Two Stanley Cups. One Calder Cup. One NBA Championship. Two Final Fours. Countless memories. 17,380 people gathered as part of a celebration tonight in the old building on the corner of Broad and Pattison. When many of them purchased tickets weeks or even months ago, they assumed tonight would be the final time they entered…
photo via phantomshockey.com The Broad Street Bullies shaped the future of hockey in Philadelphia and also developed into an entire culture of expectations for opponents and fans at the historic Spectrum, making the building one of the most loathed places to play for other NHL organizations. The Phantoms will be honoring those Flyers teams of…
Glens Falls, New York isn’t exactly South Philadelphia. The AHL Board of Governors approved the transfer of ownership of the Philadelphia Phantoms franchise from Philadelphia Phantoms, LP, to a newly formed entity known as Phantoms Hockey LLC, owned by the Brooks Group. Subsequently, the Brooks Group was granted approval to relocate its AHL franchise from…
The Phantoms won two Calder Cups in their 13 seasons in Philadelphia. After 13 seasons, 10 playoff appearances, and two Calder Cup championships, the Philadelphia Phantoms are leaving town without the bang they so often made throughout their tenure at the Spectrum. They were swept in their final playoff series as a member of the…
Flyer prospect Ladislav Scurko has been accused of murdering a hockey referee over failure to repay a debt. According to Slovak TV, the 23-year-old center, who was a sixth-round pick of the Flyers in 2004, has been charged with stabbing referee Marek Liptag 14 times. Liptag’s decomposed body was reportedly dumped in a shallow grave…
Hello from upstate New York! I stopped by the Glens Falls Civic Center yesterday to pay the balance on my season tickets and I can tell you the orange and black is fresh on the walls! The Phantoms locker room was being painted and the team offices are done. A lot of people in this…
With the move from Philadelphia to Glens Falls, NY, the Phantoms are losing one of their defining features from their days at the Spectrum. They will no longer have purple as their primary color, losing it and keeping just the Flyers’ orange and black. You can see the white jersey above. Click the photo above…
The Adirondack Phantoms have signed former NHL head coach Greg Gilbert as their new bench boss. The sixteen-year NHL veteran has made numerous coaching stops around the country since his retirement in 1997. Most notably, he coached the Calgary Flames from 2000 to 2003, missing the playoffs in 2001 and 2002 before being replaced 25…
After watching other teams make move after move this summer, the Adirondack Phantoms have finally joined party. The Flyers have signed four players recently that all could see significant time in Glens Falls this season. The team also announced that they will have a new coach and who the Phantoms will play this year. Although…
It’s Monday morning, the start of a new week that could be the last in the NHL this season for a number of players on the Flyers training camp roster. Luckily, most of us aren’t undergoing that type of pressure this week, but let’s take the load off this morning with some news from around…