Game Story

Trois-Rivieres, QC – The Worcester Railers fell 3-1 to the Trois-Rivières Lions on Friday night, dropping the first of their three-game series.

Hugo Ollas made his eighth consecutive appearance and fifth straight start for Worcester, turning away 30 shots. At the other end, Luke Cavallin stopped all but one of Worcester’s 22 attempts, improving his career record against the Railers to 7-4-1. Cole Donhauser netted Worcester’s lone goal, while Brycen Martin, Anthony Beauregard, and Nicolas Guay found the back of the net for the Lions.

Worcester has struggled against Trois-Rivières this season, winning just two of their eight meetings (2-4-0-2), with both victories coming in overtime. With seven more matchups against the Lions this month, the Railers’ playoff hopes may hinge on these crucial games.

The Lions struck first at 4:50 of the opening period when Brycen Martin capitalized on a poorly timed Railers line change, taking a quick feed from Jakov Martin and beating Cam McDonald and Hugo Ollas from between the faceoff circles. Worcester struggled offensively, failing to register a shot in the final 10:18 of the first. The Lions outshot the Railers 13-5 in the frame.

The game’s first penalties came at 8:20 of the second period, with referee Chad Ingalls calling Matt Kopperud for slashing and an injured Israel Mianscum for embellishment. Mianscum had to be helped off the ice and did not return. Shortly after, at 9:11, Cole Donhauser deflected an Anthony Callin rebound to tie the game during 4-on-4 play. However, Worcester’s offensive struggles continued, as they went another 10:19 without a shot, leading to a 13-6 shot advantage for Trois-Rivières in the period.

The Lions reclaimed the lead just 12 seconds into the third when Anthony Beauregard beat Ollas glove-side. Nicolas Guay added insurance at 17:28, scoring on another glove-side shot to make it 3-1. The Railers had a late power play at 13:51 when Tommy Cormier was called for slashing, but Trois-Rivières managed the only shot during the two-minute advantage. Ollas was pulled in the final minutes, but the Railers couldn’t find an equalizer as the Lions secured the 3-1 victory.

The Three Stars of the Game were:

  1. Anthony Beauregard (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal, +1
  2. Brycen Martin (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal, +1
  3. Nicolas Guay (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal, +1

The Wheeling Nailers edged out the Adirondack Thunder 1-0 in overtime earlier in the night in Glens Falls. Meanwhile, the Norfolk Admirals fell 5-3 to the Florida Everblades at Norfolk Scope. In Reading, the Maine Mariners secured a 2-1 overtime victory against the Royals. The game remained scoreless for the first 58 minutes before Reading broke the deadlock—only for Maine to respond 41 seconds later to force overtime. Christian Sarlo netted the game-winner for Maine at 3:19 of the extra frame. With Friday night’s results, Reading is now tied with Worcester at 58 points through 56 games.

On Wednesday night, the Bridgeport Islanders suffered a 6-3 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack. Justin Gill recorded an assist on Bridgeport’s third goal, while goaltender Tristan Lennox split time with Hunter Miska, allowing three goals on 21 shots. Former Railers skaters Justin Gill and Jack Randl suited up for Bridgeport, while Blade Jenkins contributed an assist for Hartford. Bridgeport had Friday off but will host the Toronto Marlies on Saturday at 7 p.m.

The Railers and Lions will face off again on Saturday afternoon, with puck drop set for 3 p.m.

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Box Score

Box Score

Scoring 1 2 3 T
0 1 0 1
1 0 2 3
Shots 1 2 3 T
5 6 11 22
13 13 7 33
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
0 – 1 4:50 – 1st B. Martin (2) J. Novak, L. Cavallin
1 – 1 9:11 – 2nd C. Donhauser (6) A. Callin, C. Welsh
1 – 2 0:12 – 3rd A. Beauregard (21)
1 – 3 17:28 – 3rd N. Guay (9) X. Cormier, V. Sévigny

