Wheeling Nailers Weekly Report
Published on November 7, 2016 under ECHL (ECHL)
Wheeling Nailers News Release
Last week, the Wheeling Nailers rose above the .500 mark for the first time in 2016-17, as they came away with two wins during their three-game weekend. The lone setback took place in the opening contest on Friday night, when the Nailers played host to the Toledo Walleye. Cody Wydo opened the scoring for Wheeling in the early stages of the second period, but Toledo went on to score each of the next six goals, running out of West Virginia with a 6-1 triumph. On Saturday night, the Nailers got their revenge, and in doing so, ended a seven-game winning streak for the Walleye. Toledo got off to a fast start, jumping out to a 2-0 lead before the tilt was five minutes old. However, Wheeling battled back in the middle frame, starting with Gage Quinney's 5-on-3 strike. Jordan Kwas knotted the score a few minutes later, and then, with 41 seconds left in the stanza, Nick Sorkin put the Nailers on top. Josh Shalla added a key insurance marker in the third period, and Kwas' second of the game iced a 5-2 Wheeling victory. Doug Carr was the goaltender for both games against the Walleye. On Sunday afternoon, Wheeling returned home, and turned to JP Anderson between the pipes. With under seven minutes left in the second period, Sorkin broke a scoreless deadlock, giving the Nailers the only goal they needed. Andrew Ammon and Sorkin added empty netters, and Anderson was perfect on 24 shots, as Wheeling blanked Kalamazoo 3-0 for its third straight win against the Wings.
Saturday's win was Wheeling's first in the regular season at Huntington Center since March 19, 2014, ending a seven-game skid. That game also featured the first comeback victory of the year for the Nailers, as they erased an early two-goal deficit. Josh Shalla returned to Toledo for the first time since being traded by the Walleye to the Nailers, assisting on the winning goal, then scoring the club's fourth goal of the night. Nick Sorkin climbed into second place on the team in scoring with eight points on the campaign, performing at key times over the weekend, as he netted the game winning goals on Saturday and Sunday. JP Anderson made his season debut on Sunday afternoon, turning in a 24-save shutout against Kalamazoo. That was Wheeling's first ever shutout win over the Wings in 43 all-time clashes. The weekend completed a five-game stretch for the Nailers against Central Division opponents in which they posted a 4-1-0 record. Wheeling is now 4-3-1 on the season.
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