Game 59 April 5, 2025 Game 59

39-18-0-1 19-33-5-1
79pts
Covelli Centre — Youngstown, OH | Puck Drop: 6:05pm 72pts
4th—East Listen: Western Reserve Radio l Watch: FloSports.com | Stats: USHL.com 3rd—West

No. Players GP G A PTS PM +/- No. Players GP G A PTS PM +/-

2 Luke Santilli 56 1 5 6 88 11 1 Louka Cloutier 29 0 1 1 0 0
3 Jack Willson 27 2 3 5 29 1 2 Erick Comstock 56 0 6 6 10 -4
5 Conner de Haro 52 5 11 16 18 6 3 Ben Yurchuk 49 13 25 38 6 -14
7 Kazimier Sobieski 34 6 18 24 29 13 4 Hudson Gorski 55 3 16 19 80 1
8 Landan Resendes 57 16 16 32 94 -1 5 Alex Calbeck 45 2 5 7 30 -5
9 Adam Benak 53 16 38 54 34 1 6 Chris Reiniger 57 5 16 21 52 -23
10 Evan Jardine 58 18 21 39 43 12 7 Kolin Sisson 47 18 9 27 39 -22
11 Johnny Conlin 33 0 6 6 12 -1 8 Jackson Crowder 52 10 11 21 82 -8
12 Cal Huston 57 1 8 9 47 25 9 Cameron Briere 34 17 9 26 51 -8
13 Luke Osburn 51 9 27 36 16 5 10 Teddy Mutryn 47 17 13 30 71 -7
14 Carter Murphy 51 3 10 13 12 14 11 Adam Valentini 54 17 21 38 20 -10
16 Justin Kerr 32 6 7 13 71 11 12 Ryder Betzold 27 1 2 3 0 -3
17 Jack Hextall 49 8 22 30 26 4 13 Ashton Schultz 54 14 22 36 6 -10
18 Michael Mesic 52 22 27 49 46 23 14 Luke Goukler 57 12 13 25 10 -20
21 Luca Jarvis 5 0 2 2 4 1 15 Arseni Marchenko 48 3 2 5 18 -20
22 Owen Boucher 9 0 1 1 21 0 16 Reid Conn 43 7 12 19 90 5
28 Jakub Hes 56 10 10 20 8 26 17 Callum Croskery 50 1 8 9 55 -20
31 Owen Lepak 17 0 0 0 0 0 19 Alexander Hage 37 6 5 11 28 2
38 Peter Cisar 48 12 25 37 68 17 20 Henry Major 50 3 7 10 8 -1
39 Brecken Smith 57 9 11 20 31 9 21 Aidan Dyer 58 8 16 24 22 -12
47 Coleson Hanrahan 56 7 15 22 124 13 22 Noah LaPointe 54 0 10 10 63 -2
56 Ryan Rucinski 45 13 22 35 38 5 23 Tobias Ohman 54 9 24 33 18 -8
60 Melvin Strahl 45 0 0 0 0 0 24 Owen Tylec 53 6 17 23 8 -11
88 Matti Butkovskiy 16 4 1 5 6 5 28 William Tomko 58 10 13 23 45 -22
89 Kade Stengrim 46 11 5 16 8 4 30 Jack Parsons 33 0 0 0 2 0
91 Jamison Sluys 59 15 40 55 55 10 36 Junior Podein 1 0 0 0 0 0

No. Goalies Record GAA PCT SO No. Goalies Record GAA PCT SO
31 Owen Lepak 8-6-0-0 2.77 0.882 0 1 Louka Cloutier 7-17-2-0 4.21 0.876 0
60 Melvin Strahl 31-12-0-0 2.42 0.903 4 30 Jack Parsons 12-16-3-1 3.49 0.903 0

