Game Story

Jacksonville, FL — The Worcester Railers fell 4-1 to the Jacksonville Icemen on Saturday night at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

Ken Appleby made 20 stops on 22 shots while Olaf Lindbom made 36. Anthony Repaci scored the only goal for Worcester, who is now riding a thirteen-game point streak with his seventeenth goal of the season. Brent Beaudoin had his point streak stopped at seven games. Tim Faulkner snapped a ten-game scoring skid, while Nick Fea entered a new point streak with assists in his last three games. Craig Martin, Luke Lynch, Zach Jordan, and Derek Lodermeier had the scoring tallies for Jacksonville. The Railers trailed by a goal for most of the game, but were unable to find the game-tying goal after Jacksonville regained the lead with Jacksonville scoring two empty-net goals with under a minute left in the third period.

Jacksonville scored first at 13:06 in a scramble for the puck, where Craig Martin turned around for a quick snipe to beat Ken Appleby. Minutes later, the Icemen scored again but it was waived off for goaltender interference. Ken Appleby made an incredible highlight-reel save with 5:15 left in the period to keep the Railers within one goal. With ten seconds left in the period, the Railers had a power play opportunity after Zach Jordan shoved Max Johnson. Although the power play carried into the second period, Worcester was unable to score before the end of the period.

At the start of the second period, Worcester had one minute and fifty seconds left on their powerplay. Despite their recent success with powerplays, Worcester was unable to capitalize on this one. However, Anthony Repaci later managed to tie up the game by threading the puck between Lindbom and the post, extending his point streak to thirteen. Worcester would have another power play at 8:08 for a delay of game but would come up short in their opportunity to get the go-ahead goal. Unfortunately, Worcester suffered from bad luck when the puck bounced off a Railers defenseman and landed at the stick of Luke Lynch, who scored to make it a one-goal game again.

With six minutes left, Max Johnson was elbowed in the face, giving Worcester another power play. Although they had several good opportunities, Worcester was unable to score. With two minutes left, Appleby left the goal empty for an extra skater. The Railers controlled the puck for a minute and fifteen seconds but a missed shot by their defense led to an Icemen goal by Zach Jordan. The Railers pulled Appleby again in search of two goals in forty seconds, but the Icemen scored again on the empty net, this time by Derek Lodermeier (15th), resulting in a 4-1 loss for the Railers.

The three stars of Saturday’s game were:

  1. Olof Lindbom (Jacksonville) – 36 saves, win, 0.973 SV%
  2. Luke Lynch (Jacksonville) – 1 goal
  3. Craig Martin (Jacksonville) – 1 goal

With three goals in the third period, the Trois-Rivieres Lions beat the Newfoundland Growlers for their twentieth win of the season on Saturday. The Reading Royals beat the Adirondack Thunder in Glens Falls 2-1 in overtime. Norfolk Admirals lost 6-3 to the hands of the Wheeling Nailers. Maine and Reading are tied with 61 points for second and third in the division, overall not a great night for the Railers as the teams above and below them in the division grab at least a point.

The Railers begin their trek back home Sunday, where they’ll head to Savannah Georgia to face the Ghost Pirates for the first time in franchise history at 3 PM.

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Box Score


Scoring 1 2 3 OT T
0 1 0 1
1 1 2 4
Shots 1 2 3 OT T
10 14 13 37
11 6 7 24
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
0 – 1 13:06 – 1st C. Martin (13) D. Lodermeier, J. DeRoche
1 – 1 4:22 – 2nd A. Repaci (17) N. Fea, T. Faulkner
1 – 2 13:03 – 2nd L. Lynch (12) M. Dwyer, A. Nazarian
1 – 3 19:17 – 3rd Z. Jordan (17) B. Fortunato EN
1 – 4 19:36 – 3rd D. Lodermeier (15) T. Theocharidis, A. Nazarian EN

