Welcome to the second edition of "Thursday Thoughts" here on 210Sports, and hopefully the first thing people will notice is the new logo. I'm still not completely satisfied with it but it's better than the first one, so we'll go with this one until I decide to make another attempt. Another thing I'm not completely... Continue Reading →
November in Worcester hockey history
Over on the 210Sports Facebook page I've been posting daily updates for each day in Worcester hockey history. In case people missed some, I'll gather them at the end of each month here on the blog. 12006 - Worcester Sharks center Joe Pavelski has been named the Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month for October.Birthdays:... Continue Reading →
Some thoughts on the Railers suspending operations due to COVID-19
As a longtime Worcester hockey fan, I wanted to say a few things. First off, my thoughts go out to all the Worcester Railers employees who are seeing their world come crashing down around them today. Some of those folks are likely to not be employed by the team in the next few days, so... Continue Reading →
Former and current Worcester hockey pros among their league’s leaders
With the NHL finally announcing that all the stats once they restart their season will be considered to be in the postseason we can take our final look at how some current and former Worcester pro players did in the shortened 2019-20 season. For the North American pro leagues at the ECHL level or higher... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: The final post
Today is May 14, or more correctly when this gets posted it will be May 14, and from today on there are no more Worcester pro hockey games to look back on. It's sad that for a city that's had professional hockey for most of the last 25 seasons we've never once had a team... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: May 13
1998 at Hartford 8-2 loss (New England Division F, eliminated 4-3) The Worcester IceCats were 60 minutes away from advancing to round three of the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs, and by the time 40 of them had gone by the 'Cats were all but eliminated in a 8-2 blow out loss. With Worcester down a... Continue Reading →