Eastern Conference Friday’s Games

1. x-Madison Capitols 38-17-3-1 80 Waterloo 0 at Youngstown 6
2. x-Muskegon Lumberjacks 36-15-4-4 80 USA Hockey NTDP 2 at Muskegon 3 (OT)
Cedar Rapids 2 at Des Moines 3
3. x-Dubuque Fighting Saints 38-18-1-2 79
Dubuque 2 at Sioux City 4
4. x-Youngstown Phantoms 39-18-0-1 79 Lincoln 3 at Madison 1
5. x-Green Bay Gamblers 27-28-2-2 58 Sioux Falls 2 at Green Bay 4
6. x-Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 25-28-2-3 55 Tri-City 2 at Fargo 6
7. Team USA 22-33-2-2 48 Saturday’s Games
8. Chicago Steel 19-33-5-1 44 Chicago at Youngstown - 6:05 PM EDT
Waterloo at USA Hockey NTDP - 7:00 PM EDT
Western Conference Cedar Rapids at Sioux City - 6:05 PM CDT
1. x-Lincoln Stars 42-15-2-0 86 Dubuque at Omaha - 6:05 PM CDT
2. x-Sioux Falls Stampede 38-16-3-2 81 Sioux Falls at Green Bay - 6:05 PM CDT
3. x-Waterloo Black Hawks 31-17-6-4 72 Tri-City at Fargo - 6:05 PM CDT
Lincoln at Madison - 7:30 PM CDT
4. x-Sioux City Musketeers 30-21-3-4 67
5. x-Fargo Force 27-26-4-2 60
Sunday’s Games
6. x-Tri-City Storm 27-27-3-1 58 Waterloo at Muskegon - 3:05 PM EDT
Chicago at Youngstown - 4:05 PM EDT
7. Des Moines Buccaneers 23-32-5-0 51
Tri-City at Sioux City - 3:05 PM CDT
8. Omaha Lancers 7-44-6-1 21 Cedar Rapids at Omaha - 4:05 PM CDT
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 2024-2025 Season CHICAGO FAST FACTS Game #950
9/18 TC* OTW 4-3 Location: Geneva, Illinois (population 22,010)
9/19 @SC* L 1-2 Nickname: Steel All-Time Record
9/27 @MAD SOW 3-2 474-377-57-41
Joined USHL: 1996 (Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks, 2000-present Chicago Steel)
9/28 @CHI L 2-3
Clark Cup Championships: 2 (2017, 2021)
10/4 @CR L 2-4 All-Time Record at Home
Arena: Fox Valley Ice Arena (capacity 2,800)
10/5 @CR W 3-2 263-169-23-20
10/18 LIN L 0-3 Coach: Mike Garman (3rd season, 85-79-18)
10/19 LIN L 2-3 Record: 19-33-5-1 (44pts, 8th Eastern Conference) The Series
10/25 SC W 5-4 Famous Alumni: Jake Slavin, Jamie Oleksiak, John Moore, Christian Dvorak, Matt Coronato, Brendan Brisson, 9/28 YNG 2@CHI 3
10/26 SC W 6-1 Owen Power, Mack Celebrini 11/8 CHI 2@YNG 7
11/1 @MAD L 1-4 11/9 CHI 4@YNG 5*
11/2 @MAD L 1-4 LAST GAME RECAP 2/15 YNG 3@CHI 2*
11/8 CHI W 7-2 2/16 YNG 2@CHI 1**
Youngstown potted three in the opening frame, with Jakub Heš starting the party just 3:19 into regulation.
11/9 CHI OTW 5-4
4/5 CHI@YNG
Peter Cisar netted the next three goals for Youngstown, notching his first USHL hat trick, with the tallies com- 4/6 CHI@YNG
11/15 CR W 4-0
ing at 11:30-1st, 18:23-1st, and 8:06-2nd. Kade Stengrim’s marker at 13:45 of the second gave Youngstown a 5 *=overtime
11/16 CR W 5-3 **=shootout
-0 lead and chased Waterloo’s Kam Hendrickson to the bench. Stengrim netted the only goal of the third peri-
11/17 US18 W 2-1
od, a chip-in at 5:35, to make up the 6-0 final. Melvin Strahl stopped 26/26, earning his league-leading 31st All-Time vs CHI
11/22 @OMA W 3-1
11/23 @OMA W 4-2
win and league-leading fourth shutout of the season. 58-38-11-2
11/27 @US17 W 5-4
11/30 DM W 3-0 All-Time vs CHI at Home
12/6 @MUS L 3-4
28-19-7-0
NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS
12/7 @MUS L 3-5
12/12 @GB L 2-5  Youngstown is 61-17-6 in the regular season at the Covelli Centre since the start of the 2022-23 season, earning 76.2% of the available 2023-24 vs CHI
standings points in those games. 5-0-1-0
12/13 @GB W 8-3
12/14 @GB W 5-2  Youngstown is 13-3-3 against Chicago under Coach Ward: 8-1-0 in Youngstown, 5-2-3 in Geneva
Series Streak
12/27 MUS L 2-3  The Phantoms have 21 wins at the Covelli Centre this season, the most in team history. YNG W4

