Wheeling Nailers Announce 2024 Preseason Game

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The Wheeling Nailers, proud ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, have announced their lone exhibition contest for the 2024-25 season. The Nailers will welcome the Cincinnati Cyclones to WesBanco Arena for a 6:10 game on Saturday, October 12th.

Wheeling and Cincinnati will clash in the preseason for the second consecutive year, following a 5-0 triumph by the Nailers in 2023. That result was a sign of things to come, as Wheeling opened the regular season with a victory over the Cyclones, and went on win the head-to-head season series for the first time since 2015-16. Despite a change in division for the Nailers, the two longtime geographic rivals will see plenty of each other during the 2024-25 campaign, as they will meet on nine occasions.

The exhibition match is free for all to attend with open seating.

The 2024-25 regular season begins on Friday, October 18th, when the Nailers travel to Portland, Maine to face a new divisional opponent, the Maine Mariners. The home opener takes place on Saturday, November 2nd at 7:10 against the expansion Bloomington Bison. Season memberships and other terrific ticket plans for the 2024-25 season are available now by calling (304) 234-GOAL. The Wheeling Nailers, considered one of the top things to do in Wheeling, West Virginia, provide affordable family entertainment for fans throughout the Ohio Valley.

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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