WORCESTER, MA – The Worcester Railers HC(11-11-3-0, 25pts) kicked off a busy three game homestand with a huge second period to pick up a 3-2 win over the visiting Manchester Monarchs (11-10-1-1, 24pts) in front of 2,673 fans at the DCU Center on Wednesday evening.

Barry Almeida, Connor Doherty, and Josh Holmstrom all scored for Worcester in the second period while Mitch Gillam won his fourth straight start in net, and his 13thstraight overall start on home ice dating back to March 2 of last yea