Wheeling Nailers Sign Logan Pietila
On August 21st, 2025, Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, have announced that they have signed forward Logan Pietila to an ECHL contract.
The 25-year-old Howell, Michigan native played his first professional season with the Nailers during the course of the 2024-2025 season. He dressed in 69 games and tallied nine goals with 18 assists. Per the Nailers: Logan’s first career goal came on October 26th as a game winner against the Reading Royals. Pietila played with his younger brother, Chase, whom is signed with the Penguins for the next three years. Pietila earned a call up to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins where he tallied his first AHL assist against the Brideport Islanders.
Olde City Sports Network sat down with Pietila in April after a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton game and he talked about what his strengths and weaknesses are “My strongest is probably just being a reliable two-way player. I feel like I can chip in offensively, but also play a sound offensive game, whether that's on the PK or like power play if needed, those kind of things, all around. I feel like I could contribute in any way, and then things I can work on would be like in the face off dot on, continuing to try to get a stronger down low, hang on to the pucks, and make more plays.”
Before turning to the professional ranks, Pietila put in the work at Michigan Tech where he tallied 45 goals, 53 assists, and 98 points in 180 games with the Huskies, and his best season came was in the 2023-24, when he was the team's captain. In his final two seasons at Michigan Tech, Pietila talked to Olde City Sports Network about what it was like to wear the “A” and the “C”. “It was awesome. I mean, anytime you can be called on to be a leader, especially at a big college like Michigan Tech, you know, somewhere I always wanted to go. It's huge, and it's a big honor. No matter if you wear a letter or not, you always try to lead by example, so I think even having the letter, it just kind of shows the underclassman, you try to show them the way, and you help people along.”
- Samantha Wismer/Olde City Sports Network
- Photos By: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
