Wheeling Nailers
ECHL ice hockey team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.
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Wheeling Nailers | |
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City | Wheeling, West Virginia |
League | ECHL |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | North |
Founded | 1981 (in the ACHL) |
Home arena | WesBanco Arena |
Colors | Black, Vegas gold, white |
Owner(s) | Hockey Club of the Ohio Valley |
Head coach | Derek Army |
Media | Wheeling News Register WKWK-FM 97.3 WTRF-TV channel 7 WTOV-TV channel 9 |
Affiliates | Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) |
Website | wheelingnailers |
Franchise history | |
1981–1982 | Winston-Salem Thunderbirds |
1982–1989 | Carolina Thunderbirds |
1989–1992 | Winston-Salem Thunderbirds |
1992–1996 | Wheeling Thunderbirds |
1996–present | Wheeling Nailers |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 2 (1992–93, 1994–95) |
Division titles | 3 (1992–93, 1994–95, 2003–04) |
Conference titles | 2 (1992–93, 2015–16) |
Current season |
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The Nailers are the oldest surviving minor league franchise below the level of the American Hockey League, with unbroken continuity of franchise and never having missed a season of play.