While the ECHL season ended just about a month ago and the NHL and AHL seasons carried on until June 24th, once again the Worcester Railers started their summer vacations far too early when for the second time in as many seasons the club couldn't win one of its final two regular season games to... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester hockey pros who are now NHL free agents, 2024 edition
Below is a list of former Worcester pro hockey players who will be NHL unrestricted free agents or restricted free agents. These players can sign with any NHL organization after noon ET on Monday, July 1st. Those who are restricted free agents and sign with a new organization can have their offer matched by their... Continue Reading →
Worcester Railers 2024-25 schedule: Some good things, and some really bad things
Earlier this month the ECHL released their 2024-25 schedule for all its member clubs. It's important to know before we start discussing the schedule that teams only have a small amount of input as to what their final schedule is, and that's usually limited to the dates they can host games and the dates of... Continue Reading →
Current and former Worcester hockey pros that won championships or awards in 2023-24
With all the professional leagues finally over and their champions determined, this is a list of all the current and former Worcester hockey professionals that won a league or major tournament championship, plus any official league awards in the 2023-24 season. Players who were named to mid-season All-Star games or named post-season all-stars are also... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2023-2024 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 "Premature Celebration Award": Keith Nichols, for throwing his hat on the ice thinking Zach White had scored an empty net goal to give him a hat... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2023-2024 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”. In a tradition that started last season, if it's possible to call something that happened two years in a row a tradition,... Continue Reading →