Game Story

Parker Gahagen picked up his 13th win of the season in his 24th appearance, turning aside 33 shots for Worcester. Benjamin Gaudreau made 28 saves for the Lions. Riley Piercey and Drew Callin scored for the Railers, while Jacob Paquette tallied the lone goal for Trois-Rivières. MacAuley Carson extended his point streak to four games (1-5-6) and was the only Railer to record a point in all four contests on the trip. Drew Callin’s goal was his sixth on the road trip.

Riley Piercey broke the scoreless tie with 90 seconds left in the first period. MacAuley Carson forced a turnover at the Lions’ blue line and made a quick pass to Piercey, who rushed towards the net and beat Ben Gaudreau with a backhanded shot. Parker Gahagen kept the Railers on their feet, making 18 saves in the first period.

Max Dorrington dropped the gloves with Sean Gulka at 3:46 in the second period. Dorrington was given a hit by Jacob Dion just moments prior. It was a sparring match before Dorrington went for the first punch, then Gulka took control before bringing Dorrington down to the ice.

Railers went on their first power play at 4:25 in the second period with Anthony Beauregard heading to the box for holding. It was a rough power play, resulting in no shots on goal. Jacob Paquette put the puck in the net with seven seconds left on that power play to tie it at 1. Drew Callin regained Worcester’s lead at the 12-minute mark after a recovery from Cole Donhauser, Callin played the puck off his skate and beat Gaudreau just outside his crease to make it 2-1. Worcester outshot Trois-Rivieres 11-9 in the second period, bringing shot totals to 27-18 Trois-Rivieres.

The game would remain 2-1 through the final twenty minutes as Worcester outshot Trois-Rivieres 12-7.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Anthony Callin (Worcester) – 1 assist (This should probably be Drew Callin)
1. Drew Callin (Worcester) – game-winning goal
2. Jacob Paquette (Trois-Rivières) – 1 goal
3. Parker Gahagen (Worcester) – win, 33 saves, 0.971 SV%

Around the North Division, the Maine Mariners shut out the Adirondack Thunder 5-0 in Glens Falls, snapping Adirondack’s 10-game win streak while extending their own to six. The Greensboro Gargoyles topped the Norfolk Admirals 5-3, the Reading Royals defeated the Greenville Swamp Rabbits 4-1, and the Wheeling Nailers handled the Kalamazoo Wings 7-2. All eight North Division teams return to action Saturday.

The Bridgeport Islanders beat the Charlotte Checkers 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday night. Daylan Kuefler had an assist on Bridgeport’s second goal, and Henrik Tikkanen was scratched. They’ll head to Providence to face the Bruins on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.

The Railers head back to Worcester, where they’ll host the Maine Mariners in night one of the Monkey Wrenches weekend on Saturday night, puck drops at 6:05 p.m.

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Box Score

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

Shots	1	2	3	T
	7	11	12	30
	18	9	7	34

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
1 – 0	1	1st		18:30	R. Piercey (3)	M. Carson
1 – 1	2	2nd		6:18	J. Paquette (4)	I. Dufort, R. Kidney
2 – 1	3	2nd		12:00	D. Callin (19)	C. Donhauser

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	4	C. Odelius	0	0	0	1	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	0	0	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	0	2	7
F	10	R. Miotto	0	0	0	4	0
F	11	L. Hatten	0	0	0	1	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	+2	1	0
F	15	G. Veremyev	0	0	0	0	0
D	18	M. Suda	0	0	0	1	0
F	19	R. Piercey	1	0	0	1	0
D	24	J. Pulkkinen	0	0	+1	1	0
F	25	K. Acosta	0	0	0	2	2
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	1	+1	3	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	0	-1	1	0
F	44	A. Callin	0	0	0	4	0
F	74	M. Carson	0	1	+1	2	0
F	77	D. Callin	1	0	+1	5	0
F	81	A. Repaci	0	0	0	1	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	2	2	5	30	9

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen (W)	60	34	33	1	0.971
	Totals:	60	34	33	1	0.971

