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McGinn, WorSharks Send Bruins Into Hibernation, 3-2

The Worcester Sharks, in a game eerily similar to Friday night’s contest, got three goals in the first half of the game and then held on for dear life during the second half to defeat the Providence Bruins 3-2 Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 7,273 fans. The WorSharks would […]

Braun, WorSharks Silence Sound Tigers, 3-2

The Worcester Sharks got two goals from Justin Braun and a third period game winner from Dan DaSilva to defeat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 Friday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 3,468 fans. The WorSharks would get on the board first after some hard work from the Crazed Rats […]

WorSharks Rally, Then Fall To Portland 5-4

The Worcester Sharks finally turned the tables on an opponent in the third period by making a miracle multi-goal comeback, only to stumble at the very end to lose their lead and then the game 5-4 in a shootout to the Portland Pirates Sunday afternoon at the DCU center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of […]

Same Old Song And Dance For WorSharks In 6-3 Loss

The Worcester Sharks added another game to the already long list of third period collapses after turning a two goal lead into a three goal deficit and dropping a 6-3 contest to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of a record crowd announced at 9,803. The […]

Old And New Lift WorSharks Over Portland, 5-3

The Worcester Sharks got three players back from the NHL after San Jose made a couple of roster additions, and along with all three of those players scoring goals the WorSharks got multiple point nights from defensemen Nick Schaus and Jody Pederson and forward Tommy Wingles in a 5-3 victory over the Portland Pirates Wednesday […]

WorSharks Half-Season Report Card

With the AHL season just past the halfway mark it’s time to take a look at the players on the Worcester Sharks roster and give them a grade on how well they’ve done against the expectations that have been set for them and how well they’ve done compared to the other players on the roster. […]

WorSharks Run Aground By Pirates, 8-3

The Worcester Sharks couldn’t hold on to three different one goal leads and then apparently forgot there was a third period to play as they gave up six consecutive goals to lose Saturday night’s contest 8-3 to the Portland Pirates at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. T.J. Trevelyan and Steven Zalewski each […]

WorSharks Power Themselves To Victory Over Falcons, 3-1

The Worcester Sharks found themselves in the all too familiar territory of being scoreless and trailing in the third period, but three quick strikes allowed the WorSharks to celebrate Roy Sommer’s 1000th game as an AHL head coach with a 3-1 win over the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in front […]

Bad Call Sends WorSharks Off To Defeat

The Worcester Sharks overcame a two goal deficit and appeared to win the game in overtime, but a controversial call overturned the apparent tally and led to a shootout, where the Springfield Falcons defeated the WorSharks 3-2 in a Sunday afternoon contest at the DCU center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of a crowd of […]

Desjardins Overtime Tally Lifts WorSharks Over Bridgeport, 2-1

The Worcester Sharks got a solid goaltending performance from Carter Hutton and threw 40 shots on net, but it took an Andrew Desjardins overtime tally to defeat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-1 Saturday night at the newly renamed Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut in front of an announced crowd of 5,145. […]

Irwin’s Late Blast Lifts WorSharks Over Portland, 3-2

The Worcester Sharks lost another two goal third period lead but Matt Irwin broke the WorSharks oh-for-26 power play streak in the final seconds of Sunday afternoon’s contest to defeat the Portland Pirates 3-2 at the DCU center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 3,550 fans. The WorSharks entered the game on a streak of […]

WorSharks Special Teams Not So Special In 3-2 Loss

The Worcester Sharks twice over came one goal deficits but in the end their rag tag line-up again couldn’t get the job done in a 3-2 loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Friday afternoon at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut in front of 3,701 fans. The loss gives the Sound Tigers the […]

WorSharks Silenced By Sound Tigers, 2-1

The Worcester Sharks got a third period goal from Jonathan Cheechoo and another good goaltending performance from Alex Stalock, but that wasn’t enough as the WorSharks dropped a 2-1 Thursday night contest to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 4,124 fans. The two teams meet again New […]

WorSharks Lose More Than Just The Game In 3-2 Overtime Loss to Whale

The Worcester Sharks missed several golden opportunities in regulation to put away the Connecticut Whale but couldn’t capitalize on any of them, and then gave up the game winning goal with just 29.5 seconds left in overtime to drop a 3-2 contest Friday night at the XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Hartford, Connecticut in […]

WorSharks Grab Shootout Victory Over Bridgeport, 4-3

The Worcester Sharks got three second period goals to battle back from an early two goal deficit, and were eight seconds away from victory when the Bridgeport Sound Tigers tied the contest with a shorthanded goal. The WorSharks continued to play hard through the extra stanza and on through the shootout where they came out […]

WorSharks’ Pair Of Threes Beats Devils, 6-3

The Worcester Sharks entered the final twenty minutes of Saturday night’s contest leading 3-0 and then had another third period collapse that allowed the Albany Devils to tie the game at 3-3, but the WorSharks stormed back over the last five minutes to take the game 6-3 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New […]

WorSharks Lose To Monarchs, 4-1

The Worcester Sharks got 46 shots on goal but could put only one past Monarchs goaltender Martin Jones in a 4-1 loss Friday night to the Manchester Monarchs at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Matt Irwin got the lone goal for Worcester, with Sean Sullivan and Andrew Desjardins assisting on the power […]

Cheechoo, WorSharks Sink Pirates, 4-2

The Worcester Sharks got goals from four different players and multiple point nights from Jonathan Cheechoo, Sean Sullivan, and Steven Zalewski to defeat the Portland Pirates 4-2 Tuesday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine to sweep their division rivals in their home-and-home series. The win propelled the WorSharks into second place […]

WorSharks Avoid Epic Collapse In 6-4 Victory Over Portland

#14 JONATHAN CHEECHOO, #28 JAY LEACH LINE UP FOR A FACEOFF WORCESTER SHARKS CENTER #11 CORY QUIRK W-SHARKS DEFENSEMAN #6 NICK SHAUS CHALLENGES PUCK CARRIER The Worcester Sharks did again Sunday afternoon what they have done far too often this season–collapse in the third period. Luckily for the WorSharks the collapse happened with a five […]

WorSharks Feast On Whale With 2-1 Victory Over Connecticut

The Worcester Sharks got a flukey goal early and then almost made it stand up for the rest of the game until being forced into a shootout, where they prevailed to defeat the Connecticut Whale 2-1 Wednesday night at the DCU center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of an intimate crowd of 2,171. The Whale, […]