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Phantoms Stay Undefeated Against Norfolk
April 2, 2015Lehigh Valley Wins Road-Trip Opener on Laughton’s 3rd Period Tie-Breaker April 1, 2015 Norfolk, VA – Scott Laughton’s powerful wrister from the right boards blasted through veteran goalie Jason LaBarbera to break a late third-period tie and propel the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms to a 3-2 victory at the Norfolk Admirals on Wednesday night. The […]
Phantoms Battle Hard in Defeat to First-Place Manchester
March 29, 201520th Sellout Crowd of Season Fills PPL Center for Homestand Finale March 29, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – With yet another sellout contingent packing into PPL Center to back them, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms skated tooth-and-nail with the top team in the league on Sunday afternoon but eventually were felled in a 3-1 decision. The […]
SELLOUT STREAK CONTINUES BUT PENGUINS PUT FREEZE ON PHANTOMS
March 23, 2015Sixth Straight Sellout Welcomes Phantoms Back to PPL Center March 23, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – A sixth consecutive sellout welcomed back the Phantoms in the team’s first home game in two weeks but Lehigh Valley was held off the PPL Center scoreboard for the first time ever in a 3-0 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton […]
PHANTOMS FALL IN LAST EVER WORCESTER APPEARANCE
March 22, 2015Lehigh Valley Concludes 5-Game Road-Trip with 3-2-0 Record March 21, 2015 Worcester, MA – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms made their last ever appearance at DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts whose Sharks are moving to California next season. The game did not exactly go as the Phantoms had envisioned in a 6-1 setback on the road. […]
BARDREAU DEBUTS WITH GOAL BUT PHANTOMS FALL AT HARTFORD
March 21, 2015Three-Game Win Streak Snapped in 3-2 Decision March 20, 2015 Hartford, CT – Newcomer Cole Bardreau scored in his professional debut and Blair Jones also tallied in his first game in two months but the Phantoms late comeback efforts fell short at Hartford in a 3-2 loss to the Wolf Pack on Friday night. Lehigh […]
COMEBACK PHANTOMS RALLY FROM BEHIND AT BRIDGEPORT
March 15, 2015Four Unanswered Makes it Three Straight W’s for Lehigh Valley March 14, 2015 Bridgeport, CT – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms flexed their road muscle once again with another thrilling victory in hostile environs this time scoring four straight to come from behind in Bridgeport and post a 4-2 triumph. The Phantoms put the capper on […]
SCOTT LAUGHTON SHOOTOUT GOAL VAULTS PHANTOMS PAST PROVIDENCE
March 14, 2015Lehigh Valley Wins 2-1 to End Bruins 11-Game Home Win Streak March 13, 2015 Providence, RI – Rookie Scott Laughton scored in the third round of the shootout for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms who prevailed at Providence 2-1 on Friday night. Rob Zepp stole the show with 33 saves to hold off the Bruins’ attack. […]
HATS OFF FOR NICK COUSINS…AGAIN!
