Youngstown Phantoms

Youngstown Phantoms
City	Youngstown, Ohio
League	United States Hockey League
Division	Eastern
Founded	2003
Home arena	Covelli Centre
Colors	Purple, Orange, Black
Owner(s)	Bruce J. Zoldan
General manager	Anthony Noreen
Head coach	Anthony Noreen
Media	WBBW (AM) FASTHockey
Franchise history
2003–2005, 2009–present	Youngstown Phantoms
2005–2009	Mahoning Valley Phantoms

The Youngstown Phantoms are a Tier I Junior A ice hockey team that plays in the East Division of the United States Hockey League. The team plays home games at the 5,200-seat Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. The team is owned by Bruce J. Zoldan, founder and CEO of leading fireworks brand Phantom Fireworks, hence the team's name.

History

From their inaugural season until 2009, the Phantoms played in the North American Hockey League's North Division, with home games at the 1,000-seat Boardman Ice Zone in the suburb of Boardman, Ohio. From 2005 until 2009, the team was known as the Mahoning Valley Phantoms, because the Central Hockey League's Youngstown SteelHounds moved into the county. However, soon after the SteelHounds shut down, the Phantoms started playing most of their games in the city of Youngstown, and with the move to the USHL, re-adopted the old Youngstown Phantoms name.

Regular season records

Season	League	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2003-04	NAHL	56	28	21	7	63	168	169	1347	5th, North
2004-05	NAHL	56	27	25	4	58	201	181	1365	4th, North
2005-06	NAHL	58	34	20	4	72	214	181	1288	3rd, North
2006-07	NAHL	62	47	14	1	95	283	168	1198	1st, North
2007-08	NAHL	58	36	18	4	76	227	173	1272	2nd, North
2008-09	NAHL	58	36	17	5	77	224	173	1092	2nd, North
2009-10	USHL	60	20	36	4	44	170	247	1607	7th, Eastern
2010-11	USHL	60	23	30	7	53	167	205	1145	7th, Eastern
2011-12	USHL	10	7	3	0	14	38	31	223	In Progress

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Playoff Records

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2004-05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did Not Qualify
2005-06	8	2	6	0	20	33	166	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2006-07	10	9	1	0	47	24	152	Lost in Championship Game
2007-08	12	6	5	1	39	34	222	Lost in Round 2
2008-09	14	8	6	0	42	37	159	Lost in Semi-Finals
2009-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did Not Qualify
2010-11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did Not Qualify

Roster

(as of 10/28/11)

#	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Previous Team
1	G	Matthew O'Connor	6'5"	193	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
30	G	Sean Romeo	6'0"	155	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
2	D	Eric Sweetman	6'0"	165	DC Capitals (AAA)
3	D	Chris Bradley	6'4"	190	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
4	D	Mike Gunn	6'2"	195	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	D	Jordan Young	5'10"	175	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6	D	Kevin Liss	6'0"	200	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
11	D	Daniel Renouf	6'1"	190	Hill Academy (Prep)
13	D	Ryan Lowney	5'8"	165	Compuware (AAA)
7	F	Sam Anas	5'7"	155	DC Capitals (AAA)
9	F	Austin Cangelosi	5'8"	165	Northfield Mount Hermon (Prep)
14	F	Mike Ambrosia	5'10"	170	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
10	F	Stephen Collins	5'11"	185	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
16	F	Ryan Belonger	5'10"	180	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
17	F	JT Stenglein	6'0"	200	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
18	F	Nolan Culver	5'9"	155	Sylvania Northview (HS)
19	F	Dylan Margonari	6'0"	190	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
23	F	Todd Koritzinsky	5'8"	165	Middleton (HS)
26	F	Alex Gacek	5'9"	175	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
28	F	Alexander Dahl	6'0"	170	Eau Claire Memorial (HS)
41	F	Richard Zehnal	6'2"	210	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
71	F	Pat Conte	5'11"	190	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL)
88	F	Brent Norris	5'9"	185	Nepean Raiders (CCHL)
91	F	Zach Tatrn	6'3"	215	U/A

References

1. ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/149.html

External links

• Official site