2025-26 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
ECHL (ECHL)
Team Record: 45-18-3 (SO: 0-3) - 96 points
Currently 1st in the ECHL's Central Division
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
2025-26 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 45-18-3 (SO: 0-3) - 96 points
Currently 1st in the ECHL's Central Division
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
The Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL is currently playing the 2025-26 season with a record of 45 wins and 18 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 96 points placing them first in the ECHL's Central Division.
The Nailers scored 224 goals and yielded 165. Connor Lockhart netted 21 goals for Wheeling, while Brent Johnson contributed 43 assists. Taylor Gauthier topped the squad with 21 wins, and Maxim Pavlenko added 15 or more wins also. Taylor Gauthier registered a 2.09 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Latest statistics update: June 21, 2026
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Lockhart | C | 70 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 82 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 129 | 16.3 |
| Brent Johnson | D | 72 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 9.2 |
| Logan Pietila | RW | 68 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 14.1 |
| Mathieu De St. Phalle | RW | 55 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 9.4 |
| Craig Armstrong | F | 68 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 12.1 |
| Matthew Quercia | C | 62 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 154 | -3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 13.0 |
| Brayden Edwards | F | 55 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 13.1 |
| Michael Posma | F | 46 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 15.9 |
| Ryan McAllister | F | 24 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 14.9 |
| Max Graham | F | 66 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 101 | -8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 10.5 |
| Zach Urdahl | F | 40 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 11.2 |
| David Breazeale | D | 57 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 3.2 |
| Ryan Mahshie | F | 45 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 7.9 |
| Tristan Thompson | D | 31 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Randy Hernandez | RW | 50 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Thomas Budnick | D | 43 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Tanner Andrew | F | 45 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.4 |
| Jack Works | F | 57 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 9.3 |
| Emil Pieniniemi | D | 26 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 12.8 |
| Daniel Laatsch | D | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Blake Bennett | F | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Scooter Brickey | RD | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Cole Tymkin | RW | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18.2 |
| Aidan Sutter | D | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Nolan Renwick | F | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Raivis Kristians Ansons | LW | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 42.9 |
| Eric Parker | D | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Bogdans Hodass | D | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Jordan Kaplan | F | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Zach Gallant | C | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Alexander Kuqali | D | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Finn Harding | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Tiernan Shoudy | F | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Owen Cole | F | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Maxim Pavlenko | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taylor Gauthier | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Smith | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabriel D'Aigle | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor LeDonne | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jaxon Castor | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1365 | 228 | 391 | 619 | 985 | 226 | 46 | 90 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 2193 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Smith | 8 | 487:00 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1.72 | 244 | 230 | .943 | |
| Taylor Gauthier | 36 | 2156:00 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 2.09 | 1062 | 987 | .929 | |
| Jaxon Castor | 2 | 126:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.38 | 52 | 47 | .904 | |
| Maxim Pavlenko | 26 | 1417:00 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 2.67 | 650 | 587 | .903 | |
| Gabriel D'Aigle | 3 | 182:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.64 | 106 | 98 | .925 | |
| Empty Net | 30 | 26:00 | 0 | 7 | 16.15 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 105 | 4394 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 2.35 | 2121 | 1949 | .919 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Lockhart | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brent Johnson | D | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Logan Pietila | RW | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Mathieu De St. Phalle | RW | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Craig Armstrong | F | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Matthew Quercia | C | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Brayden Edwards | F | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 34 | -6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10.8 |
| Michael Posma | F | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Ryan McAllister | F | 17 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 8.9 |
| Max Graham | F | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Zach Urdahl | F | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 15.6 |
| David Breazeale | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0.0 |
| Tristan Thompson | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Thomas Budnick | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tanner Andrew | F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jack Works | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Emil Pieniniemi | D | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Daniel Laatsch | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Blake Bennett | F | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Aidan Sutter | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Nolan Renwick | F | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Alexander Kuqali | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Tiernan Shoudy | F | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Taylor Gauthier | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabriel D'Aigle | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 324 | 42 | 73 | 115 | 317 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 517 | 8.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Gauthier | 17 | 1075:00 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 2.23 | 514 | 474 | .922 |
| Gabriel D'Aigle | 1 | 29:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.07 | 12 | 11 | .917 |
| Empty Net | 7 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 25 | 1111 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 2.21 | 526 | 485 | .922 |
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