Game Story


Worcester, MA — The Worcester Railers dropped their fourth Sunday home game of the season, falling to the Trois-Rivieres Lions 4-2.

Ken Appleby made his second start of the weekend, making 31 saves for his first loss of the season. Zachary Émond was the goaltender for Trois-Rivieres, making 36 saves and earning him the game’s first star. Jack Quinlivan and Blade Jenkins both scored for Worcester. Quinlivan’s goal was his first of the season, and Jenkins’ goal was his fourteenth and extended his point streak to four games. Nolan Yaremko, Nicolas Guay, Jakov Novak, and Cedric Montminy scored for Trois-Rivieres. Sunday’s attendance was 3,143, which is higher than anticipated with an impending snowstorm and playoff football going on at the same time as this game.

Trois-Rivieres scored first, Nolan Yaremko got a quick shot over the left shoulder of Ken Appleby for the only score of the first period. The Railers are 6-16-1-2 when the opponent scores first, and 5-15-0-1 when trailing after one period.

Jack Quinlivan evened things up at 7:12 of the second period with the period’s only goal. Quinlivan made the initial shot which bounced off the pads of Zachary Émond, he shot the loose puck after the Lions failed to gain control of the puck and got it into the net behind Émond.

In the closing seconds of the second period, Alex-Olivier Voyer cross-checked Trevor Cosgrove into the boards leading to a fight between Artyom Kulakov and Cedric Montimny dropping the gloves and Zach White going after Alex-Olivier Voyer. Kulakov held his own after Montminy took him down, the fight continued as Kulakov brought Montminy down. White attempted to fight Voyer, and Voyer proceeded to pull White’s jersey over his head. As linesman Shane Kanaly broke up the fight between White and Voyer, White blindly punched Kanaly, earning him a game misconduct. A total of 37 penalty minutes were issued during this event, with Alex-Olivier Voyer getting seventeen of those minutes with a game-misconduct, major, and minor penalty for cross-checking.

It would be 4-on-4 after all the penalties were handed out, and at six seconds into the third period, Blade Jenkins would earn himself an interference penalty, leading to a Lions’ power play. Nicolas Guay would score at 1:31 in the third period, giving the Lions a 2-1 lead. Blade Jenkins tied the game 3:20 later, wrapping a pass around the back of the net to get past Émond. Six minutes later, Jakov Novak slapped a loose puck into the Railers net to regain the lead. With 1:34 left in the game and Ken Appleby pulled for the extra attacker, Cedric Montminy would race past Trevor Cosgrove, Andrei Bakanov, and Anthony Callin, where he skated the puck into the empty net to seal the 4-2 game.

The three stars of the game were:

  1. Zachary Émond (Trois-Rivieres) – 36 saves, win, 0.947 SV&
  2. Jakov Novak (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. Jack Quinlivan (Worcester) – 1 goal

Following Sunday night’s loss, the Railers are in a three-way tie with the Newfoundland Growlers and the Maine Mariners for third place in the North Division. Each team is at .500 on the year, with Maine at 39 points and games played, Worcester at 41, and Newfoundland at 43. Also on Sunday, the Norfolk Admirals beat the Adirondack Thunder, in Glens Falls, 5-4 in the shootout to snap the Thunder’s 11-game win streak, but their point streak continues with a point in the shootout. The Maine Mariners beat the Newfoundland Growlers 4-2, that game also went tied through two periods with the game being settled in the third.

The Railers and Lions will meet again on Friday, this time they’ll head north with both games being played at Colisée Vidéotron. The puck drops at 7 p.m. on Friday.

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Box Score

Box Score

Scoring 1 2 3 T
1 0 3 4
0 1 1 2
Shots 1 2 3 T
9 13 13 35
13 12 13 38
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
1 – 0 3:43 – 1st N. Yaremko (7) J. Novak, B. Martin
1 – 1 7:12 – 2nd J. Quinlivan (1) A. Repaci, R. Verrier
2 – 1 1:33 – 3rd N. Guay (1) C. Ortiz, J. Ducharme PP
2 – 2 4:53 – 3rd B. Jenkins (14) A. Callin, C. Welsh
3 – 2 11:10 – 3rd J. Novak (19) J. Parker-Jones, B. Martin
4 – 2 18:26 – 3rd C. Montminy (12) M. Tourigny