Rosters

# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 35 K. Appleby 0 0 0 0 0
G 39 H. Tikkanen 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 C. McCarthy 0 0 -1 2 0
F 8 B. Butler 0 0 -1 2 0
D 9 N. Delmas 0 0 0 1 0
D 10 T. Cosgrove 0 0 -3 3 0
F 12 B. Beaudoin 0 0 0 7 0
F 13 B. Jerry 0 0 -2 2 0
D 17 C. Breen 0 0 0 2 0
D 18 T. Faulkner 0 1 0 0 0
F 20 C. Ordoobadi 0 0 -1 0 0
F 21 J. Pappalardo 0 0 0 1 0
F 22 N. Fea 0 1 0 4 0
F 23 A. Bakanov 0 0 -2 3 0
D 25 P. Beaulieu 0 0 -2 1 0
D 26 J. Brandt 0 0 0 3 0
F 29 P. Boutoussov 0 0 -1 2 0
F 37 M. Johnson 0 0 -3 2 2
F 81 A. Repaci 1 0 -1 2 0
Team:
Totals: 1 2 -17 37 2
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
35 K. Appleby (L) – 22 20 2 –
Empty Net – 2 2 –
Totals: – 24 20 4 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 1 C. Williams 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 O. Lindbom 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 M. Dwyer 0 1 +1 1 0
D 6 J. DeRoche 0 1 +1 0 0
D 7 C. Russell 0 0 +2 1 0
F 9 L. Lynch 1 0 +1 2 0
F 10 C. Brown 0 0 +1 1 0
F 11 J. Goldowski 0 0 0 0 0
D 14 S. Leonard 0 0 0 0 0
F 16 D. Lodermeier 1 1 +2 3 0
F 19 Z. Jordan 1 0 +2 3 2
C 20 R. Lohin 0 0 0 3 0
F 21 E. Brodzinski 0 0 0 0 0
F 22 A. Nazarian 0 2 +1 3 0
D 23 T. Theocharidis 0 1 +1 3 2
F 27 N. Robinson 0 0 0 0 0
F 29 C. Martin 1 0 +2 2 0
D 74 B. Fortunato 0 1 +1 2 0
F 83 B. Harris 0 0 0 0 0
Team: 2
Totals: 4 7 15 24 6
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
35 O. Lindbom (W) – 37 36 1 –
Totals: – 37 36 1 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
19:49 – 1st Z. Jordan 2 Roughing – minor (51.2)
5:52 – 2nd M. Johnson 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
8:08 – 2nd Served by R. Lohin 2 Bench minor – Too many men (74.2)
13:59 – 3rd T. Theocharidis 2 Elbowing – minor (45.2)


Notes

  • Worcester Scratches: Christian Evers, Collin Adams, Jack Quinlivan, Josh Victor, Liam Coughlin, Myles McGurty, Nolan Vesey, Quinn Ryan, and Zack Bross.
  • Jacksonville Scratches: Ben Hawerchuk, B. Yeamans, Garret Cockerill, J. Friend, J. Hamacher, Jacob Panetta, and Louka Henault.
  • Longtime Sharks favorite Brandon Mashinter was behind the bench for Jacksonville, he has been their assistant coach for two seasons since retiring after the 2020-21 season.
  • According to ECHL Week on Twitter, this was the third-highest-attended game in the ECHL this season, the top five have had crowds of 12,000+.
  • Following Saturday night’s game, the Railers have the following point streaks and droughts:
    • Connor McCarthy is without a point in his last three games.
    • Brent Beaudoin snapped a seven-game point streak. (3-9-12)
    • Conor Breen is without a point in his last eleven games.
    • Tim Faulkner snapped a seven-game point drought.
    • Chris Ordoobadi is without a point in his last twelve games.
    • Jake Pappalardo is without a point in his last four games.
    • Nick Fea is now on a three-game point streak. (0-3-3)
    • Jared Brandt is without a point in his last eight games.
    • Paul Boutoussov is without a point in his last six games.
    • Max Johnson is without a point in his last five games.
    • Anthony Repaci extended his point streak to thirteen games. (10-8-18)

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Anthony Repaci #81 Brent Beaudoin #12 Nick Fea #22
Forward Line 2 Andrei Bakanov #23 Max Johnson #37 Bobby Butler #8
Forward Line 3 Jake Pappalardo #21 Billy Jerry #13 Paul Boutoussov #29
Rotated Forwards – – Chris Ordoobadi #20
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Jared Brandt #26 Conor Breen #17
Defense Pair 2 Trevor Cosgrove #10 Jared Brandt #26
Defense Pair 3 Tim Faulkner #18 Connor McCarthy #2
Rotated Defensemen Noah Delmas #9 –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Ken Appleby #35
Backup Goaltender Henrik Tikkanen #39

Opponent Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Ryan Lohin #20 Christopher Brown #10 Easton Brodzinski #21
Forward Line 2 Ara Nazarian #22 Luke Lynch #9 Zach Jordan #19
Forward Line 3 Derek Lodermeier #16 Brendan Harris #83 Craig Martin #29
Rotated Forwards Neil Robinson #27 – Jake Goldowski #11
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Mackenzie Dwyer #3 Brandon Fortunato #74
Defense Pair 2 John DeRoche #6 Connor Russell #7
Defense Pair 3 Sean Leonard #14 Tim Theocharidis #23
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Olof Lindbom #35
Backup Goaltender Charles Williams #1

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Dominic Cadieux (3)
Referee Austin O’Rourke (10)
Linesman Tannum Wyonzek (74)
Linesman Davids Rozitis (90)


Highlights

The highlights for this game can be found on the ECHL website.

Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Railers Lines


Icemen Lines


Craig Martin goal (1-0 Icemen)


Ken Appleby save of the game


Anthony Repaci goal (tied 1-1)


Luke Lynch goal (2-1 Icemen)


Zach Jordan goal (3-1 Icemen)


Lodermeir goal (4-1 Icemen)