Game Story

Thomas Gale made his second start of the season for Worcester, stopping all but one of the 24 shots he faced. Issac Poulter made his third straight start of the series, stopping all of the 22 shots Worcester made on Saturday night. It was just his second regular season shutout in the ECHL, the other was in a 7-0 win for the Adirondack Thunder against the Railers on December 23, 2022.. Chase Yoder, Jack Jaunich, and Kristof Papp.

Saturday was the annual Teddy Bear Toss game. The idea is that fans will toss Teddy Bears onto the ice after the home team scores their first goal, or if that never happens they’ll just end-up being thrown at the end of the game, the latter happened on Saturday night in Worcester when Kristoff Papp scored Norfolk’s second empty net goal with 22 seconds left in the game. The Railers were one of two ECHL teams who were shutout at home on the Teddy Bear Toss games. The bears donated will be given to Friendly House of Worcester.

Neither team scored in the first period as Norfolk outshot Worcester 7-6. It was 4-on-4 with around 3 minutes left in the period, when Anthony Callin was sent down to the ice by Norfolk’s Justin Young. The Railers should’ve been on a power play but referee Alex Berard sent both of them to the box.

Railers would kill off their only penalty kill 25 seconds into the second period with Max Dorrington heading to the box for a tripping call. The Railers would get a power play opportunity later in the period with Dawson Barteaux heading off for holding. Just over a minute into the penalty kill, Norfolk scored their third shorthanded goal of the series when Chase Yoder scored on a backhanded shot at 14:34. That would be all that Norfolk would need to secure the win, Worcester outshot Norfolk 10-8 in the second period.

Thomas Gale would be pulled for the extra attacker later in the third period. Jack Jaunich scored the first empty net goal at the 19:00 mark, Kristof Papp scored the second one 38 seconds later leading to fans throwing their Teddy Bears on the ice. Shots were 11-6 Norfolk in the third period, bringing totals to 26-22 Norfolk.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Issac Poulter (Norfolk) – win, 22 saves, shutout
2. Chase Yoder (Norfolk) – game-winning goal
3. Thomas Gale (Worcester) – 23 saves, 0.958 SV%

The Maine Mariners were also shutout 3-0 earlier in the day by the Trois-Rivieres Lions. The Adirondack Thunder beat the Reading Royals 4-2. The Wheeling Nailers beat the Greensboro Gargoyles 3-2 in the shootout. The Adirondack Thunder host the Norfolk Admirals on Sunday for the last North Division matchup to be played before the holiday break.

The Railers head to Portland to face the Maine Mariners next Friday for scheduled 7:15 p.m. puck drop.

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Box Score

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

Shots	1	2	3	T
	7	8	11	26
	6	10	6	22

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
1 – 0	1	2nd		14:34	C. Yoder (2)	B. Osmundson, D. Drake
2 – 0	2	3rd		19:00	J. Jaunich (3)
3 – 0	3	3rd		19:38	K. Papp (4)	N. Noel, D. Jankowski

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	30	I. Poulter	0	0	0	0	0
G	60	C. Propp	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	C. Musser	0	0	+2	1	0
D	5	W. Magnuson	0	0	0	1	0
F	7	C. Yoder	1	0	+2	5	0
F	8	D. Jankowski	0	1	+1	0	0
F	9	J. O’Leary	0	0	0	1	0
D	10	B. Engum	0	0	+2	0	2
F	20	K. Conley	0	0	0	4	0
F	21	J. Young	0	0	0	3	2
D	23	J. McDougall	0	0	+1	2	0
F	24	K. Papp	1	0	+1	2	0
F	25	B. Osmundson	0	1	+2	1	0
F	26	J. Jaunich	1	0	+1	2	0
F	28	G. Yavaş	0	0	0	0	0
F	41	N. Noel	0	1	+1	1	0
D	44	B. Zloty	0	0	0	1	0
D	55	D. Drake	0	1	+1	0	0
D	74	D. Barteaux	0	0	0	1	2
F	94	B. Fleurent	0	0	0	1	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	3	4	14	26	6

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
30	I. Poulter (W)	60	22	22	0	1.000
	Totals:	60	22	22	0	1.000

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	30	T. Lennox	0	0	0	0	0
G	33	T. Gale	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	A. Hora	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	0	0	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	-2	1	2
F	9	R. Ginnell	0	0	-1	0	0
F	10	R. Miotto	0	0	-2	3	0
F	11	L. Hatten	0	0	-1	3	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	0
F	16	R. Mitton	0	0	-2	2	0
D	18	M. Suda	0	0	-3	1	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	0	0	0
D	21	C. McCarthy	0	0	0	1	0
F	26	T. Walsh	0	0	0	0	0
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	0	-2	2	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	0	-2	4	0
F	44	A. Callin	0	0	-1	1	2
F	77	D. Callin	0	0	0	2	0
F	81	A. Repaci	0	0	-1	2	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	0	0	-17	22	4

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
33	T. Gale (L)	58:28	24	23	1	0.958
	Empty Net		2		2	0.000
	Totals:	58:28	26	23	3	0.885

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
16:51 – 1st		J. Young	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
16:51 – 1st		A. Callin	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
00:25 – 2nd		M. Dorrington	2	Tripping – minor (57.2)
13:29 – 2nd		D. Barteaux	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
07:38 – 3rd		B. Engum	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Luke Pavivich, MacAuley Carson, Michael Ferrandino, Parker Gahagen, Porter Schachle, and Tanner Schachle.
• Norfolk Scratches: Alex Worthington, Brayden Nicholetts, Connor Fedorek, Grant Hebert, Jaxon Castor, Jaydon Dureau, Marko Reifenberger, and Quinn Ryan.
• Tristan Lennox made his return to active roster on Saturday, having been activated from 14-day IR with a lower body injury. He was the backup goaltender, so this was good news on the injury front.
• The jersey raffle of the game was a game-worn orange jersey from the 2023-24 season. It was worn by Jake Schultz earlier in that season.
• Following Saturday night game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Anthony Hora is without a point in his last fifteen games.
  • Max Dorrington is without a point in his last six games.
  • Ross Mitton is without a point in his last six games.
  • Riley Piercey is without a point in his last six games.
  • Case McCarthy is without a point in his last three games.
  • TJ Walsh is without a point in his last four games.
  • Cole Donhauser snapped his point streak at three games. (2-2-4)
  • Drew Callin snapped his point and goal streaks at three games. (3-3-6)
  • Gabe Blanchard is without a point in his last seven games.
    

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

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Thomas Gale save

Chase Yoder goal