Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Lehigh Valley Phantoms
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	Ian Laperrière
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

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the American Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.^[1]

The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then in Glens Falls, New York, as the Adirondack Phantoms from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014.

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms play their home games at PPL Center, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014.