12/28 MUS SOW 6-5
Youngstown’s PK is clicking at 88.9% (40/45) in the last 10 games. They were 66% (24/36) in the 10 games before that.
1/3 @DBQ L 1-4 YNG in Game 59
1/4 @DBQ SOL 3-4  Luke Osburn has tied Scott Mayfield’s team record of 17 for career goals by a Phantoms defenseman. One more goal would tie the Phan- 8-4-1-0
1/10 @MUS SOW 5-4 toms’ mark for goals in a season by a defenseman (10), a mark held by Mayfield, Trey Taylor, and Dan Renouf.
1/11 @MUS W 4-3  Melvin Strahl has tied Sean Romeo’s team record for goalie wins in a season (31, 2012-13) YNG on April 5
1/12
1/17
@MUS
DBQ
L 2-6
SOW 5-4
 79 points through 58 games is the second-highest total in team history (2014-15 [82]). The 14-15 team won the Anderson Cup with 86
3-3-0-0
points, this year’s squad is on an 84 point pace, which would be the second-best all-time by Youngstown.
1/18 DBQ L 0-4
1/24 US18 SOW 5-4
 Alumni Pro Contracts this week: Will Hillman—Toledo (ECHL); Jacob Fowler—Montreal (NHL, reporting to Laval-AHL) When He Scores a Goal
1/25 US18 W 4-2  STREAKS: Benák—2(1G-3A); Smith—4(2G-3A); Mesic—4(5G-2A); Cisar—3(3G-2A); Rucinski—3(1G-3A); Stengrim—2(2G-0A); Heš—2(1G-2A) Santilli 1-0-0-0
1/30 @US17 SOW 6-5
1/31 @US17 W 10-2 Willson 1-0-0-0
Multi-Point & Multi-Goal Games Miscellaneous Phantom Records
2/7 @DM W 3-2 de Haro 4-1-0-0
2/8 @WAT L 3-5 2PTS 3PTS 4PTS 2G 3G
2/15 @CHI OTW 3-2 Santilli 0 0 0 0 0 White Jerseys 15-8-0-1 Sobieski 4-1-0-0
2/16 @CHI SOW 3-2 Willson 2 0 0 1 0 Black Jerseys 15-4-0-0 Resendes 12-2-0-0
2/21 MUS W 3-1
de Haro 2 0 0 0 0 Purple Jerseys 3-5-0-0
2/22 MUS W 5-4 Benák 13-3-0-0
2/27 GB W 3-1 Sobieski 3 2 0 1 0 Specialty Jerseys 6-1-0-0
Sundays 2-1-0-0 Jardine 11-3-0-1
2/28 GB W 3-1 Resendes 4 2 1 1 0
3/1 GB L 3-4 Benak 16 0 0 0 0 Wednesdays 3-0-0-0 Huston 1-0-0-0
3/5 MAD W 5-2
Jardine 8 2 0 1 1 Thursdays 3-2-0-0 Osburn 8-1-0-0
3/6 MAD W 4-1
3/7 MAD L 0-1 Conlin 0 0 0 0 0 Fridays 17-7-0-0
Murphy 2-0-0-0
3/14 @SF W 5-0 Huston 1 0 0 0 0 Saturdays 14-8-0-1
3/15 @SF L 2-3 Osburn 9 2 0 0 0 Scoring 0 or 1 0-7-0-0 Kerr 6-0-0-0
3/21 @TC W 4-1
Murphy 2 0 0 1 0 Scoring 2 or less 2-14-0-0 Hextall 7-1-0-0
3/22 @TC W 4-2
3/28 FAR W 6-1 Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 Scoring 3 or more 37-4-0-1 Mesic 13-4-0-0
3/29 FAR W 5-3 Hextall 5 0 0 0 0 Scoring 4 or more 28-0-0-0
Heš 7-3-0-0
4/4 WAT W 6-0 Mesic 7 3 1 3 1 Scoring 5 or more 19-0-0-0
4/5 CHI 6:05PM Scoring 6 or more 8-0-0-0 Cisar 1-0-0-0
Jarvis 0 0 0 0 0
4/6 CHI 4:05PM
Heš 1 0 0 0 0 One-goal margins 17-8-0-1 Smith 9-0-0-0
4/11 @US17 7:00PM
4/12 US17 6:05PM Cisar 1 1 0 0 1 Shots are tied 3-2-0-0 Hanrahan 6-1-0-0
(all times Eastern) Smith 2 0 0 0 0 Outshooting Opponent 25-13-0-1
*USHL Fall Classic Rucinski 11-0-0-0
Hanrahan 2 0 0 0 0 Being Outshot 11-3-0-0
Eastern Time Zone 27-10-0-0 Butkovskiy 3-1-0-0
Rucinski 9 1 0 2 0
Stengrim 6 0 0 2 0 Central Time Zone 12-8-0-1 Stengrim 9-0-0-0
Sluys 9 4 1 1 0 After a Loss 13-5-0-1 Sluys 7-5-0-1
Phantom Season Highs Power Play Attempts: 9—1/25 v US18 Most Shots in 3rd Period: 22—12/7 @MUS

Goals: 10—1/31 @US17 Goals in 1st Period: 4—11/8 v CHI Most Saves: 39—1/10 @MUS

Assists: 19—1/31 @US17 Goals in 2nd Period: 5—1/31 @US17 Power play Goals Allowed: 3—twice, most recent 3/1 v GB

Penalty Minutes: 52—12/14 @GB Goals in 3rd Period: 3—7 times, most recent 3/28 v FAR Season High Winning Streak: 9—11/8 to 11/30

