Game Story

Henrik Tikkanen made 32 saves, earning his second win of the season and his fifth career shutout as a Railer. He is now one shutout shy of tying Mitch Gillam for most in franchise history. Ben Gaudreau made his second start of the weekend for Trois-Rivieres, he stopped 23 shots made by Worcester. It was just the second time Worcester shutout Trois-Rivieres, the first occurred on March 2, 2024. Anthony Callin is the lone Railer who played in both games, he had three assists in the first one. Worcester’s goals were scored by Lincoln Hatten and Anthony Callin.

Three Railers are now on point streaks following Saturday’s game – Calle Odelius (0-3-3), Ryan Miotto (0-4-4), and Lincoln Hatten (2-2-4).

Neither team scored in the opening frame. Railers and Lions had overlapping power plays with 11 seconds of 4-on-4. Trois-Rivieres outshot Worcester 12-9 in the period.

Worcester and Trois-Rivieres once again had overlapping penalties in the second period. 14 seconds after the penalties expired, Lincoln Hatten buried a loose puck in the crease after Cole Donhauser was denied on a wrap-around attempt. Worcester outshot the Lions 12–7 in the middle frame.

Callin pushed the lead to 2–0 early in the third, ripping a quick shot from the right circle after Odelius carried the puck into the zone. Worcester was assessed three penalties in the period but went a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill on the night. Gaudreau would be pulled with just over four minutes remaining in the third period, Worcester would not have many chances to make the score 3-0, with what felt like a record number of icing in the closing minutes. Trois-Rivieres outshot Worcester 13-4 in the period, bringing shot totals to 32-25.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Henrik Tikkanen (Worcester) – win, 32 saves, shutout
2. Anthony Callin (Worcester) – 1 goal
3. Lincoln Hatten (Worcester) – 1 goal

The Reading Royals beat the Adirondack Thunder 7-3 in Reading later in the night on Saturday. A late goal provided the Savannah Ghost Pirates the edge to beat the Norfolk Admirals 5-4. The Wheeling Nailers beat the Maine Mariners 4-1 to complete a sweep of their matches. The Wheeling Nailers head to Reading for the only North Division game on Sunday. They’ll play again for a school day game on Tuesday, one of three being played across the ECHL. Norfolk heads to Trois-Rivieres on Wednesday. All teams except for Greensboro play next Friday.

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers fell 5-3 on Saturday night to the Rochester Americans. They’ll have a rematch next Friday in Rochester at 7:05.

The Railers host the Maine Mariners on Tuesday for a school day game at 10:05 a.m.

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Box Score

Scoring	1	2	3	T
	0	0	0	0
	0	1	1	2

Shots	1	2	3	T
	12	7	13	32
	9	12	4	25

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	2nd		12:31	L. Hatten (2)	C. Donhauser, R. Miotto
0 – 2	2	3rd		8:12	A. Callin (2)	C. Odelius, M. Suda

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	37	V. Duplessis	0	0	0	0	0
G	39	B. Gaudreau	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	W. McLeod	0	0	0	0	0
F	10	I. Dufort	0	0	0	4	0
F	15	T. Hylland	0	0	0	3	0
LW	19	I. Mianscum	0	0	0	3	0
F	20	A. Coxhead	0	0	0	1	0
F	21	C. Desruisseaux	0	0	0	1	0
F	22	A. Poulin	0	0	-2	0	0
D	24	D. Louis-Jean	0	0	-1	0	0
D	27	J. Dion	0	0	-1	2	0
F	32	M. Adams-Moisan	0	0	-1	0	0
D	44	L. Fuller	0	0	-2	0	0
D	47	C. Martin	0	0	0	1	2
D	49	R. O’Rourke	0	0	0	2	0
F	77	J. Dunlap	0	0	-2	2	2
C	78	T. Cormier	0	0	0	4	0
F	82	E. Goriunov	0	0	0	1	0
F	88	R. Kidney	0	0	-1	5	0
F	91	A. Beauregard	0	0	0	3	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	0	0	-10	32	4

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
39	B. Gaudreau (L)	56:34	25	23	2	0.9200
	Totals:	56:34	25	23	2	0.9200

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	30	T. Lennox	0	0	0	0	0
G	39	H. Tikkanen	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	A. Hora	0	0	+1	2	2
D	4	C. Odelius	0	1	+1	1	2
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	+1	3	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	0	0	0
F	9	R. Ginnell	0	0	0	0	0
F	10	R. Miotto	0	1	+1	2	0
F	11	L. Hatten	1	0	+1	2	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0
F	16	R. Mitton	0	0	0	1	0
F	17	T. Schachle	0	0	0	1	2
D	18	M. Suda	0	1	0	0	0
F	25	J. Nurmi	0	0	0	0	0
D	27	M. Stief	0	0	+1	0	0
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	1	+1	2	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	0	0	0	0
F	44	A. Callin	1	0	+1	2	4
F	77	D. Callin	0	0	+1	1	0
F	81	A. Repaci	0	0	+1	7	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	2	4	10	25	10

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
39	H. Tikkanen (W)	60	32	32	0	1.0000
	Totals:	60	32	32	0	1.0000

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
09:22 – 1st		J. Dunlap	2	High-sticking – minor (60.2)
11:13 – 1st		A. Callin	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)
08:54 – 2nd		A. Callin	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
10:17 – 2nd		C. Martin	2	Interference – minor (56.2)
02:57 – 3rd		T. Schachle	2	Slashing – minor (61.2)
08:47 – 3rd		A. Hora	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
12:13 – 3rd		C. Odelius	2	Holding – minor (54.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Michael Ferrandino, Riley Piercey, Porter Schachle, T.J. Walsh, Thomas Gale, and Anthony Callin.
• Trois-Rivières Scratches: Jacob Paquette, Emmett Serensits, Andrew Coxhead, Hunter Jones, and Logan Nijhoff.
• On-going renovations to the DCU Center continued this week with new signage boards that were installed throughout the concourse. These new boards are not live yet, the new ribbon boards along the 300-level were installed this week, but were not live for either of the games this weekend. The new signage outside the convention center has been installed, but is not displaying anything yet, but the new signs by the box office were displaying event advertisements this weekend.
• Kolby Johnson was suspended one game after shooting the puck into the stands during Friday night’s game.
• Tyler Kobryn was released from his SPC with the Railers on Saturday.
• Following Saturday night’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Calle Odelius is now on a three-game point streak. (0-3-3)
  • Ryan Miotto is now on a three-game point streak. (0-4-4)
  • Lincoln Hatten is now on a three-game point streak. (2-2-4)
  • Tanner Schachle is without a point in his last four games.
  • Michael Suda snapped a six-game scoring drought with an assist.
  • Matt Stief is without a point in his last six games.
  • Anthony Callin snapped a four-game scoring drought with a goal.
    

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

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Lions Lines

Lincoln Hatten goal

Anthony Callin goal