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Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled Forward Nick Cousins from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and assigned Forward Taylor Leier (pictured) to Lehigh Valley. It was announced just after midnight by Flyers' General Manager Ron Hextall. Cousins, 22, a native of Belleville, Ont. was the Flyers' 3rd round (68 overall) draft pick in 2011. This season with the Phantoms, he leads the team […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia For the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, they were trying to sweep a perfect weekend after being swept the previous week. Unfortunately, the Albany Devils had other ideas. Petr Straka had a goal late in regulation and Anthony Stolarz, (Pictured) making his third consecutive start, made 27 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss before 8,959 fans Saturday night at PPL Center. […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Lehigh Valley Phantoms came into Saturday night's contest with the Rochester Americans looking to build off of Wednesday's 6-3 win over Binghamton. Build on it they did, and then some. Danick Martel (Pictured) had three points, Nick Cousins had 3 points, and Anthony Stolarz made 33 saves to lead a 7-1 romp on Saturday night. Chris Conner got the home […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Special teams has been boom or bust lately for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. While the penalty kill was a perfect six for six, the power play was bust. The Phantoms were scoreless in four tries, including 55 seconds of five on three in the middle period. Carter Camper had a goal and an assist, […]
Photo: Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia One inch. According to Lehigh Valley Phantoms' Head Coach Scott Gordon, that's all that separated his team from getting at least a point Friday night, as the St. John's IceCaps netted a split of the two game series in Allentown with a 3-2 victory on Friday night. Whereas the Phantoms controlled Wednesday night's matchup nearly […]
Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia 20 minutes here, 40 minutes there. That was the story of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms' season to this point. Not anymore. Nick Cousins had two goals, Shayne Gostisbehere notched his first professional goal, and Anthony Stolarz made 17 saves to lead the Phantoms to a 5-1 thrashing of the St. John's IceCaps Wednesday night at PPL Center.
Photo: Lisa Gansky/Wikipedia Commons Early in the season, the biggest issue for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms has been the power play. Coming into Friday's game, the Phantoms were 2-for-17 with the man-advantage. On Friday, however, the issue was a lack of discipline and penalties. Alex Khokhlachev and Seth Griffith had three assists each as the Providence Bruins went 3-for-4 on […]
It's time for another edition of Between The Pipes. In this edition, we have thoughts on the coaches challenge from a former referee, an update on the Phantoms spate of injuries after a weekend split, and an update on Flyers Prospects.
Photo Credit: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Last season, under Terry Murray, fast starts were a trademark of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. It seems that will be the case under new bench boss Scott Gordon, as well. Four different Phantoms tallied goals, and Anthony Stolarz made 19 saves as Lehigh Valley beat the Springfield Falcons by a score of 4-1 at MassMutual Center on […]
Chris Conner Photo Credit: JustSports Photography/Lehigh Valley Phantoms Allentown-Head Coach Scott Gordon has preached attention to detail for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. If They had played the first two periods the way they played the final one, perhaps it would have been a different result Saturday. Johnathan Marchessault had two goals, and Kristers Gudlevskis made 26 saves as the Syracuse […]