The Worcester Railers began their 2023-24 regular season Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts against the Adirondack Thunder and scored three goals in the opening 8:21 of play, only to watch as that lead slowly slipped away before two empty net goals sealed the 5-2 victory in front of a sellout crowd... Continue Reading →
Railers drop preseason opener 4-2 in Maine
The Worcester Railers opened their 2023-2024 preseason schedule Friday night against the Maine Mariners at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn, Maine, and after giving up two goals in the opening 3:06 of the contest played catch-up hockey the rest of the way, and never got closer than a goal in a 4-2 loss.... Continue Reading →
Why the Railers didn’t make the playoffs, and what needs to be better in 2023-24
Now that the Worcester Railers 2022-2023 season has been over for a few weeks and the warmer weather is taking over hopefully enough time has finally passed where we can look back on the many failures of last season and not get too angry or depressed about it. Mathematically the Railers failed to make the... Continue Reading →
The 2022-2023 Worcester Railers “210 Awards”, part two?
In all the years of doing the 210 Awards I never once thought of making a second post. But it was brought to my attention that I forgot one, and then I noticed I missed another, and things kind of got out of hand from there. So here, for the first time ever, is part... Continue Reading →
Collapse complete: Railers fail to make playoffs after 4-3 loss to Thunder
The Worcester Railers entered Sunday afternoon's contest against the Adirondack Thunder needing a regulation win and took a 3-2 lead into the third period but allowed two goals to lose 4-3 and miss the ECHL's Kelly Cup playoffs. Since at least mid-December this writer has not been shy about saying this team was not very... Continue Reading →
Railers waste another opportunity to clinch playoff spot; it all comes down to Sunday
The Worcester Railers took on the Adirondack Thunder at Cool Insuring Arena Saturday night with just about every checkmark in the "advantage" column for them, and as they have done virtually all season promptly threw that all away by making mistake after mistake in a 5-1 loss to the Thunder. To be blunt, there is... Continue Reading →