Game Story

Parker Gahagen earned his tenth win of the season with 24 saves in his sixteenth appearance for the Railers. Maxim Pavlenko had 18 saves for Wheeling. Ryan Miotto, Riley Ginnell, Drew Callin, Anthony Callin, Nikita Susuyev, and Anthony Repaci each had goals for Worcester. David Breazeale, Matty De St. Phalle, and Max Graham scored for Wheeling.

Worcester opened up scoring at 1:37 in the first period when Ryan Miotto swept the puck into the net of Maxim Pavlenko on the Railers’ second shot of the game. Riley Ginnell gave Worcester a 2-0 lead when he beat Pavlenko with a shot under the glove at 16:07. With 39 seconds left in the period when Cole Donhauser set up Drew Callin after the Nailers turned over the puck in their own zone to bring the game to 3-0.

Wheeling got on the board when David Breazeale scored on a shot from the blueline after stopping the puck from bouncing out of the zone at the 6:17 mark of the second period. Five and a half minutes later when Anthony Callin skated into the zone, evaded a Nailers defender, and sent the puck over the pads of Pavlenko to bring the game to 4-1. Matty De St. Phalle scored on his rebound on the crease of Parker Gahagen with 4:07 left in the period, eventually sending the game into the third period with a 4-2 score.

Nikita Susuyev scored at the 9:48 mark of the third period on a breakaway to regain the three-goal lead. Anthony Repaci scored on the power play on a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle to bring the game to 6-2. With 2:40 left in the game, Adam Samuelsson was called for Worcester’s lone penalty of the game. With 23 seconds left in Wheeling’s advantage Max Graham scored on a setup from former Railer Ryan Mahsie for the final goal of the game bringing the game to 6-3.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Drew Callin (Worcester) – 1 goal, +2
2. Anthony Repaci (Worcester) – 1 goal, 1 assist
3. Nikita Susuyev (Worcester) – 1 goal

All eight North Division teams were in action Friday night. Adirondack defeated Maine 4–2 in Glens Falls, Reading topped Greensboro 5–2 at home, and Norfolk beat Trois-Rivières 5–2 at the Norfolk Scope. All eight teams will rematch on Saturday night.

In AHL action, Bridgeport earned a 6–3 win over Hartford. Henrik Tikkanen made 23 saves for his eighth win of the season, while Hunter Drew recorded a natural hat trick. Former Railer Cam Berg added a goal and an assist, and Daylan Kuefler chipped in with an assist. Bridgeport travels to Allentown on Saturday to face Lehigh Valley at 7:05 p.m.

The Railers return to action Saturday night, hosting the Nailers again at 6:05 p.m. while wearing Worcester Sharks throwback jerseys.

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Box Score

Scoring	1	2	3	T
	0	2	1	3
	3	1	2	6

Shots	1	2	3	T
	6	8	13	27
	10	9	5	24

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	1st		1:37	R. Miotto (8)	A. Repaci, G. Blanchard
0 – 2	2	1st		16:07	R. Ginnell (4)	M. Dorrington, K. Acosta
0 – 3	3	1st		19:21	D. Callin (13)	C. Donhauser
1 – 3	4	2nd		6:17	D. Breazeale (3)	R. Mahshie, T. Thompson
1 – 4	5	2nd		11:44	A. Callin (12)	C. Donhauser
2 – 4	6	2nd		15:53	M. De St. Phalle (5)	L. Pietila, B. Johnson
2 – 5	7	3rd		9:48	N. Susuyev (1)	M. Suda
2 – 6	8	3rd		16:29	A. Repaci (12)	M. Suda, M. DeMelis
3 – 6	9	3rd		18:57	M. Graham (8)	R. Mahshie, B. Johnson

