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The Wheeling
Nailers have released their 2008-09 ECHL Season Schedule. The Nailers
will play 72 games, against eight different teams, and 36 will be held at
WesBanco Arena.
For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Nailers kick off the
season schedule at home against the Cincinnati Cyclones on Friday Oct. 17th,
at 7:35. The Nailers then travel to Johnstown to battle the Chiefs on
Saturday Oct. 18th. Wheeling's six of their first seven games will be at
WesBanco Arena.
The Nailers will travel down south to take on the Pensacola Ice Pilots
(Nov. 4th and 6th), and the Mississippi Sea Wolves (Nov. 7th and 8th).
The Ice Pilots will come to WesBanco Arena on January 9th and 11th, while the
Sea Wolves will visit January 31st and February 1st. Wheeling will play
64 games against the North Division rivals.
Wheeling will play their annual day before Thanksgiving game against the
Johnstown Chiefs. The Nailers play the day after Christmas and New Years
Eve games against the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Nailers will also host
the Trenton Devils on St. Patrick's Day.
The Nailers hook up with the Johnstown Chiefs and
twelve times each, while playing the Elmira Jackals and the Dayton Bombers eleven times
each.
Wheeling plays the Reading Royals, Trenton Devils, and the defending
Brabham Cup Champions, the Cincinnati Cyclone each ten times.
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