Worcester IceCats


The Worcester IceCats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the Worcester Centrum. In 2005 the team was renamed the Peoria Rivermen and moved to Peoria, Illinois.

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 moved the franchise to Peoria, Illinois, for the 2005–06 season.
Affiliates

Regular season

Playoffs

† Lost in preliminary round.

Team records

Single season

These are the top ten point-scorers in IceCat's franchise history.
''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points;
PlayerPosGPGAPts
Terry VirtueD45556154210
Jame PollockD27063104167
Marc BrownLW3037981160
Eric BogunieckiC1416986155
Jeff PanzerC2106284146
Justin PapineauC1626677143
Stephane RoyC2086178139
Daniel CorsoC1875485139
Marty ReasonerC1225768125
Blake EvansC2535273125

Team captains