The Worcester Railers opened their 2025-26 campaign with a Saturday evening matchup with the Maine Mariners at the DCU Center in front of 6,511 hopeful fans, but despite a good opening frame, the Railers just couldn't get out of their own way over the final 40 minutes as they stumbled to a 5-0 loss. It... Continue Reading →
Worcester Railers 2025-26 schedule and season preview
The Worcester Railers begin their eighth campaign Saturday, October 18th, against the Maine Mariners with a 6pm puck drop. If you're looking for their full season schedule, you can click right here, and it will bring you down to that section of the post. The last few seasons have ended in heartbreak for the team... Continue Reading →
Railers lose preseason finale to Maine 3-2; regular season starts Saturday
Saturday afternoon, a bunch of guys wearing Worcester Railers jerseys headed northeast-ish to the Harold Alfond Forum in Biddeford, ME to play a bunch of guys wearing Maine Mariners jerseys in an exhibition game that evening, and the guys in the white Maine jerseys got a late third-period goal to defeat the Worcester players in... Continue Reading →
Railers start preseason schedule with 4-2 loss to Maine
Friday night, an enthusiastic standing room only crowd at the Worcester Ice Center watched the Worcester Railers, or at least the training camp version of the team, take on the Maine Mariners in the first of two exhibition battles between the two squads, with the Railers coming out on the wrong end of a 4-2... Continue Reading →
ECHL rulebook has some minor changes for the 2025-26 season
The ECHL released its new rulebook on Wednesday, and a couple of minor changes were made. The first was Rule 9.5 - Protective Equipment, which adds a game misconduct for a player returning to the ice without wearing, or not wearing properly, A5-rated cut-proof socks, wrist protection, and/or neck protection after being warned by an... Continue Reading →
Friday 4: New Patriots, playoff game sevens, baseball’s good and bad, and double 1
With the Worcester Railers season over, we'll return to what will (hopefully) be weekly editions of "Friday 4," where I discuss the four things I’ve been thinking about over the last week and the upcoming weekend in sports and the world. ONE The NFL draft was this past weekend, and regular readers and Twitter followers... Continue Reading →