Shots: 47—2/15 @CHI Most Shots in 1st Period: 17—twice, most recent 1/30 @US17

Power Play Goals: 5—1/31 @US17 Most Shots in 2nd Period: 19—2/15 @CHI

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Record: 39-18-0-1 (79pts, 4th East) September/October: 5-5-0-0
Home Record: 22-6-0-0 November: 9-2-0-0
Road Record: 17-12-0-1 December: 3-4-0-0
Power Play: 52/225 (23.1%) 7th January: 7-3-0-1
Penalty Kill: 175/223 (78.4%) 8th February: 7-2-0-0
Shorthanded Goals For/Against: 5/6 March: 7-3-0-0
Scoring First: 28-4-0-1 April: 1-0-0-0
Leading after 1: 16-3-0-1 Scoring a PP Goal: 30-7-0-1
Tied after 1: 15-7-0-0 Not Scoring a PP Goal: 9-11-0-0
Trailing after 1: 8-8-0-0 Allowing a PP Goal: 22-15-0-1
Leading after 2: 22-0-0-1 Not Allowing a PP Goal: 17-3-0-0
Tied after 2: 11-4-0-0 Vs. Teams Above .500: 15-14-0-1
Trailing after 2: 6-14-0-0 Vs. Teams At/Below .500: 24-4-0-0
Overtime record: 3-0 Score by Periods
Shootout record: 7-1 1 2 3 OT SO TOT
Shutouts For/Against: 4/2 YNG 69 64 68 3 7 211
OPP 54 57 44 0 1 156

No. Players GP G A PTS PM PPG PPA SH GW +/- Shootout Goals

91 Jamison Sluys (total) 59 15 40 55 55 4 14 0 1 10 0
YNG 37 14 29 43 41 4 10 0 0 9 0
9 Adam Benak 53 16 38 54 34 6 16 0 2 1 3
18 Michael Mesic 52 22 27 49 46 4 6 0 3 23 0
10 Evan Jardine 58 18 21 39 43 12 7 0 1 12 3
38 Peter Cisar (total) 48 12 25 37 68 3 7 0 1 17 0
YNG 16 3 7 10 16 1 1 0 0 10 0
13 Luke Osburn 51 9 27 36 16 2 15 1 2 5 3
56 Ryan Rucinski 45 13 22 35 38 3 11 1 5 5 2
8 Landan Resendes (total) 57 16 16 32 94 3 5 0 6 -1 1
YNG 48 15 13 28 90 3 3 0 6 4 1
17 Jack Hextall 49 8 22 30 26 4 10 0 2 4 0
7 Kazimier Sobieski 34 6 18 24 29 4 7 0 1 13 0
47 Coleson Hanrahan 56 7 15 22 124 0 3 0 2 13 0
28 Jakub Hes 56 10 10 20 8 0 1 0 1 26 0
39 Brecken Smith 57 9 11 20 31 1 2 1 3 9 0
89 Kade Stengrim 46 11 5 16 8 2 0 0 0 4 0
5 Conner de Haro 52 5 11 16 18 2 4 0 0 6 0
16 Justin Kerr 32 6 7 13 71 1 0 1 1 11 0
14 Carter Murphy 51 3 10 13 12 0 1 0 0 14 0
12 Cal Huston 57 1 8 9 47 0 0 0 0 25 0
2 Luke Santilli 56 1 5 6 88 0 0 0 0 11 0
11 Johnny Conlin (total) 33 0 6 6 12 0 0 0 0 -1 0
YNG 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Matti Butkovskiy 16 4 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Jack Willson 27 2 3 5 29 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Luca Jarvis 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Owen Boucher 9 0 1 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Owen Lepak 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 Melvin Strahl 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BENCH 58 7 12
TOTALS 58 211 342 546 1027 52 100 4 32 210 13

No. Goalies GPI MP GA EN SO SVS GAA PCT W L OTL SL

60 Melvin Strahl 45 2527 102 7 4 949 2.42 0.903 31 12 0 0
31 Owen Lepak 17 975 45 1 0 335 2.77 0.882 8 6 0 1
Totals 58 3502 155 8 4 1284 2.63 0.892 39 18 0 1

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Record: 19-33-5-1 (44pts, 8th East) September/October: 6-7-0-0
Home Record: 10-16-3-1 November: 2-5-2-0
Road Record: 9-17-2-0 December: 2-4-0-0
Power Play: 33/190 (17.4%) 14th January: 3-5-1-0
Penalty Kill: 131/177 (74.0%) 15th February: 5-3-0-0
Shorthanded Goals For/Against: 3/5 March: 7-3-1-0
Scoring First: 12-8-1-1 April: 0-0-0-0
Leading after 1: 10-5-1-1 Scoring a PP Goal: 12-13-2-0
Tied after 1: 6-9-3-0 Not Scoring a PP Goal: 7-20-3-1
Trailing after 1: 3-19-1-0 Allowing a PP Goal: 11-13-2-1
Leading after 2: 13-3-3-0 Not Allowing a PP Goal: 8-20-3-0
Tied after 2: 4-1-0-1 Vs. Teams Above .500: 8-20-3-1
Trailing after 2: 2-29-2-0 Vs. Teams At/Below .500: 11-13-2-0
Overtime record: 3-5 Score by Periods
Shootout record: 2-1 1 2 3 OT SO TOT

