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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 2000-2001

This club in 2000-2001: ECHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Craig Hillier	28.02.1978	182 cm	83 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Joel Laing	03.11.1975	177 cm	83 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Justin Harney	14.11.1977	188 cm	88 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Antti Kohvakka	04.01.1976	180 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Jason Ricci	04.09.1972	177 cm	81 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Andrei Sharkevich	20.04.1977	188 cm	95 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Chris Slater	25.12.1974	175 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Jean-Phillippe Soucy	25.05.1978	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Stefan Brännare	17.10.1972	- cm	- kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Miloslav Cermak	??.??.????	183 cm	97 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Brandon Christian	21.04.1972	193 cm	127 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Martin Pierre Duval	03.08.1971	180 cm	85 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Valeri Ermolov	22.08.1975	186 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Alexei Kolkunov	03.02.1977	187 cm	97 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Vitali Kozel	26.05.1975	193 cm	92 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Arpad Mihaly	27.06.1980	188 cm	99 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Rob Millar	30.08.1976	186 cm	90 kg	N/A	Show profile»
RW	Eric Normandin	27.08.1977	183 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Alexander Podalinski	08.04.1973	178 cm	80 kg	N/A	Show profile»
LW	Alexei Podalinsky	08.04.1973	180 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Samuel Polomsky	04.07.1980	185 cm	88 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Boris Protsenko	21.08.1978	182 cm	87 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Buddy Smith	01.02.1975	173 cm	75 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Michal Stastny	21.04.1973	183 cm	92 kg	N/A	Show profile»
LW	Scott Wray	19.12.1979	177 cm	83 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:

Historic statistics:

Past results:

League standings:

Fast factsseason 2000-2001

Youngest player: Samuel Polomsky (20 years)
Oldest player: Martin Pierre Duval (29 years)
Shortest player: Buddy Smith (173 cm)
Tallest player: Vitali Kozel (193 cm)
Nationalities: Belarus (3), Canada (9), Czechia (1), Finland (1), Italy (1), Romania (1), Russia (3), Slovakia (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), USA (2)

Leagues

Wheeling Nailers participates in season 2000-2001: ECHL

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