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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 […]

WorSharks grab a much needed two points in 3-1 victory over Springfield

The Worcester Sharks traveled an hour west down the Massachusetts Turnpike mired in a five game (0-4-0-1) winless streak to take on the Springfield Falcons, who were riding high as the best team in the American Hockey League and unbeaten in eight in a row (7-0-1-0), but has been so often the case over the […]

WorSharks can’t beat the men wearing orange, lose 2-1

The Worcester Sharks finally got back all of the players they expected to return from the San Jose Sharks but the WorSharks offensive woes continued, and when you don’t score many goals beating your opponent is next to impossible. It’s also doesn’t help when you need to beat the guy in the striped shirt too, […]

WorSharks drop fourth straight; Urban continues to shine for Worcester

The Worcester Sharks had a great opening 90 seconds to start their Friday night contest, with Jimmy Bonneau administering some punishment to Andrei Loktionov for Loktionov’s blind side hit to Curt Gogol on New Year’s Eve and Jon Matsumoto scoring a nice breakaway goal after a long feed from Daniil Tarasov, but that was pretty […]

WorSharks lose 3-1 to Pirates; Sateri shines in losing effort

The Worcester Sharks ragtag lineup once again had issues putting the puck in the net, only in Sunday’s matinee against the Portland Pirates it was due more to the opposing netminder than an ability to generate any offense. But in spite of a great goaltending performance from Harri Sateri the result was still the same […]

WorSharks lose to Albany 4-1

The Worcester Sharks, hard hit by several key players being held out of the contest due to they potentially being recalled for the start of San Jose’s training camp, jumped out to an early lead thanks to Freddie Hamilton’s sixth goal of the season–with Daniil Tarasov grabbing his first AHL point with the lone assist–but […]

Petrecki, WorSharks upend Springfield 4-3 in overtime

The Worcester Sharks went into Friday night’s contest with the Springfield Falcons with many of their top players out of the line-up as the NHL gets ready to open training camps for their lockout shortened season, and despite losing three different one goal leads were able to grab the bonus point when Nick Petrecki connected […]

WorSharks defeat Monarchs 3-2, Gogol injured by cheap shot

The WorSharks spent their fourth consecutive New Year’s Eve on the road and on the strength of a 35 save performance by goaltender Harri Sateri and a game winning goal by captain John McCarthy with just 66 seconds left in regulation celebrated the new year with a 3-2 victory over the Manchester Monarchs Monday night […]

WorSharks two highlight goals beat Manchester 2-1

The Worcester Sharks got two point nights from Jon Matsumoto and James Sheppard and an outstanding goaltending performance from Harri Sateri to defeat the Manchester Monarchs 2-1 in the back half of a home and home Friday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 5,008 fans. Jon Matsumoto scoring the game […]