Game Story


Norfolk, VA — The Worcester Railers took their first road trip of the season to Norfolk to take on the Admirals for the first of three meetings this week, eventually falling 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Henrik Tikkanen made his second start of the season, allowing five goals on 21 shots. Thomas Milic picked up his first career win and the Admiral’s first win of the season. Thomas Caron, Ryan Foss, Justin Young, Mathieu Roy, and Griffin Mendel each tallied a goal for the Admirals. Keeghan Howdeshell and Zach White scored goals for Worcester. Blade Jenkins extended his season point streak to three games with an assist.

Wednesday’s game stresses the differences in playing a 60-minute game, which neither the Railers or Admirals played. The Admirals rode the momentum of a three-goal first period and waited for Worcester to wake up in the second and third period. The Railers played in the same slumber that resulted in Sunday afternoon’s loss.

The Railers were chasing the Admrials after a 3-1 score to end the first period. Thomas Caron scored at the 1:05 mark on a backhand shot. Zach White scored six minutes later to tie the game back up, beating icing and getting a quick shot outside the right circle. Momentum would continue in the Admirals favor with Ryan Foss scoring seconds after Jake Schultz exited the box for a cross-checking call. The Admirals would score again on their third power play, bringing the game to 3-1 after twenty minutes, outshooting Worcester 11-4.

Norfolk brought the game to 4-1, on a shot that bounced off the skate of Admirals forward Mathieu Roy at 5:15 in the period. Artyom Kulakov fought Mark Liwiski after Liwiski cross-checked him with no penalty call, adding to everything that happened in the period without a Railers goal. The Railers outshot Norfolk 16-3 in the period.

Griffen Mendel scored on a dump-in from the blue line at 4:54 where the Railers lost track of the puck, showing that without even trying, the Admirals were the better of the two teams Wednesday. Keeghan Howdeshell scored on the lone power play of the third, bringing the game to 5-2 which would eventually be the final score.

The three stars of the game were:

  1. Thomas Milic (Norfolk) – win, 25 saves, 0.926 SV%
  2. Ryan Foss (Norfolk) – 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. Mathieu Roy (Norfolk) – 1 goal, 1 assist

With the day off in between games, the Railers and Norfolk Admirals return to the Norfolk Scope at 7:05 on Friday.

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Box Score


Scoring 1 2 3 T
1 0 1 2
3 1 1 5
Shots 1 2 3 T
4 16 7 27
11 3 7 21
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
0 – 1 1:05 – 1st T. Caron (1) M. Roy, J. Robidas
1 – 1 7:24 – 1st Z. White (1) J. Schultz
1 – 2 13:04 – 1st R. Foss (1) J. McDougall, S. Timofeyev
1 – 3 19:00 – 1st J. Young (1) G. Mendel, D. Fensore PP
1 – 4 5:15 – 2nd M. Roy (2) M. Liwiski, R. Foss
1 – 5 4:54 – 3rd G. Mendel (1)
2 – 5 11:25 – 3rd K. Howdeshell (1) B. Jenkins, Z. Garat PP

