Game Story

Trois-Rivières, QC — The Worcester Railers fell 4-1 to the Trois-Rivières Lions, closing out their seven-game road trip on Wednesday night.

Henrik Tikkanen made 34 saves in his second consecutive start. Quinn Ryan scored Worcester’s only goal, his eighth of the season. Philippe Desrosiers stopped all but one of Worcester’s 29 shots on Wednesday. Anthony Beauregard, Philippe Bureau-Blais, Olivier Galipeau, and William Leblanc each scored goals for Trois-Rivières. Wednesday’s loss was the Railers first back-to-back loss they’ve had so far this season.

It seemed the Railers could not drop their sluggish play Wednesday, continuing a trend from Sunday in Newfoundland. Trois-Rivières got on the board twice in the opening period and scored a third goal in the second period. Anthony Beauregard scored at 6:35 from the left circle, scored in the slot with no Railers coverage in front of the net. Philippe Bureau-Blais made it 2-0 at 17:08 with a backhand shot from the right circle. Railers were outshot 14-11 in the opening period.

Olivier Galipeau brought the Lions lead to 3-0, sending the puck through a crowded Railers net at 3:03. Lions outshot Worcester 16-10 in the second, bringing the shot totals to 30-21 at the end of the second period.

The only goal of the night was scored by Quinn Ryan at 11:35 in the period, picking up the puck at center ice with a top-shelf goal between the circles for his eighth of the season. Henrik Tikkanen was pulled at the 17:24 mark in the third period and at 2:36 left to go in the period William Leblanc put the game away with an empty net goal.

The three stars of Wednesday night’s game were:

  1. Olivier Galipeau (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal
  2. Anthony Beauregard (Trois-Rivieres) – 1 goal
  3. Philippe Desrosiers (Trois-Rivieres) – win, 29 saves, 0.966 SV%

Around the division, there were two inter-division matchups that were won by North division teams. Newfoundland beat Iowa 4-3 in overtime and Reading beat Allen 5-2 Wednesday. The Adirondack Thunder beat Norfolk Admirals 4-2, with the last-place Admirals now with a 2-17-1 record.

The Railers head back to Worcester after earning 9 out of 14 points on their 7-game road trip. They’ll face the Idaho Steelheads in the first of five straight home games on Friday at 7:05 PM.

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Box Score

Scoring 1 2 3 T
0 0 1 1
2 1 1 4
Shots 1 2 3 T
11 10 8 29
14 16 8 38
Score Team Time Scored by Assisted by Type
0 – 1 6:35 – 1st A. Beauregard (9) N. Guay
0 – 2 17:08 – 1st P. Bureau-Blais (1) B. Stapley, P. Dubé
0 – 3 3:03 – 2nd O. Galipeau (5) J. Phelan, P. Dubé
1 – 3 11:35 – 3rd Q. Ryan (8)
1 – 4 17:24 – 3rd W. Leblanc (4) EN

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 -2 0 2
F 8 B. Butler 0 0 -3 4 0
D 9 N. Delmas 0 0 0 0 0
F 10 D. Osik 0 0 -1 0 0
F 12 B. Beaudoin 0 0 -1 6 0
F 13 B. Jerry 0 0 -1 0 0
D 15 C. Evers 0 0 -2 0 2
F 18 B. Christensen 0 0 -1 2 0
F 19 Q. Ryan 1 0 -2 2 0
D 22 J. Solow 0 0 -1 2 0
F 24 J. Quinlivan 0 0 0 0 0
D 25 P. Beaulieu 0 0 0 1 0
D 26 J. Brandt 0 0 -1 2 0
D 27 M. McGurty 0 0 -1 3 0
F 29 Z. Bross 0 0 -1 1 0
F 37 R. Newkirk 0 0 0 4 0
F 81 A. Repaci 0 0 0 2 0
Team:
Totals: 1 0 -17 29 4
Player MIN SH SVS GA SV%
39 H. Tikkanen (L) – 37 34 3 –
Empty Net – 1 1 –
Totals: – 38 34 4 –
# Player G A +/- SH PIM
G 30 P. Desrosiers 0 0 0 0 0
G 31 T. Sigouin 0 0 0 0 0
RW 6 C. Bilek 0 0 0 2 0
C 7 B. Stapley 0 1 +1 5 2
C 10 J. Joannette 0 0 +1 3 0
F 14 J. Phelan 0 1 +1 1 0
C 21 C. Montminy 0 0 +1 3 0
D 25 M. Brodeur 0 0 +1 3 0
D 26 O. Galipeau 1 0 +3 2 2
D 28 F. Thibeault 0 0 +1 1 0
RW 44 R. Francis 0 0 0 1 0
F 55 N. Lariviere 0 0 0 0 0
D 59 C. Welsh 0 0 0 1 0
D 65 P. Bureau-Blais 1 0 +1 4 0
RW 72 P. Dubé 0 2 +1 6 0
C 74 W. Leblanc 1 0 +2 1 0
RW 91 N. Guay 0 1 +2 1 0
F 92 A. Beauregard 1 0 +1 3 0
RW 95 J. Parker-Jones 0 0 0 1 0
Team:
Totals: 4 5 16 38 4
Player MIN SH SVS GJ SV%
30 P. Desrosiers (W) – 29 28 1 –
– – – – – – –
Totals: – 29 28 1 –

