Worcester, Massachusetts



Worcester is a city of about 175,000 people in central Massachusetts, United States.

It has a popluation of about 175,000 and is part of the metropolitan Boston area.

Worcester hosted the 2009 AHL All-Star Game on January 29, 2009.

Worcester has also been a regionals host for the NCAA men's Division I Hockey Tournament on mulitiple occassions.

The Hart Center hosted the 1999 and 2002 MAAC hockey championships

Teams

 * Holy Cross Crusaders (Independent, 1966-1998) (Atlantic Hockey 1998-Present)
 * Worcester Ice Cats (AHL, 1994-2005) became Peoria Rivermen
 * Worcester Sharks (AHL, 2006-2015) franchise relocated to San Jose become San Jose Barracuda
 * Worcester State Lancers (Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference)
 * Worcester Warriors (Eastern Hockey League, 1954-1955) join Atlantic Hockey League
 * Worcester Wildcats (International Junior Hockey League, 2006-2011)

Players

 * Jim Campbell
 * Eddie Jeremiah
 * Mark Levasseur

Arenas

 * Buffone Arena
 * DCU Center (1982-Present) (originally Centrum in Worcester, formerly Worcester's Centrum Centre and commonly The Centrum)
 * Hart Center (1975-Present)
 * Worcester Arena (home of the Worcester Warriors)