During that time he was considered one of the most feared enforcers in the game,[1] leading the major junior leagues in penalty minutes in 1996–97, as well as the NHL in 2001–02.
Following his final season with the Olympiques Worrell began his pro career in 1997 with the Beast of New Haven in the American Hockey League.
The 1997-98 season also saw Worrell make his NHL debut with the Panthers, playing in 19 games, accumulating 153 PIMs, but failing to register a single point.
[6] On July 18, 2003, he was traded from the Florida Panthers along with a 2nd-round pick in the 2004 draft to Colorado Avalanche for Eric Messier and Vaclav Nedorost.
[8] Worrell played in 49 games for Colorado collecting 3 goals and an assist, it was his lowest NHL point total, yet marked the first time that he was a plus player ending the season with a plus-2 rating.
He also coached North Broward Preparatory School's varsity ice hockey team, located in Coconut Creek, Florida.
[13] In a 1998 game vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning, Darcy Tucker and Sandy McCarthy allegedly taunted Worrell by making ape like gestures to him while all three were in their respective penalty boxes.
[14] The NHL investigated the incident, reviewing videotape, interviewed players and employees of both teams, off-ice and on-ice officials and arena and security personnel.
Gratton denied using the slur telling reporters "We said some stuff behind the net.... What I said was, Learn how to play the game, basically, with a couple of words I don't want to use.
In June 2002, he was arrested for DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and criminal mischief for kicking a police car's window off its track.