Two points. That's all the Worcester Railers needed to get over the entirety of the 2021-22 regular season to have qualified for the ECHL's North Division playoffs for the first time since their inaugural 2017-18 season. Obviously, it's easy to point to their final 11 games when they went 3-7-1 or list all the games... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey Alumni highlights, week 27
With the 27th week of NHL hockey over, we'll take a look back at some highlights over the last seven days from former Worcester hockey pros. Tuesday Thomas Greiss three saves (same video) https://twitter.com/NHLde/status/1516756151957925890 Wednesday Yanni Gourde goal (and interview) https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1516971144338886657 https://twitter.com/PiperShawTV/status/1517006285694066688 Friday Yanni Gourde goal https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1517664649512161283 Friday Chad Costello goal https://twitter.com/AllenAmericans/status/1517675032612413440 Friday Luke Peressini... Continue Reading →
WooSox Rewind: Syracuse trip was not good for Worcester
Last week the Worcester Red Sox took a trip west to Syracuse to take on the last place Mets at NBT Bank Stadium, and while the Mets are still at the bottom of the International League East standings they knocked the WooSox down a couple spots by nearly sweeping Worcester, winning five of the six... Continue Reading →
Former Worcester Sharks captain Mike Moore announces retirement
Earlier today the Fischtown Pinguins of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga announced the retirement of their captain, Mike Moore, on their Facebook page. Moore began his pro career with the Worcester Sharks in the 2007-08 season after finishing a four-year NCAA career with Princeton University. Moore would go on to play 253 games with the WorSharks,... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2021-2022 season
For the third consecutive campaign, the Worcester Railers' season ended without making the playoffs, so once again we get an all-too-early posting of the "210 Awards" For those new to the “210 Awards”, they are a mix of serious and (hopefully) slightly humorous awards named for the moniker this writer uses on many message boards.... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey Alumni highlights, week 26
With the 26th week of NHL hockey over, we'll take a look back at some highlights over the last seven days from former Worcester hockey pros. Tuesday Matt Irwin goal and postgame interview https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1514049806292996105 https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1514073387001393155 Tuesday Ross Olsson goal https://twitter.com/OrlandoHockey/status/1514057049889509378 Wednesday Mathias Laferriere goal https://twitter.com/ThunderbirdsAHL/status/1514386418046537738 Friday Mathias Laferriere goal (Drew Callin assist) https://twitter.com/ThunderbirdsAHL/status/1515108323489632261 Friday Mitch... Continue Reading →