WORCESTER – The Worcester Railers HC (12-17-1-3 28 points) lost to the Reading Royals (11-17-4-0, 26 points) on Friday night by the final score of 4-3 in front of a crowd of 3,305 at the DCU Center. The Railers are back on the ice next at the DCU Center, taking on the Reading Royals on Saturday at 6:05 p.m.
The scoring started early tonight as Justin Gill (1-0-1) gave Worcester the lead 1-0 just 45 seconds into the first period. Shortly after Reading tied the game with a goal from Lou-Félix Denis 2:18 into the first. The Railers extended their lead to 3-1 heading into the second period with goals from Anthony Callin (1-1-2) and Matt DeMelis (1-0-1).
Reading scored the only two goals in the second period, coming off the sticks of Jake Smith (1-1-2) and Matt Brown (1-1-2), to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the third period. Neither team could score in the third period, which led us to overtime. Neither team scored the game-winner through seven minutes of overtime, leaving it up to a shootout.
Matt Miller scored the winning shootout goal for Reading, giving them the 4-3 win. Worcester struck first 45 seconds in on Friday as Justin Gill (2nd) scored to give Worcester the 1-0 lead. Reading evened the score 2:18 into the first with a goal from Lou-Félix Denis (5th).
Anthony Callin (7th) put Worcester back on top with his one-timer goal at 11:59 in the first period. Matt DeMelis (1st) finished the first period scoring off with his own goal to give Worcester the 3-1 lead hea.
