Game Story

Parker Gahagen made 24 saves in his 13th appearance of the season for Worcester. Brad Arvanitis made 24 saves for Maine, who were wearing their Portland Pirates throwback jerseys for the second time this season. Jesse Pulkkinen and Drew Callin scored for Worcester. Andrew Nielsen, Mitch Deelstra, and Max Andreev were the goal scorers for Maine.

Maine had the early advantage when Lincoln Hatten took a high-sticking penalty 16 seconds into the first period. With seconds left on that power play, Andrew Nielsen scored on a rebound from Jacob Hudson for the early 1-0 lead. Maine would maintain that lead heading inot the first intermission, outshooting Worcester 11-5.

Maine’s lead would last just under 20 minutes when Jesse Pulkkinen found the back of the net with a shot from the blueline 33 seconds into the second period. The Pirates would regain that lead at 9:35 when Mitch Deelstra found the back of the net on an odd-man rush to make it 2-1. Maine would again outshoot Worcester 9-7 in the second period.

Railers would tie the gane at 8:28 while Maine’s Loke Johansson served a roughing call 48 seconds earlier. He scored on a rebound on the doorstop of Brad Arvanitis for his tenth goal of the season. His brother Anthony would score late in the period, but that would be overturned on a goaltender interference call after a video review. Worcester would outshoot Maine 13-4 in the period heading into overtime.

The overtime period would start 3-on-3 with both teams having penalties that carried over, and both would be killed off. Cole Donhauser fell while Maine was setting up their attack from behind their net, which led to a 3-on-2 rush into the Railers zone, Max Andreev put the game away after he connected on a pass from Jackson Edward, the puck going bardown behind the net for Gahagen. Worcester would not get a shot in the overtime period, while Maine had 3.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Max Andreev (Maine) – game-winning goal
2. Linus Hemstrom (Maine) – 2 assists
3. Drew Callin (Worcester) – 1 goal

The Adirondack Thunder beat the Trois-Rivieres Lions 3-1 earlier in the night. The Greensboro Gargoyles beat the Reading Royals 4-1 on Reading. The Norfolk Admirals beat the Wheeling Nailers for the second straight night, 6-3. Adirondack and Trois-Rivieres meet for the only other divisional game on Sunday afternoon.

The Bridgeport Islanders beat the Springfield Thunderbirds 4-1 on Saturday night. It was all Railers alum involved in the action, as all three stars of the game spent some time here. Henrik Tikkanen was the game’s first star with 18 saves his his seventh win of the season. Cam Berg was the second star with the game-winning goal. Daylan Kuefler was named the third, he scored Bridgeport’s first goal.

The Mariners and Railers close out the weekend on Sunday afternoon as they head to Worcester for a 3:05 p.m. puck drop.

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Box Score

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

Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
	5	7	13	0	25
	11	9	4	3	27

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	1st		2:08	A. Nielsen (5)	J. Hudson, L. Hemstrom
1 – 1	2	2nd		0:33	J. Pulkkinen (3)	R. Miotto
1 – 2	3	2nd		9:35	M. Deelstra (2)	J. Stewart, L. Hemstrom
2 – 2	4	3rd		8:28	D. Callin (10)	A. Repaci, A. Callin
2 – 3	5	OT		3:27	M. Andreev (7)	J. Edward, X. Lamppa

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	30	T. Lennox	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	P. Gahagen	0	0	0	0	0
D	3	A. Hora	0	0	0	1	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	-1	0	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	+1	0	0
F	10	R. Miotto	0	1	+1	2	0
F	11	L. Hatten	0	0	-1	2	12
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	+1	1	0
F	15	G. Veremyev	0	0	0	1	2
D	18	M. Suda	0	0	-2	3	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	0	0	0
D	24	J. Pulkkinen	1	0	+1	1	0
D	28	C. Federkow	0	0	0	1	0
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	0	-2	3	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	0	-2	1	0
F	44	A. Callin	0	1	0	5	2
F	74	M. Carson	0	0	0	0	0
F	77	D. Callin	1	0	0	2	0
F	81	A. Repaci	0	1	+1	2	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	2	3	-3	25	16

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen (L)	63:27	27	24	3	0.889
	Totals:	63:27	27	24	3	0.889

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	1	B. Arvanitis	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	S. Basistyy	0	0	0	0	0
D	5	J. Edward	0	1	0	1	2
D	6	A. Nielsen	1	0	-1	3	2
F	8	A. Venuto	0	0	0	0	0
F	9	B. Kalmikov	0	0	-1	2	0
F	13	R. Cronin	0	0	-1	1	0
F	14	J. Perreault	0	0	0	3	0
F	18	J. Stewart	0	1	+1	1	0
F	19	X. Lamppa	0	1	+1	2	0
D	20	O. Gallatin	0	0	0	3	0
F	21	L. Hemstrom	0	2	+1	0	0
F	22	S. Vidmar	0	0	0	0	0
F	23	M. Andreev	1	0	+1	3	2
D	26	N. Anderson	0	0	+1	2	0
F	27	Z. Jordan	0	0	0	1	2
F	41	M. Deelstra	1	0	+1	1	0
D	44	J. Bellamy	0	0	0	0	0
D	55	L. Johansson	0	0	+1	1	2
F	92	J. Hudson	0	1	-1	3	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	3	6	3	27	10

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
1	B. Arvanitis (W)	63:27	25	23	2	0.920
	Totals:	63:27	25	23	2	0.920

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
00:16 – 1st		L. Hatten	2	High-sticking – minor (60.2)
01:03 – 2nd		A. Callin	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)
05:13 – 2nd		M. Andreev	2	Tripping – minor (57.2)
11:29 – 2nd		J. Edward	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
07:40 – 3rd		L. Johansson	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
12:20 – 3rd		L. Hatten	10	Misconduct (39.4)
17:22 – 3rd		A. Nielsen	2	Illegal Check to Head (48.2)
19:42 – 3rd		Z. Jordan	2	Tripping – minor (57.2)
19:57 – 3rd		G. Veremyev	2	Delay of Game – Faceoff Infraction (76.6)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Case McCarthy, Lazarus Kaebel, Michael Ferrandino, Porter Schachle, Riley Ginnell, Ross Mitton, and Thomas Gale
• Maine Scratches: Alex DiPaolo, Ben Raymond, James Marooney, Liam Gorman, Luke Cavallin, Mason Primeau, Michael Underwood, Tristan Thompson, Ty Cheveldayoff, Wyllum Deveaux, and Zachary Massicotte.
• The Railers signed forward Matt Myers on Saturday. Myers is the son of Railers COO Mike Myers. Myers attended Railers training camp this past pre-season, but did not record a point. He has played in 15 games in the SPHL, recording four goals and two assists, splitting time with the Quad City Storm and the Birmingham Bulls.
  

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

Railers Lines

Andrew Nielsen goal

Jesse Pulkkinen goal

Mitch Deelstra goal

Drew Callin goal

Max Andreev OT goal