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Friday, November 13th

Railers Grab OT Win in First of Three Meetings with Gargoyles

Railers Grab OT Win in First of Three Meetings with Gargoyles

GREENSBORO, NC – The Greensboro Gargoyles came back twice to tie Thursday’s game against the Worcester Railers, but the Railers picked up the extra point in a 3-2 overtime win at First Horizon Coliseum.

Worcester opened the scoring 11:52 into the first period from Lincoln Hatten, assisted by McCauley Carson and Tyson Fawcett.

The Gargoyles responded on the power play where Gleb Trikozov scored his first goal of the season with 4:43 remaining in the first, assisted by Markus Oden and Tyler Cristall. Trikozov, a second round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes, has nine AHL goals in two seasons with Chicago, and became the highest NHL drafted player to suit in a Gargoyles uniform on opening night.

The Railers regained the lead 62 seconds later as Gargoyles netminder Ruslan Khazheyev misplayed the puck behind the net giving Worcester forward Jordan Kaplan an empty net on the turnover. The Railers outshot the Gargoyles 14-9 through the first 20 minutes.

Greensboro added a second power play try with six seconds remaining in the opening frame. They would capitalize 30 seconds into the second period when Matthew Quercia scored his second goal since being reassigned. Parker Lindauer, the Gargoyles leading scorer, picked up an assist to tie the game 2-2.

Each team added three shots in overtime, but the Railers found an odd-man rush where Sam Stange knocked in Kaplan’s shot to give Worcester the 3-2 ovetime win.

Khazheyev finished with 35 saves to help the Gargoyles add a point in the North Division. Greensboro holds second place in the standings, three behind the North Division leader, Trois-Rivieres, who they will meet in December.

Greensboro held the Railers 0-for-5 on the advantage and capitalized on two of their three power plays in a strong special teams night.

The Railers stay in Gate City for two more games this weekend. Saturday, the Gargoyles host their Cancer Awareness game as they take the ice in specialty Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys. Puck drop is at 7 PM. Then, the weekend series closes on Sunday Funday at 3 PM. Tickets and more information are available at gargoyleshockey.com.