Tommy Nappier Reassigned to Wheeling
January 24, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today that they have reassigned goaltender Tommy Nappier to their ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers.
Nappier was the Penguins goalie for each of their six games in the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs. The 24-year-old netminder from St. Louis, Missouri started the postseason with a 23-save shutout against the Hershey Bears and went on to have a 3.17 goals against average and .903 save percentage during the playoffs.
In 28 career regular-season games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Nappier has a 14-12-2 record, 3.00 goals against average, .890 save percentage and one shutout.
Nappier is 3-6-0 with Wheeling this season, posting a 3.83 goals against average and .862 save percentage in 11 games.
Nappier is in his third season of professional hockey after one of the most prolific goalie careers in Ohio State University men's hockey history. In 2018-19, he was named Big Ten Goalie of the Year. One year later, Nappier was voted the Buckeyes' Team MVP.
At the end of his four years at Ohio State, Nappier ranked third all-time in Buckeyes history with a .925 career save percentage, fourth in career shutouts (8) and fifth in career goals against average (2.31).
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's next game is tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 24, the resumption of its suspended contest against the Utica Comets from Oct. 17. The restart is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Adirondack Bank Center. The Penguins and Comets will pick up play with 2:43 left in the second period and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton trailing, 2-1.
The Penguins' next home game is Saturday, Jan. 28, another bout with the Islanders. Puck drop for the Penguins and Islanders' second meeting of the month is slated for 6:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
Individual game tickets for Penguins home games as well as season-ticket packages for the 2022-23 season are on sale now. Full-Season, 22-game, 12-game, Flexbook and Premium Seating plans are available by reaching out to the Penguins directly at (570) 208-7367.
• Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board...
American Hockey League Stories from January 24, 2023
- Wolves Fall to Roadrunners 5-1 - Chicago Wolves
- Penguins Can't Come from Behind in Utica Restart - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Comets Defeat Penguins in Long Awaited Makeup Game, 5-1 - Utica Comets
- Series Preview vs. SJ: January 25 & 27 - Henderson Silver Knights
- Teddy Bear Toss Returns Following Games with Phantoms - Hershey Bears
- Matt Luff Reassigned to Grand Rapids - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Griffins Travel to Milwaukee, Chicago to Begin Road Trip - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Has Busy Week Ahead to Close out January - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Monsters Celebrate Local Legend Michael Stanley on Saturday at Cleveland Rocks Night - Cleveland Monsters
- Syracuse Crunch Weekly - Syracuse Crunch
- Star Wars Night Saturday - Bakersfield Condors
- The Bridgeport Report: Week 14 - Bridgeport Islanders
- Military Appreciation Ticket Packages Available Now - Charlotte Checkers
- Wranglers' Gilbert, Canucks' Kannok Leipert Suspended - AHL
- Join the Stars for Star Wars Night - Texas Stars
- Hometown Heroes Night Has Sold Out - Springfield Thunderbirds
- Milos Kelemen Recalled by Arizona Coyotes - Tucson Roadrunners
- Dallas Stars Loan Forward Fredrik Olofsson to Texas - Texas Stars
- New York Rangers Recall F Will Cuylle, Loan F Sammy Blais to Wolf Pack on Conditioning Stint - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Phantoms Power Play Presented by Provident Bank - Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Game Preview: Iowa Wild vs. Rockford IceHogs - Iowa Wild
- Toronto Marlies Visit Abbotsford Canucks in First Half of Back-To-Back - Toronto Marlies
- Tommy Nappier Reassigned to Wheeling - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Game #40 - Wolves at Roadrunners - Tucson Roadrunners
- Bruins Buzz - January 24 - Providence Bruins
- IceHogs Headed for Weekday Wild Match Up - Rockford IceHogs
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
