Game Story

Worcester, MA — The Reading Royals came back from a 4-2 deficit and beat the Worcester Railers in the second meeting between the two teams this season at the DCU Center on Friday night.

Railers alum Max Newton scored a hat trick and the game-winning goal in overtime with Charlie Gerard and Jordan Timmons scoring the other two goals for Reading. Jared Brandt, Billy Jerry, Zack Bross, and Nolan Vesey all scored goals for the Railers. This was the first goal of the season for both Jerry and Bross, while Brandt ended a 12-game scoring drought with his fourth goal of the season. Henrik Tikkanen appeared in net for the third consecutive game and made 32 saves. Reading’s Nolan Maier, who recently rejoined the team on loan from Lehigh Valley, earned his seventh straight ECHL win by making 20 saves against Worcester.

Reading’s Charlie Gerard scored the only goal of the opening period, fed from a pass into the Railers zone by Max Newton, beat Henrik Tikkanen at 8:06. Railers outshot Reading 9-6 in the period.

Jared Brandt scored on a one-timer from the blue line to tie things up at 8:50 in the second period. Billy Jerry tapped in Myles McGurty’s shot 1:48 later to give Worcester the 2-1 lead halfway through the second period. Max Newton tapped in a rebound from Garrett McFadden on the power play at 13:20 to tie the game back up heading into the third period.

Railers scored back-to-back powerplays in the third period. Zack Bross netted a rebound off the pad of Nolan Maier with 12 seconds left on Worcester’s sixth power play. Nolan Vesey brought Worcester’s lead to 4-2, shooting the puck under the pads of Nolan Maier with 2:25 left in the third period. Nolan Maier would be pulled for the extra skater after Worcester’s fourth goal. On a rush towards the net, Trey Bradley beat Henrik Tikkanen at the crease to make it a one point game with 1:41 left in the period. Jordan Timmons scored with 8.5 seconds, successfully completing a comeback for the Royals which sent this game into overtime.

With the Royals scored twice in the closing 1:47 of the third period to force overtime, Max Newton scored at 3:12 in the overtime period to secure Reading’s second win over Worcester this season.

The three stars of Friday’s game were:

  1. Max Newton (Reading) – 3 goals, 1 assist
  2. Nolan Vesey (Worcester) – 1 goal
  3. Reece Newkirk (Worcester) – 2 assists

Trois-Rivières Lions beat the Newfoundland Growlers 5-3 earlier in the day and the Maine Mariners beat the Adirondack Thunder for the North Division’s other games on Friday. The Railers are currently one point behind the first-place Growlers but remain one point ahead of the third-place Royals. Every team in the division, except for the Maine Mariners, will be playing on Saturday night.

With Friday’s game in the books, the Railers and Royals will travel to Reading, Pennsylvania where they’ll continue their division battle scheduled for 7 PM on Saturday.

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Box Score


Scoring 1 2 3 OT T
1 1 2 1 5
0 2 2 0 4
Shots 1 2 3 OT T
6 11 18 2 37
9 9 6 0 24
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
1 – 0 REA 8:06 – 1st C. Gerard (11) M. Newton, T. Bradley
1 – 1 8:50 – 2nd J. Brandt (4) R. Newkirk, B. Beaudoin
1 – 2 9:38 – 2nd B. Jerry (1) M. McGurty, Q. Ryan
2 – 2 REA 13:20 – 2nd M. Newton (16) G. McFadden, T. Bradley PP
2 – 3 15:17 – 3rd Z. Bross (1) R. Newkirk, A. Terchiyev PP
2 – 4 17:35 – 3rd N. Vesey (10) A. Repaci, C. Evers PP
3 – 4 REA 18:13 – 3rd M. Newton (17) T. Bradley
4 – 4 REA 19:51 – 3rd J. Timmons (3) M. Millman, G. McFadden
5 – 4 REA 3:12 – 1st OT M. Newton (18)

