1998-99 Wheeling Nailers Roster

East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 27-37 (SO: 0-6) - 60 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Chris Jensen (27-37, 6 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 121,155, Avg. 3,462 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Wheeling Nailers Statistics

The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 27 wins and 37 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 60 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.

The Nailers netted 206 goals and gave up 249. Darren Schwartz scored 27 goals for Wheeling and accounted for 29 assists. Luciano Caravaggio topped the squad with 16 wins, while David Brumby recorded a 3.07 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Chris Jensen coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Karol BartanusRWJune 9, 19786'1"190LLiptovsky Mikulas, SVK
Doug BattagliaDOctober 26, 19756'1"194LBarrie, ON Canada
Stefan BrannareLWOctober 17, 19725'10"190LPitea, SWE
Jeremy BrownCJune 23, 19745'10"190Haileybury, ON Canada
Tom BrownDNovember 11, 19776'5"205RHamilton, ON Canada
David BrumbyGMay 21, 19756'1"190LVictoria, BC Canada
Luciano CaravaggioGOctober 3, 19755'11"165LToronto, ON Canada
Keli CorpseCMay 14, 19745'11"176LLondon, ON Canada
Leon DelormeRWFebruary 9, 19775'11"201RFlying Dust, SK Canada
Trevor DemmansDOctober 3, 19746'0"196LNipawin, SK Canada
Ryan FurnessLW/RWMarch 16, 19746'3"216RSalt Lake City, UT USA
Matt GarzoneDOctober 6, 19726'0"205Sherborn, MA USA
Rob GiffinCJune 8, 19765'9"185Peterborough, ON Canada
Lada HampeisDFebruary 2, 19765'9"165LPribram, Czech Republic
Joe HarneyDJanuary 13, 19735'9"187LHopkinton, MA USA
Allan HitchenGMarch 6, 19786'2"205LToronto, ON Canada
Tobias HolmRWDecember 5, 19786'1"207RKulma, Sweden
Karl InfangerDMay 17, 19756'3"214RLowell, MA USA
Chris JacobsonCFebruary 8, 19776'0"181LNorth Battleford, SK Canada
Mike LatendresseLWFebruary 11, 19715'10"161LMontreal, QC Canada
Jeff LoderCJanuary 6, 19765'10"194LCorner Brook, NL Canada
Mike NicholsonFFebruary 18, 19785'11"180Neepawa, MAN Canada
Tom O'ConnorDJanuary 9, 19766'2"187LSpringfield, MA USA
Pavol PekarikDDecember 24, 19776'0"216R
Mike PietrangeloRW6'4"205Philadelphia, PA USA
Jon PrattLWSeptember 25, 19706'1"194LDanvers, MA USA
Jay PylypuikDJanuary 2, 19746'0"187RBlackie, AB Canada
Sergei RadchenkoDFebruary 22, 19786'1"194LKiev, UKR
Darren SchwartzLWMarch 28, 19685'11"209LKamsack, SK Canada
Dmitri SergeyevCMarch 15, 19736'1"194LMoskva, Russia
Jonathan SorgDMay 21, 19746'2"205RBranchville, NJ USA
Dmitri TarabrinRWSeptember 17, 19765'8"180RMoscow, Russia
Matt Van HorlickDAugust 26, 19765'11"181LKamloops, BC Canada
Grant Van LaarG0'0"
Wally WuttuneeDAugust 17, 19770'0"North Battleford, SASK Canada


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