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The “210 Awards” for the WorSharks 2012-2013 season

With the Worcester Sharks regular season campaign coming to an end without a playoff run for the third season in a row, it’s time to start with the end of season paperwork. Up first are the “210 Awards”. For those new to the “210 Awards”, they are a mix of serious and (hopefully) slightly humorous [...]

WorSharks end 2012-13 campaign with shootout loss in Syracuse

The Worcester Sharks final game was a lot like their whole 2012-2013 campaign, falling way behind early and then managing to rush forward to get back into it, only to trip up at the very end as the WorSharks dropped a 4-3 shootout contest to the Syracuse Crunch at the Onondaga County War Memorial at [...]

Hamilton’s two shorthanded goals lift WorSharks over Penguins 4-2

The Worcester Sharks headed west for their final two games of the 2012-2013 season, and with nothing but pride left to play for got two late third period shorthanded goals from Freddie Hamilton to defeat the playoff bound Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in [...]

WorSharks miracle comeback falls short; Brace scores in third consecutive game

The Worcester Sharks dug themselves a four goal hole in the first 25 minutes of Friday night’s contest against the Norfolk Admirals, but roared back with three of their own as team MVP Bracken Kearns, enforcer Matt Pelech, and newcomer and new fan favorite Riley Brace all lit the lamp to get the WorSharks within [...]

WorSharks Booster Club announces team awards

The Worcester Sharks Booster Club held their 7th annual teams award ceremony Wednesday night at the DCU Center. The winners were: Best offensive player: Bracken Kearns Best defensive player: Sena Acolatse “Tough Guy” award: Matt Pelech Fan favorite: Alex Stalock Rookie of the year: Daniil Tarasov Seventh player award: James Livingston Best single game performance: [...]

WorSharks loss to Bridgeport spoils pro debut of Matt Nieto

The Worcester Sharks once again found a way to lose two valuable points in the standings to a team they absolutely had to beat to keep their longshot playoff chances alive after surrendering another multi goal lead and then never getting back on track Tuesday night in dropping a 4-2 contest to the Bridgeport Sound [...]

WorSharks playoff chances quickly fading away after shocking overtime loss to IceCaps

The Worcester Sharks were cruising along after three straight goals in the late second period and early third gave them a 4-2 lead and looked to have the game well in hand being backstopped by NHL netminder Thomas Greiss down on a conditioning assignment, but once again a team showed what happens when you take [...]

WorSharks keep playoff hopes alive with 5-3 win over Providence

The Worcester Sharks, who despite allowing goals in the final minute of two different periods and coughing up a two goal lead, got goals from five different first year AHL players and points from four more to give them a 5-3 win over the Providence Bruins Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts [...]

WorSharks drop 2-1 contest to Falcons; Derek Joslin to return to Worcester

The Worcester Sharks bussed an hour west down the Massachusetts Turnpike where their goal scoring woes continued, and the WorSharks inability to put the puck in the net despite having great scoring chances coupled with an early game brain cramp by Worcester’s top defensive pair lead to a painful 2-1 loss to the Springfield Falcons [...]

WorSharks dig a hole they can’t climb out of, lose 5-3 to Penguins

The Worcester Sharks played twenty minutes of great hockey Friday night, unfortunately it was just about all in the final period after they were already trailing by two goals, and despite having a six skater on three advantage late in the third period couldn’t get the game tying goal and eventually dropped a 5-3 decision [...]

WorSharks power past Penguins, win 5-1

The Worcester Sharks went into Wednesday night’s contest in the middle of the pack on special teams but managed to score four power play goals against the American Hockey League’s best penalty killing team and go a perfect five for five while shorthanded en route to a 5-1 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the [...]

WorSharks sink Pirates, win 5-3 (Edited boxscore)

The Worcester Sharks have had issues the last couple weeks putting the puck into the net, but Sunday against Portland it all seemed to come together for the WorSharks as four different players lit the lamp and 11 total players notched points during a 5-3 win over the Pirates at the DCU Center in Worcester, [...]

WorSharks grab point in 4-3 shootout loss to Providence

The Worcester Sharks finally broke their long drought of even strength goals with tallies by Sebastian Stalberg, Freddie Hamilton, and John McCarthy, but the lack of an real goal scoring reared its ugly head in the shootout where defenseman-playing-forward Denny Urban was the lone WorSharks skater to light the lamp as Worcester went a woeful [...]

NHL/AHL organizational scoring rankings

This is just a straightforward list of combined goals per game for each NHL team and its AHL affiliate. The NHL uses live scoring, so the stats used are as of 1930 EST (or so) today. The AHL stats are as of yesterday’s games. For Sharks fans it shows exactly what’s been seen with their [...]

WorSharks chomp Falcons 5-1 to earn four point weekend

The Worcester Sharks scored five goals in a game for the first time in two months and has several players break goal scoring droughts, but it was goaltender Alex Stalock’s 37 save performance that stole the show as he lead the WorSharks to a 5-1 win over the Northeast Division leading Springfield Falcons Sunday afternoon [...]

Stalock, WorSharks beat Pirates 4-1

The Worcester Sharks entered Saturday night’s contest with the Portland Pirates on a streak that hadn’t seen them beat a team that wasn’t sitting in last place since January 25th, and were mired in a seven game home losing streak stretching back even further. Add to that the WorSharks having lost five straight to the [...]

San Jose Sharks player waiver statuses

With the NHL season now in full swing and many transactions taking place between the San Jose Sharks and Worcester Sharks there’s lots of questions about waivers and the new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHLPA. The major change in the new agreement involves re-entry waivers, where a player making more than $105,000 [...]

WorSharks grab point in 3-2 shootout loss to Portland

The Worcester Sharks bussed two and a half hours north to take on the American Hockey League’s Atlantic Division leading Pirates at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine where the WorSharks record was a woeful 4-25-4. After trailing 2-0 halfway through the game they looked to be heading toward loss 26, but a [...]

WorSharks from the past: where are they playing now? (2012-13 edition)

Every year we like to take a look where former Worcester Sharks are playing across pro hockey, and while the NHL lockout pushed this from its normal late December posting to late January now that rosters seemed to have settled it’s time to take another look at who is playing where. Below is a list [...]

WorSharks steal a point in 4-3 shootout loss to Providence

The Worcester Sharks once again came out of the gate flat and that slow start resulted in three goals against during the first 9:49 of their Saturday night contest against the Providence Bruins, but the WorSharks slowly dug themselves out that deep hole and managed to steal a point in a 4-3 shootout loss at [...]