Rosters

# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 30 T. Lennox 0 0 0 0 0
G 39 H. Tikkanen 0 0 0 0 0
D 4 J. Schultz 0 1 -2 0 2
F 5 Z. White 1 0 +1 2 0
D 8 C. Krygier 0 0 0 3 0
F 9 Q. Ryan 0 0 0 1 0
D 10 T. Cosgrove 0 0 -2 5 0
F 11 A. Bakanov 0 0 -1 1 2
F 12 J. Cipollone 0 0 0 0 2
F 13 J. Pivonka 0 0 -1 0 0
F 15 B. Robbins 0 0 +1 1 0
F 16 A. Calder 0 0 -2 2 0
F 17 K. Howdeshell 1 0 +1 3 0
F 19 B. Jenkins 0 1 -2 0 0
D 20 Z. Garat 0 1 -1 5 0
D 27 J. Copeland 0 0 -2 0 0
F 44 A. Callin 0 0 -2 2 0
F 81 A. Repaci 0 0 -2 1 0
D 88 A. Kulakov 0 0 -1 1 5
Team:
Totals: 2 3 -15 27 11
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
39 H. Tikkanen (L) – 21 16 5 –
Totals: – 21 16 5 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 1 Y. Perets 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 T. Milic 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 R. Seeley 0 0 0 1 0
D 5 S. Kubicek 0 0 -1 0 2
D 6 G. Mendel 1 1 +2 1 0
D 7 D. Fensore 0 1 +2 0 0
F 10 M. Liwiski 0 1 +1 2 9
LW 12 D. Katic 0 0 +1 1 0
LW 15 M. Roy 1 1 +2 1 4
C 16 K. Jameson 0 0 -1 0 0
D 17 I. White 0 0 -1 2 0
D 18 A. McLean 0 0 +1 0 0
F 19 J. Robidas 0 1 +1 4 0
RW 21 J. Young 1 0 +2 3 0
LW 22 S. Timofeyev 0 1 0 0 0
D 23 J. McDougall 0 1 +2 0 0
F 24 C. Golder 0 0 +1 2 0
F 26 T. Caron 1 0 +1 3 0
C 27 R. Foss 1 1 +2 1 0
Team:
Totals: 5 8 15 21 15
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
35 T. Milic (W) – 27 25 2 –
Totals: – 27 25 2 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
2:20 – 1st J. Cipollone 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
10:58 – 1st J. Schultz 2 Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
14:46 – 1st M. Liwiski 2 Cross-Checking Minor (59.2)
17:34 – 1st A. Bakanov 2 Slashing – minor (61.2)
5:25 – 2nd M. Liwiski 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
8:57 – 2nd M. Roy 2 Hooking – minor (55.2)
19:30 – 2nd A. Kulakov 5 Fighting – Major (46.14)
19:30 – 2nd M. Liwiski 5 Fighting – Major (46.14)
19:55 – 2nd M. Roy 2 Slashing – minor (61.2)
9:49 – 3rd S. Kubicek 2 Interference – minor (56.2)


Notes

  • Railers Scratches: Adam Goodsir, Connor Welsh, Jack Quinlivan, Riley Piercey, and Ryan Verrier.
  • Admirals Scratches: Brian Bowen, Carson Musser, Darick Louis-Jean, Denis Smirnov, Josh Thrower, Justin Allen, and Keegan Iverson.
  • Anthony Repaci left the game at the end of the second period, was helped off the ice, and did not return. Whatever incident caused this at the end of the period, was not shown on the FloSports stream, as the broadcast had already started showing advertisements for intermission.
  • FloSports had issues with Roku during this game, making the game unwatchable with a “No Streams are Available for this Game” message for users on this platform. Other platforms reportedly had no issues.
  • Following Wednesday’s game, the Railers had the following streaks:
    • Blade Jenkins extended his five-game point streak, dating back to December 31, 2022. (0-5-5)
    • Anthony Repaci snapped his six-game point streak, dating back to April 5, 2023. (5-4-9)

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Anthony Repaci #81 Blade Jenkins #19 Ashton Calder #16
Forward Line 2 Riley Piercey #29 Brendan Robbins #15 Zach White #5
Forward Line 3 Andrei Bakanov #11 Jake Pivonka #13 Quinn Ryan #9
Rotated Forwards – Joey Cipollone #12 Anthony Callin #44
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Jake Schultz #4 Artyom Kulakov #88
Defense Pair 2 Trevor Cosgrove #10 John Copeland #27
Defense Pair 3 Christian Krygier #8 Zsombor Garat #20
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Henrik Tikkanen #39
Backup Goaltender Tristan Lennox #30

Opponent Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Mathieu Roy #15 Justin Robidas #19 Thomas Caron #26
Forward Line 2 Carson Golder #24 Ryan Foss #27 Mark Liwiski #10
Forward Line 3 Stepan Timofeyev #22 Keaton Jameson #16 Ian White #17
Rotated Forwards – Danny Katic #12 Justin Young #21
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Griffin Mendel #6 Domenick Fensore #7
Defense Pair 2 Ronan Seeley #3 Simon Kubicek #5
Defense Pair 3 Andrew McLean #18 Josh McDougall #23
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Thomas Milic #35
Backup Goaltender Yaniv Perets #1

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Evan Reddick (21)
Referee –
Linesman Mark Dungan (61)
Linesman Evan Knox (83)


Highlights



Railers Lines


Admirals Lines

[This tweet is unavailable.] Thomas Caron goal (1-0 Admirals)

[This tweet is unavailable.] Zach White goal (1-1)


Ryan Foss goal (2-1 Admirals)

[This tweet is unavailable.] Justin Young goal (3-1 Admirals)

[This tweet is unavailable.] Mathieu Roy goal (4-1 Admirals)

Notable Tweets as the Game Happened