Shutouts For/Against: 0/3 CHI 55 58 60 3 2 178

OPP 63 82 86 5 1 237

No. Players GP G A PTS PM PPG PPA SH GW +/- Shootout Goals

11 Adam Valentini 54 17 21 38 20 2 4 0 2 -10 0
3 Ben Yurchuk 49 13 25 38 6 2 9 1 2 -14 0
13 Ashton Schultz (total) 54 14 22 36 6 3 10 1 1 -10 1
CHI 53 14 22 36 4 3 10 1 1 -10 1
23 Tobias Ohman 54 9 24 33 18 2 6 0 2 -8 1
10 Teddy Mutryn 47 17 13 30 71 6 2 0 0 -7 0
7 Kolin Sisson 47 18 9 27 39 4 1 0 1 -22 0
9 Cameron Briere (total) 34 17 9 26 51 4 2 0 2 -8 1
CHI 17 10 5 15 6 4 1 0 2 -9 0
14 Luke Goukler 57 12 13 25 10 2 6 0 1 -20 0
21 Aidan Dyer 58 8 16 24 22 1 3 0 1 -12 0
28 William Tomko 58 10 13 23 45 3 3 0 0 -22 0
24 Owen Tylec 53 6 17 23 8 0 4 1 0 -11 0
8 Jackson Crowder (total) 52 10 11 21 82 0 1 0 2 -8 0
CHI 21 5 6 11 21 0 1 0 1 -8 0
6 Chris Reiniger 57 5 16 21 52 0 7 0 0 -23 0
16 Reid Conn 43 7 12 19 90 0 0 0 2 5 0
4 Hudson Gorski 55 3 16 19 80 1 1 0 2 1 0
19 Alexander Hage 37 6 5 11 28 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 Henry Major 50 3 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Noah LaPointe 54 0 10 10 63 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Callum Croskery 50 1 8 9 55 1 3 0 0 -20 0
5 Alex Calbeck 45 2 5 7 30 0 0 0 0 -5 0
2 Erick Comstock 56 0 6 6 10 0 0 0 0 -4 0
15 Arseni Marchenko 48 3 2 5 18 0 0 0 0 -20 0
12 Ryder Betzold 27 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 -3 1
1 Louka Cloutier 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Junior Podein 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Jack Parsons 33 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BENCH 58 2 8
TOTALS 58 178 281 457 731 33 61 3 17 -221 3

No. Goalies GPI MP GA EN SO SVS GAA PCT W L OTL SL

30 Jack Parsons 33 1892 110 6 0 1024 3.49 0.903 12 16 3 1
1 Louka Cloutier 29 1595 112 8 0 794 4.21 0.876 7 17 2 0
Totals 58 3487 236 14 0 1818 4.03 0.885 19 33 5 1

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 YNG CHI
2-1-0-0….Scoring First….0-0-1-1
2-0-0-0….Leading after 1….0-0-1-1
0-1-0-0….Tied after 1….1-0-0-0
2-0-0-0….Trailing after 1….0-1-1-0
2-0-0-0….Leading after 2….0-0-1-0
1-1-0-0….Tied after 2….1-0-0-1
1-0-0-0….Trailing after 2….0-1-1-0
2/18 (11.1%)….Power Play….3/25 (15.0%)
0….Shorthanded Goals….0
Score by Periods
1 2 3 OT SO TOT
CHI 3 4 5 0 0 12
YNG 7 5 4 2 1 19
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Cedar Rapids……………………..………......3-1-0-0 Win: April 4, 2025 v Waterloo (6-0)
Chicago…………………………….…...……..4-1-0-0
Des Moines……...…………………….……....2-0-0-0 Home Win: April 4, 2025 v Waterloo (6-0)
Dubuque………………...…………………..…1-2-0-1
Fargo…………………………………………...2-0-0-0 Road Win: March 22, 2025 @ Tri-City (4-2)
Green Bay……………......…………………....4-2-0-0
Lincoln…………………...……………………..0-2-0-0 Regulation Win: April 4, 2025 v Waterloo (6-0)
Madison…………………...…...……..………..3-3-0-0
Muskegon…………………..……...……..…...5-4-0-0
Overtime Win: February 15, 2025 @ Chicago (3-2 OT)
Omaha………………………..………………..2-0-0-0 Shootout Win: February 16, 2025 @ Chicago (2-1 in 4 rounds)
Sioux City……………………..……...………..2-1-0-0
Sioux Falls……………………...……………...1-1-0-0 Loss: March 15, 2025 @ Sioux Falls (2-3)
Team USA (U17)…...…………………………3-0-0-0
Team USA (U18)...……….…………...……...3-0-0-0 Regulation Loss: March 15, 2025 @ Sioux Falls (2-3)
Tri-City………………………………….……...3-0-0-0
Waterloo………………...…….…………...…..1-1-0-0 Home Loss: March 7, 2025 v Madison (0-1)
Road Loss: March 15, 2025 @ Sioux Falls (2-3)
Overtime Loss: April 4, 2024 v Green Bay (1-2)

