Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 7:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (34-25-6) vs. Hartford Wolf Pack (30-25-11)
PPL Center, Allentown, PA
TONIGHT
The Phantoms look to trim their magic number even more as they seek a fourth straight win in tonight’s tilt against the Hartford Wolf Pack at PPL Center.
Lehigh Valley (34-25-6) has dramatically rallied from behind in the third period in three consecutive contests and the magic number stands at 10 points to clinch a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Hartford (30-25-11) has won three straight to surge into the sixth-place playoff position in the division. The Phantoms lead the Wolf Pack by three points.
There are just seven games remaining for the Phantoms in the regular season including four at home.
LAST TIME
Friday, March 31, 2023
Phantoms 4 – Penguins 2
The Comeback Kids did it again! Lehigh Valley pulled off its third consecutive third-period rally to down visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4-2 on Friday night at PPL Center. Tyson Foerster (20th) cranked up a power-play goal in the first period but the Phantoms were trailing 2-1 at the second intermission. Jordy Bellerive pushed home his own rebound to beat Dustin Tokarski for the equalizer and then Bobby Brink had a slam-dunk on the doorstep when Ronnie Attard and Kevin Connauton successfully drew the Penguins’ netminder away from his crease. Brink (10th) added an empty-netter to cap the night.
COMEBACK MAGIC
Trailing in the third period has proven to be no problem at all for the Comeback Kids with three consecutive Valley Rallies as part of the team’s current win streak. The Phantoms are 19-6-6 in one-goal games and are now 10-6 in decisions after regulation (6-3 in overtime and 4-3 in shootouts).
Comeback Breakdown –
Phantoms 3 – Penguins 2 (OT): Last Saturday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the Phantoms were down 2-1 in the third period but Bobby Brink connected with Artem Anisimov for a tying power-play conversion and then Anisimov flipped a pass over a diving defender to find Adam Brooks for the overtime winner.
Phantoms 4 – Bears 3 (SO): On Sunday at Hershey, the Phantoms were down by scores of 2-0 and 3-1 in the third period but Louie Belpedio, Ryan Fitzgerald and then Artem Anisimov found the net to forge a 3-3 tie allowing the Phantoms to prevail in the shootout. Tyson Foerster’s shot/pass was perfectly onto the tape of Anisimov for yet another Artie Party Tying Tally on the power play.
Phantoms 4 – Penguins 2: Last night against the Penguins, the Cardiac…
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