WHEELING — 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, Oct.12.

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 to 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, Oct. 18, when the Nailers travel to Portland, Maine to face a new divisional opponent, the Maine Mariners.

The home opener takes place on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7:10 p.m. against the expansion Bloomington Bison.