March 12, 2015Penalty-Shot Goal for Cousins Hat Trick Seals 4-3 Win at Toronto March 11, 2015 Toronto, ON – Nick Cousins sealed his second hat trick of the year in dramatic fashion via a penalty shot late in the third period and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms prevailed at the Toronto Marlies 4-3 on Wednesday night in the […]
GRUBAUER STEALS WIN FOR BEARS
March 1, 2015Phantoms Fall 2-0 Despite Huge Shots Advantage of 37-16 March 1, 2015 Hershey, PA – Any fan is well aware that hockey can be a funny game sometimes. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms weren’t laughing on Sunday at Giant Center when their strong, and sometimes dominating, performance led to a huge shots advantage of 37-16 but […]
BINGHAMTON BOUNCES BACK LATE TO STEAL OVERTIME DECISION
February 19, 2015Phantoms Earn Standings Point at Home February 18, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms secured a standings point in an overtime thriller but were unable to snag the victory as the visiting Binghamton Senators rallied from behind for a 4-3 verdict on Wednesday evening at PPL Center. The extra-time drama was nothing […]
ANDREW GORDON’S TURN FOR AN OT WINNER
February 16, 2015Phantoms Take Down Falcons for Another 5-4 Win February 15, 2015 Springfield, MA – Andrew Gordon wanted to take care of matters early in overtime. With a nifty poke-check from a defenseman at the Phantoms line, the veteran winger created his own breakaway for a game-winning backhand goal just 24 seconds in overtime for another […]
LEIER’S SHOOTOUT WINNER LIFTS PHANTOMS OVER PENGUINS
February 15, 2015Akeson Scores Twice in 5-4 Victory at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton February 14, 2015 Wilkes-Barre, PA – Just two hours shy of his 21st birthday, rookie Taylor Leier decided to celebrate early with a shootout game-winning goal in the fourth round in a 5-4 decision on a snowy Valentine’s Night at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Leier ended up registering […]
MORE ROUGH AND TUMBLE ACTION AT PPL CENTER
February 14, 2015Binghamton Hangs On 3-2 in Fight-Filled Affair February 13, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that East Division rivals Lehigh Valley and Binghamton were in no mood to share any Valentine’s Weekend goodwill in their seventh clash of the season. The top two teams in the league in time […]
KEVIN GOUMAS SCORES WINNER IN OVERTIME THRILLER AT HERSHEY
February 9, 2015Rosehill Strikes Twice as well; Phantoms Triumph 5-4 February 8, 2015 Hershey, PA – Kevin Goumas in the left slot scored an overtime-winner off an impressive cross-ice pass by Nick Cousins from the right boards to conclude a thrilling 5-4 triumph for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday evening at Giant Center in Hershey. The […]
B-SENS HANG ON LATE VERSUS PHANTOMS
February 8, 2015Jason Akeson Just Four Away From Joining Phantoms 200-Point Club February 7, 2015 Binghamton, NY – With their opponents on the ropes late in the third attempting to protect a precarious one-goal lead, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms were simply unable to obtain a dramatic equalizer. Host Binghamton converted on a pair of late empty-netters on […]
SHARKS BITE BACK AT PHANTOMS
February 5, 2015Worcester Prevails 4-3 at PPL Center February 4, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – Pushing forth with a frenetic and late comeback effort, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms ran out of time as they fell 4-3 to the Worcester Sharks on Wednesday evening at PPL Center. With a pair of goals in the closing minute-and-a-half by Brandon […]
SIX GOAL SURGE IN IMPRESSIVE ROAD WIN AT WILKES-BARRE
February 1, 2015Phantoms Freeze the Penguins 6-2 January 31, 2015 Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms surged for six unanswered strikes for an exciting rivalry win 6-2 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday. Six different Phantoms tallied lamplighters as the team equaled their highest goal output of the season first achieved on January 11th in a […]
RECORD CROWD ON ANOTHER SOLD OUT SATURDAY SPARKS 4-3 WIN
January 25, 20158,983 Pack PPL Center for New Attendance Mark January 24, 2015 Lehigh Valley, PA – Another Saturday night. Another Standing Room Only Sellout at PPL Center. 8,983 fans packed into the 8,420-seat venue to enjoy a 4-3 victory over the visiting St. John’s IceCaps. Andrew Gordon (13th), Kevin Goumas (3rd), Petr Straka (11th) and Taylor […]
EARLY STRIKES NOT ENOUGH AT SYRACUSE
January 24, 2015Lehigh Valley Falls to Crunch 4-2 January 23, 2015 Syracuse, NY – Kevin Goumas and Petr Straka blasted goals just 24 seconds apart late in the first period but the early tallies would turn out to be Lehigh Valley’s only strikes of a see-saw and back-and-forth affair in 4-2 setback at Syracuse on Friday evening. […]
Hershey Bears Even Rivalry Series With Phantoms
January 19, 2015Lehigh Valley Falls 5-2 in ChocolateTown January 18, 2015 Hershey, PA – Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Brandon Manning’s powerful slapshot with about 15 minutes remaining clanged hard off the iron and away in a key moment that allowed host Hershey to hold off Lehigh Valley’s comeback efforts in what was eventually a 5-2 […]
