Game Story

Parker Gahagen stopped 36 shots in his third appearance of the weekend, while Jeremy Brodeur made 19 saves for Adirondack. Riley Piercey skated in his 100th game as a Railer, becoming the 18th player in franchise history to hit the milestone. Worcester reached the .500 mark for the first time this season after finishing last year at .528. Railers goals came from Anthony Repaci, Gleb Veremyev, and Lincoln Hatten, who scored twice. Grant Loven had the Thunder’s lone tally. Ryan Miotto had an assist in all three games this weekend, and is now on a three-game point streak. (0-3-3)

Gahagen kept Worcester afloat during a lopsided first period in which Adirondack outshot the Railers 19-1. Ryan Miotto went off for a tripping call at 10:31, that went to 4-on-3, 4-on-4, and then back to 5-on-4 for three minutes. Cole Donhauser was run into by Brian Carrabes while heading back to the bench, he retaliated with a cross-check on him, and was then sent to the locker room with a cross-checking major and a game misconduct. These penalties would all be killed off. The Thunder then opened the scoring at 17:29 when Grant Loven buried a loose puck following back-to-back saves from Gahagen on Jeremy Hanzel and Brannon McManus. Adirondack remarkably led 1-0 through the first twenty minutes, outshooting Worcester 19-1.

A couple power plays in the second period was enough to wake the Railers offense up, resulting in two goals to put them back in the game. Gleb Veremyev and Jacob Graves went to the box for roughing, Graves’ penalty was a double minor. Anthony Repaci scored on a setup from Drew Callin to tie the game at 3:58. Adirondack would be given another double minor at 7:56 when Drew Callin drew a high-stick from Ryan Wheeler. Callin did not miss a shift after a quick repair on the bench, he would then setup Gleb Veremyev to put the Railers up 2-1. Railers would be shorthanded at 16:41 for too many men, then 17 seconds later, Lincoln Hatten scored on a rebound from Matt DeMelis to make it 3-1.

Worcester struck again early in the third. Just 40 seconds into the period, they went to their fifth power play, and at 2:02 Hatten deposited his second of the night off a Ryan Miotto rebound to make it 4-1. The Railers closed out the win to pull back to .500 for the first time since last season’s finish.

The three stars of the game were:

1. Parker Gahagen (Worcester) – win, 36 saves
2. Lincoln Hatten (Worcester) – 2 goals
3. Anthony Repaci (Worcester) – 1 goal, 1 assist

The Trois-Rivieres Lions completed a sweep of the Reading Royals, beating them 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. Wheeling faces Reading, Trois-Riviveres head to Idaho for games on Wednesday night. All eight North Division teams play on Friday night.

The Railers head to Reading on Friday to face the Royals in the first of back-to-back games at 7 p.m.

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Box Score

Scoring	1	2	3	T
	0	3	1	4
	1	0	0	1

Shots	1	2	3	T
	1	15	7	23
	19	7	11	37

Score	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists
0 – 1	1	1st		17:29	G. Loven (2)	J. Hanzel, B. McManus
1 – 1	2	2nd		3:58	A. Repaci (5)	D. Callin, A. Callin
2 – 1	3	2nd		9:15	G. Veremyev (1)	D. Callin, A. Repaci
3 – 1	4	2nd		16:58	L. Hatten (6)	M. DeMelis
4 – 1	5	3rd		2:02	L. Hatten (7)	R. Miotto, M. Suda

Rosters

	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	3	A. Hora	0	0	+1	1	0
D	6	C. McDonald	0	0	0	1	0
D	8	M. Ferrandino	0	0	-1	0	0
F	9	R. Ginnell	0	0	0	1	0
F	10	R. Miotto	0	1	-1	1	2
F	11	L. Hatten	2	0	+1	3	0
D	14	A. Samuelsson	0	0	+1	1	0
F	15	G. Veremyev	1	0	-1	3	2
F	16	R. Mitton	0	0	-1	0	0
D	18	M. Suda	0	1	0	0	0
F	19	R. Piercey	0	0	0	0	0
D	27	M. Stief	0	0	-1	1	0
D	28	B. Dowler	0	0	0	2	0
F	29	C. Donhauser	0	0	0	0	15
F	37	M. DeMelis	0	1	+1	3	0
F	44	A. Callin	0	1	0	2	0
F	77	D. Callin	0	2	0	3	0
F	81	A. Repaci	1	1	0	1	0
		Team:	0			0	2
		Totals:	4	7	-1	23	21

