Norfolk regained the momentum early in the third period, however, with two goals just 52 seconds apart, both by Golder, both on the power play. He was set up by a fine pass from the right wing by Joey Cipollone. Howdeshell got his second of the year at 17:38 via a snap shot from about 20 feet out. Worcester responded well, though, and retook the lead before the period was over. He drilled a low slap shot through traffic and past goalie Tristan Lennox for his third of the season. Kubicek got it at 15:06 of the second period. The Railers were still ahead, 1-0, with the game more than half over but the Admirals changed that with their first power play goal. Worcester had reams of good chances that wound up with shots on net, but only two shots in net.Ĭalder put Worcester ahead at 11:44 of the first period by beating Milic with a quick wrist shot from between the circles. The Railers were constantly thwarted by Norfolk goaltender Thomas Milic, who had 38 saves. The last Railer to score 10 goals in the first 20 games of the season was Jordan Smotherman, who did it at the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign. Simon Kubicek, Danny Katic and Mathieu Roy had the other Admirals goals.Ĭalder’s goal was his 10th of the season. Norfolk was paced by Carson Golder’s two goals. Worcester got goals from Ashton Calder and Keegan Howdeshell. Seven of those penalties were called and Railers’ rookies Artyom Kulakov and Riley Piercey were both involved in some serious jousting. Nowadays, if a player has a pulse after engaging in a bout, the penalty is roughing, not fighting. Some of them were double minors for roughing that, a few years ago, would have been fighting majors.

Referee Austin O’Rourke was unusually busy, calling 21 minor penalties. Norfolk converted three of nine power plays while Worcester was 0 for 6. The Railers had a 40-29 edge in shots on goal and had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 they could not protect as the Admirals scored four goals in the third period.

Worcester was beaten by the Norfolk Admirals, 5-2, with the last opposing goal coming into an empty net. WORCESTER – The Railers played a spirited game here Friday night but it had a dispiriting result, another loss on home ice.

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