Lehigh Valley Phantoms (6-3-3) at Springfield Thunderbirds (4-8-1)
MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA
Friday, November 15, 2024 (7:05 p.m.) – Game #13
TONIGHT – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms look to keep it rolling as they head up to Western Mass for their last visit to Springfield in the 2024-25 season. Lehigh Valley (6-3-3) is on a three-game win streak and seven-game point streak (5-0-2). Springfield (4-8-1) is reeling with only two wins in its last nine games while occupying seventh place out of eight in the Atlantic Division.
The Phantoms won the first encounter between the two teams on November 2 with a 5-2 decision on the strength of Jacob Gaucher’s hat trick. Saturday Night at the Fights also featured five fights in the bruising contest.
LAST TIME – The “Lehigh RALLY” Phantoms did it again with another dramatic comeback. Alexis Gendron’s second goal of the game tied the score at 3-3 setting up Olle Lycksell’s overtime winner on the power play to down the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-3 at PPL Center on Wednesday night. Louie Belpedio (2nd) also scored for the Phantoms. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Owen Pickering had given the Penguins the lead with under six minutes to go. The Phantoms finished a perfect 3-0 road-trip and came back from behind in all three games including twice against the Penguins.
MEDIA MATERIALS – Fans can browse rosters and Media Materials for both teams and the AHL at the following link.
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STREAKING – Lehigh Valley is on a seven-game point streak (5-0-2) since October 27.
Lehigh Valley can tie the team record with at least one standings point tonight. Lehigh Valley has twice had an eight-game point streak including February 7-21, 2018 (7-0-1) and November 2-18, 2016 (8-0-0).
The franchise-record longest point streak was during a 17-game win streak by the Philadelphia Phantoms from October 22-November 27, 2004 that was an AHL record at the time (since eclipsed by the Norfolk Admirals 28-game win streak in 2012)
PHANTASTIC
– Second-year winger Samu Tuomaala has scored 3-6-9 on the power play which is tied for first in power play points with Trevor Carrick of Charlotte. Tuomaala also paces the Phantoms in overall scoring with 4-8-12. He scored 15-28-43 in 69 games while representing the Phantoms at the AHL All-Star Classic in his rookie season.
– Rookie winger Alexis Gendron cranked it up the three-game homestand with a pair of two-goal games, both against…
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