Rosters

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	33	T. Gauthier	0	0	0	0	0
G	40	M. Pavlenko	0	0	0	0	0
F	5	O. Cole	0	0	-1	0	0
D	8	A. Sutter	0	0	-1	4	2
F	13	L. Pietila	0	1	0	1	0
F	14	R. Mahshie	0	2	-1	2	0
F	15	C. Tymkin	0	0	-1	0	2
D	17	B. Hodass	0	0	0	2	0
F	19	R. Hernández	0	0	-1	0	0
D	20	E. Parker	0	0	-4	2	0
F	21	C. Armstrong	0	0	-1	1	0
F	22	M. Quercia	0	0	-1	3	12
D	24	T. Thompson	0	1	+1	1	0
F	25	J. Works	0	0	-1	0	2
F	28	T. Andrew	0	0	-1	0	0
F	36	M. Graham	1	0	-1	5	0
F	37	C. Lockhart	0	0	0	0	0
D	42	D. Breazeale	1	0	-2	4	0
D	51	B. Johnson	0	2	0	1	0
F	54	M. De St. Phalle	1	0	0	1	0
		Team:	0			0	2
		Totals:	3	6	-15	27	20

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
40	M. Pavlenko (L)	60	24	18	6	0.750
	Totals:	60	24	18	6	0.750

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	30	T. Lennox	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	P. Gahagen	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	C. Odelius	0	0	+1	0	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	+1	1	0
F	7	M. Dorrington	0	1	+1	0	0
F	9	R. Ginnell	1	0	+1	3	0
F	10	R. Miotto	1	0	-1	1	0
F	11	L. Hatten	0	0	-1	1	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	+1	0	2
F	17	N. Susuyev	1	0	+1	1	0
D	18	M. Suda	0	2	+1	3	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	+1	0	0
D	24	J. Pulkkinen	0	0	+2	3	0
F	25	K. Acosta	0	1	+1	0	0
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	2	+2	1	0
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	1	+1	2	0
F	44	A. Callin	1	0	+2	1	0
F	77	D. Callin	1	0	+2	5	0
F	81	A. Repaci	1	1	-1	2	0
D	88	G. Blanchard	0	1	0	0	0
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	6	9	15	24	2

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen (W)	59:47	27	24	3	0.889
	Totals:	59:47	27	24	3	0.889

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
03:52 – 1st		J. Works	2	Holding – minor (54.2)
02:37 – 2nd		Served by R. Hernández	2	Bench minor – Too many men (74.2)
10:53 – 3rd		C. Tymkin	2	High-sticking – minor (60.2)
14:53 – 3rd		M. Quercia	2	Unsportsmanlike conduct – minor (75.2)
14:53 – 3rd		M. Quercia	10	Misconduct (39.4)
17:20 – 3rd		A. Samuelsson	2	Slashing – minor (61.2)
19:37 – 3rd		A. Sutter	2	Interference – minor (56.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: Anthony Hora, Connor Federkow, Hunter Hall, MacAuley Carson, Michael Ferrandino, Ross Mitton, and Thomas Gale.
• Wheeling Scratches: Mike Posma, and Tommy Budnick.
• Gabe Blanchard ended a 20-game scoring drought with an assist. His drought was the second longest in Worcester Hockey history. Matias Rajaniemi had the longest last season with his first 23 games of the season.
• Railers had the following Transactions in the week leading into this game:
• Matt Myers was released on Wednesday.
  • Case McCarthy was recalled to Hartford on Wednesday.
  • Nikita Susuyev was assigned to Worcester by the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.
  • Lazarus Kaebel was released on Thursday.
  • Calle Odelius was assigned to Worcester by Bridgeport on Thursday.
• Following Friday night’s game, the Railers had the following streaks and droughts:
  • Calle Odelius snapped a three-game point streak. (0-3-3)
  • Cam McDonald is without a point in his last six games.
  • Riley Ginnell snapped a six-game scoring drought with a goal.
  • Ryan Miotto extended his point streak to four games. (2-3-5)
  • Jesse Pulkkinen snapped his point streak at five games. (3-4-7)
  • Khristian Acosta is now on a three-game point streak. (3-1-4)
  • Drew Callin is now on a three-game goal streak. (3-1-4)
  • Gabe Blanchard snapped a 20-game scoring drought with an assist.
    

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

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Nailers Lines

Ryan Miotto goal

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Riley Ginnell goal

Drew Callin goal

David Breazeale goal

Anthony Callin goal

Matty De St. Phalle goal

Nikita Susuyev goal

Anthony Repaci goal

Max Graham goal