Night of Firsts for Willcox, Lindblom, Ouellette as Phantoms down IceCaps

Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia With their season nearly complete, some new players are joining the Lehigh Valley Phantoms with opportunities to get their feet wet in the pros. The Phantoms have a goaltender getting regular time due to the Flyers health situation at the position. They have a defenseman and forward getting their first taste of the […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2016
Phantoms drop 4th straight in loss to Hartford

Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia The day started with some minor roster shuffling for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Anthony Stolarz was needed as the Flyers emergency backup, leaving Jason LaBarbera to start in goal for the first time since Feb. 12. The Phantoms provided some early offense, but couldn't sustain it as a 2-0 lead turned into […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Mar 2016
3rd-period rally not enough as Phantoms edged by Hartford

Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia Points are the name of the game for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Tonight they got one, but it easily could have been two. The Phantoms failed to score on a four-minute power play in overtime, and the Hartford Wolf Pack won the shootout, 2-0, to collect a 3-2 victory at PPL Center on Friday night.

Brent Baldwin  •  27 Feb 2016
Stolarz brilliant again as Phantoms hand Penguins 1st home loss

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia  Coming into Friday's battle at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had only lost two games all season. None of those losses had come at home. Until now. Aaron Palushaj, Mark Alt and Taylor Leier recorded goals, and Anthony Stolarz made a season-high 35 saves to lead the Lehigh Valley Phantoms past the Penguins on Friday night by a score […]

Brent Baldwin  •  05 Dec 2015
Phantoms out-last Senators in high-scoring affair

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The previous weekend was rough for the Phantoms. Three-in-three weekends are common in the AHL. This was not a memorable one for Lehigh Valley, as they dropped all three games to Hershey, Syracuse and the Binghamton Senators, the team they were facing again on Wednesday night. This time, the Phantoms got the […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Nov 2015
MacDonald nets lone goal as Phantoms fall to Crunch

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia In another 3-for-3 weekend for the Phantoms, the second game featured the same result as the first. After dropping the first game of the weekend to Hershey at home, the Phantoms couldn't mount a comeback in a 2-1 loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night.

Kevin Durso  •  08 Nov 2015
Phantoms lose 3-goal lead, rally to win 10-round shootout

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Phantoms already depleted roster took another hit on Sunday, but in a different way. It wasn't an injury that left them without another regular. The Flyers recalled Chris Conner from the team on Sunday afternoon. And so Conner was on his way to Vancouver and into his place stepped Kevin Sundher. […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Nov 2015
Flyers roster down to 29

The Flyers roster continues to creep closer to its final state. Six more players will be dropped from the potential Opening Night roster on Friday as the NHL’s waiver period opens.

Kevin Durso  •  24 Sep 2015
New jersey numbers coming for several Flyers

The Flyers tweeted a photo on Tuesday afternoon, announcing new jersey numbers for the new acquisitions this offseason and two players already with the team from last season. Keep an eye out for these new sweater numbers during the 2015-16 season… pic.twitter.com/mTsJ5u2bRc — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 4, 2015

Kevin Durso  •  04 Aug 2015