The ECHL released its new rulebook on Wednesday, and a couple of minor changes were made. The first was Rule 9.5 - Protective Equipment, which adds a game misconduct for a player returning to the ice without wearing, or not wearing properly, A5-rated cut-proof socks, wrist protection, and/or neck protection after being warned by an... Continue Reading →
Friday 4: New Patriots, playoff game sevens, baseball’s good and bad, and double 1
With the Worcester Railers season over, we'll return to what will (hopefully) be weekly editions of "Friday 4," where I discuss the four things I’ve been thinking about over the last week and the upcoming weekend in sports and the world. ONE The NFL draft was this past weekend, and regular readers and Twitter followers... Continue Reading →
Railers need improvements for the 2025-26 season
As we begin another long spring and summer in Worcester without playoff hockey, we can, as we've done far too often over the years, look back at all the "what ifs" of the past season as other teams and fan bases move on to hockey's second season. Depending on how you define it and count... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2024-2025 season, part 2
As promised, here is part two of this season’s 210 Awards… The "Shameless Plug Award": You can find the first half of the 210 Awards post right here The "Linens Award": To Austin Heidemann, who apparently liked his Booster Club provided bathroom towels so much that he decided to take them with him when he... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2024-2025 season, part 1
Once again, the Worcester Railers’ season ended without making the playoffs, so as we do when the Railers fail to make the second season we get an all-too-early posting of the "210 Awards". As has sort of become a thing here lately on 210Sports, we split these awards up into two posts because inevitably I'll... Continue Reading →
Railers can’t get it done again and miss playoffs for 5th consecutive season
The Worcester Railers took on the Reading Royals Saturday night at Santander Arena in a "winner takes all" game where the victor headed to the ECHL North Division playoffs and the loser went home, and for the fourth consecutive year with Worcester facing the "win and in" scenario the Railers didn't win, dropping a 7-3... Continue Reading →