Articles by Brent Baldwin (48)
Photos: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Lehigh Valley Phantoms will have two representatives in the AHL All-Star Classic this weekend in Syracuse, NY — forward Nick Cousins and goaltender Anthony Stolarz. Cousins, 22, hails from Belleville, Ontario and leads the Phantoms in scoring with 12 goals and 24 points in 36 games. Stolarz, also 22, is from Edison, NJ and […]
On Wednesday night, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms tried to accomplish something they hadn't all season: complete a three-game winning streak. Behind a five-point game from Colin McDonald, who had a hat trick and two assists, and two goals from All-Star Nick Cousins, the Phantoms downed the Binghamton Senators, 6-3, on Wednesday night at PPL Center.
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Monday night, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms traveled to Chocolate Town, USA to take on the Hershey Bears. The game was supposed to be played Saturday, but due to Winter Storm Jonas, the game was moved to Monday. Perhaps the extra rest paid off. Cole Bardreau had two goals, including one shorthanded, and Taylor Leier had a goal and two assists. […]
Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia A win. The one thing the Lehigh Valley Phantoms had been fighting for finally came. Four different goal scorers talied, and Jason LaBarbera made 42 saves as the Phantoms downed the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Webster Bank Arena.
Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia When you outshoot an opponent, 27-1, in the third period of a one-goal game and still lose, it's hard to imagine things getting much worse. But on Saturday night, an already long stretch of frustration continued for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Adam Tambellini's goal at 1:51 of the third period proved to […]
Embed from Getty Images The key number tonight? 42. That's the number of saves the Hershey Bears' Justin Peters made on Friday. That was the difference in a game the Phantoms probably should have won. Instead, they lost their fourth in a row/ In a back and forth first, both teams each had a great chance. Hershey's […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The mantra of head coach Scott Gordon has been for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to get more shots on goal. He figured that if they could do that, scoring would take care of itself. That's exactly what happened on Saturday night. Unfortunately for Gordon & Co, those shots didn't translate to two […]
Photo: Nina Weiss Coming into tonight's contest against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms were just trying to stem the momentum of domination that the visitors had over them. Since a Dec. 4 victory in Wilkes-Barre Township, Lehigh Valley has been vexed by the flightless birds. That continued on Friday night, despite the Phantoms' best efforts. Josh […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia After Friday's loss to Bridgeport, Lehigh Valley Phantoms head coach Scott Gordon said the team needed to get more shots on net. The Phantoms unleashed 39 shots on the Binghamton Senators tandem of Matt O'Connor and Chris Driedger. The problem? They stopped 38. Andrew MacDonald scored the lone Lehigh Valley tally, and Matthew Puempel netted Binghamton's regulation goal and the winner in […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Coming off of the holiday layoff, it was expected that the Lehigh Valley Phantoms would have some jump in their battle with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The jump was never there. Taylor Beck and Joe Whitney scored goals, and Christopher Gibson (pictured) made 21 saves as the Sound Tigers edged the Phantoms 2-1 before a sellout crowd of 8,886 […]