Worcester pro hockey is full of funny and odd events, everything from a bat flying across the ice during an IceCats game against Springfield spawning a huge come from behind win to enforcer and fan favorite Jimmy Bonneau donning goaltending equipment and sitting rinkside backing up J.P. Anderson against Portland four years ago last Monday.... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey Hall of Fame revived on 210Sports
When the Worcester Sharks moved on to San Jose, California to become the Barracuda at the end of the 2014-15 AHL season all the pages on the WorSharks old website were removed and many important bits of Worcester hockey history were lost forever. One of those was the home of the Worcester Hockey Hall of... Continue Reading →
Christmas break has many current and former Worcester players at the top of their pro leagues
As Christmas comes and goes it’s time to take another look at how some current and former Worcester pro players are doing in the 2018-2019 season. For the North American pro leagues any player in their league’s top-20 or leading their NHL team gets listed, and for the European leagues it’s just those in the... Continue Reading →
How hard is it to fill out the line-up card correctly?
With Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Head Coach Clark Donatelli submitting an incorrect line-up card today vs the Bridgeport Sound Tigers I thought it would be fun to take a look back at three times that Worcester Sharks Head Coach Roy Sommer messed up his line-up card. February 26, 2010: Tied and heading to the shootout against Abbotsford... Continue Reading →
Several current and former Worcester players at the top of their pro leagues
As we hit Thanksgiving in the United States it’s time to take our first look at how some current and former Worcester pro players are doing in the 2018-2019 season. For the North American pro leagues any player in their league’s top-20 or leading their NHL team gets listed, and for the European leagues it’s... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester hockey pros: where are they? 2018-19 Fall edition
With all the North America pro leagues now started we'll take our first look at where all the former Worcester pro hockey players landed this season. Previous posts separated the former teams into their own lists, but now it's straight alphabetical so all the former IceCats, WorSharks, and Railers are listed together. North American players... Continue Reading →