Behind by with the game almost half over Friday night, the Worcester Railers came back and tied the Atlanta Gladiators and send things into overtime. With one second left in OT, a little less actually, Anthony Callin delivered an improbable victory and completed an improbable Gordie Howe hat trick as Worcester prevailed, Callin drilled home a foot wrist shot to win it.
That finished a three-point night for him as he had assisted on the Railers two previous goals. He knew the clock was ticking as he closed on the Atlanta net and Gladiators goaltender Drew DeRidder. Linemate Jordan Kaplan was on the left side, something DeRidder had to take note of. It was the latest winning goal in Railers history, the latest regular-season winning goal in city hockey history. Sharks sniper Mathieu Darche also had an overtime game-winner with one second left.
The victory extended the Railers winning streak to four games, their longest of the season. Worcester is in its last 16 games, a. Callin fought Michael Marchesan at of the third period. That left him with just the goal to finish the Gordie Howe feat, not that such a thing is voluntary. He was reminded by the penalty attendants that he had a chance at the Howe Hat. Ryan Mahshie and Anthony Repaci had the other Worcester goals.
Mahshie made it at of the second period, converting a pass from Callin. Repaci tied it on a power play goal at of the third via his deadly one-timer from the right circle. Michael Bullion got the win in net for Worcester. The argument can be made that considering the nature of the game, and the overtime, it was his best performance of the season. After a slow start to the year, Bullion is in his last seven games.
Tuzzolino had not given up hope of winning even as time wound down in OT. It was the perfect time for it. Twelve of them have been scored at the DCU Center. Reading was idle, so the Railers extended the lead for fourth place. A lot happened Friday night. A lot has happened in the last few weeks. He played goal for the Holy Cross Crusaders from through and won 59 games. He was a teammate of current HC associate coach Castan Sommer.
