Alas, there was no Sunday miracle comeback this week. After playing terrible hockey for most of the weekend and still managing to win Friday and Saturday the Worcester Railers' poor play finally caught up with them Sunday at the DCU Center as they were whitewashed 3-0 by the Norfolk Admirals. We've reached the point where... Continue Reading →

The tickets and promotional advertisements said that Saturday's "IceCats Night" at the DCU Center was scheduled to start at 7:05pm, and by that point most of the 7,094 ticket holders had already found their seats and were ready for action. Unfortunately, it took the Worcester Railers until about 9pm to actually show up, but that... Continue Reading →

Once a bit of time has passed Blade Jenkins' overtime winner will likely be described as an absolute laser from just inside the blue line, through a small puck-sized opening between the other four skaters on the ice, beating the goaltender to a high corner. And perhaps someone will add that the water bottle flew... Continue Reading →

The title is essentially the whole post. The game boiled down to the Railers having a 2-1 lead and an extended third-period five-on-three power play sandwiched by some five on four power play time and they managed, by the ECHL's count, four shots on goal. Only two of those were determined to be quality chances.... Continue Reading →

Ninety-one seconds. That's the amount of time at the end of the second period that it took for the Worcester Railers 2-1 molehill deficit to explode into a 5-1 mountain too high to climb in their Saturday night rematch tilt against the Trois-Rivières Lions at the DCU Center. The Lions took a 1-0 lead after... Continue Reading →

This was a game the Worcester Railers had no business winning. And to be honest, just a few weeks ago, they absolutely wouldn't have. But suddenly the Railers find themselves as one of the hottest teams in the ECHL, with points in their last seven games, and after Friday night's come-from-behind 5-4 shootout victory over... Continue Reading →