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Youngstown Phantoms
Youngstown Phantoms
City	Youngstown, Ohio
League	USHL
Division	East
Founded	2003
Home arena	Covelli Centre
Colors	Purple, Orange, and Black
Owner(s)	Bruce J. Zoldan
Head coach	Bob Mainhardt
Media	B2 Network

The Youngstown Phantoms are a Tier I Junior A ice hockey team set to begin play in the United States Hockey League for the 2009-10 season. 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Regular season records

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2003-04	56	28	21	7	63	168	169	1347	5th, North
2004-05	56	27	25	4	58	201	181	1365	4th, North
2005-06	58	34	20	4	72	214	181	1288	3rd, North
2006-07	62	47	14	1	95	283	168	1198	1st, North
2007-08	58	36	18	4	76	227	173	1272	2nd, North
2008-09	58	36	17	5	77	224	173	1092	2nd, North

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[edit] Playoff Records

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

[edit] Roster

Forwards
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	08-09 Team
7	Nick Czinder	F	R	6' 5"	215 lbs.	Orchard Lake St. Mary's High School (MI-High)
9	Michael Henderson	F	R	5' 10"	185 lbs.	Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
10	Joe Zarbo	F	L	6' 1"	180 lbs.	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
13	Ryan Jasinsky	RW	R	6' 2"	204 lbs.	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
14	Tom Serratore	F	L	5' 11"	190 lbs.	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
19	Cody Strang	F	R	5' 8"	160 lbs.	Madison Edgewood High School (WI-High)
20	Andrew Lamont	F	L	5' 11"	170 lbs.	Phildelphia Jr. Flyers AAA (AYHL)
21	Cole Schneider	F	L	6' 2"	180 lbs.	Mahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL)
22	Adam Berkle	LW	R	6' 4"	180 lbs.	Northwood School (Prep)
24	Jefferson Dahl	F	R	5' 9"	175 lbs.	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
26	Brett Gensler	F	R	5' 9"	160 lbs.	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
43	Stuart Higgins	F	R	5' 8"	165 lbs.	USNTDP (NAHL)
82	Taylor Holstrom	F	R	5' 9"	170 lbs.	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
88	Richard Young	F	R	6' 3"	210 lbs.	Philadelphia Little Flyers (AJHL)
91	Brian Dowd	F	R	5' 11"	180 lbs.	Niagara University (CHA)

Defensemen
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	08-09 Team
2	Scott Mayfield	D	R	6' 3"	175 lbs.	St. Louis AAA Blues (MWEHL)
3	Andrej Sustr	D	R	6' 6"	195 lbs.	Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)
4	Jean-Laurence Beauchemin	D	L	6' 4"	187 lbs.	Russell Stover AAA (MWEHL)
17	David Donnellan	D	R	6' 0"	185 lbs.	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
18	Luke Eibler	D	R	6' 3"	175 lbs.	Victory Honda AAA (MWEHL)
27	Ben Paulides	D	R	6' 2"	210 lbs.	San Jose Jr. Sharks (CAHA)
71	JD Carrabino	D	R	6' 6"	230 lbs.	Millbrook School (Prep)
77	Daniel Senkbeil	D	L	6' 4"	185 lbs.	San Jose Jr. Sharks (CAHA)

Goaltenders
#	Player	Pos.	Catches	Height	Weight	08-09 Team
37	Matthew Mahalak	G	L	6' 2"	185 lbs.	Culver Military Academy (Prep)
41	Jordan Tibbett	G	L	6' 1"	180 lbs.	Mahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

Official site

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