Lehigh Valley Phantoms

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a core city of the Lehigh Valley.[2]

Lehigh Valley Phantoms
2019–20 Lehigh Valley Phantoms season
CityAllentown, Pennsylvania
LeagueAmerican Hockey League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionAtlantic
Founded1996
Home arenaPPL Center
ColorsBlack, orange, electric blue, white
                   
Owner(s)The Brooks Group (Robert and Jim Brooks)
General managerChuck Fletcher
Head coachScott Gordon
CaptainAndy Andreoff
Cal O'Reilly
Nate Prosser[1]
MediaThe Morning Call
WFMZ-TV channel 69
WAEB (AM) - AM 790
WSAN - AM 1470
Service Electric Cable TV2 Sports
AHL.TV (Internet)
AffiliatesPhiladelphia Flyers (NHL)
Reading Royals (ECHL)
Franchise history
1996–2009Philadelphia Phantoms
2009–2014Adirondack Phantoms
2014–presentLehigh Valley Phantoms
Championships
Division Championships1 (2017–18)

The Phantoms franchise has been the top minor league affiliate for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers since the 1996–97 season. The Phantoms used three geographical monikers in their history. Philadelphia was the team’s first geographical moniker as the team was based at the Spectrum in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms. The team relocated to Glens Falls, New York and adopted the "Adirondack" geographical moniker as a reference to Glens Falls being based near the Adirondack Mountains, becoming known as the Adirondack Phantoms. The team relocated to Allentown and adopted the Lehigh Valley geographical moniker, becoming known as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The team has kept the “Phantoms” name under those three geographical monikers.

History

In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, the PPL Center, in the downtown area of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012.[3] In February 2012, it was announced that the Adirondack Phantoms, a franchise that originated as the Philadelphia Phantoms, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown from Glens Falls, New York. The franchise originally intended to begin play in Allentown in 2013, but due to litigation over the construction of PPL Center, the team did not play until the 2014–15 AHL season. The purple color used since the team's inception was replaced by electric blue when the team relocated to the Lehigh Valley.[2]

The arena has been consistently full. During the 2015–16 season, the PPL Center was filled at a 97.9% capacity on average, and had 24 sellouts in the 38 Phantoms home games, including the last 13. The Phantoms finished seventh in the AHL attendance rankings with an average of 8,244 fans, surpassed only by teams with larger venues.[4]

Mascots

On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot, "meLVin", a puck-nosed pladottle that was yellow in color.[5] meLVin wears the number 55, which is LV in Roman numerals. The LV refers to "Lehigh Valley". He became the third mascot for the Phantoms, after "Phlex" (Philadelphia Phantoms) and "Dax" (Adirondack Phantoms).

Season-by-season results
Calder Cup Champions Conference Champions Division Champions League Leader

Records as of May 12, 2020.[6]

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonGPWLOTLSOLPtsPCTGFGAStandingYear1st
round		2nd
round		3rd
round		Finals
2014–157633357174.4871942374th, East2015Did not qualify
2015–167634354375.4932152227th, Atlantic2016Did not qualify
2016–1776482350101.6642602192nd, Atlantic2017L, 2–3, HER———
2017–1876471955104.6842602181st, Atlantic2018W, 3–1, PROW, 4–1, CHAL, 0–4, TOR—
2018–197639304385.5592402445th, Atlantic2019Did not qualify
2019–206224283758.4681611867th, Atlantic2020Season canceled due to COVID-19
Totals4422251702819497.562133013262 playoff appearances

Current roster

Updated March 31, 2020.[7][8][9]