Penalties

Time Team Player Mins Infraction
12:10 – 2nd B. Stapley 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
15:50 – 2nd C. Evers 2 Holding – minor (54.2)
10:06 – 3rd C. McCarthy 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)
11:09 – 3rd O. Galipeau 2 Tripping – minor (57.2)

Notes

  • Railers Scratches: Liam Coughlin and Nolan Vesey.
  • Lions Scratches: Alex Breton, Bradley Johnson, Conner Chaulk, Joe Vrbetic, Riley McKay, and Santino Centorame.
  • Joel Eisenhower was signed as the team’s EBUG on Tuesday and was released on Wednesday. Eisenhower was Worcester’s second EBUG of this road trip with Doug Pippy serving as the team’s EBUG during Sunday’s game vs Newfoundland. No reasoning was given as to why Ken Appleby missed Sunday but he was on the bench for Wednesday’s game.
  • Jeff Solow took shifts as a forward throughout Wednesday night with Liam Coughlin and Nolan Vesey both out of the line-up.
  • Anthony Repaci was nominated for ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec. 4 with 4 points in 3 games last week (2-2-4). Derek Lodermeier of the Jacksonville Icemen was the Player of the Week with four goals and two assists for six points in three games last week.
  • Henrik Tikkanen was nominated for ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec. 4.
  • The Railers had the following scoring streaks:
    • Reece Newkirk snapped his point streak at five games. (3-4-7)
    • No Railers on their active roster have any point streaks after tonight.

Railers Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Bobby Butler #8 “C” Billy Jerry #13 Quinn Ryan #19
Forward Line 2 Anthony Repaci #81 “A” Brent Beaudoin #12 Zack Bross #29
Forward Line 3 Reece Newkirk #37 Jack Quinlivan #24 Blake Christensen #18
Rotated Forwards – Derek Osik #10 Jeff Solow #22
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Philip Beaulieu #25 Noah Delmas #9
Defense Pair 2 Jared Brandt #26 Myles McGurty #27 “A”
Defense Pair 3 Christian Evers #15 Connor McCarthy #2
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Henrik Tikkanen #39
Backup Goaltender Ken Appleby #35

Lions Lines

Forward Lines LW C RW
Forward Line 1 Cedric Montminy #21 Brett Stapley #7 Pierrick Dubé #72
Forward Line 2 William Leblanc #74 Anthony Beauregard #92 Nicolas Guay #91
Forward Line 3 Nicolas Lariviere #55 Ryan Francis #44 Colin Bilek #6
Rotated Forwards Jonathan Joannette #10 James Phelan #14 –
Defensive Pairings LD RD
Defense Pair 1 Philippe Bureau-Blais #65 Olivier Galipeau #26
Defense Pair 2 Connor Welsh #59 Francis Thibeault #28
Defense Pair 3 Mathieu Brodeur #25 John Parker-Jones #95
Rotated Defensemen – –
Goalie Tandem G
Starting Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers #30
Backup Goaltender Thomas Sigouin #31

On-Ice Officials

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Referee Samuel Bernier (33)
Referee Dominic Cadieux (3)
Linesman Philippe Pilon (68)
Linesman Jarrett Burton (91)

Highlights

The highlights from Saturday’s game can be found on the ECHL website.

Notable Tweets as the Game Happened


Anthony Beauregard goal (1-0 Lions)


Olivuer Galipeau goal (2-0 Lions)


Olivier Galipeau goal (3-0 Lions)


Quinn Ryan goal (3-1 Lions)

There was no video of the Lions’ fourth goal due to technical difficulties as an advertisement appeared on screen during a break in play and the feed was not swapped over.