Game Story

Worcester MA —The Worcester Railers bounced back in the first of back-to-back meetings with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits Friday evening.

Jimmy Lambert, Blade Jenkins, and Collin Adams were the goal scorers for Worcester. Jimmy Lambert extended his point streak to seven games. Jeff Solow made his Railers debut picking up an assist on Blade Jenkins’ goal. Ken Appleby made 15 saves on 17 of Greenville’s shots, and Michael McNiven stopped 24 of Worcester’s shots. Railers were 1-for-5 on the power play Friday with the eventual game-winner coming with the man advantage in overtime.

Worcester seemed to have a sluggish start Friday with their play slowly picking up late into the first period. The goal was reviewed for goaltender interference. The video from the broadcast feed shows Jeff Solow making contact with Nikita Pavlychev seconds before Pavylchev barreled into Ken Appleby. It was ruled a good goal after the review. Friday’s first period marked the first time this season that the Railers did not score in the first period and the second straight home game Worcester did not score first, with Greenville leading 1-0 going into the second period.

Jimmy Lambert evened things up at 18:04 in the second period, with a quick maneuver on a rebound to put the Railers back in the game.  Railers had three power play opportunities but were unable to convert on any of them, their closest coming with Blake Christensen with a ping off the post around the 12:45 mark. Railers had kept the Swamp Rabbits to just three shots in the middle frame.

Greenville tied the game back up, scoring their first power-play goal of the season at 14:58 in the third period. Carter Souch beat Ken Appleby from the glove side. Their power-play goal was on the only penalty Worcester had the whole game, which had Collin Adams in the box on a tripping call.

Collin Adams scored to put the game with a beautiful snipe from the right circle with twenty seconds left in overtime, set up by a pass by Blake Christensen. It was Adams’ third game-winning goal of the season, which was also the second game-winner that came in overtime – the other came on against the Newfoundland Growlers on November 2nd. Greenville had just 17 shots on goal, which ties with Norfolk from November 5th as the least shots made by a Railers opponent this season.

The three stars of Friday’s game were:

  1. Collin Adams (Worcester) -1 goal, 1 assist
  2. Jimmy Lambert (Worcester) – 1 goal
  3. Blade Jenkins (Worcester) – 1 goal

Around the ECHL North division, Newfoundland beat Maine in overtime, extending their point streak to 14 games in which they haven’t lost in regulation.  Reading have won their fifth straight with a 5-2 win over Adirondack. Trois-Rivières handed Norfolk their tenth straight loss.

The Railers and Swamp Rabbits continue their weekend on Saturday night.

Box Score
Scoring 1 2 3 OT T
Greenville 1 0 1 0 2
Worcester 0 1 1 1 3
Shots 1 2 3 OT T
Greenville 6 3 6 2 17
Worcester 7 8 4 8 27

Scoring

Score Team Time Scored By Assisted By Type
1 – 0 GVL 5:03 – 1st N. Pavlychev (8) J. Gatenby
1 – 1 WOR 18:04 – 2nd J. Lambert (4) J. Brandt, R. Newkirk
1 – 2 WOR 2:18 – 3rd B. Jenkins (5) J. Solow, C. Adams
2 – 2 GVL 14:58 – 3rd C. Souch (1) C. Zieky, F. Hora PP
2 – 3 WOR 6:40 – 1st OT C. Adams (7) B. Christensen, B. Butler PP

