2014-15 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
ECHL (ECHL)
Team Record: 37-33-1 (SO: 4-1) - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the ECHL's North Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Clark Donatelli (37-33, 1 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 89,953, Avg. 2,499 in 36 home dates
2014-15 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 37-33-1 (SO: 4-1) - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the ECHL's North Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Clark Donatelli (37-33, 1 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 89,953, Avg. 2,499 in 36 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL ended the 2014-15 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 4-1 showing in shootouts for 76 points finishing fourth in the ECHL's North Division.
The Nailers scored 210 goals and surrendered 213. Derek Army netted 29 goals for Wheeling, and Riley Brace contributed 49 assists. Franky Palazzese topped the squad with 20 wins, while Eric Hartzell added 15 or more wins, too. Eric Hartzell recorded a 2.75 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Clark Donatelli coached the team. The 2014-15 Wheeling Nailers lost in the Division Semifinal of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Brace | LW | 61 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 57 | +11 | 5 | 2 | 148 | 12.2 |
| Derek Army | F | 72 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 62 | +9 | 6 | 1 | 264 | 11.0 |
| Zack Torquato | C | 57 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 108 | +2 | 6 | 0 | 215 | 8.8 |
| David Gilbert | C | 64 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 40 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 8.7 |
| Chaz Johnson | RW | 64 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 116 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 16.8 |
| Sahir Gill | F | 26 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 8 | +6 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 14.1 |
| Jarrett Burton | F | 52 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 36 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 10.3 |
| Morgan Ellis | D | 39 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 22 | -13 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 12.9 |
| David Makowski | D | 44 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 61 | +16 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 8.0 |
| Tyler Fernandez | F | 50 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 9.2 |
| Clark Seymour | D | 54 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 72 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Shane Bakker | F | 43 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 102 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Shawn Skelly | F | 25 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 10.0 |
| Josh Archibald | RW | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16.3 |
| Paul Cianfrini | D | 61 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Michael Ratchuk | D | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Murovich | C | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40 | -9 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 5.3 |
| Matia Marcantuoni | RW | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Bobby Shea | D | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 93 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Patrick McGrath | F | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 246 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | C | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Zach Yuen | D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Carter Rowney | RW | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Cody Wydo | F | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Max MacKay | RW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Stefan Fournier | RW | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Adam Krause | W/C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Nick D'Agostino | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Nicholas Kuqali | D | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Ben Shutron | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Alex Boak | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Tristin Llewellyn | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Mike Slowikowski | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Ben Blood | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Harrison Ruopp | D | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Thomas Fallen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Hartzell | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tanner Burton | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Francis Drolet | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Franky Palazzese | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Wardley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Troy Barss | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Wyer | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Gavin | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Justin Sefton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Whitney | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Harrington | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Don Maloney | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1219 | 206 | 350 | 556 | 1399 | -11 | 44 | 8 | 2239 | 9.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franky Palazzese | 41 | 2371 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 2.88 | 1278 | 1164 | .911 | |
| Eric Hartzell | 32 | 1855 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 2.75 | 983 | 898 | .914 | |
| Brandon Whitney | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.93 | 21 | 19 | .905 | |
| Jeff Wyer | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 26 | 24 | .923 | |
| Empty Net | 23 | 0 | 9 | 23.48 | ||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 4350 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 212 | 2.92 | 2317 | 2105 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Brace | LW | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Derek Army | F | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Zack Torquato | C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| David Gilbert | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Chaz Johnson | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Sahir Gill | F | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 22.2 |
| Jarrett Burton | F | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Morgan Ellis | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| David Makowski | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Tyler Fernandez | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Clark Seymour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Shane Bakker | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Paul Cianfrini | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Michael Ratchuk | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Shea | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Patrick McGrath | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Cody Wydo | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Adam Krause | W/C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mike Slowikowski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harrison Ruopp | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Eric Hartzell | G | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Franky Palazzese | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Wardley | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 120 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 73 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 205 | 8.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franky Palazzese | 3 | 167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.87 | 95 | 87 | .916 |
| Eric Hartzell | 5 | 255 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.35 | 132 | 122 | .924 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 424 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.55 | 227 | 209 | .921 |
