2003-04 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
Team Record: 51-17 (SO: 0-4) - 106 points
in the ECHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Pat Bingham (51-17, 4 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 102,076, Avg. 2,835 in 36 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL ended the 2003-04 season with a record of 51 wins and 17 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 106 points in the ECHL's Northern Division.
The Nailers potted 259 goals and conceded 188. Jason Jaffray scored 37 goals for Wheeling, and Eduard Pershin accounted for 58 assists. Nick Boucher topped the squad with 20 wins, while Tyler MacKay added 15 or more wins, too. Tyler MacKay recorded a 2.24 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Pat Bingham coached the team. The 2003-04 Wheeling Nailers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Jaffray | R | 54 | 37 | 37 | 74 | 81 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 201 | 18.4 |
| Eduard Pershin | RW | 65 | 16 | 58 | 74 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 182 | 8.8 |
| Jean-Francois Dufour | F | 54 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 11.9 |
| Mark Kosick | C | 72 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 155 | 12.3 |
| J.C. Ruid | L | 48 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 62 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 135 | 14.8 |
| Steve Crampton | RW | 70 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 115 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 14.0 |
| Brendon Hodge | C | 71 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 60 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 180 | 12.8 |
| Bogdan Rudenko | RW | 41 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 12.6 |
| Mario Larocque | D | 66 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 166 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 8.2 |
| Jake Ortmeyer | D | 72 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 90 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 7.3 |
| Chris McNamara | RW | 22 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 9.4 |
| T.J. Reynolds | D | 66 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 247 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 4.0 |
| Arpad Mihaly | LW | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 9.8 |
| Drew Fata | D | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Brad Mehalko | RW | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Ben Blais | D | 63 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 3.6 |
| Dan Ennis | D | 38 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Kamil Kuriplach | D | 62 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 15.2 |
| Bench | 72 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Lephart | LW | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Stefan Brannare | LW | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Alexandre Rouleau | D | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 3.6 |
| Tom Rouleau | F | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7.4 |
| R.J. Gates | RW | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Peter Cermak | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Rick Gorman | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Ryan Kiley | F | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Eric Erb | R | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Smith | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Doria | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Jason Greenway | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler MacKay | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Chiodo | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Exter | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Scally | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Brochu | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Muswagon | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nick Boucher | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1270 | 259 | 463 | 722 | 1534 | 307 | 69 | 7 | 42 | 2353 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Exter | 15 | 679 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2.30 | 341 | 315 | .924 |
| Martin Brochu | 9 | 521 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2.65 | 230 | 207 | .900 |
| Nick Boucher | 29 | 1696 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 2.48 | 764 | 694 | .908 |
| Tyler MacKay | 26 | 1391 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 2.24 | 658 | 606 | .921 |
| Mark Scally | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.57 | 4 | 3 | .750 |
| Andy Chiodo | 2 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.28 | 42 | 33 | .786 |
| Totals | 82 | 4380 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 181 | 2.48 | 2039 | 1858 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Jaffray | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eduard Pershin | RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Francois Dufour | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Kosick | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.C. Ruid | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Crampton | RW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brendon Hodge | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bogdan Rudenko | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Larocque | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Ortmeyer | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris McNamara | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T.J. Reynolds | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drew Fata | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Mehalko | RW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Blais | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kamil Kuriplach | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stefan Brannare | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexandre Rouleau | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Rouleau | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler MacKay | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Exter | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Boucher | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 90 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Boucher | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | 53 | 49 | .925 |
| Tyler MacKay | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | 60 | 56 | .933 |
| Totals | 4 | 238 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.02 | 113 | 105 | .929 |
