Worcester ECHL owner Cliff Rucker, DCU Center General manager Sandy Dunn, and Worcester ECHL President and General Manager Toby O'Brien pose after the press event announcing the new franchise. (Photo: 210Sports) With the snow flying outside the DCU Center Monday afternoon ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna announced the 29th league franchise has been awarded to Cliff... Continue Reading →
Worcester local media reporting ECHL bid “approved unanimously”
Late last night local cable news outlet Charter-TV3 on "Worcester News Tonight" reported that Cliff Rucker's bid to bring an ECHL team to Worcester was approved unanimously by the ECHL's Board of Governors. The brief report by Sports Director Kevin Shea, which you can watch right here on YouTube, mentions no further information. 210Sports contacted... Continue Reading →
Rucker’s bid for Worcester ECHL franchise culminates today in Michigan
As the snow falls today here in Worcester out in Kalamazoo the weather is clear and it's a supposed to be balmy day of 36°F. But for hockey fans in central Massachusetts it's not the weather out in southern Michigan that's important, it's the results of the ECHL Board of Governors' vote to admit Cliff... Continue Reading →
Wideman incident not as cut and dried as some think
If you're a hockey fan odds are good you've already heard of the incident Wednesday night in Calgary where former Worcester IceCats and Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman crosschecked linesman Don Henderson as Wideman was heading toward the Flames bench after being checked by Nashville Predators Miikka Salomaki. Wideman has been suspended indefinitely by the... Continue Reading →
Danny Amendola hit was a total cheap shot, but not against the rules
New England Patriots' Danny Amendola (80) hits Kansas City Chiefs' Jamell Fleming (30) in the firsthalf of an NFL divisional playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass.(AP Photo/Steven Senne) (Steven Senne) Football is a violent game. Men that weigh 300 pounds or more running full speed into each other generating huge hits... Continue Reading →
St Louis Rams fans get the shaft from team, NFL
Ask any sports fan what the worst thing that can happen to their team and most will say losing some big game to a hated rival, or maybe a star player getting hurt and ending your team's season before it really even starts. But fans of the St Louis Rams know once again what the... Continue Reading →
