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)
==External Links==
* on Wikipedia
Category:Massachusetts towns