Taylor Gauthier of the Wheeling Nailers is the recipient of the Nick Vitucci Goaltender of the Year award for 2023-24 🏆🥅 In 2022, the award was named in honor of Nick Vitucci , who was part of the first-ever induction class into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2008. Vitucci enjoyed a 26-year association with the League, beginning in the inaugural season of 1988-89 when he backstopped the Carolina Thunderbirds to the Riley Cup title, the first of his ECHL-record five championships, and received the Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award.