Railers Sweep Weekend (As told Via Twitter)

By Andy Lacombe

The Worcester Railers earned an important six points in a sweep of a three-in-three weekend at the DCU Center this weekend.  The Railers are now tied with the Brampton Beast with 41 points in the ECHL’s North Division .

The Railers opened the weekend beating the Quad City Mallards 5-2 on Friday night.  The two teams met again on Saturday night and the result and score was the same.

🎥 Highlights from Saturday night's 5-2 win over the Mallards. pic.twitter.com/iQaNoIuDbS

— WorcesterRailersHC (@RailersHC) January 28, 2018

The team’s booster club, fans, and bloggers reacted to the Railers big weekend on social media…

The @RailersHC just showed they can hang with any team (and beat them!) Giant shot of confidence after this weekend!

— 🏒 Rich Lundin 🏒 (@RichLundin1) January 28, 2018

Wow what a game! What a weekend! #6points #rightstuff @RailersHC

— Worcester Railers BC (@RailersBC) January 28, 2018

I don't want to overstate how big today's win was for @RailersHC, but they just beat one of the best teams in the ECHL and looked great doing so. Hopefully this starts the upward trend we've all been waiting for.

— Darryl Hunt (@210Darryl) January 28, 2018

The team also celebrated the weekend on twitter, thanking fans, and touting the big crowds the Railers drew over the three game span. Twenty home games into their inaugural season, Worcester has drawn more than 88-thousand fans, for an average of just more than 44-hundred per game.

AWESOME weekend in the books at @DCUCenter for the @RailersHC! 3 wins in 3 days for 6pts capped by a come from behind win today over top team in the East in front of BIG crowd! Thanks to all that came out to support us!

— Eric Lindquist (@VoiceOfPuck) January 28, 2018

Very proud of our group. Sweep of the weekend. #trainisrollin

— Jamie Russell (@JamieRussell18) January 28, 2018

🎙Railers win come from behind thriller 3-2 in front of 4,754 fans at DCU Center
🔗https://t.co/e7Wu0Mz9tcpic.twitter.com/cV3VdeoMsb

— WorcesterRailersHC (@RailersHC) January 28, 2018

The team still has five more games at the DCU Center as part of a season-high 11-game home stand.  Worcester next hosts Adirondack on Friday night at 7:05pm.