Ryan Ward (2022-present).……..……..110-56-10-6 Shootout Loss: January 4, 2025 @ Dubuque (0-2 in 2 rounds)
Brad Patterson (2016-2022)……...…164-136-28-15 Four Goal Game: Yushiro Hirano — April 8, 2016 v Team USA (U17)
John Wroblewski (2015-16).………..….....31-20-4-5
Anthony Noreen (2012-2015).…..……..126-99-10-9 Five Point Game: Matt Berry — January 27, 2018 v Dubuque (1G-4A)
Curtis Carr (2010-2011).…………...……..28-39-4-5 Four Assist Game: Jamison Sluys — January 17, 2025 v Dubuque
Bob Maindhardt (2009-2010)……….....….15-27-1-1
Five Assist Game: Ryan Lowney — November 21, 2012 @ Indiana
Five Point Game by Opponent: Sean Farrell — December 28, 2019 @ Chicago (1G-4A)
Head Coach Six Point Game by Opponent: Cam York — January 15, 2019 @ Team USA (U18) (3G-4A)
Ryan Ward
Third Season
Seven Point Game by Opponent: Cam York — January 15, 2019 @ Team USA (U18) (3G-4A)
Alma Mater: Bowling Green Hat trick: Peter Cisar — April 4, 2025 v Waterloo
Regular Season Record: 110-56-10-6
Playoff Record: 11-5 Hat trick by a Defenseman: Trey Taylor — January 30, 2022 v Team USA (U17)
Clark Cups: 1 (2013)
Associate Head Coach Hat trick by Opponent: Cade Littler — September 21, 2023 v Cedar Rapids (Game @UPMC66)
Brandon Gotkin Home Shutout: Melvin Strahl — April 4, 2025 v Waterloo
Fourth Season (First as AHC)
Alma Mater: Mercyhurst Road Shutout: Melvin Strahl — March 14, 2025 @ Sioux Falls
Assistant Coach
Home shutout by Opponent: Liam Beerman (Dubuque) — January 18, 2025
Scott Gordon
First Season Road shutout by Opponent: Trey Augustine— March 25, 2022 @ Team USA (U18) (0-3)
Alma Mater: Boston College
General Manager Shutout CHI: Jacob Fowler — October 22, 2022
Jason Deskins Shutout by CHI: Simon Latkoczy — October 21, 2021
Fourth Season
Alma Mater: Miami (OH) Scored 5+: April 4, 2025 v Waterloo (6)
General Manager
Scored 6+: April 4, 2025 v Waterloo (6)
Ryan Kosecki
Fourth Season Scored 7+: January 31, 2025 v US17 (10)
Alma Mater: Michigan State
Equipment Manager Scored 8+: January 31, 2025 v US17 (10)
Andrew Rush Scored 9+: January 31, 2025 v US17 (10)
First Season
Alma Mater: Wartburg (IA) Scored 10+: January 31, 2025 v US17 (10)
Athletic Trainer Scored 11+: September 30, 2023 v Team USA (U17) (12)
Amber Martinelli
Third Season Scored 12+: September 30, 2023 v Team USA (U17) (12)
Alma Mater: Capital (Bachelors)
Pittsburgh (Masters) Allowed 5+: February 8, 2025 @ Waterloo (5)
Strength & Conditioning Coach Allowed 6+: January 12, 2025 @ Muskegon (6)
Tommy Malloy
Third Season Allowed 7+: March 17, 2024 @ Sioux City (7)
Alma Mater: Louisville
Allowed 8+: December 29, 2023 @ Muskegon (8)
Director of Player Development
Ethan Goldberg Allowed 9+: March 21, 2021 v Team USA (U18) (9)
First Season
Alma Mater: Lake Forest College (IL)
Allowed 10+: January 21, 2021 v Team USA (U17) (10)
Goaltending Coach Allowed 11+: January 15, 2019 v Team USA (U18) (11)
Neil Conway
Third Season
Alma Mater: St. Mary’s University (Canada)
Broadcaster
Matt Lipcsak
Fifteenth Season
Ninth Season as Play-by-Play
Alma Mater: Youngstown State

2023-24: All-USHL Rookie First Team—Sascha Boumedienne 18. Sascha Boumedienne

USHL All-Academic Team—Tory Pitner 60. Adam Benák
Opened: 2005 Curt Hammer Award—Ryan Botterill 139. Jakub Heš
Ice Dimensions: 200’x85’ Nov 11-17: Goaltender of the Week—Melvin Strahl 166. Jonathan Brown
Phantoms Office: 330-747-7825 Nov 18-24: Defenseman of the Week—Kazimier Sobieski 188. Charlie Cerrato
Arena Office: 330-746-5000 Goaltender of the Week—Melvin Strahl 211. Dylan Lebret
Capacity: Hockey—5,700 March 24-30: Forward of the Week—Michael Mesic
Basketball—5,900
End Stage Concert—6,300
Center Stage—7,000
Address: 229 Front St
Youngstown, OH 44503

