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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 2003-2004

This club in 2003-2004: ECHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Nick Boucher	29.12.1980	180 cm	79 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Martin Brochu	10.03.1973	182 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Andy Chiodo	25.04.1983	180 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Joe Exter	19.12.1978	181 cm	84 kg	N/A	Show profile»
D	Drew Fata	28.07.1983	185 cm	98 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Kamil Kuriplach	18.11.1975	182 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Mario Larocque	24.04.1978	190 cm	104 kg	left	Show profile»
RD	T.J. Reynolds	26.3.1981	187 cm	102 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Alexandre Rouleau	29.07.1983	185 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Peter Cermak	16.04.1976	183 cm	83 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Steven Crampton	12.04.1982	185 cm	91 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Brandon Doria	05.03.1981	178 cm	81 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Jean-François Dufour	10.05.1976	182 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Eric Erb	20.11.1980	189 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Brendon Hodge	29.08.1978	188 cm	91 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Jason Jaffray	30.06.1981	183 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Mark Kosick	25.03.1979	183 cm	85 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Mike Lephart	03.04.1977	180 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Chris McNamara	27.08.1978	190 cm	97 kg	N/A	Show profile»
RW	Brad Mehalko	04.01.1977	182 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Arpad Mihaly	27.06.1980	188 cm	99 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Eduard Pershin	01.09.1977	180 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Bogdan Rudenko	13.09.1977	180 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	John Christian Ruid	31.12.1974	193 cm	102 kg	left	Show profile»

Coach name	State	Born	Coach position
Pat Bingham		10.08.1968	Head Coach	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 2003-2004

Youngest player: Alexandre Rouleau (20 years)
Oldest player: Martin Brochu (31 years)
Shortest player: Brandon Doria (178 cm)
Tallest player: John Christian Ruid (193 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (12), France (1), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (1), Russia (1), Slovakia (2), USA (6)

Leagues

Wheeling Nailers participates in season 2003-2004: ECHL

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