Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Neither the Youngstown Phantoms or Lincoln Stars won or lost a game via the shootout this season. Something had to give as the two teams were deadlocked at four goals apiece at the end of overtime. John McCarron scored Lincoln's second goal of the shootout and the Phantoms could only ...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
The Chicago Steel rolled into town for a one game battle with the Youngstown Phantoms. With only one first period goal scored, it looked to be a defensive struggle with a mistake proving to be a difference either way. All hell broke loose in the second period as the two teams ...
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
It was a special Friday the 13th at the Covelli Centre. There were bombs and fireworks, Joey Fatone and Guy Fieri, and the Youngstown Phantoms and Green Bay Gamblers providing spectacular USHL Hockey action in front of a good crowd. There was a lot at stake in this game. If ...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
When things seem to be going your way, they really are. The Youngstown Phantoms couldn't buy a break in their first three home games. On this night, seemingly everything went the Phantoms way in a 3-2 victory over a very respectable Green Bay Gamblers team. Matt Mahalak (pictured) stopped 33 shots ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Friday night I attended the Youngstown Phantoms USHL hockey game at The Covelli Centre. Saturday, I made it to the Styx / REO Speedwagon / Night Ranger concert. As I waited for Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon to finish a 20 or so minute rant on Vietnam and what it ...
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
The Youngstown Phantoms built up a four-goal lead over the first period and a half of hockey. Des Moines fought and clawed their way back, but it was too little, too late. When the zeroes hit the board and the final buzzard sounded, the crowd at The Covelli Centre breathed ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Youngstown finally put one in the win column at home and improved to 5-4-1 at home and 2-1 against Des Moines on the year. Richard Young wore the hero ribbon with a game-winner and the Phantoms held off a very game Buccaneer team that came to play in posting a ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Richard Young is a ferocius forward with aspirations of going to bigger things. The 18 year-old enforcer says the time he has spent with the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL has already been rewarding. Young is a character and someone I really enjoyed listening to. He touched on everything from growing ...
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