Worcester ECHL owner Cliff Rucker, DCU Center General manager Sandy Dunn, and Worcester ECHL President and General Manager Toby O'Brien pose after the press event announcing the new franchise. (Photo: 210Sports) With the snow flying outside the DCU Center Monday afternoon ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna announced the 29th league franchise has been awarded to Cliff... Continue Reading →
Worcester local media reporting ECHL bid “approved unanimously”
Late last night local cable news outlet Charter-TV3 on "Worcester News Tonight" reported that Cliff Rucker's bid to bring an ECHL team to Worcester was approved unanimously by the ECHL's Board of Governors. The brief report by Sports Director Kevin Shea, which you can watch right here on YouTube, mentions no further information. 210Sports contacted... Continue Reading →
Rucker’s bid for Worcester ECHL franchise culminates today in Michigan
As the snow falls today here in Worcester out in Kalamazoo the weather is clear and it's a supposed to be balmy day of 36°F. But for hockey fans in central Massachusetts it's not the weather out in southern Michigan that's important, it's the results of the ECHL Board of Governors' vote to admit Cliff... Continue Reading →
Wideman incident not as cut and dried as some think
If you're a hockey fan odds are good you've already heard of the incident Wednesday night in Calgary where former Worcester IceCats and Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman crosschecked linesman Don Henderson as Wideman was heading toward the Flames bench after being checked by Nashville Predators Miikka Salomaki. Wideman has been suspended indefinitely by the... Continue Reading →
Pro hockey’s earliest return to Worcester is 2017
Now that the usual suspects have posted articles about the situation surrounding the ECHL placing an expansion franchise here in Worcester I'm going to toss my two cents in. I was hesitant before because while I didn't know a whole lot of what was going on behind the scenes I did know some, and not... Continue Reading →
San Jose Sharks from the past: where are they playing now? (2015-16 edition)
A couple of days ago I posted Worcester Sharks from the past: where are they playing now? (2015-16 edition) and was asked if I was going to one for San Jose like I did last season. To be honest I hadn't planned on it, but as I suffer from "turkey hangover" I figured why not... Continue Reading →
