Lehigh Valley Phantoms

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]

On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot, "meLVin".[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' franchise, after "Phlex" (Philadelphia Phantoms) and "Dax" (Adirondack Phantoms).

Records as of May 12, 2020.[6]

Updated February 4, 2021.[7][8][9]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
27		Chris Bigras	D	L	25	2019	Orillia, Ontario	Flyers
24		Ralph Cuddemi	RW	R	27	2020	Concord, Ontario	Phantoms
22		Logan Day	D	R	26	2020	Seminole, Florida	Phantoms
13		Ryan Fitzgerald	C	L	26	2021	Boca Raton, Florida	Phantoms
71		Tyson Foerster	C	R	19	2021	Alliston, Ontario	Flyers
6		Linus Högberg	D	L	22	2021	Stockholm, Sweden	Flyers
38		David Kase	RW	L	24	2018	Kadaň, Czech Republic	Flyers
29		Pascal Laberge	C	R	22	2018	Chateauguay, Quebec	Flyers
10		Tanner Laczynski	C	R	23	2021	Shorewood, Illinois	Flyers
7		Tanner MacMaster	C/LW	L	25	2021	Calgary, Alberta	Phantoms
35		Eamon McAdam	G	L	26	2021	Perkasie, Pennsylvania	Phantoms
31		Zane McIntyre	G	L	28	2021	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Phantoms
8		Mason Millman	D	L	19	2021	London, Ontario	Flyers
55		Samuel Morin	D/LW	L	25	2015	Lac-Beauport, Quebec	Flyers
86		Chris Mueller	RW	R	34	2021	West Seneca, New York	Phantoms
9		Cal O'Reilly (C)	C	L	34	2019	Toronto, Ontario	Phantoms
51		Derrick Pouliot	D	L	27	2021	Estevan, Saskatchewan	Flyers
21		Linus Sandin	RW	R	24	2021	Uppsala, Sweden	Flyers
32		Felix Sandstrom	G	L	24	2019	Gävle, Sweden	Flyers
26		Brennan Saulnier	F	L	27	2020	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Phantoms
16		Matthew Strome	LW	L	22	2019	Mississauga, Ontario	Flyers
15		Maksim Sushko	RW	L	21	2019	Brest, Belarus	Flyers
20		Max Willman	LW	L	25	2019	Barnstable, Massachusetts	Phantoms
49		Garrett Wilson	LW	L	29	2021	Elmvale, Ontario	Phantoms
14		Zayde Wisdom	C	R	18	2021	Toronto, Ontario	Flyers
5		Tyler Wotherspoon	D	L	27	2019	Surrey, British Columbia	Flyers
28		Wyatte Wylie	D	R	21	2021	Everett, Washington	Flyers
4		Egor Zamula	D	L	20	2021	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Flyers

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

• Terry Murray: 2014–2015
• Scott Gordon: 2015–2018, 2019–present
• Kerry Huffman: interim 2018–19 season

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