The Wheeling Nailers [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/community/latest-news/nailers-take-part-in-united-way-event]have announced their eighth player signing of the 2025 offseason. The team has re-signed goaltender Jaxon Castor to an ECHL [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/]contract. The 28-year-old Castor is set to begin his third full season as a professional and third as a member of the Nailers. In his first two seasons with the club, Castor posted a 16-11-2 record, a 3.15 goals against average, and an .886 save percentage in 30 games. Additionally, this past season, the netminder earned his first call-up to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and made his AHL [https://thehockeynews.com/ahl/]debut on Jan. 15. Castor was the winning goaltender in a few key games for the Nailers in 2024-25. He was the starter in the first game of the team's record-setting 16-game point streak on Nov. 2, and he helped the club secure second place in the North Division on Apr. 12. Castor then backstopped the team's lone post-season victory on Apr. 25, which gave him five playoff wins in two years. Wheeling first acquired the Phoenix, Arizona native in a trade with the Florida Everblades [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/everblades-re-sign-veteran-blueliner]in November of 2023. Prior to turning pro, Castor attended St. Cloud State University for five years, where he majored in Liberal Arts. He began his NCAA [https://thehockeynews.com/ncaa/]career with the school's ACHA team, then advanced to the NCAA squad as a sophomore, where he eventually became the starter in 2022-23. The Huskies won the 2023 NCHC Tournament, and Castor was named to the All-Tournament Team, thanks to a shutout in the clinching victory over Colorado College. Five days later, he was perfect again, as he blanked Minnesota State to earn the first NCAA Tournament shutout in St. Cloud State history.
