Over on the 210Sports Facebook page I've been posting daily updates for each day in Worcester hockey history. In case people missed some, I'll gather them at the end each month here on the blog. 1 1996 - Mike Maneluk traded to the Ottawa Senators by Anaheim for Kevin Brown. 2003 - St. Louis Blues... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester hockey pros that won championships or awards in 2019-20
With many of the NHL awards still to be decided we'll stop waiting for them to finish their season and take a look at 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 2019-20 season. Players who were... Continue Reading →
Former and current Worcester hockey pros among their league’s leaders
With the NHL finally announcing that all the stats once they restart their season will be considered to be in the postseason we can take our final look at how some current and former Worcester pro players did in the shortened 2019-20 season. For the North American pro leagues at the ECHL level or higher... Continue Reading →
Seven years ago today, I made a prediction…
I was reminded today on Facebook that seven years ago I wrote a post on Sharkspage where I made a prediction about the San Jose Sharks chances of winning the Stanley Cup after they fired WorSharks president Mike Mudd. Mudd has been the Athletic Director at Worcester State University since April of 2014...and I'd still... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: The final post
Today is May 14, or more correctly when this gets posted it will be May 14, and from today on there are no more Worcester pro hockey games to look back on. It's sad that for a city that's had professional hockey for most of the last 25 seasons we've never once had a team... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: May 13
1998 at Hartford 8-2 loss (New England Division F, eliminated 4-3) The Worcester IceCats were 60 minutes away from advancing to round three of the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs, and by the time 40 of them had gone by the 'Cats were all but eliminated in a 8-2 blow out loss. With Worcester down a... Continue Reading →