2015-16 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
ECHL (ECHL)
Team Record: 37-26-5 (SO: 0-4) - 83 points
Finishing 2nd in the ECHL's North Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Clark Donatelli (37-26, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 100,627, Avg. 2,795 in 36 home dates
2015-16 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 37-26-5 (SO: 0-4) - 83 points
Finishing 2nd in the ECHL's North Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Clark Donatelli (37-26, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 100,627, Avg. 2,795 in 36 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL ended the 2015-16 season with a record of 37 wins and 26 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 83 points finishing second in the ECHL's North Division.
The Nailers scored 214 goals and allowed 211. Riley Brace netted 26 goals for Wheeling and contributed 41 assists. Franky Palazzese topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.86 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Clark Donatelli coached the team. The 2015-16 Wheeling Nailers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Brace | LW | 56 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 76 | +6 | 2 | 1 | 153 | 17.0 |
| Cody Wydo | F | 59 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 28 | +6 | 4 | 1 | 174 | 13.2 |
| Matthew Maione | D | 53 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 34 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 3.6 |
| Jarrett Burton | F | 44 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 27 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 14.3 |
| John McCarron | F | 51 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 68 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 176 | 8.0 |
| Adam Krause | W/C | 37 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 6 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 11.0 |
| Brett Stern | D | 72 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 63 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 4.5 |
| Anton Zlobin | LW | 41 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 13.3 |
| Connor Leen | 49 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 36 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 9.5 | |
| Derek Army | F | 29 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 21 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 6.4 |
| Clark Seymour | D | 38 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 47 | +13 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 8.7 |
| Paul Cianfrini | D | 71 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 41 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Ty Loney | F | 28 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 8.0 |
| Sahir Gill | F | 24 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Zack Torquato | C | 23 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 40 | -9 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 12.1 |
| Jordan Kwas | F | 33 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 22 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Andrew Cerretani | F | 27 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Matt Tabrum | F | 40 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Chris Ciotti | F | 32 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +8 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 18.2 |
| Shane Bakker | F | 24 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 57 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Danny Fick | D | 53 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4.4 |
| Matia Marcantuoni | RW | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Daniel O'Donoghue | C | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Patrick McGrath | F | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 110 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Harrison Ruopp | D | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 79 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Andrew Ammon | C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| James Melindy | D | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Tanner Burton | D | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Franky Palazzese | G | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Wardley | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Tim Hall | F | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Mike Gunn | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | +10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Casey DeSmith | G | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickaël Beauregard | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Biggs | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Louis Belisle | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Massimo Lamacchia | F | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Nilan Nagy | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Matt Papineau | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Slowikowski | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Parker Bowles | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dallas Ehrhardt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Fulviis | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Schulze | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| J.P. Anderson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Foster | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1227 | 214 | 358 | 572 | 1015 | -3 | 48 | 8 | 2350 | 9.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey DeSmith | 13 | 611 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2.55 | 305 | 279 | .915 | |
| Franky Palazzese | 39 | 2266 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 108 | 2.86 | 1143 | 1035 | .906 | |
| J.P. Anderson | 4 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.21 | 84 | 77 | .917 | |
| Brian Foster | 22 | 1266 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 2.70 | 621 | 564 | .908 | |
| Empty Net | 25 | 0 | 9 | 21.60 | ||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 4358 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 207 | 2.85 | 2162 | 1955 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Brace | LW | 26 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 30 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Cody Wydo | F | 26 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 12 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 15.0 |
| Matthew Maione | D | 26 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 5.9 |
| Jarrett Burton | F | 21 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 11.7 |
| John McCarron | F | 25 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 15.9 |
| Brett Stern | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Anton Zlobin | LW | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 26.1 |
| Connor Leen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Derek Army | F | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Clark Seymour | D | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 6.9 |
| Paul Cianfrini | D | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Ty Loney | F | 26 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
| Zack Torquato | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Kwas | F | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Matt Tabrum | F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Shane Bakker | F | 26 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 50 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Danny Fick | D | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Daniel O'Donoghue | C | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Andrew Ammon | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| James Melindy | D | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Franky Palazzese | G | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Schulze | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Brian Foster | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 444 | 80 | 139 | 219 | 369 | -41 | 23 | 3 | 855 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franky Palazzese | 12 | 702 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.39 | 297 | 269 | .906 |
| Brian Foster | 16 | 953 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.02 | 492 | 444 | .902 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32.31 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 1668 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2.99 | 796 | 713 | .896 |
