The Nailers kept rolling with three wins this past weekend, two at home against Kalamazoo and Reading with a road victory over Cincinnati. What did Wheeling do to earn these six huge points?
Well, things are certainly starting to get exciting now, if they weren’t before. With these victories, the Nailers are now off to their best 20-game start in team history. Not only that, but the different ways the team won their games last weekend makes me believe this is sustainable through the rest of the season.
The game on Friday started with Kalamazoo coming out and taking the lead in the first period. Wheeling pressed but couldn’t net one of their own until early in the second period when Kyle Jackson scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1, which held through the rest of the frame. Just before the halfway point of the third, the K-Wings once again cashed in to take the lead before the Nailer power play took advantage of a double minor called on Kalamazoo and Jordan Martel, the man bloodied by the high stick, tied the game once again…