| 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 | John Snowden |
| 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 | |
TheLehigh Valley Phantoms are a professionalice hockey team based inAllentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in theAmerican Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for thePhiladelphia Flyers of theNational Hockey League.[1]
The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the1996–97 season, playing inPhiladelphia as thePhiladelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then inGlens Falls, New York, as theAdirondack Phantoms from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms play their home games atPPL Center, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014.
In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, thePPL Center, in downtownAllentown, Pennsylvania. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012.[2] In February 2012, it was announced that theAdirondack Phantoms, a franchise that originated as thePhiladelphia Phantoms, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown fromGlens Falls, New York. 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 the2014–15 AHL season. The purple color used since the team's inception was replaced by electric blue when the team relocated to the Lehigh Valley.[1]
The arena has been consistently full. During the2015–16 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.[3]
On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot "meLVin".[4] meLVin wears the number 55, which is LV in Roman numerals. The LV refers toLehigh Valley. He became the Phantoms' third mascot after "Phlex" (Philadelphia Phantoms) and "Dax" (Adirondack Phantoms).
| Calder Cup Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | League leader |
Records as of May 12, 2024.[5]
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| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 2014–15 | 76 | 33 | 35 | — | 7 | 1 | 74 | .487 | 194 | 237 | 4th, East | 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2015–16 | 76 | 34 | 35 | — | 4 | 3 | 75 | .493 | 215 | 222 | 7th, Atlantic | 2016 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2016–17 | 76 | 48 | 23 | — | 5 | 0 | 101 | .664 | 260 | 219 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2017 | — | L, 2–3,HER | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 47 | 19 | — | 5 | 5 | 104 | .684 | 260 | 218 | 1st, Atlantic | 2018 | — | W, 3–1,PRO | W, 4–1,CHA | L, 0–4,TOR | — |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 39 | 30 | — | 4 | 3 | 85 | .559 | 240 | 244 | 5th, Atlantic | 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2019–20 | 62 | 24 | 28 | — | 3 | 7 | 58 | .468 | 161 | 186 | 7th, Atlantic | 2020 | Season cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 1[a] | 4 | 2 | 43 | .672 | 96 | 92 | 2nd, North | 2021 | No playoffs were held | ||||
| 2021–22 | 76 | 29 | 32 | — | 10 | 5 | 73 | .480 | 195 | 239 | 8th, Atlantic | 2022 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2022–23 | 72 | 37 | 29 | — | 3 | 3 | 80 | .556 | 221 | 226 | 6th, Atlantic | 2023 | L, 1–2,CHA | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 32 | 31 | — | 6 | 3 | 73 | .507 | 191 | 217 | 6th, Atlantic | 2024 | W, 2–0,WBS | L, 1–3,HER | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 72 | 36 | 28 | — | 6 | 2 | 80 | .556 | 215 | 221 | 5th, Atlantic | 2025 | W, 2–0,WBS | L, 2–3,HER | — | — | — |
| Totals | 766 | 377 | 297 | 1 | 57 | 34 | 846 | .552 | 2248 | 2321 | 5 playoff appearances | ||||||
Updated October 31, 2025.[7]
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