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	1	W. Lavallière	0	0	0	0	0
G	39	B. Gaudreau	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	J. Paquette	1	0	+1	4	0
F	10	I. Dufort	0	1	+1	1	0
D	15	J. Michaud	0	0	-1	0	0
F	17	M. Estapa	0	0	0	0	0
LW	19	I. Mianscum	0	0	0	0	2
F	20	M. Laferrière	0	0	-1	4	0
F	21	C. Desruisseaux	0	0	-1	3	0
F	22	A. Poulin	0	0	-1	0	0
D	24	D. Louis-Jean	0	0	0	1	0
D	27	J. Dion	0	0	-1	4	0
F	32	M. Adams-Moisan	0	0	-1	0	0
D	44	L. Fuller	0	0	-1	2	0
D	47	C. Martin	0	0	0	4	0
F	77	J. Dunlap	0	0	-1	2	0
F	82	E. Goriunov	0	0	0	0	0
F	88	R. Kidney	0	1	0	4	0
F	91	A. Beauregard	0	0	0	4	2
F	96	S. Gulka	0	0	0	1	5
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	1	2	-6	34	9

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
39	B. Gaudreau (L)	58:23	30	28	2	0.933
	Totals:	58:23	30	28	2	0.933

Penalties

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Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
13:30 – 1st		M. Dorrington	2	Holding the stick – minor (54.2)
03:46 – 2nd		M. Dorrington	5	Fighting – Major (46.14)
03:46 – 2nd		S. Gulka	5	Fighting – Major (46.14)
04:25 – 2nd		A. Beauregard	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
13:49 – 3rd		K. Acosta	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
13:49 – 3rd		I. Mianscum	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Anthony Hora, Michael Ferrandino, Riley Ginnell, Ross Mitton, AJ Schlepp, Connor Federkow, and Tristan Lennox.
• Trois-Rivieres Scratches: Jake Gravelle and Emmett Serensits.
• The Trois-Rivieres Lions wore specialty jerseys as part of their affiliation night. I had to do a double check that this wasn’t one of their new jerseys they were wearing throughout the season. The jersey design took inspiration from the Canadiens’ 2016 Winter Classic jerseys. The jerseys were fully patched and made by Athletic Knit, something the Railers should definitely start doing with their specialty jerseys next season,
• Drew Callin started wearing a facemask in this game after taking a skate to the face in the final play in last Saturday’s loss to Rapid City where he tripped up an opposing skater on their way towards Worcester’s empty net.
  The Railers signed AJ Schlepp out of the FPHL on Wednesday. He has 247 penalty minutes in 31 games with the Biloxi Breakers this season. Needless to say he fights a lot, and could be in the line-up Sunday afternoon when Daniel Amesbury and the Adirondack Thunder head into town.
• Jesse Pulkkinen was reassigned to Worcester after being recalled before last weekend’s road trip to Rapid City. He did not dress for any of the games Bridgeport played last weekend.
• The auction results of the BHSU Black Hills Brawl jersey auction were:
  • Anthony Hora #3 – $440
  • Calle Odelius #4 – $480
  • Cam McDonald #6 – $410
  • Max Dorrington #7 – $440
  • Michael Ferrandino #8 – $610
  • Riley Ginnell #9 – $460
  • Ryan Miotto #10 – $390
  • Lincoln Hatten #11 – $410
  • NNOB #12 – $650
  • NNOB #13 – $600
  • Gleb Veremyev #15 – $420
  • Ross Mitton #16 – $400
  • Michael Suda #18 – $400
  • Riley Piercey #19 – $375
  • Case McCarthy #21 – $420
  • Jesse Pulkkinen #24 – $500
  • Khristian Acosta #25 – $445
  • Hunter Hall #26 – $400
  • Connor Federkow #28 – $500
  • Cole Donhauser #29 – $380
  • Matt DeMelis #37 – $410
  • Anthony Callin #44 – $644
  • Drew Callin #77 – $500
  • MacAuley Carson #74 – $520
  • Anthony Repaci #81 – $1000
  • Gabe Blanchard #88 – $420
  • Adam Samuelsson #14 – $441
  • Tristan Lennox #30 – $420
  • Thomas Gale #33 – $450
  • Parker Gahagen #35 – $240
  • Henrik Tikkanen #39 – $520
• Following Friday night’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Cam McDonald is without a point in his last three games.
  • Max Dorrington is without a point in his last three games.
  • Ryan Miotto is without a point in his last seven games.
  • Lincoln Hatten is without a point in his last four games.
  • Gleb Veremyev is without a point in his last four games.
  • Riley Piercey snapped a seven game scoring drought with a goal.
  • MacAuley Carson extended his point streak to four games with an assist. (1-5-6)
  • Anthony Repaci snapped a three-game goal streak. (3-1-4)
  • Gabe Blanchard is without a point in his last five games.

Railers Lines

Opponent Lines

On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

Railers Lines

Lions Lines

Riley Piercey goal

Max Dorrington v. Sean Gulka

Jacob Paquette goal

Drew Callin goal