Archive for December, 2014

WorSharks silence Sound Tigers with 6-2 thrashing of Bridgeport

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The Worcester Sharks seemed to have finally awakened from their recent offensive slumber as they twice came back from one goal deficits and then finally put the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the rearview mirror with five unanswered strikes to win Tuesday night’s contest at the DCU Center 6-2. Freddie Hamilton and Dylan DeMelo led the […]

WorSharks defeat Syracuse 4-2 to end Crunch’s 10 game winning streak

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Sunday, December 28, 2014

The Worcester Sharks were decided underdogs Saturday night at the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, New York against the streaking Crunch, who had won ten straight and were going for a AHL season leading 11th in a row. After a scoreless opening period the WorSharks managed a 3-0 lead by early in the […]

WorSharks waste quick start, suffer 5-4 shootout loss to Manchester

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Saturday, December 27, 2014

For the second time in three weeks the Worcester Sharks set the franchise record for fastest goal to start a game, and like the last time wasted the quick strike by giving one up just seconds later and then made it worse by allowing another quick goal moments after. Two third period goals put the […]

WorSharks earn point in 4-3 OT loss in Portland

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Sunday, December 21, 2014

The Worcester Sharks offensive woes this season are well documented, but the WorSharks did manage to find the net enough times to overcome both a one and two goal deficit to twice tie the game Saturday night in Portland against the Pirates only to stumble in overtime and drop a 4-3 contest at the Cross […]

WorSharks continue losing ways against Manchester in 4-1 loss to Monarchs

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Worcester Sharks are having a hard time doing a couple of things lately: scoring goals and beating the Manchester Monarchs. Knowing that it wasn’t great news to see a trip to New Hampshire on the schedule for this weekend and the results of Friday night’s contest at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester were […]

Anderson makes 26 saves as WorSharks blank Pirates 1-0

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Worcester Sharks are still having problems putting the puck into the net, so rookie goaltender J.P. Anderson took matters into his own hands and made the WorSharks lone goal by Micheal Haley stand up as the Worcester Sharks snapped their three game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Portland Pirates Sunday afternoon […]

WorSharks powerless to stop Manchester, lose 2-1

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Worcester Sharks continue to have offensive troubles, but on Saturday night against the Manchester Monarchs they reached a new low by going 0-9 on the power play and managing just a single shot in the third period in a 2-1 loss to the Monarchs. Freddie Hamilton had the lone WorSharks goal 1:02 into the […]

WorSharks defenseless in 5-3 loss to Hartford

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Worcester Sharks have enough troubles winning in Hartford without their defense disappearing at critical times, so when that happened on numerous occasions Friday night the result was pretty much what you’d expect to happen as the WorSharks dropped a 5-3 contest to the Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Daniil Tarasov, […]

Trupp scores earliest WorSharks goal ever in 3-2 loss to IceCaps

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014

The Worcester Sharks jumped out to their earliest lead ever in franchise history when Evan Trupp scored just 22 seconds into Saturday night’s rematch against the St John’s IceCaps, but then they gave up that lead almost as quickly. By the end of the first period Worcester had regained and lost the lead yet again, […]

Dell, WorSharks blank IceCaps 1-0 as Tarasov scores lone goal of game

By Darryl Hunt - Last updated: Saturday, December 6, 2014

The Worcester Sharks are still having a bit of an issue putting the puck in the net, and after dropping a 4-2 contest in Portland Tuesday night made their way up to St. John’s, Newfoundland and in the first of a two game set on The Rock managed to score just one goal when Daniil […]