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Worcester Sharks
Worcester Sharks.svg
City Worcester, Massachusetts
League
American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference Eastern Conference
Division Atlantic Division
Founded 1996
Operated
2006–2015
Home arena DCU Center
Colors Pacific teal, Black, White, Burnt Orange
                   
Owner(s)
San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, Governor)
Media
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
WTAG AM 580 & FM 94.9
Charter TV3
Affiliates
San Jose Sharks
(2006–2015)
Franchise history
1996–2001 Kentucky Thoroughblades
2001–2006 Cleveland Barons
2006–2015 Worcester Sharks
2015–present San Jose Barracuda

The Worcester Sharks were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2006 to 2015. Affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks and located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Sharks played their home games at the DCU Center.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Relocation to San Jose




  • 2 Broadcasters


  • 3 Season-by-season results


  • 4 Players


    • 4.1 Team captains


    • 4.2 All-Star Classic representatives


    • 4.3 Notable alumni




  • 5 Player records


    • 5.1 All-time regular season leaders


    • 5.2 Individual regular season


    • 5.3 All-time playoff leaders


    • 5.4 Franchise firsts


    • 5.5 Franchise lasts


    • 5.6 Franchise scoring leaders




  • 6 Head coaches


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


On November 9, 2004, the St. Louis Blues announced the sale of the Worcester IceCats to the owners of their ECHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen.[1] The new owners moved the franchise to Peoria, Illinois, for the 2005–06 season. Shocked by the loss of the IceCats, the people of Worcester bargained with several National Hockey League (NHL) franchises, trying to bring hockey back to the city. On January 6, 2006, the San Jose Sharks announced they were moving their AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons, to Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Worcester Sharks played their first home game on October 14, 2006, in front of a sold-out 7,230 fans in a shootout loss to the Portland Pirates. The Sharks qualified for the playoffs in their inaugural season, but were eliminated in six games by the Manchester Monarchs in the first round.


The Sharks' main rivals were the Providence Bruins, the genesis of which dates back to IceCats' days.[citation needed]


The Sharks were well represented in the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, with former Sharks Joe Pavelski (played for the United States), Douglas Murray (represented Sweden) along with the goaltending tandem from the franchise's first two years with Thomas Greiss and Dimitri Patzold played for Germany.


On November 1, 2009, head coach Roy Sommer became only the fourth coach in AHL history to record 400 wins. On January 14, 2011, Sommer was behind the Sharks bench for his 1,000th regular-season game as an AHL head coach, becoming just the fourth man in AHL history to reach that milestone.[citation needed] On February 11, 2012, Sommer became the fourth coach in AHL history to record 500 wins with a 3–2 shootout win over the Hershey Bears.



Relocation to San Jose


On January 26, 2015, it was reported that the Sharks would move to San Jose and share SAP Center at San Jose with their parent club, the San Jose Sharks. These reports were confirmed with the Sharks' official announcement on January 29.[2] On April 2, 2015, the team was announced as the San Jose Barracuda.


Worcester did not initially receive an ECHL team to replace the relocated AHL team, unlike the other markets with relocated AHL teams in 2015, such as Manchester, New Hampshire, Norfolk, Virginia, and Glens Falls, New York. On February 8, 2016, the ECHL announced Worcester would be home to an expansion team, set to begin play for the 2017–18 season. The team is owned by Cliff Rucker, with Toby O'Brien serving as president and general manager. The team name was revealed on April 3 to be the Worcester Railers.[3]


This market was previously served by:




  • Worcester Warriors (1954–1956) - members of the Eastern Hockey League (1954–55) and Atlantic Hockey League (1955–56)


  • Worcester IceCats (1994–2005) - affiliated with the St. Louis Blues



Broadcasters


Radio

  • Eric Lindquist - Play-by-Play

Television


  • Eric Lindquist - Play-by-Play

  • Kevin Shea - Color Commentary



Season-by-season results








Calder Cup Champions
Conference Champions
Division Champions
League Leader

Records as of April 21, 2015.[4]


























































































































































































Regular Season
 Playoffs
Season
 Games
 Won
 Lost
 OTL
 SOL
 Points
 PCT
 Goals
for
 Goals
against
 Standing
 Year
 1st
round
 2nd
round
 3rd
round
 Finals
2006–07 80 41 28 3 8 93 .581 247 244 4th, Atlantic 2007 L, 2–4, MCH
 — — —
2007–08 80 32 37 5 6 75 .469 216 258 6th, Atlantic 2008 Out of playoffs
2008–09 80 42 35 1 2 87 .544 223 223 4th, Atlantic 2009 W, 4–2, HFD
 L, 2–4, PRO
 — —
2009–10 80 49 25 3 3 104 .650 275 239 1st, Atlantic 2010 W, 4–1, LOW
 L, 2–4, MCH
 — —
2010–11 80 36 31 4 9 85 .531 210 245 4th, Atlantic 2011 Out of playoffs
2011–12 76 31 33 4 8 74 .487 199 218 5th, Atlantic 2012 Out of playoffs
2012–13 76 31 34 4 7 73 .480 191 228 4th, Atlantic 2013 Out of playoffs
2013–14 76 36 34 4 2 78 .513 189 226 4th, Atlantic 2014 Out of playoffs
2014–15 76 41 29 4 2 91 .579 224 198 3rd, Atlantic 2015 L, 1-3, HER
 — — —
Totals 704 339 286 32 47 760 .537 1974 2079 4 Playoff Appearances