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Cedar Rapids…………………………..………....3-2-0-0
Chicago…………………………….………...…...5-0-1-0
Des Moines……...…………………….………….1-1-0-0
Dubuque………………...…………………..…….1-3-0-0 Augustana New Hampshire Boston Bruins
Fargo……………………………………………….0-2-0-0
Hunter Bischoff Nikolai Jenson Michael Callahan
Green Bay…………………...…………………....3-1-2-0
Lincoln……………………………………………..1-1-0-0 Calgary Flames
Madison…………………………...……..………..3-1-2-0 Bemidji State North Dakota Ryan Lomberg
Muskegon……………………………...……..…...2-4-1-2 Reilly Funk Andrew Strathmann Nashville Predators
Omaha……………………………………………..0-1-0-1 Bennett Zmolek Michael Bingham (EM)
Sioux City…………………………...……………..1-1-0-0 Boston University New York Islanders
Sioux Falls………………………………………...2-0-0-0 Sascha Boumedienne Northern Michigan Scott Mayfield
Team USA (U17)…...………….…………………6-0-0-0 Shane Lachance Coach Contois St. Louis Blues
Team USA (U18)………...……….……………...2-1-0-0
Nathan Walker
Tri-City……………………..……………………...2-1-0-0
Waterloo………………………...…….…………..1-0-0-1 Bowling Green Ohio State Pittsburgh Penguins
Coach Carr Nathan Lewis Coach Dennis (Scout)
Jaden Grant Ryan Shea
Penn State Winnipeg Jets
Canisius Charlie Cerrato Kyle Connor
Grant Porter Vancouver Canucks
Bloomington/Central Illinois…………….…….23-10-0-1 Princeton Kiefer Sherwood
Cedar Rapids………………………….……….30-32-4-2 Connecticut Miles Gunty
Chicago……………………………..…………58-38-11-2
Coach Peruzzi
Des Moines……………………………..………..23-9-4-1
Dubuque…………………..…………………….30-30-4-3 Providence
Fargo…………………………..………………….13-9-1-1 Cornell Andrew Centrella
Green Bay………………………..……………..41-33-5-2 Tyler Catalano Braiden Clark
Indiana………………………………..…………17-21-1-0 Winter Wallace Tomas Machu
Lincoln……………….…………………………...13-8-3-4
Madison…………………..……………………. 28-21-5-1 Denver RPI
Muskegon…………………….……………….61-49-5-11 Tory Pitner John Beaton
Omaha……………………………..……………11-12-0-1
Sioux City………………………….….………...14-10-1-2
Lake Superior State Quinnipiac South Carolina
Sioux Falls………………….…….…………….10-12-3-1 Cleveland Florida
Tri-City…………………………..………………11-13-3-2 Mike Brown Andon Cerbone Patrick Kramer
Curtis Hall Craig Needham
Team USA…………………………….………..77-55-6-3 Connor Moore
Waterloo………………………………..……….14-15-1-4 Massachusetts Saint Cloud State Laval Greenville
Defunct member club Linden Alger Adam Ingram Toledo
Jacob Fowler Mattias Sholl
Daniel Jencko Will Hillman
Coach Upton Union Dalton Messina
Providence Idaho
Kyle Chauvette Tyler Spezia
Joey Abate Dominic Basse
2024-25…………………………………………39-18-0-1 Massachusetts-Lowell Coach Ronan Riley Duran Connor MacEachern
2023-24…………………………………………33-19-6-4 TJ Schweighardt Wheeling
Trevor Kuntar
2022-23:...………………………………….…..38-19-4-1 Wisconsin Chase Pietila
Georgii Merkulov Indy
2021-22:………………………………………...29-23-6-4 Michigan Ryan Botterill Thomas Farrell
2020-21:………………………………………...12-30-5-2 Coach Rassey Adam Pietila Wichita
Rochester
2019-20:……………………………….…..……20-22-6-2 Dominick Dockery
Brett Murray Iowa
2018-19:……………………………………...…36-21-1-4 Michigan State Yale Liam Robertson
Grant Hindman
2017-18:…………………………………….…..33-20-5-2 Tiernan Shoudy Bayard Hall Utica Evan Watts (EM)
Worcester
2016-17:………………………………………...34-20-5-1 Jack Malone
Michigan Tech Transfer Portal Matt DeMelis
2015-16:………………………………….…..…31-20-4-5 Kansas City
Stiven Sardaryan Kyle Bettens
2014-15*………………………………………...40-14-2-4 Texas Cameron Morrison
Matthew Perkins Micahel Karow
2013-14:…………………………………..….…17-37-5-1
Nebraska-Omaha William Whitelaw Trey Taylor Orlando
2012-13:………………………………………...37-27-0-0
Aiden Gallacher Nick Williams Kris Myllari
2011-12:………………………………………...32-21-3-4
2010-11:………………………………………...23-30-4-3 Springfield
2009-10:………………………………………...20-36-1-3 Steven Smith (EM) Rapid City
Artyom Borshyov
Anderson Cups: 1 (2014-15)
Wilkes Barre/Scranton
*Eastern Conf. Regular Season Titles: 1 (2014-15)
Dan Renouf Reading
Eastern Conf. Titles: 2 (2018, 2023)
Gianfranco Cassaro
Clark Cup Final: 2 (2018, 2023)
Clark Cup Championships: 1 (2023)

