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.
