Worcester Railers HC at Maine Mariners

October 24th, 2026

Cross Insurance Arena

Meeting 2 of 14 vs. Maine this preseason

Railers are 1-1-0-0 vs. Mariners this season

RAILERS FALL IN FIRST ROAD GAME OF THE SEASON 3-0 TO MAINE

Gahagen makes 21 saves in the loss.

PORTLAND, ME — The Worcester Railers HC (1-2-0-0) lost to the Maine Mariners (1-1-0-0) on Saturday, October 24th, by a final score of 3-0 in front of a crowd of 5,243 at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME. The Railers will play Maine again on Sunday, October 25th to wrap up the weekend. Puck drop is at 3:00 p.m. EDT. 

Maine successfully stymied Worcester on the power play Saturday afternoon, getting two shorthanded goals from Max Andreev (2-0-2) at the onset of the first and second periods. Andreev's goals bookended an effort from Robert Cronin (1-0-1), who was alone in front and beat Parker Gahagen in net for Worcester. The Mariners took a 3-0 lead into the third period. Neither team found the back of the net to close out the final frame as the game came to a close with a 3-0 score.

The first period was an eventful but unproductive one for Worcester, as the team headed on the power play three separate times but was unsuccessful in converting. With fifteen seconds remaining on Jaxon Bellamy's tripping call for Maine, Josh Bloom took a turnover from Worcester and fed Max Andreev (1st) back door to beat Gahagen and make it 1-0 Maine. The Mariners doubled their lead 7:23 later when Robert Cronin (1st) received a feed alone in front from Antonio Venuto and ripped a shot clean past Gahagen to make it a 2-0 game. Worcester outshot Maine 7-6 in the first.

The Mariners surrendered another early penalty and converted on their second shorthanded goal of the game to open the second period. As Luke Cavallin committed a tripping call for Maine, Josh Bloom and Max Andreev (2nd) recreated their firt period tally to a tee and extended Maine's lead to 3-0. Neither team scored across the rest of the second period as Maine outshot Worcester 6-5 in the frame.

The Railers and Mariners exchanged power play time alike across the third frame fro Portland on Saturday, but both goaltenders Cavllin for Maine and Gahagen were firm in net to bring the game to a 3-0 close. Fifty-one penalty minutes were doled out in the third between the two teams. Shots in the third favored Maine 12-3.

NOTES: Three stars: 3rd Star: Josh Bloom (0-2-2, +2, 1 shot), 2nd Star: Luke Cavallin (15 saves, 0GA, 1.000 SV%), 1st Star: Max Andreev (2-0-2, +2, 4 shots)… Final shots were 24-15 in favor of Maine… Luke Cavallin (1-1-0-0) made 15 saves on 15 shots for Maine. Parker Gahagen (1-2-0-0) made 21 saves on 24 shots while Gabe Carriere served as backup for Worcester… Worcester went 0-for-6 on power plays while Maine went 0-for-4… Anthony Repaci (IR), Gabe Blanchard (DNP), Adam Samuelsson (DNP), William Lavallière (DNP) and Riley Ginnell (IR) did not dress for Worcester…

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