Michael Bullion and multiple-point nights from Jordan Kaplan (G, A), Matt DeMelis (2A), and Anthony Callin (2A) to defeat the Mariners 4-0. Justin Gill, Connor... Continue Reading →
Railers lose exhibition opener 4-3 to Maine
The Worcester Railers opened their 2024 ECHL preseason schedule Friday night with a matchup against the Maine Mariners at Sidney J. Watson Arena on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and despite Jack Randl, Matthew Kopperud, and Cole Donhauser each notching a goal and an assist and 21 saves by John Muse, the... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey History: A Primer
(Note: the following article originally appeared in the program for the ECHL/SPHL Booster Club Jamboree last weekend, hosted by the Worcester Railers Booster Club in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and was edited for length. This is the entire submitted text, which was significantly longer than the space available to print it.) While the ECHL/SPHL Jamboree is celebrating... Continue Reading →
Worcester Railers 2024-25 schedule: Some good things, and some really bad things
Earlier this month the ECHL released their 2024-25 schedule for all its member clubs. It's important to know before we start discussing the schedule that teams only have a small amount of input as to what their final schedule is, and that's usually limited to the dates they can host games and the dates of... Continue Reading →