Austria Finland Slovakia

2012 vs Cedar Rapids……………..………………W 2-0 HC Innsbruck Karpat HKM Zvolen
2012 vs Green Bay……………………..………… L 1-3 Yushiro Hirano Josh Melnick Tyler Sheehy
2013 vs Green Bay………………………….……..W 3-1 Villacher SV Tappara
2013 vs Dubuque*………………………….. ……...L 2-3 Chase Pearson Andrej Sustr Sweden
2015 vs Muskegon………………..…………………L 1-3 IK Oskarshamn
2017 vs Chicago……………………….……………L 2-3 Belarus France Michael Joyaux
2018 vs Dubuque………………………….……….W 3-0
Dinamo Minsk Anger
2018 vs Team USA (U17)*..…………………..…..W 3-1
2018 vs Fargo**…………………………..…………L 1-3 Sam Anas Matt O’Connor Switzerland
2019 vs Dubuque……………………………..……..L 0-2 Sergei Kuznetzov Briancon HC Lugano
2022 vs Madison………………………………….....L 0-2 Matthew Barnaby Jiri Sekac
2023 vs Cedar Rapids…………………………..…W 2-0 Czechia SC Bern
2023 vs Chicago*…………………………………..W 3-1 HC Banik Sokolov Ireland Lukas Klok
2023 vs Fargo**…………………………………….W 3-0 Jan Kern Belfast Giants
2024 vs Madison……………………………………W 2-1 JJ Piccinich
2024 vs Dubuque……………………………………L 1-3
Denmark
*=Eastern Conference Final
**=Clark Cup Final SonderjyskE Norway
Cam Brown Storhamar
Odense Bulldogs Austin Cangelosi
Brandon Estes
Jeppe Urup Russia
CSKA Moskva
Cedar Rapids……………..………………..…………..4-0 England Ivan Prosvetov
Chicago………………………..……….……………….5-4 Coventry Blaze Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Dubuque…………………………..………..…………..6-8
Chase Gresock Ivan Kulbakov
Fargo…………………………………..………………..4-3
Green Bay………………………………..……............4-4 Mike Regush Max Letunov
Madison……………………………..………..………...2-3 Guildford Flames
Muskegon………………………………..………..……1-3 Matt Alvaro
Team USA (U17)………….…………………………...3-1 Nottingham Panthers
Ryan Bednard

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Czechia Luke Santilli Ryan Rucinski

Adam Benák Kazimier Sobieski Pennsylvania

Jakub Heš Coach Ward Coach Gotkin

Finland Michigan Matt Lipcsak (PxP)

Matti Butkovskiy Owen Boucher Amber Martinelli (AT)

Slovakia Evan Jardine Rhode Island

Peter Cisar Michael Mesic Coach Malloy

Sweden Luke Osburn Texas

Melvin Strahl Brecken Smith Carter Murphy

United States Jack Willson Washington

Colorado Minnesota Jamison Sluys

Andrew Rush (EM) Johnny Conlin

Illinois Luca Jarvis

Coach Goldberg Justin Kerr

Jack Hextall Kade Stengrim

Massachusetts North Carolina

Coleson Hanrahan Conner de Haro

Coach Gordon Ohio

Landan Resendes Cal Huston

2004 Luke Osburn Forwards Defensemen Bentley Michigan State Ohio State Buffalo
Justin Kerr Ryan Rucinski Adam Benák Conner de Haro Michael Mesic Jack Hextall Ryan Rucinski
Luke Osburn
Michael Mesic Brecken Smith Owen Boucher Coleson Hanrahan Boston College Melvin Strahl St. Cloud State
2024, 4th Round (108)
Luke Santilli 2007 Matti Butkovskiy Cal Huston Landan Resendes Minnesota-Duluth Kade Stengrim
Columbus
Kazimier Sobieski Adam Benák Harvard Carter Murphy St. Lawrence
Johnny Conlin Carter Murphy
2005 Owen Boucher Melvin Strahl
Peter Cisar Luke Osburn Evan Jardine Nebraska-Omaha Luke Santilli
Peter Cisar Evan Jardine
Jakub Heš Luke Santilli Massachusetts Jakub Heš Western Michigan 2023, 5th Round (156)
Johnny Conlin Carter Murphy
Jack Hextall Kazimier Sobieski Owen Boucher New Hampshire Owen Lepak
Conner de Haro Kade Stengrim
Evan Jardine Jack Willson Coleson Hanrahan Conner de Haro Jamison Sluys
Coleson Hanrahan 2008
Luca Jarvis Goaltenders Justin Kerr Northern Michigan Wisconsin
Cal Huston Jack Hextall
Justin Kerr Owen Lepak Miami (OH) Peter Cisar Luke Osburn
Landan Resendes Luca Jarvis
Landan Resendes Melvin Strahl Brecken Smith
Jamison Sluys
Ryan Rucinski Cal Huston
Melvin Strahl
Jamison Sluys
Jack Willson
Brecken Smith
2006
Kade Stengrim
Matti Butkovskiy

Jakub Heš

Owen Lepak

2 — Luke Santilli 9 — Adam Benák 14 — Carter Murphy 28 — Jakub Heš 56 — Ryan Rucinski

3 — Jack Willson 10 — Evan Jardine 16 — Justin Kerr 31 — Owen Lepak 60 — Melvin Strahl

5 — