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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 […]
PHANTOMS FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN IS 6-2 SHELLACKING OF ST. JOHN’S
January 11, 2015Six Different Goal-Scorers as Lehigh Valley Completes Weekend Sweep January 11, 2015 St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms completed a hugely successful five-game road trip with their fourth consecutive victory in a 6-2 blowout of the St. John’s IceCaps on Sunday afternoon. Six different goal scorers led the way for […]
ANDREW GORDON SCORES LATE GAME-WINNER AGAINST FORMER TEAM
Phantoms Win 3rd Straight with 4-2 Victory at St. John’s January 10, 2015 St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada – Andrew Gordon took several “Star of the Game” curtain calls last season at Mile One Centre when he scored 23 goals as a member of the Eastern Conference Champion St. John’s IceCaps. So Saturday evening’s […]
PHANTOMS GO EXTRA-TIME TO WIN….AGAIN!!
January 4, 2015Lehigh Valley Sweeps 2-Game Weekend Set at Norfolk January 3, 2015 Norfolk, Va. – The Phantoms have been no strangers to overtime and shootouts this year…and the Lehigh Valley crew went extra-time yet again in a 3-2 shootout victory at the Norfolk Admirals on Saturday night to sweep the two-game weekend series. Jason Akeson scored […]
Nick Cousins Sinks the Admirals in Overtime
January 3, 2015Phantoms open 2015 with 3-2 thriller in Norfolk, Va. January 2, 2015 Norfolk, Va. – Nick Cousins buried his first career overtime winner to push the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to an exciting 3-2 victory in Norfolk, Va. on Friday night. Cousins’ eighth of the year from the right circle beat Admirals goaltender John Gibson blocker-side […]
NEW GUYS LEAD SHOOTOUT WIN SPARKED BY RECORD CROWD
December 28, 20148,918 Pack PPL Center in Thrilling 3-2 Triumph Over Norfolk December 27, 2014 Lehigh Valley, PA – About 500 fans more than the listed seating capacity of PPL Center packed into the Phantoms’ new home on Saturday night and were treated to another thrilling night of hockey in the form of a heart-stopping 3-2 shootout […]
LEHIGH VALLEY ON 5-GAME POINT STREAK FOLLOWING 2-1 OT LOSS
December 21, 2014Phantoms with a 3-0-2 mark in last eight days entering Holiday Break December 20, 2014 Hartford, CT – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms extended their streak to five consecutive games with a standings point via a 2-1 overtime loss at the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday evening. Lehigh Valley has gone 3-0-2 in their last five […]
STOLEN BY STOLIE! SCINTILLATING STOLARZ STEALS SECOND SHUTOUT SUCCESS!!
December 20, 201432 Saves for “Stolie The Goalie” in 2-0 Triumph over Hershey December 19, 2014 Lehigh Valley, PA – Rookie goaltender Anthony Stolarz played perhaps the best game of his professional career. And the Phantoms needed that kind of performance out of him all the way. The 20-year-old turned in a 32-save shutout for the Lehigh […]
EXPLOSIVE AND RECORD-SETTING NIGHT IN 5-3 VICTORY
December 18, 2014Phantoms Incredibly Strike Three Times in Opening 36 Seconds December 17, 2014 Lehigh Valley, PA – There are fast starts and then there’s what the Lehigh Valley Phantoms did Wednesday evening. In the 79 seasons of the American Hockey League, no team has ever scored three goals faster than the Lehigh Valley Phantoms did against […]
ROBERT HAGG TO JOIN SWEDEN FOR 2015 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
December 14, 2014The Philadelphia Flyers will loan D Robert Hagg to Team Sweden for the 2015 World Junior Championships, according to general manager Ron Hextall. Hagg will join Sweden as of December 21st to prepare for the tournament, which will be held in Montreal and Toronto from December 26 through January 5. This will be Hagg’s third […]
OVERTIME YET AGAIN FOR PHANTOMS AS DEVILS ESCAPE 4-3
Lehigh Valley’s 2nd Straight OT Affair and 8th of the Year December 14, 2014 Atlantic City, NJ – Lehigh Valley Phantoms fans have certainly been getting their money’s worth this season. Extra hockey has been a hallmark of the 2014-15 campaign. The Phantoms played their eighth overtime game of the season and second consecutive such […]
