# Lehigh Valley Phantoms

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the American Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then in Glens Falls, New York, as the Adirondack Phantoms from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms play their home games at PPL Center, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014.

## History

In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, the PPL Center, in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012. 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.
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.

## Mascot

On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot "meLVin". meLVin wears the number 55, which is LV in Roman numerals. The LV refers to Lehigh Valley. He became the Phantoms' third mascot 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, 2024.
| Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 2014–15 | 76 | 33 | 35 | — | 7 | 1 | 74 | .487 | 194 | 237 | 4th, East | 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015–16 | 76 | 34 | 35 | — | 4 | 3 | 75 | .493 | 215 | 222 | 7th, Atlantic | 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016–17 | 76 | 48 | 23 | — | 5 | 0 | 101 | .664 | 260 | 219 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2017 | — | L, 2–3, HER | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 47 | 19 | — | 5 | 5 | 104 | .684 | 260 | 218 | 1st, Atlantic | 2018 | — | W, 3–1, PRO | W, 4–1, CHA | L, 0–4, TOR | — |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 39 | 30 | — | 4 | 3 | 85 | .559 | 240 | 244 | 5th, Atlantic | 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 24 | 28 | — | 3 | 7 | 58 | .468 | 161 | 186 | 7th, Atlantic | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 43 | .672 | 96 | 92 | 2nd, North | 2021 | No playoffs were held | No playoffs were held | No playoffs were held | No playoffs were held | No playoffs were held |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 29 | 32 | — | 10 | 5 | 73 | .480 | 195 | 239 | 8th, Atlantic | 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 37 | 29 | — | 3 | 3 | 80 | .556 | 221 | 226 | 6th, Atlantic | 2023 | L, 1–2, CHA | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 32 | 31 | — | 6 | 3 | 73 | .507 | 191 | 217 | 6th, Atlantic | 2024 | W, 2–0, WBS | L, 1–3, HER | — | — | — |
| Totals | 694 | 341 | 269 | 1 | 51 | 32 | 766 | .552 | 2033 | 2100 | | | 4 playoff appearances | 4 playoff appearances | 4 playoff appearances | 4 playoff appearances | 4 playoff appearances |
* ↑ A game between the Phantoms and Binghamton Devils was suspended while tied and not completed, resulting in a 1–1 tie and a point for each team.

## Current roster

Updated March 14, 2025.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
| 16 | Jon-Randall Avon (A) | C | L | 21 | 2023 | Peterborough, Ontario | Flyers |
| 7 | Louie Belpedio (A) | D | R | 28 | 2022 | Skokie, Illinois | Flyers |
| 55 | Xavier Bernard | D | L | 24 | 2024 | Mercier, Quebec | Phantoms |
| 36 | Sawyer Boulton | F | R | 20 | 2024 | Huntington, New York | Phantoms |
| 91 | Elliot Desnoyers | LW | L | 23 | 2022 | Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec | Flyers |
| 43 | Oscar Eklind | LW | L | 26 | 2024 | Trelleborg, Sweden | Flyers |
| 13 | Brendan Furry | LW | L | 26 | 2023 | Toledo, Ohio | Phantoms |
| 31 | Parker Gahagen | G | L | 31 | 2023 | Amherst, New York | Phantoms |
| 22 | Rhett Gardner (A) | C | L | 29 | 2023 | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Flyers |
| 56 | Jacob Gaucher | F | R | 24 | 2023 | Longueuil, Quebec | Flyers |
| 72 | Alexis Gendron | RW | L | 21 | 2023 | Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec | Flyers |
| 37 | Adam Ginning (A) | D | L | 25 | 2022 | Linköping, Sweden | Flyers |
| 8 | Ben Gleason | D | L | 26 | 2024 | Ortonville, Michigan | Flyers |
| 3 | Helge Grans | D | R | 22 | 2023 | Ljungby, Sweden | Flyers |
| 29 | Nikita Grebenkin | LW | L | 21 | 2025 | Serov, Russia | Flyers |
| 35 | Alexei Kolosov | G | L | 23 | 2024 | Minsk, Belarus | Flyers |
| 32 | Eetu Mäkiniemi | G | L | 25 | 2024 | Vantaa, Finland | Flyers |
| 20 | Cooper Marody | C | R | 28 | 2022 | Brighton, Michigan | Phantoms |
| 19 | Hunter McDonald | D | L | 22 | 2024 | Fairport, New York | Flyers |
| 25 | Matt Miller | RW | R | 25 | 2024 | Leo, Indiana | Phantoms |
| 40 | Cal Petersen | G | R | 30 | 2023 | Waterloo, Iowa | Flyers |
| 80 | Keith Petruzzelli | G | L | 26 | 2024 | Wilbraham, Massachusetts | Phantoms |
| 90 | Anthony Richard | C | L | 28 | 2024 | Trois-Rivières, Quebec | Flyers |
| 73 | Massimo Rizzo | C | L | 23 | 2024 | Burnaby, British Columbia | Flyers |
| 5 | Ethan Samson | D | R | 21 | 2023 | Delta, British Columbia | Flyers |
| 9 | Sam Sedley | D | R | 21 | 2024 | St. Mary's, Ontario | Phantoms |
| 54 | Givani Smith | RW | L | 27 | 2025 | Toronto, Ontario | Flyers |
| 27 | Samu Tuomaala | RW | R | 22 | 2023 | Oulu, Finland | Flyers |
| 17 | Garrett Wilson (C) | LW | L | 33 | 2021 | Elmvale, Ontario | Phantoms |
| 74 | Zayde Wisdom | C | R | 22 | 2021 | Toronto, Ontario | Flyers |

### Team captains

* Colin McDonald, 2015–19
* Cal O'Reilly, 2020–23
* Garrett Wilson, 2023–present

## Team records

As of the 2023–24 season

### 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: Garrett Wilson, 554
    Career goaltending wins: Alex Lyon, 75
    Career shutouts: Alex Lyon, 6
    Career games: Greg Carey, 277

### Individual awards
#### Les Cunningham Award (AHL Most Valuable Player)

    Phil Varone 2017–18

#### First All-Star Team

    T.J. Brennan 2016–17
    Phil Varone: 2017–18

#### Second All-Star Team

    T.J. Brennan 2017–18

## Head coaches

* Terry Murray: 2014–2015
* Scott Gordon: 2015–2018, 2019–2021
* Kerry Huffman: 2018–19 (interim)
* Ian Laperriere: 2021–present