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Conference
  
Eastern

Home arena
  
PPL Center

Captain
  
Colin McDonald

Date founded
  
1996

Division
  
Atlantic

Arena
  
PPL Center

Head coach
  
Scott Gordon

Founded
  
1996–97 AHL season

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City
  
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Colors
  
Black, orange, electric blue, white

Owner(s)
  
The Brooks Group (Robert and Jim Brooks)

Location
  
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Affiliates
  
Philadelphia Flyers (National Hockey League), Reading Royals (ECHL)

Profiles

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The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL), whose inaugural season started in the 2014–15 AHL season when the Adirondack Phantoms moved from Glens Falls, New York to Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team plays in Allentown's new PPL Center. The Phantoms, who began play as the Philadelphia Phantoms, have been the top minor league affiliate for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers since the 1996–97 season. The purple used since the team's inception was replaced by electric blue when the team relocated to the Lehigh Valley.

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In March 2011, plans were announced for the PPL Center. The arena is located in downtown Allentown taking up the entire block between 7th and 8th St. and Hamilton Blvd. and Linden St. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012. 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 7th in the AHL attendance rankings with an average of 8,244 fans, surpassed only by teams who played in larger venues.

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Season-by-season results

Records as of April 17, 2016.

Current roster

Updated March 13, 2017.

Single season

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Goals: Jason Akeson, 23 (2014–15) Assists: Chris Conner, 39 (2015–16) Points: Nick Cousins, 56 (2014–15) Penalty Minutes: Jay Rosehill, 219 (2014–15) GAA: Anthony Stolarz, 2.60 (2015–16) SV%: Rob Zepp, .917 (2014–15) Wins: Rob Zepp (2014–15) & Anthony Stolarz (2015–16), 21 Shutouts: Anthony Stolarz (2014–15) & Martin Ouellette (2015–16), 2
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  • Career

    Career Goals: Nick Cousins, 34 Career Assists: Nick Cousins, 60 Career Points: Nick Cousins, 94 Career Penalty Minutes: Jay Rosehill, 252 Career Goaltending Wins: Anthony Stolarz, 30 Career Shutouts: Anthony Stolarz & Martin Ouellette, 2 Career Games: Taylor Leier, 144

    Head coaches

  • Terry Murray (2014–15)
  • Scott Gordon (2015–present)

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    References

    Lehigh Valley Phantoms Wikipedia