The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and play out of the PPL Center. The Phantoms' franchise has been the top minor league affiliate for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers since the 1996-97 season.
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History
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. In February 2012, it was announced that the Adirondack Phantoms, a franchise that originated as the Philadelphia Phantoms, would relocate to the PPL from Glens Falls, New York. The franchise originally intended to begin play in Allentown in 2013. However, due to litigation over the construction of the PPL Center, they 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 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 18, 2017.
Current roster
Updated July 6, 2017.
Team records
Single season
- Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender
Career
Head coaches
- Terry Murray (2014-15)
- Scott Gordon (2015-present)
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