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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: Laval Rocket
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins

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

Season 2025-2026

This club in 2025-2026: ECHL

#	Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
35	G	Jaxon Castor	14.03.1997	191 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
40	G	Maxim Pavlenko	04.06.2002	195 cm	82 kg	left	Show profile»
30	G	Jake Smith	01.05.1995	180 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
42	D	David Breazeale	22.04.2000	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
32	D	Thomas Budnick	14.02.2004	- cm	- kg	left	Show profile»
17	D	Bogdans Hodass	13.04.2003	191 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
74	D	Brent Johnson	20.03.2003	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
6	D	Daniel Laatsch	13.02.2002	196 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
57	D	Trevor LeDonne	27.02.2000	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
20	D	Eric Parker	15.01.2001	- cm	- kg	right	Show profile»
	D	Emil Pieniniemi	02.03.2005	188 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
8	D	Aidan Sutter	27.10.2002	180 cm	74 kg	left	Show profile»
28	C	Tanner Andrew	11.02.2000	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
21	F	Craig Armstrong	05.06.2003	173 cm	73 kg	N/A	Show profile»
83	F	Brayden Edwards	23.12.2004	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
62	C	Zachary Gallant	06.03.1999	188 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
36	F	Max Graham	21.05.2004	190 cm	92 kg	left	Show profile»
19	RW	Randy Hernandez	12.01.1999	183 cm	84 kg	right	Show profile»
47	RW	Jordan Kaplan	19.05.1997	178 cm	77 kg	right	Show profile»
37	C	Connor Lockhart	21.01.2003	175 cm	73 kg	right	Show profile»
14	F	Ryan Mahshie	05.04.1999	191 cm	95 kg	left	Show profile»
13	F	Logan Pietila	27.01.2000	178 cm	66 kg	N/A	Show profile»
12	F	Michael Posma	04.12.2001	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
22	F	Matthew Quercia	24.02.1999	185 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
23	RW	Nolan Renwick	16.02.2001	180 cm	74 kg	right	Show profile»
15	RW	Cole Tymkin	05.04.1999	185 cm	91 kg	right	Show profile»
34	F	Zach Urdahl	13.10.2001	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»
25	F	Jack Works	23.05.2001	- cm	- kg	N/A	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

Arena
Name changes
Achievements
Logos
Links

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 2025-2026

Youngest player: Emil Pieniniemi (21 years)
Oldest player: Jake Smith (31 years)
Shortest player: Craig Armstrong (173 cm)
Tallest player: Daniel Laatsch (196 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (13), Finland (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (1), USA (11)

Leagues

Wheeling Nailers participates in season 2025-2026: ECHL

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