The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional

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team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the

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(AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the

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. The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in

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as the

Philadelphia Phantoms The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played most of its home games at the Spectrum. During sched ...

from 1996 until 2009, then in

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as the

Adirondack Phantoms The Adirondack Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL), who began play in the 2009–10 AHL season. The Phantoms were based in Glens Falls, New York, playing home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center an ...

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

, a franchise that originated as the

, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown from

. 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

Records as of May 3, 2022.

Current roster

Updated December 23, 2022.

Team captains

* Colin McDonald, 2015–19 * Cal O'Reilly, 2020–present

Team records

Lehigh Valley Phantoms Laval Rocket January 11 2020 2

Lehigh Valley Phantoms Hartford Wolf Pack December 14 2019 2

As of the 2020–21 season ;Single season :Goals: Greg Carey, 31 (2017–18) :Assists:

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, 47 (2017–18) :Points: Phil Varone, 70 (2017–18) :Penalty minutes:

Jay Rosehill Jay Rosehill (born July 16, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Manchester Storm of the Elite Ice Hocke ...

, 219 (2014–15) :GAA: Jean-Francois Berube, 2.56 (2019–20) :SV%:

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, .917 (2014–15) :Wins: Alex Lyon (2016–17), 27 :Shutouts:

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(2017–18), 5 *Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender ;Career :Career goals: Greg Carey, 103 :Career assists:

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, 128 :Career points: Chris Conner, 199 :Career penalty minutes: Tyrell Goulbourne, 313 :Career goaltending wins: Alex Lyon, 75 :Career shutouts: Alex Lyon, 6 :Career games: Greg Carey, 277

Individual awards

;

Les Cunningham Award The Les Cunningham Award is given annually to American Hockey League's "Most Valuable Player" of the regular season, as voted on by AHL media and players. The award was first presented in the 1947–48 season, is named after Les Cunningham, a five ...

(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

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: 2014–2015 * Scott Gordon: 2015–2018, 2019–2021 *

Kerry Huffman Kerry Huffman (born January 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Quebec Nordiques and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League (NHL) and is currently a professional scout fo ...

: interim 2018–19 season *

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: 2021–present

References

External links

Official website
* {{Lehigh Valley 2014 establishments in Pennsylvania Ice hockey clubs established in 2014 Philadelphia Flyers minor league affiliates Professional ice hockey teams in Pennsylvania Sports in Allentown, Pennsylvania