Team Stats (Playoffs)

Record: 9-8
– 18^th postseason appearance in team history; 3^rd straight & 4^th in last 5 seasons
– 17^th & 18^th playoff series wins
– 6^th time advancing to league semifinal round (1993, 1994, 1998, 2011, 2016)
– 5^th win in a game 7 (5-2 overall, 2-0 at home)
– 17 playoff games tied for 2^nd most in team history (26 in 2016, 17 in 2011)
– 9 playoff wins tied for 2^nd most in team history (14 in 2016, 9 in 1993, 9 in 2011)
– Beat Reading 4-1 in North Division Semifinal
– Beat Maine 4-3 in North Division Final
– Lost to Florida 4-1 in Eastern Conference Final
Home Record: 7-2
– Tied for most home playoff wins in team history (1993 & 2016)
– Tied for most home wins in the first three rounds of the 2026 Kelly Cup Playoffs (FW)
Road Record: 2-6
Goals For: 42 (2.47 per game)
– 3^rd most playoff goals in team history (80 in 2016, 65 in 1993)
Goals Against: 41 (2.41 per game)
– Lowest playoff goals against average in team history
– 3^rd lowest goals against average in the first three rounds of the 2026 Kelly Cup Playoffs (1- FLA 1.43, 2- KC 2.21)
Assists: 73
Points: 115
Penalty Minutes: 323 (19.00 per game)
Fighting Majors: 4
Power Play: 10.0% (6-for-60)
      – Home: 11.5% (3-for-26)
      – Away: 8.8% (3-for-34)
Penalty Kill: 90.7% (68-for-75)
      – Home: 94.4% (34-for-36)
      – Away: 87.2% (34-for-39)
– Finished the playoffs by going seven straight games without allowing a power play goal (30 opposition opportunities)
Shorthanded Goals For: 2
Shorthanded Goals Against: 1
Shots on Goal For: 521 (30.65 per game)
Shots on Goal Against: 526 (30.94 per game)
Shutouts: 3 for, 1 against
– Most total shutouts & most shutouts for in a playoff year in team history
Overtime Games: 6 games played, 4-2
– Tied for most playoff overtime games in team history (1998)
– Tied for most playoff overtime wins in team history (2011 & 2016)
Penalty Shots: 0-for-0 for, 1-for-1 against (Gauthier stopped Romano [FLA] on 5/29)
– 2^nd straight year with a penalty shot save in the playoffs
Players Used: 25
Attendance: 24,575 (2,731 per game)
– 3^rd highest total playoff attendance in team history (39,807 in 1993, 36,837 in 2016)
– 2^nd highest playoff attendance average in the last 21 years (2,834 in 2016)

Team Stats (Season):

Season Record: 46-20-3-3, 98 points
– 1^st place in division, 2^nd place in conference, T-4^th place overall
– 1^st division title in 22 years & 4^th all-time (1992-93, 1995-96, 2003-04)
– Highest overall finish since 2003-04 (2^nd)
– Tied for 2^nd highest win total in team history (51 in 2003-04, 46 in 1994-95)
– 2^nd highest point total in team history (106 in 2003-04)
– 2^nd time earning 40 or more wins in back-to-back seasons (1994-95 & 1995-96)
– 1^st time earning 90 or more points in back-to-back seasons
– 24^th season with a winning record
– 1 of 8 teams with 20 or more home wins and 20 or more road wins
– 4^th time earning 20 or more home wins and 20 or more road wins in the same season (1995-96, 2003-04, 2005-06)

Home Record: 24-8-2-2, 52 points
– Tied for 4^th most home wins in team history (28 in 2003-04, 27 in 1994-95, 25 in 1996-97, 24 in 1992-93, 24 in 2024-25)
– 3^rd most home points in team history (59 in 2003-04, 55 in 1994-95)
– 20^th time with at least 20 home wins in a season & 3^rd in a row
– 7^th time with at least 50 home points in a season
– 29^th season with a winning home record & 16^th time in the last 18 seasons

Road Record: 22-12-1-1, 46 points
– 3^rd most road wins in team history (23 in 2003-04, 23 in 2005-06)
– 3^rd most road points in team history (48 in 2005-06, 47 in 2003-04)
– 4^th time with at least 20 road wins in a season
– 8^th time with at least 40 road points in a season
– 15^th seasons with a winning road record & 3^rd straight

Goals For: 231 (3.21 per game) – ranked 9^th in ECHL
– 5^th straight season averaging over 3 goals per game & 8^th time in the last 10 seasons
– 5^th straight season with at least 100 goals both at home & on the road
– 5^th top-10 ranking in the last 9 seasons