Rosters

# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 30 H. Ollas 0 0 0 0 0
G 32 M. Bullion 0 0 0 0 0
F 4 R. Mahshie 0 0 0 1 0
F 9 R. Ginnell 0 0 0 1 0
F 10 J. Kaplan 0 0 -2 2 0
F 13 T. Kobryn 0 0 -1 0 0
D 14 M. Rajaniemi 0 0 -1 0 0
C 15 J. Dudek 0 0 -1 0 0
F 16 G. Loughran 0 0 -1 0 0
F 18 M. Kopperud 0 0 -1 5 2
F 20 M. Cheremeta 0 0 0 1 0
D 22 G. Luce 0 0 -1 0 0
D 24 M. Klee 0 0 -1 1 0
D 25 R. Dickinson 0 0 0 1 0
D 26 C. Welsh 0 1 0 2 0
D 27 C. McDonald 0 0 -1 0 0
F 29 C. Donhauser 1 0 0 1 0
F 33 L. Hatten 0 0 0 1 0
F 37 M. DeMelis 0 0 -1 2 0
F 44 A. Callin 0 1 0 4 0
Team:
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
30 H. Ollas (L) – 33 30 3 –
Totals: – 33 30 3 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 29 H. Jones 0 0 0 0 0
G 33 L. Cavallin 0 1 0 0 0
D 2 W. McLeod 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 K. Proctor 0 0 0 4 0
D 6 J. Paquette 0 0 +1 3 0
F 7 J. Yantsis 0 0 0 0 0
D 8 C. Jandric 0 0 +1 2 0
RW 9 N. Guay 1 0 +1 5 0
F 10 I. Dufort 0 0 0 0 0
D 14 B. Martin 1 0 +1 2 0
F 15 T. Hylland 0 0 0 1 0
F 18 X. Cormier 0 1 +1 1 0
LW 19 I. Mianscum 0 0 0 1 2
F 32 M. Adams-Moisan 0 0 0 0 0
D 46 V. Sévigny 0 1 +1 3 0
F 71 J. Ducharme 0 0 +2 1 0
C 78 T. Cormier 0 0 0 1 2
C 86 J. Novak 0 1 +1 1 0
F 91 A. Beauregard 1 0 +1 5 0
F 92 L. Nijhoff 0 0 +1 3 0
Team:
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
33 L. Cavallin (W) – 22 21 1 –
Totals: – 22 21 1 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
8:20 – 2nd M. Kopperud 2 Slashing – minor (61.2)
8:20 – 2nd I. Mianscum 2 Diving/Embellishment (64.2)
13:51 – 3rd T. Cormier 2 Slashing – minor (61.2)

Notes

  • Worcester Scratches: Anthony Hora, Anthony Repaci, Kabore Dunn, Kolby Johnson, Matt Ustaski, and Tanner Schachle.
  • Trois-Rivieres Scratches: Anthony Beauchamp, Cory Thomas, Joe Vrbetic, Liam Peyton, Mathieu Boislard, and Metis Roelens.
  • Following Friday Night’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
    • Ryan Mahshie is without a point in his last 11 games.
    • Riley Ginnell is without a point in his last 7 games.
    • Tyler Kobryn is without a point in his last 4 games.
    • Matias Rajaniemi is without a point in his last 6 games.
    • Mark Cheremeta is without a point in his last 4 games.
    • Ryan Dickinson is without a point in his last 8 games.
    • Cole Donhauser snapped his point drought after 4 games.
    • Anthony Callin is now on a 3-game point streak with an assist. (1-2-3)

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Matthew Kopperud #18 Anthony Callin #44 Griffin Loughran #16
Forward Line 2 Cole Donhauser #29 Jordan Kaplan #10 JD Dudek #15
Forward Line 3 Tyler Kobryn #13 Matt DeMelis #37 Lincoln Hatten #33
Forward Line 4 Riley Ginnell #9 Mark Cheremeta #20 Ryan Mahshie #4
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Connor Welsh #26 Griffin Luce #22
Defense Pair 2 Cam McDonald #27 Mason Klee #24
Defense Pair 3 Matias Rajaniemi #14 Ryan Dickinson #25
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Hugo Ollas #30
Backup Goaltender Michael Bullion #32

Opponent Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Jakov Novak #86 Anthony Beauregard #91 Justin Ducharme #71
Forward Line 2 Logan Nijhoff #92 Xavier Cormier #18 Nicolas Guay #9
Forward Line 3 Isaac Dufort #10 Tyler Hylland #15 Morgan Adams-Moisan #32
Forward Line 4 Israel Mianscum #19 Tommy Cormier #78 Jonathan Yantsis #7
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Chris Jandric #8 Brycen Martin #14
Defense Pair 2 Jacob Paquette #6 Vincent Sévigny #46
Defense Pair 3 Wyatt McLeod #2 Kirby Proctor #3
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Luke Cavallin #33
Backup Goaltender Hunter Jones #29

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Chad Ingalls (15)
Referee –
Linesman Nicolas Boivin (82)
Linesman Anthony LaPointe (88)


Highlights

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Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Railers Lines


Lions Lines


Brycen Martin goal


Cole Donhauser goal


Anthony Beauregard goal


Nicolas Guay goal