Lehigh Valley Phantoms | |
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City | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | Atlantic |
Founded | 1996 |
Home arena | PPL Center |
Colors | Black, orange, electric blue, white |
Owner(s) | The Brooks Group (Robert and Jim Brooks) |
General manager | Alyn McCauley (de facto - Assistant General Manager, Philadelphia Flyers) |
Head coach | Ian Laperrière |
Captain | Garrett Wilson |
Media | The Morning Call WFMZ-TV channel 69 WAEB (AM) – AM 790 WSAN – AM 1470 Service Electric Cable TV2 Sports AHL.TV (Internet) |
Affiliates | Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1996–2009 | Philadelphia Phantoms |
2009–2014 | Adirondack Phantoms |
2014–present | Lehigh Valley Phantoms |
Championships | |
Division titles | 1 (2017–18) |
Current season |
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the American Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.[1]
The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then in Glens Falls, New York, as the Adirondack Phantoms 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, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014.