2000-01 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 24-40 (SO: 0-8) - 56 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Alain Lemieux (19-35-7)
Coach: Joe Harney (5-5-1)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 98,880, Avg. 2,747 in 36 home dates
2000-01 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 24-40 (SO: 0-8) - 56 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Alain Lemieux (19-35-7)
Coach: Joe Harney (5-5-1)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 98,880, Avg. 2,747 in 36 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 24 wins and 40 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 56 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Nailers scored 192 goals, worst in the league and conceded 277. Alex Podalinski netted 20 goals for Wheeling, while Jamie O'Leary contributed 40 assists. Joel Laing topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 2.87 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Alain Lemieux and Joe Harney coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie O'Leary | C | 61 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 103 | -15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 142 | 11.3 |
| Bud Smith | F | 52 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 20 | -26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 13.4 |
| Chris Slater | D | 57 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 116 | -17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 247 | 4.9 |
| Derek Smith | C | 63 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 62 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 5.3 |
| Alex Podalinski | R | 68 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 90 | -27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 15.6 |
| Mike Hurley | RW | 38 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 40 | -31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 16.2 |
| Boris Protsenko | RW | 48 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 42 | -25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 12.1 |
| Kevin Caulfield | RW | 56 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 62 | -13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 10.2 |
| Doug Schmidt | D | 54 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 166 | -19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 5.5 |
| Chris Newans | D | 40 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 124 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Vitali Kozel | LW | 41 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 24 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 17.7 |
| Justin Harney | D | 34 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 43 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 6.7 |
| Stefan Brannare | LW | 67 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 224 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 5.8 |
| Scott McCallum | D | 32 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5.2 |
| Karl Kaebel | LW | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11.4 |
| Valeri Ermolov | R | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Steve Parsons | LW | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 178 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 14.7 |
| Karson Kaebel | C | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Brandon Bagnell | R | 48 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 3.7 |
| Rob Smillie | LW | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Eric Normandin | RW | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 30 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Antti Kohvakka | D | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Arpad Mihaly | LW | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Scott Wray | LW | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Jason Hamilton | D | 41 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 333 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Jean-Philippe Soucy | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Alexei Kolkunov | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Mark Moore | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Sean Seyferth | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Craig Hillier | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Schmidt | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Michal Stastny | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Joel Laing | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samuel Polomsky | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Christian | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Duval | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jason Ricci | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 72 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Shep Harder | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Sharkevitch | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Scally | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rob Millar | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Miloslav Cermak | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1215 | 192 | 323 | 515 | 1902 | -367 | 63 | 6 | 24 | 2232 | 8.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Hillier | 19 | 889 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 4.18 | 453 | 391 | .863 |
| Mark Scally | 17 | 825 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 5.16 | 503 | 432 | .859 |
| Joel Laing | 47 | 2615 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 125 | 2.87 | 1408 | 1283 | .911 |
| Shep Harder | 1 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.45 | 22 | 18 | .818 |
| Totals | 84 | 4373 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 262 | 3.59 | 2386 | 2124 | .890 |
