Wheeler, 29, enters his fourth season as video coach for the Crunch in 2025-26 after spending the previous two seasons as video coordinator for the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL. The Icemen made the playoffs both seasons.

The Chicago, Illinois native worked for a year in hockey operations and scouting for the Utah Outliers, an elite U-20 Tier II junior hockey team.

A 2020 graduate of Plymouth State University, Wheeler has a bachelor of science in sport management.