During a pregame ceremony, one final banner was raised to the rafters of The Spectrum paying tribute to "The Final Home Game" and included the signature sign-off off of Gene Hart, the late longtime voice of the club's NHL parent Philadelphia Flyers: "Good night and good hockey.". To help achieve that end, in December 1995, the Flyers purchased an AHL expansion franchise which would begin operation in the 1996–97 season. Richards joined the club a game into the second round and went on to collect 15 points (7–8) in 14 games. League Search Page-> AHL-> 1998-99-> Philadelphia Phantoms-> Roster & Statistics. The Phantoms won two Calder Cup titles (1998, … The Philadelphia Phantoms (1996-2009) were the fourth AHL franchise to call Philadelphia home following the Ramblers/Rockets (1936-42), Rockets (1946-49), and Firebirds (1977-79). Samuelsson, a Phantoms' assistant coach for six seasons, was named the 4th head coach in Phantoms history on October 23, 2006, and two-time Stanley Cup winner Joe Mullen, a 2000 inductee in Hockey Hall of Fame and former teammate of Samuelsson's with the Pittsburgh Penguins, joined the club as his assistant coach. Rookie Jeff Carter's 23 points (12–11) earned him individual honors as the AHL's top scorer in the play-offs and Niittymaki won the Jack Butterfield Award as the Calder Cup MVP. During schedule conflicts or some Calder Cup playoff games, games were moved to the adjacent Wachovia Center. Visit Our Twitter. Le design Getty Images est une marque de Getty Images. Photos. Berube himself joined the Flyers' coaching staff in 2008 and was replaced behind the Phantoms' bench by former Flyer winger John Paddock, a five time Calder Cup winner as a player (two times) and coach (three times) including with the 1987-88 Hershey Bears when that club was the Flyers' AHL affiliate. After dropping game six, 3–2, in a marathon affair at Hershey which ended when Blair Atcheynum slipped the Bears' 57th shot of the night (and the 121st overall by both teams) behind Little on a breakaway at :42 of the third overtime, the Phantoms' first season came to an end when Hershey edged them again, 3–2, in Game 7 at the Spectrum three nights later on May 14. Throughout their final season, the Phantoms wore a series of specialty jerseys in commemoration of The Spectrum and its history. Dennis Seidenberg was traded during the 2005-06 season to the Phoenix Coyotes and now is under contract with the Florida Panthers. Pelletier won the game’s MVP award with his outstanding period of work for PlanetUSA in their 5–4 win over Barber's Canadian squad. The Phantoms played their first ever regular season game on October 4, 1996, defeating the Springfield Falcons, 6–3, in Springfield; the franchise's first goal was scored by defenseman John Stevens, the team's first captain (who had, ironically, scored the first goal in Falcons' history as that team's first captain). Events. 1,597 people like this. By season's end the Phantoms had compiled a 49–18–3–10 record for a league best 111 points, ten more than second overall Hershey's 101. The Phantoms' 2005 play-off run began against the Norfolk Admirals, a team that had defeated Philadelphia in six of their ten regular-season meetings including the last game of the season played at the Spectrum on April 17. The Phantoms clinched the F.G. (Teddy) Oke Trophy as the AHL’s East Division 2003–04 regular-season champion with a 0–0 tie in Bridgeport on April 10 for its fourth division title and 13th shutout of the season. A few weeks later it was announced that the new team would be named the Philadelphia Phantoms and be coached by Hall of Famer and former Flyer winger Bill Barber assisted by veteran ex-Bear and Flyer defenseman Mike Stothers, the same tandem who were then coaching the Flyers’ prospects in Hershey. Center Peter White captured the Sollenberger Trophy as the AHL's top scorer with 105 points while center Vinnie Prospal finished fourth overall in the league with 95 despite having been called up to the Flyers with 17 games left in the season. The new ownership has expressed an interest in eventually moving the Phantoms to Allentown, Pennsylvania conditioned on the construction of a new multi-purpose arena there. 155 photos 4/11/09 Phantoms @ Bears. {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}}, Voir les {{carousel.total_number_of_results}} résultats. 44 K J’aime. Until a permanent new home is ready for the club, it will operate temporarily in Glens Falls, New York, the former home of the AHL Adirondack Red Wings. Page created - August 3, 2015. Les tableaux sont le meilleur endroit pour sauvegarder des images et des vidéos. The Phantoms ended their thirteenth and final AHL regular season schedule with a 3-2 loss in Hershey the following night which set up a Hershey/Philadelphia match-up in the first round of the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs. (The previous franchise record for shutouts was just five.) 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); (The 1946–47 Rockets in fact still hold the AHL mark for fewest wins in a season at five on a record of 5–52–7.)
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