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Wheeling Nailers

Year of foundation: 1988
Colours: black, red, gold, white
Club status: active
Address: 1315 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003-2803
Phone: +1 304-234-GOAL [4625]
Email: tickets@wheelingnailers.com (ticket office)
WWW: http://www.wheelingnailers.com/

Wheeling Nailers is minor league affiliate of: Hamilton Bulldogs AHL
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins

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All time leagues: ECHL | AAHL (1986-89) | ACHL

Season 1996-1997

This club in 1996-1997: ECHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Joaquin Gage	19.09.1973	185 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Mike Minard	01.11.1976	188 cm	102 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Olow Sundström	24.04.1968	183 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Francis Bouillon	17.10.1975	173 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Doug Ast	17.04.1973	178 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Jason Clark	06.05.1972	186 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Keli Corpse	14.05.1974	180 cm	79 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Kimbi Daniels	19.01.1972	179 cm	83 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Steve Gibson	10.10.1972	185 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Marian Kacir	29.09.1974	188 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Aleksandr Matveichuk	13.05.1975	176 cm	79 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Darcy Mitani Takeshi	17.10.1973	175 cm	78 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Perry Pappas	03.11.1973	188 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Eric Royal	16.02.1972	184 cm	88 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Rob Trumbley	09.08.1974	177 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	John Varga	31.01.1974	178 cm	82 kg	left	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

Arena
Name changes
Achievements
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WesBanco Arena

Adress: 2 14th Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: +1 304-233 7000
Web: http://www.wesbancoarena.com
Capacity: 5406
Opened in: 1977

from 1981 to 1989: Carolina Thunderbirds
from 1989 to 1991: Winston-Salem Thunderbirds
from 1991 to 1996: Wheeling Thunderbirds
from 1996 to present: Wheeling Nailers

League winners:

1988-1989: ECHL
1985-1986: ACHL
1984-1985: ACHL
1982-1983: ACHL

from 1993 to 2019:

from 2019 to present:

http://www.wheelingnailers.com/ (official)

Team statistics

Historic rosters:

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Past results:

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Fast factsseason 1996-1997

Youngest player: Mike Minard (20 years)
Oldest player: Olow Sundström (29 years)
Shortest player: Francis Bouillon (173 cm)
Tallest player: Marian Kacir (188 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (9), Czechia (1), Japan (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), USA (3)

Leagues

Wheeling Nailers participates in season 1996-1997: ECHL

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