Game Story


Portland, ME — The Worcester Railers were shutout 1-0 on Sunday afternoon by the Maine Mariners at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine.

This is likely the shortest game recap posted here in a while. Ken Appleby had a stellar afternoon, stopping all but one of Maine’s 38 shots in the game. Nick Fea had his point streak halted after six games (2-4-6). Andrei Bakanov and Trevor Cosgrove had Railers-high four shots on goal during the game. Fedor Gordeev scored the lone goal of the game, which came on the power play during the second period. An otherwise easy game for the Railers to win, had any of their skaters shown up to the game.

Fedor Gordeev scored with three seconds left on a Billy Jerry penalty at 14:39 in the second period.

It was a cat-and-mouse game for the Mariners, who led in shots, scoring opportunities, and ambition Sunday afternoon. The Mariners failed to score on a few open-net opportunities early on in the game, but the Railers failed when it really mattered late in the third period as Myles McGurty missed a wide-open net following a few rebounds. It took all six skaters to get in front of the net as Ken Appleby was pulled in an attempt to keep it a one-goal game.

The three stars of Sunday’s game were:

  1. François Brassard (Maine) – win, shutout, 27 saves
  2. Ken Appleby (Worcester) – 37 saves,
  3. Fedor Gordeev (Maine) – 1 goal

The Trois-Rivieres Lions had the edge over the Reading Royals in the only other north division match-up of Sunday. The Railers drop to a record of 28-26-3-0 with 59 points, not far ahead of the Adirondack Thunder who have 50 with four games in hand.

The Railers return to Worcester where they’ll host the Adirondack Thunder on Friday at 7:05 p.m.

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Box Score


Scoring 1 2 3 T
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1
Shots 1 2 3 T
13 6 8 27
11 17 10 38
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
0 – 1 14:39 – 2nd F. Gordeev (9) G. Gabriele, M. Fossier PP

Rosters

# Player G A +/- 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 0 1 0
F 7 L. Coughlin 0 0 0 1 0
D 9 N. Delmas 0 0 0 1 0
D 10 T. Cosgrove 0 0 0 4 0
F 12 B. Beaudoin 0 0 0 2 0
F 13 B. Jerry 0 0 0 1 2
D 17 C. Breen 0 0 0 2 0
F 20 C. Ordoobadi 0 0 0 0 0
F 21 J. Pappalardo 0 0 0 3 2
F 22 N. Fea 0 0 0 1 0
F 23 A. Bakanov 0 0 0 4 0
D 25 P. Beaulieu 0 0 0 1 0
D 27 M. McGurty 0 0 0 1 0
F 29 Z. Bross 0 0 0 1 0
F 37 M. Johnson 0 0 0 1 0
D 44 J. Victor 0 0 0 1 0
F 81 A. Repaci 0 0 0 2 0
Team:
Totals: 0 0 0 27 4
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
35 K. Appleby (L) – 38 37 1 –
Totals: – 38 37 1 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 33 F. Brassard 0 0 0 0 0
G 40 M. DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 A. Peski 0 0 0 2 0
D 3 G. Chicoine 0 0 0 3 0
F 9 K. Jeri-Leon 0 0 0 0 0
F 10 N. Master 0 0 0 0 2
F 11 M. Fossier 0 1 0 4 0
D 12 G. Gabriele 0 1 0 2 0
F 14 R. Stefanson 0 0 0 2 0
F 17 T. Doherty 0 0 0 5 0
F 19 C. Askew 0 0 0 3 0
F 21 C. Bleackley 0 0 0 1 0
D 24 M. Duquette 0 0 0 1 0
D 25 J. Wilson 0 0 0 0 0
F 27 P. Shea 0 0 0 4 0
D 28 C. Doherty 0 0 0 1 2
F 29 C. Zieky 0 0 0 3 0
D 41 F. Gordeev 1 0 0 4 0
F 42 A. Voyer 0 0 0 3 0
Team:
Totals: 1 2 0 38 4
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
33 F. Brassard (W) – 27 27 0 –
Totals: – 27 27 0 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
17:38 – 1st N. Master 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
12:42 – 2nd B. Jerry 2 High-sticking – minor (60.2)
6:24 – 3rd J. Pappalardo 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
12:07 – 3rd C. Doherty 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)


Notes


Worcester Scratches: Bobby Butler, Nolan Vesey, Jacob Hayhurst, Quinn Ryan, Jack Quinlivan, Christian Evers, and Jared Brandt.
Maine Scratches: Austin Albrecht, Griff Jeszka, Tyler Hinam, and Alden Weller.
Zack Bross was activated from injured reserve prior to puck drop and was in the starting line-up Sunday. Quinn Ryan was placed on injured reserve to free up a roster spot, retroactive to February 20.

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Anthony Repaci #81 Brent Beaudoin #12 Max Johnson #37
Forward Line 2 Andrei Bakanov #23 Jake Pappalardo #21 Nick Fea #22
Forward Line 3 Zack Bross #29 Liam Coughlin #7 Billy Jerry #13
Rotated Forwards Chris Ordoobadi #20 – –
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Connor McCarthy #2 Philip Beaulieu #25
Defense Pair 2 Josh Victor #44 Myles McGurty #27
Defense Pair 3 Trevor Cosgrove #10 Conor Breen #17
Rotated Defensemen Noah Delmas #9 –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Ken Appleby #35
Backup Goaltender Henrik Tikkanen #39

Opponent Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Alex-Olivier Voyer #42 Nick Master #10 Cameron Askew #19
Forward Line 2 – – –
Forward Line 3 – – –
Rotated Forwards Keltie Jeri-Leon #9 – –
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Connor Doherty #28 Marc-Olivier Duquette #24
Defense Pair 2 Jacob Wilson #25 Fedor Gordeev #41
Defense Pair 3 Grant Gabriele #12 Andrew Peski #2
Rotated Defensemen Gabriel Chicoine #3 –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender François Brassard #33
Backup Goaltender Michael DiPietro #40

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Dominic Cadieux (3)
Referee –
Linesman Matthew Heinen (93)
Linesman Stephen Drain (52)




Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Railers Lines

[Mariners do not tweet out there lines, nor does anyone who covers them.]

Mariners Lines


Fedor Gordeev goal (1-0 Mariners)