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	P. Gahagen (W)	60	37	36	1	0.9730
	Totals:	60	37	36	1	0.9730

	No	Name	G	A	+/-	SH	PIM
G	34	T. Brennan	0	0	0	0	0
G	35	J. Brodeur	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	P. Brandon	0	0	0	2	2
D	4	J. Hanzel	0	1	+1	2	0
D	5	J. van de Leest	0	0	+1	3	0
D	6	R. Wheeler	0	0	0	2	4
F	12	C. McLane	0	0	-1	0	2
F	13	T. Fawcett	0	0	0	2	0
D	16	L. Reid	0	0	-1	2	0
F	19	T. Friedmann	0	0	0	0	0
F	23	G. Loven	1	0	+1	1	0
F	24	J. Filmon	0	0	-1	3	0
F	37	D. Wendt	0	0	+1	3	0
F	39	B. McManus	0	1	+1	1	0
D	44	J. Graves	0	0	0	1	14
F	48	T. Bertuzzi	0	0	-1	6	0
F	61	B. Carrabes	0	0	0	3	0
D	76	M. Boislard	0	0	0	0	0
F	92	M. Salhany	0	0	-1	4	0
F	93	J. Taylor	0	0	0	2	2
		Team:	0			0
		Totals:	1	2	0	37	24

	Player	MIN	SH	SVS	GA	SV%
35	J. Brodeur (L)	60	23	19	4	0.8261
	Totals:	60	23	19	4	0.8261

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Mins	Infraction
10:31 – 1st		R. Miotto	2	Tripping – minor (57.2)
11:29 – 1st		C. Donhauser	5	Cross-Checking Major (59.3)
11:29 – 1st		C. Donhauser	10	Game misconduct – Cross-checking (59.5)
11:29 – 1st		C. McLane	2	Unsportsmanlike conduct – minor (75.2)
02:40 – 2nd		G. Veremyev	2	Roughing – minor (51.2)
02:40 – 2nd		J. Graves	4	Double Minor – Roughing
02:40 – 2nd		J. Graves	10	Misconduct (39.4)
02:44 – 2nd		P. Brandon	2	Delay of Game (63.2)
07:56 – 2nd		R. Wheeler	4	High-sticking – double minor (60.3)
16:41 – 2nd		Served by R. Miotto	2	Bench minor – Too many men (74.2)
00:40 – 3rd		J. Taylor	2	Tripping – minor (57.2)

Notes

• Worcester Scratches: MacAuley Carson, Max Dorrington, Porter Schachle, T.J. Walsh, Tanner Schachle, and Tristan Lennox.
• Adirondack Scratches: Alex Campbell, Conner Hutchison, Dan Ebrahim, Henry Welsch, Jace Isley, Kishaun Gervais, and Sean Olson.
• Tristan Lennox was placed on 14-day injured reserve on Sunday, which is not a good sign after working his way back to playing after a knee injury last season. Thomas Gale served as the backup goaltender on Sunday.
• Parker Gahagen will likely receive ECHL Goaltender of the Week for this week. He had two wins and an over time loss and had a 1.49 GAA, and a 0.950 SV% in three games this weekend. He has received the honor six times previously.
• Cole Donhauser will likely receive a call from the league this week after recieving a cross-checking major and game misconduct. Suspensions for these infractions have varied from one to nine games so far this season. Anthony Callin received four games for these infractions last month.
• Max Dorrington served his third game of his four game suspension. He is eligible to return on Saturday at Reading.
• Following Sunday’s game, the Railers had the following scoring streaks and droughts:
  • Anthony Hora is without a point in his last eight games.
  • Michael Ferrandino is without a point in his last five games.
  • Ryan Miotto is now on a three-game point streak. (0-3-3)
  • Lincoln Hatten snapped a three-game scoring drought with two goals.
  • Adam Samuelsson is without a point in his last nine games.
  • Riley Piercey is without a point in his last three games.
  • Matt Stief is without a point in his last three games.
    

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On-Ice Officials

Notable X Posts as the Game Happened

Railers Lines

Thunder Lines

Grant Loven goal

Anthony Repaci goal

Glev Vermeyev goal

Lincoln Hatten first goal

Lincoln Hatten second goal