The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional

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team based in

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. The team competes in the

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(AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the

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of the

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. The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in

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as the

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from 1996 until 2009, then in

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, as the

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from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms play their home games at

PPL Center The PPL Center is an 8,500-seat capacity indoor sports arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It opened on September 10, 2014. It is the home arena for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League, the primary development hockey team for ...

, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014.

History

In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, the

, in downtown

. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012. In February 2012, it was announced that the

, a franchise that originated as the

, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown from

. The franchise originally intended to begin play in Allentown in 2013, but due to litigation over the construction of PPL Center, the team did not play until the

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. 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 seventh in the AHL attendance rankings with an average of 8,244 fans, surpassed only by teams with larger venues.

Mascot

On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot "meLVin". meLVin wears the number 55, which is LV in Roman numerals. The LV refers to

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. He became the Phantoms' third mascot after "Phlex" (Philadelphia Phantoms) and "Dax" (Adirondack Phantoms).

Season-by-season results

Records as of May 12, 2024.

Current roster

Updated April 27, 2025.

Team captains

* Colin McDonald, 2015–19 * Cal O'Reilly, 2020–23 *

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, 2023–present

Team records

Lehigh Valley Phantoms Laval Rocket January 11 2020 2

Lehigh Valley Phantoms Hartford Wolf Pack December 14 2019 2

As of the 2024–25 season ;Single season :Goals: Greg Carey, 31 (2017–18) :Assists: Phil Varone, 47 (2017–18) :Points: Phil Varone, 70 (2017–18) :Penalty minutes: Jay Rosehill, 219 (2014–15) :GAA: Jean-Francois Berube, 2.56 (2019–20) :SV%: Rob Zepp, .917 (2014–15) :Wins: Alex Lyon (2016–17), 27 :Shutouts:

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(2017–18), 5 *Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender ;Career :Career goals: Greg Carey, 103 :Career assists:

Chris Conner Christopher Ryan Conner (born December 23, 1983) is an Americans, American former professional ice hockey winger (hockey), winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Early life Conner grew up in Westland, Michigan and attended Winst ...

, 128 :Career points: Chris Conner, 199 :Career penalty minutes:

, 688 :Career goaltending wins: Alex Lyon, 75 :Career shutouts: Alex Lyon, 6 :Career games: Garrett Wilson, 287

Individual awards

;

Les Cunningham Award The Les Cunningham Award is given annually to American Hockey League's "Most Valuable Player" of the regular season, as voted on by AHL media and players. The award was first presented in the 1947–48 season, is named after Les Cunningham, a five ...

(AHL Most Valuable Player) :Phil Varone 2017–18 ;First All-Star Team :T.J. Brennan 2016–17 :Phil Varone: 2017–18 ;Second All-Star Team :T.J. Brennan 2017–18

Head coaches

Terry Murray Terry Rodney Murray (born July 20, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers and Los Angeles Kings. Playing career Murray was born in Shaw ...

: 2014–2015 * Scott Gordon: 2015–2018, 2019–2021 * Kerry Huffman: 2018–19 (interim) * Ian Laperriere: 2021–2025

References

External links

Official website
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