1996 at Portland 4-1 loss The Worcester IceCats fired 40 shots on Pirates netminder Olaf Kolzig, who was down on a rehab assignment from the Washington Capitals, but could only beat him once in a 4-1 loss in Portland. Alexander Kharlamov got the pirates on the board at 9:28 of the opening period with a... Continue Reading →

1995 at Cape Breton 7-5 win Worcester IceCats netminder Chris Gordon may have allowed five goals, but he made 45 saves and that was good enough to help lead the 'Cats to a 7-5 win over the Oilers. IceCats goal scorers were Blair Atcheynum (unknown time, 2nd), Denis Chalifoux (unknown time, 2nd), Jarrett Deuling (5:19,... Continue Reading →

1995 at Saint John 6-1 win The Worcester IceCats got a hat trick and an assist from Shawn Heaphy in their 6-1 win over the Flames. Saint John had just 14 skaters available, two below the roster limit. After a scoreless opening period Heaphy made it 1-0 at 1:28 of the middle stanza. At 12:42... Continue Reading →

1998 vs Adirondack 2-1 win The Worcester IceCats and Adirondack Red Wings got together for a Sunday afternoon contest at Worcester's Centrum Centre, with the 'Cats coming out on top 2-1. After a scoreless opening period Lubos Bartecko lit the lamp just 29 seconds into the middle stanza, with assists from Michal Handzus and Ricard... Continue Reading →

1995 vs Springfield 2-2 tie The Worcester IceCats jumped out to a two goal lead but couldn't hold on and had to settle for a 2-2 tie with the Falcons. Denis Chalifoux, with assists by Blair Atcheynum and Terry Virtue, opened the scoring at 17:02 of the first period. Mark Ouimet made it 2-0 at... Continue Reading →

1998 at Syracuse 3-2 win The Worcester IceCats finally broke out of their slump and played a full 60 minutes, firing 43 shots on goal to defeat the Crunch 3-2. Ex-IceCats winger Tyson Nash had the only goal of the opening period, at 14:28, to give Syracuse the 1-0 lead. In the second period Chris... Continue Reading →