ALLENTOWN— With help from six different goal-scorers, Hershey took its fourth-straight victory over Lehigh Valley in a 6-1 trouncing in the PPL Center, Friday. And on Melvin’s birthday. *** After falling to 2-0 early in the first period, Terry Murray called a Peter Laviolette timeout after the Bears second goal of the game, and the…
The Phantoms are back in action tonight as they take on Hershey in an important East Division matchup. Lehigh Valley trails Hershey by six points in the East with the Bears holding one game in hand over the Phantoms. Hershey also has a one-game advantage in the intra-state season series, with a 4-3 lead over…
Winnipeg is one of those sneaky good teams that usually dominates the possession battle but surprisingly the Flyers completely took over this game at even strength. A lot was made of the Flyers 1/5 effort on the PK, but Winnipeg’s best stretches in this game came on the PP. They convincingly won the chance battle…
A spooky start to the second half The Phantoms hoped to use the break to their advantage and springboard themselves into the playoffs, but that was not the case. The Albany Devils came into Lehigh Valley and stole two points quite handily from the Phantoms. Albany truck just minutes into the game and then scored…
Via the American Hockey League: The American Hockey League announced today that Lehigh Valley Phantoms center Nick Cousins has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for January. Cousins led all AHL skaters in scoring during the month, tallying 17 points on seven goals and 10 assists in 13 games for Lehigh Valley….
Boring hockey makes for boring numbers. There were multiple 10-plus-minute stretches without a single scoring chance from either team in this game. You can spin that as both teams playing solid defense or both teams being horrifyingly inept at creating offense. For comparison’s sake, the last game between the Flyers and Leafs featured nearly 40…
ALLENTOWN— Another loss for the Phantoms and fans are starting to hit the panic button. Lehigh Valley (21-19-4-1) dropped their third in last five contests, and seventh in two weeks on Wednesday in a 4-3 defeat against Worcester (24-16-3-2), but don’t be fooled by the score, the game was not nearly as close as it…
After an important 6-2 divisional win on Saturday, the Phantoms return home to take on Worcester. Tonight is the third matchup of the Phantoms four-game series with the Sharks. So far, the Phantoms have split the series with Worcester. Last time in Allentown, the Phantoms shutout the Sharks 4-0, giving Anthony Stolarz his first AHL…
The Flyers and Capitals combined for just 18 even strength scoring chances in a sleepy Sunday afternoon game in Washington. An evenly played game throughout, neither team had a decided advantage at 5v5. On the powerplay, the Capitals had numerous opportunities to do some damage. But given that they had 6 powerplays including a 5v3,…
It sounds strange to say this, but the Islanders simply own the Flyers. The season series has been completely one-sided in terms of the pace of play, the shot counts, and scoring chances. Some remarkable performances from Steve Mason have been the only thing keeping the scores relatively close. Thursday night was no different. If…