1996 at Cape Breton 3-1 win The Worcester IceCats had a two goal lead late into the seocnd period and held on to a 3-1 victory over the Oilers. Sergei Kharin got the 'Cats on the board at 13:04 of the opening period assisted by Jason Strudwick and Ken Sutton. Craig Darby made it 2-0... Continue Reading →
Railers stumble again, lose 5-1 to Reading
The Worcester Railers were hoping to put last Sunday's 6-0 loss to Adirondack behind them in their Friday night tilt against the Reading Royals at the DCU Center, and with the return of goaltender Jakob Skarek from Bridgeport were looking to start that upward climb back into the ECHL's North Division playoff race. Instead what... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: February 1
1998 vs Albany 4-2 win The Worcester IceCats scored three first period goals and then held on for a 4-2 win over the River Rats. Shayne Toporowski opened the scoring at 8:31 with defenseman Derek Diener picking up the assist. At 13:17 Bob Lachance would follow with an unassisted shorthanded goal, and at 16:58 Nick... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: January 31
1996 at Providence 4-3 win The Worcester IceCats needed a last second goal to win in Providence for the first time in franchise history, and they got on from Sergei Kharin for a 4-3 win over the Baby-Bs. Fred Knipscheer opened the scoring with a goal at 7:04 of the first period assisted by Jamie... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: January 30
1955 at Baltimore 17-1 loss Three Clippers had hat tricks, three had two goals. Clippers scored an EHL record 17 goals in a row before Dustin Burke scored for Worcester with 1:03 left in the third period. The Warriors were outshot 48-20. 1998 at Providence 7-2 win The Worcester IceCats scored five second period goals... Continue Reading →
Today in Worcester hockey history: January 29
1997 vs Albany 8-2 loss The good news was the Worcester IceCats set their then-record for fastest goal to start a game. The bad news was it was only good enough to tie the contest and was pretty much all their offense as the Albany River Rats pummeled the IceCats 8-2. After Patrik Elias scored... Continue Reading →