The Worcester Railers closed out their 2024 preseason schedule Saturday night at the Worcester Ice Center with another match-up against the Maine Mariners and used a 24-save performance by goaltender Michael Bullion and multiple-point nights from Jordan Kaplan (G, A), Matt DeMelis (2A), and Anthony Callin (2A) to defeat the Mariners 4-0. Justin Gill, Connor... Continue Reading →
Railers lose exhibition opener 4-3 to Maine
The Worcester Railers opened their 2024 ECHL preseason schedule Friday night with a matchup against the Maine Mariners at Sidney J. Watson Arena on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and despite Jack Randl, Matthew Kopperud, and Cole Donhauser each notching a goal and an assist and 21 saves by John Muse, the... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey History: A Primer
(Note: the following article originally appeared in the program for the ECHL/SPHL Booster Club Jamboree last weekend, hosted by the Worcester Railers Booster Club in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and was edited for length. This is the entire submitted text, which was significantly longer than the space available to print it.) While the ECHL/SPHL Jamboree is celebrating... Continue Reading →
Railers’ new head coach and new GM need new ways of doing things in Worcester
While the ECHL season ended just about a month ago and the NHL and AHL seasons carried on until June 24th, once again the Worcester Railers started their summer vacations far too early when for the second time in as many seasons the club couldn't win one of its final two regular season games to... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester hockey pros who are now NHL free agents, 2024 edition
Below is a list of former Worcester pro hockey players who will be NHL unrestricted free agents or restricted free agents. These players can sign with any NHL organization after noon ET on Monday, July 1st. Those who are restricted free agents and sign with a new organization can have their offer matched by their... Continue Reading →
Worcester Railers 2024-25 schedule: Some good things, and some really bad things
Earlier this month the ECHL released their 2024-25 schedule for all its member clubs. It's important to know before we start discussing the schedule that teams only have a small amount of input as to what their final schedule is, and that's usually limited to the dates they can host games and the dates of... Continue Reading →