Rosters

# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 1 J. Boyko 0 0 0 0 0
G 73 N. Maier 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 W. MacKinnon 0 0 +1 2 0
F 7 D. Paliani 0 0 -1 1 2
F 8 J. Timmons 1 0 +2 2 0
F 9 C. Gerard 1 0 +1 3 14
F 11 A. Butcher 0 0 -1 2 2
D 12 M. Millman 0 1 -1 2 0
F 14 T. Bradley 0 3 +2 1 0
F 16 S. Sellar 0 0 +1 2 0
F 17 M. Newton 3 1 +3 4 2
F 24 J. Gaucher 0 0 0 4 0
D 26 C. Felix 0 0 0 2 0
D 27 G. McFadden 0 2 +3 2 4
F 39 B. Hoffmann 0 0 +1 5 0
F 43 T. Kirkup 0 0 0 1 0
D 58 D. Cormier 0 0 -1 2 0
D 79 A. Beraldo 0 0 -1 2 0
D 81 M. Chen 0 0 0 0 0
Team:
Totals: 5 7 9 37 24
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
73 N. Maier (W) – 24 20 4 –
Totals: – 24 20 4 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 30 B. Moran 0 0 0 0 0
G 39 H. Tikkanen 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 C. McCarthy 0 0 -1 1 0
F 7 L. Coughlin 0 0 -1 0 0
F 8 B. Butler 0 0 +1 2 2
D 9 N. Delmas 0 0 -1 0 0
F 10 D. Osik 0 0 0 0 0
F 11 N. Vesey 1 0 -2 1 0
F 12 B. Beaudoin 0 1 -2 4 0
F 13 B. Jerry 1 0 +1 1 2
D 15 C. Evers 0 1 -1 0 0
F 19 Q. Ryan 0 1 +1 1 2
D 20 A. Terchiyev 0 1 0 0 0
D 22 J. Solow 0 0 0 0 0
D 26 J. Brandt 1 0 -1 3 0
D 27 M. McGurty 0 1 +1 0 0
F 29 Z. Bross 1 0 -1 4 0
F 37 R. Newkirk 0 2 0 5 2
F 81 A. Repaci 0 1 -2 2 0
Team:
Totals: 4 8 -8 24 8
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
39 H. Tikkanen (L) – 37 32 5 –
Totals: – 37 32 5 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
13:19 – 1st G. McFadden 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
0:45 – 2nd B. Butler 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
2:50 – 2nd C. Gerard 2 Interference – minor (56.2)
10:18 – 2nd G. McFadden 2 Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
12:59 – 2nd R. Newkirk 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
15:47 – 2nd D. Paliani 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
2:29 – 3rd B. Jerry 2 Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
4:28 – 3rd A. Butcher 2 High-sticking – minor (60.2)
6:28 – 3rd Q. Ryan 2 Bench minor – Too many men (74.2)
13:28 – 3rd C. Gerard 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
15:17 – 3rd C. Gerard 10 Misconduct (39.4)


Notes

  • Worcester Scratches: Blake Christensen, Jack Quinlivan, Philip Beaulieu, and Jeff Solow.
  • Reading Scratches: Evan Barratt and Yvan Mongo.
  • Jeff Solow was listed on the scoresheet as playing in this game but did not play on Friday. Solow was placed on reserve according to ECHL’s daily transaction report that was released late Friday afternoon.
  • The Railers dressed the minimum of sixteen skaters Friday – ten forwards and six defensemen.
  • Conor Breen was briefly a Worcester Railer this week following the team signing him to an SPC on Wednesday. He was released on Friday, following Connor McCarthy’s return to Worcester on loan from the Bridgeport Islanders.
  • Derek Osik signed his fifth SPC with the Railers this week following Blade Jenkins and Trevor Cosgrove’s recalls to Bridgeport on Tuesday. Osik was a warm body and was not on the ice for any of the action in Friday’s game.
  • The jersey raffle of the game was a 2022-23 Max Newton Orange jersey.
  • Following Sunday’s game, the Railers had the following streaks:
    • Jared Brandt snapped a twelve-game scoring drought.
    • Liam Coughlin is without a point in his last seven games.
    • Zack Bross snapped a three-game pointless streak with his first professional goal.
    • Derek Osik is without a point in his last six games.

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Reece Newkirk #37 Brent Beaudoin #12 Bobby Butler #8
Forward Line 2 Nolan Vesey #11 Liam Coughlin #7 Quinn Ryan #19
Forward Line 3 Derek Osik #10 Billy Jerry #13 Zack Bross #29
Rotated Forwards Anthony Repaci #81 – –
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Jared Brandt #26 Myles McGurty #27
Defense Pair 2 Connor McCarthy #2 Christian Evers #15
Defense Pair 3 Noah Delmas #9 Artur Terchiyev #20
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Henrik Tikkanen #39
Backup Goaltender Brent Moran #30

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Austin O’Rourke (10)
Referee –
Linesman Stephen Drain (52)
Linesman Ryan Bradshaw (76)


Highlights


Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Jared Brandt goal (1-1 Railers)


Billy Jerry goal (2-1 Railers)


Zack Bross goal (3-2 Railers)


Nolan Vesey goal (4-2 Railers)


Royals Recap Video