Below is a list of former Worcester pro hockey players that will be NHL unrestricted free agents or restricted free agents. These players can sign with any NHL organization after noon ET on Saturday, July 1st. Those that are restricted free agents and sign with a new organization can have their offer matched by their... Continue Reading →
Current and former Worcester hockey pros that won championships or awards in 2022-23
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 2022-23 season. Players who were named to mid-season All-Star games or named post-season all-stars are also... Continue Reading →
Why the Railers didn’t make the playoffs, and what needs to be better in 2023-24
Now that the Worcester Railers 2022-2023 season has been over for a few weeks and the warmer weather is taking over hopefully enough time has finally passed where we can look back on the many failures of last season and not get too angry or depressed about it. Mathematically the Railers failed to make the... Continue Reading →
The 2022-2023 Worcester Railers “210 Awards”, part two?
In all the years of doing the 210 Awards I never once thought of making a second post. But it was brought to my attention that I forgot one, and then I noticed I missed another, and things kind of got out of hand from there. So here, for the first time ever, is part... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2022-2023 season
For the fourth consecutive campaign, the Worcester Railers' season ended without making the playoffs, so once again we get an all-too-early posting of the "210 Awards" For those new to the “210 Awards”, they are a mix of serious and (hopefully) slightly humorous awards named for the moniker this writer used to use on many... Continue Reading →
Collapse complete: Railers fail to make playoffs after 4-3 loss to Thunder
The Worcester Railers entered Sunday afternoon's contest against the Adirondack Thunder needing a regulation win and took a 3-2 lead into the third period but allowed two goals to lose 4-3 and miss the ECHL's Kelly Cup playoffs. Since at least mid-December this writer has not been shy about saying this team was not very... Continue Reading →