Photo Credit: The Lehigh Valley Phantoms
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, minus Massimo Rizzo, whom had surgery on his appendix, fell to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins last night. More on Rizzo, he can possibly return in six to eight weeks from the appendectomy he had to have, due to appendicitis.
Obviously, the Phantoms arch rivals are still very much a very good hockey team. They tied it late in the third period, that sent the game eventually into overtime. Hunter McDonald scored his first regular season goal with the Phantoms, with Olle Lycksell and Helge Grans getting credits for the helper. This is a young Phantoms team that sees Ethan Samson playing top four pairing minutes, especially with Emil Andrae being in Philadelphia with a recent recall. Samson is trying to impress Phantoms Head Coach Ian Laperrière with the minutes he receives.
Cal Petersen played well and did all he could do with backstopping 25 saves on 27 shots faced, as he appeared to be dialed in from the start. Petersen is now the go-to guy in Lehigh, with Aleksei Kolosov also being recalled to the Flyers.
Helge Grans scored a big assist on McDonald’s goal, and he has really transformed his game from the year prior. He was one of the last cuts at Flyers training camp, and he is really built off that momentum. Grans is seizing an opportunity to move up the pipeline depth wise defensively for the orange and black.
They will have to continue this momentum this weekend, and they are now 3-3-2-1 with nine points on the season.
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