Youngstown Phantoms And Bob Mainhardt Part Ways

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Alex Zoldan announced on Tuesday that Coach Bob Mainhardt and the Youngstown Phantoms have parted ways.  The seperation seems to be mutual.  If the situation were an outright firing, the Phantoms surely would have selected someone other than Mainhardt's right-hand guy for the past four years, Curt Carr, to replace ...

Youngstown Phantoms Profiles: Curtis Carr

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

When an outsider meets a guy like Curtis Carr, they usually scratch their head and wonder what exactly he does for the Youngstown Phantoms.  His official title in the media guide is Associate Coach / Director of Player Development.  To actually talk with him about his role with the team ...

Sioux Falls Bullies Youngstown, 8-3

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The Youngstown Phantoms got embarrassed on their home ice Friday in dropping an 8-1 decision to Sioux Falls.  The Stampede beat the Phantoms in every phase of that game.  As Classic Rock legends Foreigner once sang, That Was Yesterday, and Sunday offered fresh zeroes on the scoreboard. Unfortunately for the home ...

Cody Strang Records First-Ever Phantoms Hat Trick As Phantoms Whack Team USA

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The Youngstown Phantoms don't want to come off as an unpatriotic group of people, but they broke a six-game winless streak and set records of a positive nature in their destruction of Team USA, 7-3.  Cody Strang (pictured) collected the first hat trick in Phantoms history as the home team scored ...

Phantoms Nick Czinder And Taylor Holstrom Named To USHL All-Star Team

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The Youngstown Phantoms have struggled to find consistency this season.  Two individuals who have been good night in and night out have been rewarded for their efforts.  Nick Czinder and Taylor Holstrom have been named to represent Youngstown at the USHL All-Star Game to be held in Indianapolis on January ...

Fargo Forces Their Way Past Youngstown Phantoms, 4-2

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

The Youngstown Phantoms seem to have lost their mojo over the last couple of weeks.  Friday, they did little to regain the promise shown in December as Fargo rolled into town and captured a 4-2 victory.  The loss was the fourth in a row for the slumping Phantoms. The Phantoms wasted ...

Phantoms Return To Action With A 4-3 Win Over Waterloo

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The Youngstown Phantoms returned to action following a ten-day layoff, a mandatory break that the USHL takes each year for the Christmas Holiday.  The Phanoms unwrapped a 4-3 win over the visiting Waterloo Black Hawks before a good crowd at the Covelli Centre as Jordan Tibbett made 41 saves and ...

Youngstown Phantoms Profiles: Luke Eibler

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The first conversation I ever had with Luke Eibler took place in the elevator at The Covelli Centre before a Youngstown Phantoms game.  Granted, there are not many things you can talk about with someone you do not know when descending one floor in an elevator.  However, one floor on ...