Players


Main page: Category:Worcester Sharks players


Team captains




  • Graham Mink, 2007–2008


  • Ryan Vesce, 2008–2010


  • Jay Leach, 2010–2011


  • Mike Moore, 2011–2012


  • John McCarthy, 2012–2013


  • Rob Davison, 2013–2014


  • Bryan Lerg, 2014–2015



All-Star Classic representatives




  • Mathieu Darche, 2007 Canadian


  • Mike Iggulden, 2008 Canadian


  • Derek Joslin, 2009 Canadian


  • Ryan Vesce, 2009 PlanetUSA


  • Logan Couture, 2010 Canadian


  • Alex Stalock, 2010 PlanetUSA


  • Justin Braun, 2011 Eastern


  • Jonathan Cheechoo, 2011 Eastern


  • Matt Irwin, 2012 Eastern


  • Bracken Kearns, 2013 Eastern


  • Matt Taormina, 2015 Eastern



Notable alumni


List of Worcester Sharks alumni who played in the National Hockey League:













Player records



All-time regular season leaders



  • Games Played: Nick Petrecki, John McCarthy, 277

  • Goals: John McCarthy, 63

  • Assists: Tom Cavanagh, 92

  • Points: John McCarthy, 151

  • PIM: Frazer McLaren, 577

  • Wins: Thomas Greiss, 74

  • Losses: Thomas Greiss, 60

  • Shutouts: Alex Stalock, Aaron Dell 4

  • Lowest GAA : Aaron Dell, 2.06



Individual regular season



  • Most Goals: Mathieu Darche, 35 (2006–07)

  • Most Assists: Danny Groulx, 52 (2009–10)

  • Most Points: Mathieu Darche, 80 (2006–07)

  • Most Penalty Minutes: Matt Pelech, 238 (2012–13)

  • Most Power-Play Goals: Mathieu Darche, 16 (2006–07)

  • Most Shorthanded Goals: Ryan Vesce, 3 (2008–09)

  • Most Appearances: Alex Stalock, 61 (2009–10)

  • Most Minutes Played: Alex Stalock, 3,534 (2009–10)

  • Most Wins: Alex Stalock, 39 (2009–10)

  • Most Losses: Thomas Greiss, 24 (2008–09)

  • Most Shutouts: Alex Stalock, 4 (2009–10) Aaron Dell, 4 (2014-15)

  • Lowest GAA (min. 25 games): Aaron Dell, 2.06 (2014–15)

  • Highest Save Percentage (min. 25 games): Aaron Dell, .927 (2014–15)



All-time playoff leaders



  • Games Played: 14 players tied, 12

  • Goals: Patrick Traverse/Jamie McGinn/Andrew Desjardins, 4

  • Assists: Riley Armstrong, 11

  • Points: Riley Armstrong, 14



Franchise firsts



  • First Game & Win: October 6, 2006. Worcester Sharks 4, Portland Pirates 3 [SO]

  • Franchise First Goal: October 6, 2006. Worcester Sharks 4, Portland Pirates 3 [SO]. Goal scored by Mathieu Darche

  • Franchise First Shutout: January 11, 2008 by Dimitri Patzold. Worcester Sharks 3, Providence Bruins 0.

  • Franchise First Hat Trick: December 22, 2006 by Mathieu Darche. Worcester Sharks 6, Manchester Monarchs 4.

  • Franchise Largest Crowd: February 24, 2012. 10,170 Providence Bruins 5, Worcester Sharks 3.



Franchise lasts



  • Last Game: May 1, 2015. Worcester Sharks 4, Hershey Bears 10 [Game 4, Round 1 of Playoffs]

  • Last Win: April 29, 2015. Worcester Sharks 4, Hershey Bears 1 [Game 3, Round 1 of Playoffs]

  • Franchise Last Goal: May 1, 2015. Worcester Sharks 4, Hershey Bears 10 [Game 4, Round 1 of Playoffs] Goal scored by Matt Taormina assisted by Oleksuk, Langlois.

  • Franchise Last Shutout: April 7, 2015 by Aaron Dell. Worcester Sharks 1, Portland Pirates 0

  • Franchise Last Hat Trick: February 27, 2015 by Evan Trupp. Saint John's IceCaps 3, Worcester Sharks 6

  • Franchise Last Home Game: April 25, 2015 Hershey Bears 3, Worcester Sharks 1 [Game 2, Round 1 of Playoffs] Attendance:4,045





Franchise scoring leaders


These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points;



























































































Player Pos GP G A Pts
John McCarthy LW 277 63 88
151
Dan DaSilva RW 239 60 84
144
Tom Cavanagh C 202 46 92
138
Steven Zalewski C 210 41 87
128
Lukas Kaspar LW 216 46 79
125
Mike Iggulden C 151 59 64
123
Graham Mink RW 132 55 63
118
Riley Armstrong RW 208 59 53
112
Brandon Mashinter LW 236 54 54
108
Benn Ferriero C 121 44 59
103


Head coaches



  • Roy Sommer, 2006–2015


References





  1. ^ "Worcester IceCats sold to Rivermen owners". oursportscentral.com. 2004-11-09. Retrieved 2010-02-03..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Sharks Moving AHL Franchise to SAP Center". San Jose Sharks. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.


  3. ^ "Introducing the Worcester Railers professional hockey team". Worcester Magazine. April 3, 2016.


  4. ^ Hockeydb.com, Worcester Sharks season statistics and records.




External links



  • Worcester Sharks Supporters Website

  • Worcester Sharks Booster Club










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