Goals Against: 175 (2.43 per game) – ranked 3^rd in ECHL
– 3^rd fewest goals against in team history (156 in 2005-06, 173 in 2003-04)
– 6^th time allowing fewer than 200 goals in a season
– Highest league ranking since 2005-06 (1^st)
– 3^rd straight top-10 ranking, following 9 straight years outside of the top-10
– 2^nd fewest home goals allowed (80) in team history (78 in 2004-05)
– 4^th time allowing fewer than 100 goals on the road (95) (72 in 2005-06, 95 in 2004-05, 98 in 2011-12)

Assists: 390

Points: 621

Penalty Minutes: 1,001 (13.90 per game) – ranked 7^th in ECHL
– 5^th lowest penalty minute total in team history – all of which have occurred in the last decade (502 in 2019-20, 900 in 2016-17, 947 in 2023-24, 961 in 2024-25)

Fighting Majors: 38

Power Play: 21.5% (46-for-214) – ranked 7^th in ECHL

– Home: 24.3% (27-for-111) – ranked 5^th in ECHL

– Away: 18.4% (19-for-103) – ranked 12^th in ECHL
– 2^nd highest success rate in the last 29 seasons (22.0% in 2008-09)
– Finished better than last season by 0.03%
– 5^th time in the last 8 seasons finishing at 20.0% or higher, after doing so once in the previous 20 seasons
– Fewest power play chances in a 72-game season in team history
– 6^th fewest power play chances in the ECHL this season

Penalty Kill: 83.8% (202-for-241) – ranked 10^th in ECHL

– Home: 84.3% (107-for-127) – ranked 10^th in ECHL

– Away: 83.3% (95-for-114) – ranked 9^th in ECHL
– 6^th highest success rate in team history (85.3% in 2010-11, 84.5% in 2013-14, 84.4% in 2004-05, 84.3% in 2005-06, 84.0% in 2012-13)
– 23^rd time finishing at 80.0% or higher
– 1 of 13 teams to have at least an 80.0% success rate at home and on the road
– 2^nd fewest times shorthanded in a 72-game season in team history (204 in 2024-25)

Shorthanded Goals For: 10 – ranked T-4^th in ECHL (7 home, 3 away)
– 7 home shorthanded goals were the most in the ECHL
– 17^th time reaching double digits in shorthanded goals for

Shorthanded Goals Against: 8 – ranked T-18^th in ECHL (4 home, 4 away)
– 21^st time finishing in single digits in shorthanded goals against

Shots on Goal For: 2,196 (30.50 per game) – ranked 16^th in ECHL
Shots on Goal Against: 2,124 (29.50 per game) – ranked 9^th in ECHL
Shutouts: 7 for, 4 against
– 4^th most shutouts for in team history (11 in 2003-04, 10 in 2004-05, 9 in 2013-14)
– 8^th time being involved in 10 or more shutouts in a season & 1^st time since 2013-14

Games Beyond Regulation: 15 games played, 9-6 record
– Tied for 6^th most games beyond regulation in team history
– Tied for 4^th most wins beyond regulation in team history

Overtime: 9 games played, 6-3 record
– Tied for 2^nd most overtime wins in team history (8 in 2021-22, 6 in 2004-05, 6 in 2013-14, 6 in 2023-24)

Shootout: 6 games played, 3-3 record
– Most shootouts played in by Wheeling since ECHL introduced 7-minute overtime in 2019-20
– Longest shootout in team history (14 rounds) played on February 15^th vs. Reading

• 17.6% success rate for shooters (6-for-34)
• 82.9% success rate for goaltenders (29-for-35)

Penalty Shots: 0-for-1 for (De St. Phalle stopped by Day [FW] on 2/4), 2-for-2 against (Pavlenko stopped Goriunov [TR] on 1/10, Gauthier stopped Joseph [IND] on 2/6)
– Wheeling shooters are 1-for-15 in the last 15 seasons
– Wheeling goaltenders have stopped 7 of the last 8 regular season penalty shots faced (9 of 10 when playoffs are included)

Players Used: 40
– Fewest players used in a 72-game regular season since 2006-07
– All four division championships by Wheeling have been won with 40 players or less

Players Who Reached the American Hockey League: 18

• Raivis Ansons, Scooter Brickey, David Breazeale, Tommy Budnick, Jaxon Castor, Matty De St. Phalle, Brayden Edwards, Zach Gallant, Taylor Gauthier, Max Graham, Finn Harding, Brent Johnson, Daniel Laatsch, Ryan McAllister, Maxim Pavlenko, Emil Pieniniemi, Nolan Renwick, Zach Urdahl

Attendance: 90,487 (2,514 per game)
– Back-to-back seasons with at least 90,000 (first time since 2015-16 & 2016-17)

NHL Debuts

Sergei Murashov- November 9^th with Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles
Avery Hayes- February 4^th with Pittsburgh at Buffalo
70^th & 71^st NHLers all-time