Trois-Rivières, QC – The Worcester Railers HC (1-2-0-0 2pts) beat the Trois-Rivières Lions (0-1-1-0, 1pts), on Friday night by the final score of 4-3 in front of a crowd of 2,441 at the Colisèe Vidèotron. The Railers are back on the ice next at the Cross Insurance Arena taking on the Maine Mariners on Sunday, October 27th at 3:00 p.m. EST.
It was Trois-Rivières who struck first this time around, as Anthony Beauchamp (1-0-1) gave the Lions the 1-0 lead eight minutes into the first. The Railers didn’t wait long to tie it up at 1, when Griffin Luce (1-0-1) found the back of the net. The Railers quickly took the 2-1 lead in the second with a goal from Mason Klee (1-0-1). Worcester started the scoring in the third with a goal from Jack Randl (1-0-1). Trois-Rivières then scored 2 unanswered from Xavier Cormier (1-1-2) and Brycen Martin (1-0-1) to send it to overtime. In overtime it was Matthew Kopperud (1-1-2) who scored the game winner for Worcester.