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# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
12 Andy Andreoff (C) LW L 29 2019 Pickering, Ontario Flyers
27 Chris Bigras D L 25 2019 Orillia, Ontario Flyers
25 Connor Bunnaman C L 22 2018 Guelph, Ontario Flyers
10 Greg Carey LW L 30 2016 Hamilton, Ontario Phantoms
40 David Drake D L 25 2018 Naperville, Illinois Phantoms
14 Mark Friedman D R 24 2017 Toronto, Ontario Flyers
23 Morgan Frost C L 21 2019 Aurora, Ontario Flyers
29 Kurtis Gabriel RW R 27 2019 Newmarket, Ontario Flyers
38 David Kase RW L 23 2018 Kadaň, Czech Republic Flyers
36 Eric Knodel D L 30 2019 West Chester, Pennsylvania Phantoms
49 Pascal Laberge C R 22 2018 Chateauguay, Quebec Flyers
34 Alex Lyon G L 27 2016 Baudette, Minnesota Flyers
33 Tom McCollum G L 30 2020 Sanborn, New York Phantoms
42 Rob Michel D R 25 2019 Camillus, New York Phantoms
– Nathan Noel C R 23 2020 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Phantoms
9 Cal O'Reilly (A) C L 33 2019 Toronto, Ontario Phantoms
39 Nate Prosser (A) D R 34 2019 Elk River, Minnesota Flyers
19 Isaac Ratcliffe LW L 21 2019 London, Ontario Flyers
17 German Rubtsov  C L 22 2018 Chekhov, Russia Flyers
32 Felix Sandstrom G L 23 2019 Gävle, Sweden Flyers
55 Chris Stewart RW R 32 2020 Scarborough, Ontario Flyers
8 Matthew Strome LW L 21 2019 Mississauga, Ontario Flyers
15 Maksim Sushko RW L 21 2019 Brest, Belarus Flyers
11 Steven Swavely C R 28 2018 Reading, Pennsylvania Phantoms
18 Carsen Twarynski LW L 22 2018 Calgary, Alberta Flyers
72 Kirill Ustimenko G L 21 2019 Gomel, Belarus Flyers
24 Mikhail Vorobyev C L 23 2017 Salavat, Russia Flyers
3 Andy Welinski D R 27 2019 Duluth, Minnesota Flyers
44 Reece Willcox D R 26 2016 Surrey, British Columbia Flyers
20 Max Willman LW L 25 2019 Barnstable, Massachusetts Phantoms
5 Tyler Wotherspoon D L 27 2019 Surrey, British Columbia Flyers
78 Lewis Zerter-Gossage RW L 25 2020 Montreal, Quebec Phantoms

Team records

As of the 2019–20 season[10]

Single season
Goals: Greg Carey, 31 (2017–18)
Assists: Phil Varone, 47 (2017–18)
Points: Phil Varone, 70 (2017–18)
Penalty minutes: Jay Rosehill, 219 (2014–15)
GAA: Jean-Francois Berube, 2.56 (2019–20)
SV%: Rob Zepp, .917 (2014–15)
Wins: Alex Lyon (2016–17), 27
Shutouts: Dustin Tokarski (2017–18), 5
  • Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career
Career goals: Greg Carey, 103
Career assists: Chris Conner, 128
Career points: Chris Conner, 199
Career penalty minutes: Tyrell Goulbourne, 313
Career goaltending wins: Alex Lyon, 73
Career shutouts: Alex Lyon, 6
Career games: Greg Carey, 277

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award (AHL Most Valuable Player)
Phil Varone 2017–18[11]
First All-Star Team
T.J. Brennan 2016–17[12]
Phil Varone: 2017–18[13]
Second All-Star Team
T.J. Brennan 2017–18[13]

Head coaches

References
  1. "Phantoms Name Captains for 2019-20 Season". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. Kraus, Scott; Assad, Matt (November 14, 2012). "Allentown's hockey team will be Lehigh Valley Phantoms". The Morning Call. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. Phantoms' Allentown hockey arena details revealed in construction documents - Morning Call
  4. Phantoms Leave Fans Optimistic For 2016-17
  5. "Phantoms' new mascot, meLVin, makes his debut". The Morning Call. August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  6. Hockeydb.com, Lehigh Valley Phantoms season statistics and records.
  7. "Roster - Lehigh Valley Phantoms". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  8. "Lehigh Valley Phantoms Roster". American Hockey League. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  9. "Lehigh Valley Phantoms Transactions". American Hockey League. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  10. "Lehigh Valley Phantoms Statistics and History". HockeyDB. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  11. "Phantoms' Varone voted AHL MVP". AHL. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  12. "2016-17 AHL First, Second All-Star Teams unveiled". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  13. "2017-18 AHL First, Second All-Star Teams unveiled". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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