Rosters

Greenville Roster # Player G A Rating SH PIM
G 1 M. McNiven 0 0 0 0 0
G 34 D. Hrenak 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 T. Inamoto 0 0 0 0 2
F 9 B. Kemp 0 0 -2 0 0
D 10 M. Martin 0 0 0 1 0
F 12 D. Gerads 0 0 -1 2 2
F 14 A. Ierullo 0 0 +1 2 0
F 15 N. Pavlychev 1 0 +1 2 0
F 16 E. Somoza 0 0 +1 0 2
F 18 C. Souch 1 0 0 2 2
D 21 B. Russell 0 0 -1 1 0
D 22 E. Cap 0 0 0 1 0
F 24 B. Freeman 0 0 -1 2 0
F 25 C. Zieky 0 1 -1 1 0
F 27 A. Beauchamp 0 0 0 1 2
F 29 J. Nachbaur 0 0 -1 0 0
D 37 J. Gatenby 0 1 0 0 0
F 41 A. MacDonald 0 0 0 1 0
D 43 F. Hora 0 1 -1 1 0
Team:
Totals: 2 3 -5 17 10
Greenville Goalies No Min SH SVS GA SV%
1 M. McNiven (L) 66:28 27 24 3 0.889
Totals: 66:28 27 24 3
Worcester Roster # Player G A Rating SH PIM
G 35 K. Appleby 0 0 0 0 0
G 39 H. Tikkanen 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 C. McCarthy 0 0 +1 0 0
F 7 L. Coughlin 0 0 0 1 0
F 8 B. Butler 0 1 0 4 0
D 9 N. Delmas 0 0 0 2 0
F 11 N. Vesey 0 0 -1 1 0
F 12 B. Beaudoin 0 0 -1 0 0
D 15 C. Evers 0 0 0 4 0
F 17 B. Jenkins 1 0 +1 3 0
F 18 B. Christensen 0 1 0 3 0
F 19 Q. Ryan 0 0 +2 0 0
F 21 C. Adams 1 1 +1 5 2
D 22 J. Solow 0 1 0 0 0
F 23 J. Lambert 1 0 +1 1 0
D 26 J. Brandt 0 1 +1 1 0
D 27 M. McGurty 0 0 0 0 0
F 29 Z. Bross 0 0 -1 1 0
F 37 R. Newkirk 0 1 +1 1 0
Team:
Totals: 3 6 5 27 2
Worcester Goalies No Min SH SVS GA SV%
35 K. Appleby (W) 66:37 17 15 2 0.882
Totals: 66:37 17 15 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
14:39 – 1st V C. Souch 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
5:37 – 2nd V E. Somoza 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
12:23 – 2nd V T. Inamoto 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
15:24 – 2nd V D. Gerads 2 Instigating – minor (46.11)
13:15 – 3rd H C. Adams 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
5:15 – 1st OT V A. Beauchamp 2 High-sticking – minor (60.2)

Notes

  • Railers Scratches: Phil Beaulieu (family leave/bereavement leave), Conor Breen, Anthony Repaci (injured), and Jack Quinlivan
  • Greenville Scratches: Tanner Eberle (injured), Austin Eastman, Jake Elmer (injured), Justin Hamonic, and Brannon McManus
  • Anthony Repaci has been placed on injured reserve on Thursday. He last played on November 11 in Glens Falls and is eligible to return from injured reserve on November 27, 15 days from the day after his last game was played.
  • Steve Jandric signed a PTO with the Springfield Thunderbirds and was recalled on Thursday. It is his second career PTO, having signed with the Providence Bruins at the end of last season.
  • Jeff Solow was signed by the Railers on Friday morning. The 26-year-old defenseman played 40 games and eight assists with the Iowa Heartlanders and attended training camp with the Savannah Ghost Pirates earlier this year.
  • A blue Harrison Markel jersey was the jersey raffle for Friday night’s game.

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Reece Newkirk #37 Jimmy Lambert #23 Bobby Butler #8 “C”
Forward Line 2 Collin Adams #21 Blade Jenkins #17 Quinn Ryan #19
Forward Line 3 Nolan Vesey #11 “A” Brent Beaudoin #12 Zack Bross #29
Rotated Forwards Blake Christensen #18 Liam Coughlin #7
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Jared Brandt #26 Myles McGurty #27 “A”
Defense Pair 2 Christian Evers #15 Noah Delmas #9
Defense Pair 3 Jeff Solow #22 Connor McCarthy #2
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender  Ken Appleby #35
Backup Goaltender  Henrik Tikkanen #39

Opponent Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Ethan Somoza #16 Nikita Pavlychev #15 Alex Ierullo #14
Forward Line 2 Ayden MacDonald #41 Ben Freeman #24 Carter Souch #18
Forward Line 3 Justin Nachbaur #29 Brett Kemp #9 Chase Zieky #25
Rotated Forwards Dallas Gerads #12 – Anthony Beauchamp #27
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Tyler Inamoto #5 Joe Gatenby #37
Defense Pair 2 Ethan Cap #22 Max Martin #10
Defense Pair 3 Bobby Russell #21 Frank Hora #43
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender  Michael McNiven #1
Backup Goaltender  David Hrenak #34

On-Ice Officials:

Referee  Marc-Olivier Phaneuf (23)
Referee  –
Linesman  Matthew Heinen (93)
Linesman  Patrick Philbin (88)

Highlights

Highlights will be posted upon completion of the game.

Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Jeff Solow announcement


Smo Pre-Game Selfie


Railers Lines


Nikita Pavlychev goal


Jimmy Lambert goal


Carter Souch goal


Blade Jenkins goal


Adams OT Winner