News release
22 October 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011Elmira Jackals (3-0-0-0) at Wheeling Nailers (2-0-0-0)
The 3-0 Elmira Jackals take to the road for the first time this season as they meet the 2-0 Wheeling Nailers at 7:35 p.m. The Jackals defeated the Florida Everblades at First Arena last night, 5-2, to stay unbeaten.
Elmira is 4-0 in its first road game of each regular season since joining the ECHL for the 2007-2008 campaign and will try to extend that mark tonight to 5-0. The Jackals will attempt to play spoiler as the Nailers play their 2011-2012 home opener. Last season, Elmira ruined Reading's home debut with a 7-2 victory at the Sovereign Center.
Jackals head coach Pat Bingham returns to Wheeling to face the Nailers tonight, a team he led from 2003-2005. Bingham was the ECHL's Coach of the Year in 2003-2004 in his first season as Wheeling's head coach. He was an assistant coach for the Nailers in 2001-2002.