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A look at this season’s free agent list for the WorSharks

With the off-season for the San Jose Sharks and Worcester Sharks coming far too soon for fans’ tastes, the focus now goes to the draft and free agency. Below is a list of free agents that spent time on the WorSharks roster this season and what this writer thinks the chances are they’ll be back […]

A look back at some games where the WorSharks may have cost themselves some points

Every team can look back at some games during their season as say “if only…” in regards to contests they should have won or points they could have gotten for getting games into overtime. With the WorSharks finishing 13th of 15 teams in the American Hockey League’s Eastern Conference and missing the playoffs by ten […]

WorSharks are Gourde against Hershey Bears, win 3-2 in season finale

The Worcester Sharks ended the final weekend of the regular season on an up note as amateur try-out player Yanni Gourde scored his first professional goal and assisted on both other WorSharks tallies during a 3-2 victory over the Hershey Bears Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 5,810 fans. […]

WorSharks frozen by IceCaps 3-1

The Worcester Sharks, playing out the string after being eliminated from Calder Cup playoff contention with Wednesday’s Portland Pirates win over the Connecticut Whale, dressed five players on amateur try-out contracts and 11 rookies overall against the number two team in the AHL’s Eastern Conference and for the most part played the St. John’s IceCaps […]

WorSharks, Acolatse overpower Monarchs 4-1

The Worcester Sharks are needing to all win their remaining games and get a lot of help to make the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs, and behind Harri Sateri’s 49 saves and two power play goals from Sena Acolatse they took a baby step in the right direction by beating the Manchester Monarchs 4-1 Tuesday night […]

WorSharks game in Portland ends in controversy, brawl

The Worcester Sharks lost three separate one goal leads and then found themselves trailing after giving up an early third period tally, but then drew even in regulation on Matt Tennyson’s first professional goal only to lose 5-4 in a shootout to the Portland Pirates Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center in front […]

WorSharks Booster Club announces 2011-2012 season awards

At a banquet held for the Worcester Sharks players and staff, Booster Club President Rich Lundin announced the winners of the Booster Club team awards. The winners were: Best Offensive Player – John McCarthy Best Defensive Player – Mike Moore Best Tough Guy – Jimmy Bonneau Fan Favorite – Brandon Mashinter Best Single Game Performance […]

WorSharks playoff hopes slowly vanish as skid hits four games

The Worcester Sharks recently ended one of the most disappointing road trips in team history by going winless in three games where all events pointed to them winning the contests, and then ran their losing streak to four games after surrendering five of the games final six goals in a 5-3 loss to the Portland […]

WorSharks use blood and guts to defeat Bridgeport 5-2

The Worcester Sharks were bloodied, both literally and figuratively, early in the contest but stormed back with four second period goals en route to a 5-2 win that sent the Bridgeport Sound Tigers home feeling like they were the ones beaten up Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 5,023 […]

WorSharks chomp Providence 5-2 to stay in playoff race

The Worcester Sharks went into Friday night’s contest looking for a little revenge for last weekend’s shutout loss to the Providence Bruins, and after notching three third period goals defeated the Baby-Bs 5-2 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 7,787 fans to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The […]

WorSharks slowly sliding down standings, lose 4-1 to Adirondack

The Worcester Sharks started a new game on Sunday afternoon but it looked a whole lot like just a continuation of Saturday night’s shutout loss to Providence with the WorSharks taking a large amount of shots but just not being able to put the puck into the net. Worcester was finally able to light the […]

WorSharks powerless in 2-0 loss to Providence

The Worcester Sharks are averaging under three goals a game, so after scoring six against Portland on Friday night it wasn’t shocking to see the return of their scoring issues in Saturday’s contest, and the inability to put the puck in the net came back to bite the WorSharks on the backside as they were […]

WorSharks put up a six-pack against Pirates, beat Portland 6-4

The Worcester Sharks got multiple point tallies from four players in a night that saw 11 different WorSharks hit the scoresheet, and they needed just about every single one of them to overcome some shaky goaltending in route to upending the Portland Pirates 6-4 Friday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front […]

WorSharks not so special in 3-2 loss to Bridgeport

The Worcester Sharks got two even strength goals from Brandon Mashinter but allowed three goals while shorthanded, which turned out to be the difference in a 3-2 loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Tuesday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of a intimate crowd in a game delayed over an hour […]

WorSharks announce Clear Day Roster

Courtesy of the Worcester Sharks: WORCESTER, MA– Worcester Sharks President Michael A. Mudd announced the Worcester Sharks 2011-12 Clear Day roster today, which consists of 20 skaters and two goaltenders. According to AHL by-laws, only the players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular […]

WorSharks score enough to steal point in 3-2 shootout loss to Portland

The Worcester Sharks looked to take advantage of some offensive momentum gathered in their Saturday night win in Providence but the scoring doldrums popped right back up again in their contest Sunday afternoon against the Portland Pirates. Luckily for the WorSharks their two goals were enough to grab a point in a 3-2 shootout loss […]

WorSharks score early and often, beat Providence 5-2

The Worcester Sharks bussed south down Route 146 to avenge last Friday night’s collapse to the Providence Bruins, and took it to the shorthanded Baby-Bs early with three opening period goals, the first two by captain Mike Moore, and then survived a couple bumps in the road to defeat their Atlantic Division rivals 5-2 at […]

WorSharks powerless in Connecticut, lose in shootout 2-1

The Worcester Sharks went into Hartford to take on the Connecticut Whale Tuesday morning hoping to wipe away the taste of a couple of poor weekend outings that saw them choke away another third period lead to Providence and then play a total flop of a game against Portland, but their continued inability to puck […]

WorSharks let another one slip away, get Crunched by Syracuse 4-2

The Worcester Sharks went into Syracuse looking to get back to even on their four game road trip and improve on their playoff aspirations, but sloppy play in their own zone and the continued inability to put the puck in the net sent them home loser 4-2 to the Syracuse Crunch at the Onondaga County […]

WorSharks celebrate Alex Stalock’s return with 2-1 win over Springfield

The Worcester Sharks drove an hour west down the Massachusetts Turnpike to take on the Springfield Falcons with a couple of players that haven’t been around in some time, and while John McCarthy was held off the scoresheet returning goaltender Alex Stalock looked like he hadn’t missed a beat and made the WorSharks two first […]