Rosters

# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 1 Z. Émond 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 J. Vrbetic 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 C. Thomas 0 0 0 2 2
D 3 E. Hjorth 0 0 0 0 0
D 8 C. Jandric 0 0 0 1 0
D 14 B. Martin 0 2 +1 0 0
D 18 C. Ortiz 0 1 +1 1 0
F 19 A. Voyer 0 0 -1 3 15
C 21 C. Montminy 1 0 +1 4 5
D 23 M. Komuls 0 0 0 0 0
F 24 N. Yaremko 1 0 +1 1 0
F 67 X. Filion 0 0 -1 0 0
F 71 J. Ducharme 0 1 +1 2 0
F 72 C. Paiement 0 0 -1 5 0
RW 85 J. Parker-Jones 0 1 +2 3 2
C 86 J. Novak 1 1 +1 2 0
D 89 M. Tourigny 0 1 +1 5 0
RW 91 N. Guay 1 0 -1 6 0
F 92 A. Beauregard 0 0 0 0 0
Team: 2
Totals: 4 7 5 35 26
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
1 Z. Émond (W) – 38 36 2 –
Totals: – 38 36 2 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 35 K. Appleby 0 0 0 0 0
G 40 J. Muse 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 R. Verrier 0 1 +1 0 2
F 5 Z. White 0 0 0 0 12
D 10 T. Cosgrove 0 0 -2 5 0
F 11 A. Bakanov 0 0 0 1 0
F 12 J. Cipollone 0 0 0 4 0
F 15 B. Robbins 0 0 -1 2 0
F 17 K. Howdeshell 0 0 0 0 0
F 19 B. Jenkins 1 0 0 2 2
F 22 D. Kuefler 0 0 -2 2 0
F 23 T. Goehring 0 0 0 2 0
F 24 J. Quinlivan 1 0 -1 4 0
D 25 R. Dickinson 0 0 0 0 0
D 26 C. Welsh 0 1 -1 2 0
F 29 R. Piercey 0 0 0 0 2
F 44 A. Callin 0 1 -1 7 2
F 81 A. Repaci 0 1 +1 6 0
D 88 A. Kulakov 0 0 0 1 5
Team:
Totals: 2 4 -6 38 25
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
35 K. Appleby (L) – 35 31 4 –
Totals: – 35 31 4 –

Penalties

00:06 – 3rdB. Jenkins2Interference – Minor (56.2)19:15 – 3rdR. Verrier2Tripping – Minor (57.2)

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
9:45 – 1st A. Callin 2 Boarding – minor (41.2)
15:41 – 1st J. Parker-Jones 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
8:20 – 2nd C. Thomas 2 Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
10:49 – 2nd R. Piercey 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
12:55 – 2nd Served by C. Paiement 2 Bench minor – Too many men (74.2)
19:52 – 2nd C. Montminy 5 Fighting – Major (46.14)
19:52 – 2nd A. Voyer 5 Cross-Checking Major (59.3)
19:52 – 2nd A. Voyer 10 Game misconduct – Cross-checking (59.5)
19:52 – 2nd A. Kulakov 5 Fighting – Major (46.14)
19:52 – 2nd Z. White 2 Roughing – minor (51.2)
19:52 – 2nd Z. White 10 Game misconduct – Physical Abuse of Officials – Category III (40.4)


Notes

  • Worcester Scratches: Brian Bowen, Christian Krygier, Jake Pivonka, John Copeland, Tristan Lennox, and Zsombor Garat.
  • Trois-Rivières Scratches: Matthew Boucher, Nicolas Lariviere, Parker Saretsky, and Zachary Bouthillier.
  • Zach White was thrown out of Sunday’s game during the Artyom Kulakov and Cedric Montminy fight under rule 40.4, which is Physical Abuse of Officials – Category III. This penalty has yet to be reviewed by the league but comes with a suspension of no less than three games.
  • Henrik Tikkanen was in attendance for Sunday’s game. At the time Tikkanen was not assigned to Worcester, and as of Monday afternoon, he is still assigned to Bridgeport. Word around the rink was he was in Worcester gathering things from his apartment and is expected to stay with the Bridgeport Islanders. The baby Isles had a day off on Sunday and are scheduled to play again on Wednesday.
  • On Monday morning, Ken Appleby and Daylan Kuefler were recalled to Bridgeport, with no players sent down to Worcester. Ashton Calder was a healthy scratch on Saturday, and Reece Newkirk was a healthy scratch for both Friday and Saturday’s games.
  • Following Sunday’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
    • Brendan Robbins is without a point in his last three games.
    • Blade Jenkins is on a five-game point streak. (5-2-7)
    • Todd Goehring is without a point in his last five games.
    • Ryan Dickinson is without a point in his last four games.
    • Anthony Repaci is on a four-game point streak. (3-2-5)
    • Artyom Kulakov is without a point in his last three games.

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Anthony Repaci #81 Blade Jenkins #19 Anthony Callin #44
Forward Line 2 Daylan Kuefler #22 Zach White #5 Andrei Bakanov #11
Forward Line 3 Keeghan Howdeshell #17 Joey Cipollone #12 Riley Piercey #29
Rotated Forwards – Zach White #5 Todd Goehring #23
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Trevor Cosgrove #10 Ryan Dickinson #25
Defense Pair 2 Ryan Verrier #3 Brendan Robbins #15
Defense Pair 3 Artyom Kulakov #88 Connor Welsh #26
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Ken Appleby #35
Backup Goaltender John Muse #40

Lions Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Cedric Montminy #21 Anthony Beauregard #92 Alex-Olivier Voyer #19
Forward Line 2 Jakov Novak #86 Nolan Yaremko #24 Justin Ducharme #71
Forward Line 3 Xavier Filion #67 Nicolas Guay #91 John Parker-Jones #85
Rotated Forwards Charles-Antoine Paiement #72 – Markuss Komuls #23
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Brycen Martin #14 Chris Jandric #8
Defense Pair 2 Chris Ortiz #18 Eric Hjorth #3
Defense Pair 3 Cory Thomas #2 Miguël Tourigny #89
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Zachary Émond #1
Backup Goaltender Joe Vrbetic #35

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Yannick Jobin-Manseau (30)
Referee –
Linesman Shane Kanaly (74)
Linesman Nicolas Boivin (82)




Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Railers Lines


Lions Lines


Nolan Yaremko goal


Jack Quinlivan goal


Kulakov/Montimny fight


Nicolas Guay goal


Blade Jenkins goal


Jakov Novak goal


Cedric Montminy goal