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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
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins
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All time leagues: ECHL | AAHL (1986-89) | ACHL
Season 1997-1998
Club teams
This club in 1997-1998: ECHL
Current rosterseason 1997-1998
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | David Aebischer |  | 07.02.1978 | 189 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Clint Owen |  | 10.05.1974 | 180 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Olow Sundström |  | 24.04.1968 | 183 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Trevor Demmans | | 03.10.1974 | 182 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Sergei Radchenko |  | 22.02.1978 | 186 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Andrei Sharkevich |  | 20.04.1977 | 188 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Joe Smaza |  | 04.12.1973 | 185 cm | 91 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LW | Jean-François Boutin | | 17.11.1976 | 180 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Stefan Brännare | | 17.10.1972 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Jeremy Brown | | 30.06.1974 | 176 cm | 88 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| RW | Scott Kirton | | 04.12.1971 | 192 cm | 100 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Marquis Mathieu | | 31.05.1973 | 182 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LW | Aleksandr Matveichuk | | 13.05.1975 | 176 cm | 79 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Mike Melas | | 10.03.1975 | 177 cm | 79 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | John Sicinski | | 15.04.1974 | 175 cm | 79 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Fredrik Svensson | | 29.06.1973 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Dmitri Tarabrin |  | 17.09.1976 | 177 cm | 82 kg | right | Show profile» |
| Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Laviolette | | 07.12.1964 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
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
from 1993 to 2019:
from 2019 to present:
- http://www.wheelingnailers.com/ (official)
Team statistics
Historic rosters:
Historic statistics:
Past results:
League standings:
Fast factsseason 1997-1998
- Youngest player: Sergei Radchenko (20 years)
- Oldest player: Olow Sundström (30 years)
- Shortest player: John Sicinski (175 cm)
- Tallest player: Scott Kirton (192 cm)
- Nationalities: Belarus (1), Canada (7), Russia (1), Switzerland (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (2), USA (2)
Leagues
Wheeling Nailers participates in season 1997-1998: ECHL
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