Worcester, Massachusetts

A view of Worcester.

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)

External Links

• Worcester, Massachusetts on Wikipedia