The Worcester Railers opened their 2019-20 campaign at the DCU Center Saturday night against the Adirondack Thunder and used a Kyle Thomas Gordie Howe hat trick and multi-point nights from fellow newcomers JD Dudek, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, and Nic Pierog to beat their ECHL North Division rivals 5-1. Thomas became just the second player in Railers... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: October 13
1995 at Providence 3-2 loss The Worcester IceCats visited the Providence Bruins and thanks to some stellar play from Baby-Bs netminder Scott Bailey lost a 3-2 contest. Patrice Tardif opened the scoring for the 'Cats just 1:02 into the contest with a goal assisted by Jason Widmer and Craig Darby. Denis Chervyakov got Providence back... Continue Reading →
Railers begin third season with high hopes
Saturday night the Worcester Railers open up their third ECHL campaign looking to get back to the playoffs after missing them last season. The plan to do that is one of those things that is far easier to write about than it is to do: Score more goals. Over the last two seasons, the Railers... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: October 12
1998 vs Adirondack 3-1 loss The Worcester IceCats fired 40 shots on Red Wings netminder Norm Maracle but could only beat him once in a 3-1 loss to Adirondack. The Red Wings would have the only goal of the first 40 minutes, with Barry Potomski scoring on the power play at 7:27 of the opening... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: October 11
1996 vs Springfield 4-0 win The Worcester IceCats got a 27 save shutout from Travis Scott, who was making his pro hockey debut, and two goals each from Mike Maneluk and Bob Lachance in a 4-0 win over the Falcons. Maneluk had the only goal of the first period with an unassisted shorthanded tally at... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: October 10
1997 at Portland 5-4 OTL The Worcester IceCats rallied from a third period deficit to get the game into overtime, only to lose on the first shot in the extra session. Todd Krygier scored just 18 seconds into the first period, but Chris Kenady tied the game at 1:12 while on the power play. Michal... Continue Reading →
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