The Worcester Railers returned from a six-game, 12 day road trip Friday night with the first of a pair of contests against the ECHL North Division leading Newfoundland Growlers at the DCU Center and used a three-point night from Jacob Hayhurst and a stellar performance in net by goaltender Ken Appleby to defeat Newfoundland 3-1.... Continue Reading →
Friday 4: Pitch clocks, open nets, mock intelligence, and no coverage.
Another Friday, another installment of "Friday 4", where I talk about the four things I’ve been thinking about the last week and the upcoming weekend in sports and the world. ONE I was off last week and as anyone could have predicted, a couple things happened worth writing about. Since I make the rules about... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey Alumni 2022-23 highlights, NHL week 20
With the 20th week of the NHL season over we'll take a look back at some of the highlights from the last seven days from former Worcester hockey pros. Monday Logan Couture goal and assist (Yanni Gourde own-goal credited to Couture) https://twitter.com/nopClips/status/1627797241942495235 (primary assist) https://twitter.com/nopClips/status/1627814295013654529 Wednesday Ben Masella two goals https://twitter.com/FL_Everblades/status/1628574236792201217 https://twitter.com/FL_Everblades/status/1628575464645345281 Thursday Tomas Hertl... Continue Reading →
Railers ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost in 3-2 win over Savannah
The Worcester Railers ended their six-game southern swing Sunday with a matinee against the expansion Savannah Ghost Pirates at Enmarket Arena where Brent Beaudoin's second-period goal gave Worcester a one-goal lead that they held the rest of the way in a 3-2 win. Despite playing some poor hockey on the trip Worcester managed to finish... Continue Reading →
Railers frozen by Icemen, lose 4-1
The Worcester Railers visited VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida for a Saturday night contest against the Icemen and despite the warm temperatures outside the Railers were ice cold inside and could convert on just one of 37 shots in a 4-1 loss. We don't usually show the opponent's highlights in the post, but... Continue Reading →
Tikkanen’s 41 saves leads Railers to 4-0 win over South Carolina
The Worcester Railers continued their six-game road trip with a stop in North Charleston, South Carolina Friday night and got two goals from Trevor Cosgrove and a 41-save shutout from Henrik Tikkanen to defeat the Stingrays 4-0. After a scoreless opening period, Cosgrove made it 1-0 at 2:30 of the second period on a goal... Continue Reading →