Lehigh Valley Phantoms (17-13-6) at Bridgeport Islanders (7-22-4)
Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, CT
Sunday, January 12, 2025 (5:00 p.m.) – Game #37
TONIGHT – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms enter the second half of the season on a roll as they visit the last place Bridgeport Islanders in a Sunday evening clash.
Lehigh Valley (17-13-6) are on a five-game point streak to start 2025 with a 4-0-1 record and the Phantoms have also won four consecutive away contests to move four games above .500 for the first time this season. In the process, the Phantoms have also climbed into a fourth-place tie with the Providence Bruins in the Atlantic Division standings.
Bridgeport (7-22-4) is having significant difficulties and have dropped 12 consecutive home contests, a franchise record. The Islanders are the worst team in the AHL with a league-low seven wins and also a league-worst .273 points percentage.
Tonight is the first of six matchups between the Phantoms and Islanders.
LAST TIME – Parker Gahagen (26 saves) recorded his first career AHL shutout as the visiting Phantoms spoiled the party on the 50th birthday of pro hockey in Hartford. Lehigh Valley’s 3-0 win at the Wolf Pack was backed by Gahagen’s stellar goaltending as the 31-year-old Army Captain won his third consecutive start. Garrett Wilson (8th) broke a scoreless deadlock late in the second period with an unassisted, shorthanded blast on a breakaway. Emil Andrae (2nd) and Rhett Gardner (5th) with an empty-netter also scored goals in the third period. The Phantoms improved to 3-0-2 against Hartford as the two teams met for a regulation decision for the first time this season after the first four meetings had all gone to overtime.
MEDIA MATERIALS – Fans can browse rosters and Media Materials for tonight’s game here: https://www.phantomshockey.com/media-materials/
OLLE IS AN ALL-STAR – Olle Lycksell has been selected to represent the Phantoms at the AHL All-Star Classic in Palm Springs, CA taking place February 2-3.
Lycksell is tied with Samu Tuomaala for the team lead in scoring with 9-14-25. Lycksell recorded his 100th career point with the Phantoms on December 4 and notched his second career hat trick on December 20 in a 7-2 thrashing of the Toronto Marlies. That led to him winning AHL Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career becoming the first player in Lehigh Valley history to win it twice. Lycksell has scored three overtime goals this season to lead the AHL and…
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