Peterborough Phantoms

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Peterborough Phantoms
City	Peterborough, United Kingdom
League	NIHL
Division	National League
Founded	2002
Home arena	Planet Ice Peterborough Capacity: 1,250
Colors	Navy, Orange & White
Head coach	Slava Koulikov
Captain	Will Weldon
Affiliates	Chelmsford Chieftains, NIHL 1 Peterborough Phantoms 2, NIHL 2 Peterborough Phantoms Women, WNIHL 2
Website	gophantoms.co.uk
Franchise history
2002–present	Peterborough Phantoms

The Peterborough Phantoms are a British ice hockey team that play at the Planet Ice Peterborough Arena, in Bretton, Peterborough. The Peterborough Phantoms ice hockey club was founded in 2002. It replaced the former city based team, the Peterborough Pirates, and plays in the same arena. The team currently competes in the semi-professional National Ice Hockey League, the second tier in British ice hockey below the fully professional Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). They previously played in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL).

The team won the English Premier League and Cup Double in its first season (2002–03) and retained the Cup the following year. After four years, they won the 2007–08 Knock-out Cup followed by the 2008–09 season in which the Phantoms won the English Premier League, English Premier Cup and the play-offs. In the 2018–19 season, the Phantoms won the NIHL 1 Autumn Cup, NIHL 1 South Cup and NIHL South Playoff competitions, and also finished as part of the NIHL 1 National Playoff Final Four.