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Worcester IceCats
Worcester IceCats
City	Worcester, Massachusetts
League	American Hockey League
Operated	1994 to 2005
Home arena	DCU Center
Colors	Blue, Teal and Silver
Affiliates	St. Louis Blues (NHL)
Franchise history
1926 to 1951	Springfield Indians
1951 to 1954	Syracuse Warriors
1954 to 1967	Springfield Indians
1967 to 1974	Springfield Kings
1974 to 1994	Springfield Indians
1994 to 2005	Worcester IceCats
2005 to Present	Peoria Rivermen
Championships
Division Championships	2 (1996–97, 2000–01)

The Worcester IceCats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA at the DCU Center.

[edit] History

The IceCats got their start when original New York Islanders owner Roy Boe purchased the Springfield Indians AHL franchise and moved it to Worcester in the summer of 1994. The team began play in the Fall of 1994 with a collection of free-agent players but as yet with no National Hockey League team affiliation. Late in the 1994–95 season, Boe and head coach/General Manager Jim Roberts negotiated a deal with the St. Louis Blues. From that point on the IceCats would be the Blues' premier minor league team. The Peoria Rivermen of the East Coast Hockey League, in turn, became the IceCats' minor league affiliate in 1998, having been with St. Louis before the 1994 Worcester deal. During the 2000–01 season, Boe sold the IceCats to the St. Louis Blues. The team celebrated its tenth season in the AHL in Fall 2003.

On November 9, 2004 the St. Louis Blues announced the sale of the IceCats to the owners of their ECHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. The new owners have moved the franchise to Peoria, IL, for the 2005–06 season.

This franchise was previously known as: Springfield Indians (1926–1994)

The franchise became known as: Peoria Rivermen (2005–present)

This franchise was replaced by: Worcester Sharks (2006–present)

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1994–95	80	24	45	11	0	—	59	234	300	6th, North
1995–96	80	36	28	12	4	—	88	242	244	2nd, North
1996–97	80	43	23	9	5	—	100	256	234	1st, New England
1997–98	80	34	31	9	6	—	83	267	268	4th, New England
1998–99	80	34	36	8	2	—	78	237	260	4th, New England
1999–00	80	34	31	11	4	—	83	249	250	3rd, New England
2000–01	80	48	20	9	3	—	108	264	205	1st, New England
2001–02	80	39	33	7	1	—	86	245	218	3rd, North
2002–03	80	35	27	15	3	—	88	235	220	3rd, North
2003–04	80	37	27	13	3	—	90	207	186	3rd, Atlantic
2004–05	80	39	34	3	4	—	85	212	223	5th, Atlantic

[edit] Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1994–95	Out of playoffs.
1995–96	L, 1-3, Portland	—	—	—
1996–97	L, 2-3, Providence	—	—	—
1997–98	W, 3-1, Springfield	L, 3-4, Hartford	—	—
1998–99	L, 1-3, Providence	—	—	—
1999–00	W, 3-1, Portland	L, 1-4, Hartford	—	—
2000–01	W, 3-1, Lowell	L, 3-4, Providence	—	—
2001–02^†	L, 1-2, Manitoba^†	—	—	—
2002–03	L, 0-3, Binghamton	—	—	—
2003–04	W, 4-2, Manchester	L, 0-4, Hartford	—	—
2004–05	Out of playoffs.

^† Lost in preliminary round.

[edit] Team records

[edit] Single season

Goals: 38 Eric Boguniecki and Justin Papineau (2001-2002)
Assists: 46 Eric Boguniecki (2001-2002)
Points: 84 Eric Boguniecki (2001-2002)
Penalty minutes: 337 Sylvain Blouin (1999-2000)
GAA: 2.13 Curtis Sanford (2003-2004)
SV%: 0.929 Dwayne Roloson (2000-2001)

[edit] Career

Career goals: 79 Marc Brown
Career assists: 154 Terry Virtue
Career points: 210 Terry Virtue
Career penalty minutes: 1083 Terry Virtue
Career goaltending wins: 65 Curtis Sanford
Career shutouts: 10 Curtis Sanford
Career games: 455 Terry Virtue

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in IceCat's franchise history.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points;

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
Terry Virtue	D	455	56	154	210
Jame Pollock	D	270	63	104	167
Marc Brown	LW	303	79	81	160
Eric Boguniecki	C	141	69	86	155
Jeff Panzer	C	210	62	84	146
Justin Papineau	C	162	66	77	143
Stephane Roy	C	208	61	78	139
Daniel Corso	C	187	54	85	139
Marty Reasoner	C	122	57	68	125
Blake Evans	C	253	52	73	125

[edit] Team captains

Jim Nesich, 1994-1995
Roy Mitchell, 1995-1996
David Williams, 1996-1997
Terry Virtue, 1997-1998
Ricard Persson, 1997-1998
Geoff Smith, 1998-1999
Jason Widmer, 1998-2000
Bryan Helmer, 1999-2000
Ed Campbell, 2000-2002
Eric Nickulas, 2002-2003
Jeff Panzer, 2003-2004
Mike Mottau, 2004-2005

[edit] Notable IceCats

[edit] External links

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