Tag: Wheeling Civic Center

West Virginia Wheels

The West Virginia Wheels are a forgotten minor league entry in the All-American Basketball Alliance, a penniless organization that last only four weeks in the winter of 1978.  The Wheeling-based Wheels were one of eight founding AABA clubs, stretching from Rochester, New York in the north to Georgia in the south and west to Indianapolis.

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1992 Wheeling Thunderbirds program from the East Coast Hockey League

Wheeling Thunderbirds

East Coast Hockey League (1992-1996) Born: 1992 – The Winston-Salem Thunderbirds relocate to Wheeling Re-Branded: 1996 (Wheeling Nailers) First Game: October 18, 1992 (W 9-3

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