WORCESTER, MA – The Worcester Railers HC (10-9-2-2, 24 points) scored a season high five goals in a 5-1 win over the visiting Adirondack Thunder (13-11-1-1, 28 points) in front of 5,133 fans at the DCU Center on Saturday night.
Patrick McNally recorded three points (two goals, one assist) in his second straight game, Frankie DiChiara added three assists, Chris Langkow scored twice, and Eamon McAdam made 26 saves in net as the Railers took two of three games versus the Thunder. Mike Cornell added two assists while Woody Hudson scored his sixth goal of the season as the Railers fired a season high 44 shots on goal in the victory.
The Railers outshot the Thunder 13-9 in the first period and scored the lone goal in the opening frame. McNally scored his team leading ninth goal of the season with a seeing eye shot from 60 feet through a screen and past netminder Nick Riopel at 15:29. Worcester led 1-0 after 20 minutes of play as McAdam stood tall in net for the Railers.
It was all Worcester in the second period as the Railers scored three goals on 20 shots on goal. Hudson (6th of season) finished off a 3-on-1 rush at 10:36 to give the Railers a 2-0 lead. Langkow (7th of season) was alone in front and found a loose puck at 14:33 to extend his point streak to six games and gave Worcester a three-goal edge. McNally (10th of season) struck again at 16:06 with a quick snap shot from 45 feet on the rush to finish off the scoring in period number two. Shots were 20-7 Railers in the middle frame as Worcester took a 4-0 lead into the second intermission.
The Thunder got on the board at 1:08 as Desmond Bergin (5th of season) fired a shot through a screen from 50 feet that beat McAdam to cut the Railers lead to 4-1. Langkow (8th of season) added an empty netter for the Railers fifth goal as Worcester took home the two points on home ice.
Notes: Three Stars of the game were 3rd star: Mike Cornell (2 assists) 2nd star: Frankie DiChiara (3 assists) 1st star: Patrick McNally (2 goals-1assist for 3 points)… Final shots were 44-26 in favor of Worcester… Drew Fielding (4-3-0) made 36 saves on 40 shots for Adirondack… Eamon McAdam (6-5-4) made 25 saves on 26 shots for Worcester… Mitch Gillam was the backup goalie… Worcester went 0-for-0 on the power play while Adirondack went 0-for-3… Yanick Turcotte, Nick Saracino (injury), Ashton Rome (injury), Josh Monk (injury), and Connor Doherty (injury) did not dress for Worcester… Chris Langkow wore the captain “C” for the Railers due to Rome’s injury… Langkow now has a six-game point streak (6 goals-4 assists for 10 points)… Patrick McNally now leads all ECHL defensemen with ten goals and has six points in the last two games (4 goals-2 assists-6 points)… Frankie DiChiara added three assists and was plus-3… Mike Cornell had two assists for Worcester and has three points in his last two games (1goal-2 assists-3 points)… The Railers wore specialty STAR WARS jerseys to benefit the Shine initiative… Before the game the Worcester Fire Department Hockey team defeated the MacBoston Hockey Team 5-2… Worcester’s next game is on Wednesday, December 20th when the Railers host the Reading Royals at 7:05 p.m.
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