Game Story

Parker Gahagen made his third start of the season, making 24 saves on 28 shots. Gahagen was replaced with Thomas Gale to start the third period. Thomas Gale was credited with the loss after allowing what would end-up being the game winning goal. Yaniv Perets made 37 saves, picking up his second career win against Worcester in six appearances (2-2-0). Anthony (1-3-4) and Drew (1-4-5) Callin extended their point streaks to four games. Worcester’s goals were scored by Gleb Vermeyev, Matt DeMelis, Anthony Repaci and Lincoln Hatten. Massimo Rizzo, Jeremy Michel, Nolan Burke, Nick Capone, and Kyle Haskins scored for Reading.

Reading dominated for most of the first period , with Worcester slowly coming up to pace with the Royals. The Royals opened up scoring when Massimo Mizzo beat Gahagen after an up ice pass from Nolan Burke, sending the teddy bears flying at 4:09. They would score again at 15:45 when Jeremy Michel scored on a rebound from Artem Guryev. Gleb Vermeyev got Worcester on the board at 17:46 on the sixth shot of a power play to cut the game to 2-1. TJ Walsh would head to the box on a holding call at 18:52, then 32 seconds later Nolan Burke regained Reading’s two point advantage. Reading outshot Worcester 16-12 in the first period, the bulk of Worcester’s shots came while they had an extra skater.

Nick Capone extended Reading’s lead to 4-1 with the only goal of the second period. He deflected a shot from Robbie Stucker up front at 7:46. Reading once again outshot Worcester 12-9 in the period, bringing shot tallies to 28-21.

Thomas Gale was in net for the third period. Kyle Haskins brought the game to 5-1 with a goal at 2:54. Gale would be pulled for the extra attacker with 7:09 left in the third period, and the Railers would go on to score three goals to attempt a comeback. Matt DeMelis recovered a bouncing puck and scored on Perets at 12:41. Anthony Repaci scored at 16:52 with the puck bouncing through the pads of Perets. Lincoln Hatten tipped in a shot from Michael Suda at 17:30. Reading would use their timeout, and Worcester would struggle to setup for another play in the closing 2:30 of the period, falling 5-4. Worcester outshot Reading 20-7 in the third period, bringing shot totals to 41-35 Worcester.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Jeremy Michel (Reading) – 1 goal
2. Massimo Rizzo (Reading) – 1 goal, 2 assists
3. Anthony Repaci (Worcester) – 1 goal, 1 assist

The Adirondack Thunder beat the Maine Mariners 2-1 in overtime earlier in the night. The Norfolk Admirals lost their seventh straight, falling 5-2 to the Florida Everblades. The Wheeling Nailers beat the Greensboro Gargoyles 3-1, completing a weekend sweep. Norfolk closes out the weekend with a rematch against Florida, Greensboro against Wheeling on Sunday.

Henrik Tikkanen made 18 saves in the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 6-2 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday night. Daylan Kuefler had an assist and was +2 on the night. Bridgeport heads to Canada next weekend for games against Laval on Saturday and Belleville on Sunday.

The Railers continue their road trip on Wednesday, when they head to Glens Falls to face the Adirondack Thunder at 7 p.m.

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Box Score

Scoring	1	2	3	T
	1	0	3	4
	3	1	1	5

Shots	1	2	3	T
	12	9	20	41
	16	12	7	35

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	1st		4:09	M. Rizzo (4)	N. Burke, C. Berger
0 – 2	2	1st		15:45	J. Michel (1)	M. Rizzo, B. Meehan
1 – 2	3	1st		17:46	G. Veremyev (2)	A. Callin, D. Callin
1 – 3	4	1st		19:24	N. Burke (3)	M. Rizzo, C. Berger
1 – 4	5	2nd		7:46	N. Capone (2)	R. Stucker, A. Kulakov
1 – 5	6	3rd		2:54	K. Haskins (5)	A. Butcher, M. Gendron

