Game Story

Parker Gahagen stopped all 25 shots made by Adirondack to earn his second shutout of the season and his fourteenth win of the season. Jeremy Brodeur made 28 saves for the Thunder. Drew Callin scored the only goal of the game in overtime.

It was a great goaltending battle Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center with both Parker Gahagen and Jeremy Brodeur stopping all shots they faced in regulation. The Monkey Wrenches killed off five penalties, including a 5-on-3 during the second period. They had just one power play, which was an abbreviated one, after a 4-on-4. The Monkey Wrenches had the short end of the play calling stick early on In the first period, dealing with two of those penalties being called after Adirondack was guilty of the same infractions just moments earlier. Jesse Pulkkinen sat for a cross-checking call at 3:27 and Cam McDonald sat for a holding call at 14:03. Worcester outshot Adirondack 8-6 after twenty minutes.

The Railers signed AJ Schlepp earlier in the week and he made his debut on Sunday. During warm-ups he was pacing the red line at center ice, looking for a potential fight partner at some point in the game. He found his fight partner at 2:53 in the second period, when he forced veteran fighter Daniel Amesbury into dropping the mitts, he was eventually brought down after Schlepp missed a couple punches as the two moved from the corner of the Adirondack zone to center ice. Schlepp was given an additional two minutes for instigating on top of his fighting major. 1:18 after the fight, the game turned to 4-on-4 with Jeremy Hanzel heading off for a slash. Worcester would fail to make a shot on goal in their brief power play, then found themselves shorthanded with Khristian Acosta heading to the box for hooking and Anthony Repaci serving a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Monkey Wrenches survived the penalty kill after four shots by the Thunder. Shots were 11-9 Worcester in the second period.

The game would head to overtime after the Thunder outshot the Monkey Wrenches 9-7 in the third period. Worcester had some great opportunities to score late in the third period, but found ways to miss as Brodeur struggled to get back into position.

Drew Callin broke the stalemate at 4:27 when he forced Brodeur out of his net and put it in the net on a backhanded shot for his 20th goal of the season. Head coach Nick Tuzzolino was given a game misconduct at the conclusion of the game after having some words for the officials, a rare occurrence for a winning coach to be given a penalty.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Drew Callin (Worcester) – game winning goal
2. Parker Gahagen (Worcester) – win, 25 saves, shutout
3. Jeremy Brodeur (Adirondack) – 28 saves, 0.966 SV%

The Greensboro Gargoyles lost 3-2 to the Atlanta Gladiators earlier in the afternoon at home. The Maine Mariners beat the Trois-Rivières Lions 3-2 in Portland. The Wheeling Nailers lost 3-2 to the Fort Wayne Komets at home in overtime. Norfolk and Wheeling both play on Wednesday, Greensboro plays on Thursday, and four of the north division teams play on Friday. Six teams play on Saturday.

The Bridgeport islanders fell 3-2 to the Providence Bruins on Sunday. Railers alum Cam Berg scored Bridgeport’s first goal, and Henrik Tikkanen dressed as the backup goaltender. They’ll head to Hartford to face the Wolf Pack at 7 p.m. on Friday.

The Railers head back to Trois-Rivières to face the Lions in the first of back-to-back games on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Box Score

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

Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
	6	9	9	1	25
	8	11	7	3	29

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	OT		4:27	D. Callin (20)	A. Repaci

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	33	H. Welsch	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	J. Brodeur	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	J. Hanzel	0	0	-1	1	2
D	5	J. van de Leest	0	0	0	2	0
D	6	R. Wheeler	0	0	0	2	0
F	12	C. McLane	0	0	-1	0	0
F	13	T. Fawcett	0	0	0	1	0
D	16	L. Reid	0	0	0	3	0
F	21	P. Grasso	0	0	0	0	0
F	23	G. Loven	0	0	0	1	0
F	27	D. Amesbury	0	0	0	0	5
F	29	S. Olson	0	0	0	2	0
F	37	D. Wendt	0	0	0	4	0
F	39	B. McManus	0	0	0	2	0
D	44	J. Graves	0	0	0	1	0
F	48	T. Bertuzzi	0	0	-1	5	0
D	55	R. Helliwell	0	0	0	0	0
F	61	B. Carrabes	0	0	0	1	0
F	91	T. Edwards	0	0	0	0	0
F	93	J. Taylor	0	0	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	0	0	-3	25	7

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	J. Brodeur (L)	64:27	29	28	1	0.966
	Totals:	64:27	29	28	1	0.966

	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	2	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	0	3	2
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	0	0	0	0
F	10	R. Miotto	0	0	0	0	0
F	11	L. Hatten	0	0	0	0	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	0	2	0
F	15	G. Veremyev	0	0	0	0	0
F	17	A. Schlepp	0	0	0	0	7
D	18	M. Suda	0	0	+1	3	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	0	1	0
D	24	J. Pulkkinen	0	0	0	0	2
F	25	K. Acosta	0	0	0	2	2
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	0	0	5	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	0	0	2	0
F	74	M. Carson	0	0	0	1	0
F	77	D. Callin	1	0	+1	4	0
F	81	A. Repaci	0	1	+1	4	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0	12
		Totals:	1	1	3	29	25

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen (W)	64:27	25	25	0	1.000
	Totals:	64:27	25	25	0	1.000

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
03:27 – 1st		J. Pulkkinen	2	Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
14:03 – 1st		C. McDonald	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
02:53 – 2nd		D. Amesbury	5	Fighting – Major (46.14)
02:53 – 2nd		A. Schlepp	2	Instigating – minor (46.11)
02:53 – 2nd		A. Schlepp	5	Fighting – Major (46.14)
04:11 – 2nd		J. Hanzel	2	Slashing – minor (61.2)
07:35 – 2nd		Served by A. Repaci	2	Bench minor – Unsportsmanlike conduct (75.3)
07:35 – 2nd		K. Acosta	2	Hooking – minor (55.2)
04:27 – 1st OT			10	Game misconduct – Abuse of Officials (39.5)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Anthony Callin, Anthony Hora, Connor Federkow, Michael Ferrandino, Riley Ginnell, Ross Mitton, and Tristan Lennox.
• Adirondack Scratches: Adrien Beraldo, Alex Campbell, Conner Hutchison, Dan Ebrahim, Jace Isley, Kevin O’Neil, Lucas Helland, Matt Salhany, Pierson Brandon, Shane Harper, and Tyler Brennan.
• The results of the Monkey Wrenches live auction was:
  • Parker Gahagen #35 – $450
  • Anthony Repaci #81 – $525
  • Lincoln Hatten #11 – $525
• Following Sunday night’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Calle Odelius is without a point in his last three games.
  • Cam McDonald is without a point in his last five games.
  • Max Dorrington is without a point in his last five games.
  • Adam Samuelsson is without a point in his last three games.
  • Gleb Veremyev is without a point in his last six games.
  • Michael Suda is without a point in his last four games.
  • Jesse Pulkkinen is without a point in his last three games.
  • Khristian Acost is without a point in his in his last three games.
  • Matt DeMelis is without a point in his last three games.
  • Gabe Blanchard is without a point in his last seven games.
    

Railers Lines

Opponent Lines

On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

Railers Lines

Thunder Lines

AJ Schlepp v. Daniel Amesbury

Drew Callin goal