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	33	T. Gale	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	P. Gahagen	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	A. Hora	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	1	0	2	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	0	0	0
F	9	R. Ginnell	0	0	-1	3	2
F	10	R. Miotto	0	0	-2	1	0
F	11	L. Hatten	1	1	0	5	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	-3	0	2
F	15	G. Veremyev	1	0	-1	1	0
F	16	R. Mitton	0	0	-2	4	0
D	18	M. Suda	0	1	0	4	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	-1	0	0
F	26	T. Walsh	0	0	0	0	2
F	37	M. DeMelis	1	1	+1	2	0
F	44	A. Callin	0	1	+1	5	0
F	74	M. Carson	0	0	0	1	0
F	77	D. Callin	0	1	0	5	0
F	81	A. Repaci	1	1	0	6	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	0	-2	2	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	4	7	-10	41	6

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen	39:32	28	24	4	0.857
33	T. Gale (L)	14:01	7	6	1	0.857
	Totals:	53:33	35	30	5	0.857

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	1	Y. Perets	0	0	0	0	0
G	80	K. Petruzzelli	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	R. Stucker	0	1	+1	1	0
D	7	B. Meehan	0	1	+1	3	2
F	8	K. Haskins	1	0	+1	2	0
F	9	C. Golder	0	0	+1	0	0
F	11	N. Capone	1	0	+1	2	0
F	12	L. Devlin	0	0	+1	1	0
F	13	M. Rizzo	1	2	+2	3	0
F	17	B. Saigeon	0	0	-2	2	0
F	21	C. Cook	0	0	+1	2	0
D	23	C. Berger	0	2	-1	3	2
D	24	A. Guryev	0	0	+1	0	2
F	25	N. Burke	1	1	+1	3	0
F	28	A. Butcher	0	1	+2	4	2
F	34	J. Michel	1	0	+2	3	0
F	39	C. McMenamin	0	0	-2	2	2
D	43	M. Gendron	0	1	+1	1	0
D	88	A. Kulakov	0	1	+1	3	2
F	95	J. Frasca	0	0	-2	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	5	10	10	35	12

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
1	Y. Perets (W)	60	41	37	4	0.902
	Totals:	60	41	37	4	0.902

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
06:18 – 1st		A. Butcher	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)
11:34 – 1st		A. Guryev	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)
16:36 – 1st		C. McMenamin	2	Slashing – minor (61.2)
18:52 – 1st		T. Walsh	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
05:07 – 2nd		R. Ginnell	2	High-sticking – minor (60.2)
09:20 – 2nd		B. Meehan	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
12:58 – 2nd		A. Samuelsson	2	Delay of Game (63.2)
04:51 – 3rd		A. Kulakov	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
16:52 – 3rd		C. Berger	2	Unsportsmanlike conduct – minor (75.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Brendan Dowler, Cole Donhauser, Matt Stief, Michael Ferrandino, Porter Schachle, Tanner Schachle, and Tristan Lennox.
• Reading Scratches: Emile Chouinard, Jack Page, Jake Willets, Patrick Moynihan, Victor Hadfield, Vinnie Purpura, and Yvan Mongo.
• Michael Suda was released from his PTO with the Bridgeport Islanders on Saturday afternoon. He returned to the team and was one of the five defensemen dressed on Saturday. Michael Ferrandino and Matt Stief were out of the lineup and placed on injured reserve on Saturday. Ferrandino was placed on 14-day, Stief on 3-day.
• Following Saturday night’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Anthony Hora is without a point in his last ten games.
  • Riley Ginnell is without a point in his last four games.
  • Ryan Miotto snapped his point streak at four games. (0-4-4)
  • Adam Samuelsson is without a point in his last eleven games.
  • Anthony Callin extended his point streak to four games. (1-3-4)
  • MacAuley Carson is without a point in his last four games.
  • Drew Callin extended his point streak to four games. (1-4-5)
    

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

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Massimo Mizzo goal

Parker Gahagen save

Jeremy Michel goal

Nolan Burke goal

Nick Capone goal

Kyle Haskins goal

Matt DeMelis goal

Anthony Repaci goal

Lincoln Hatten goal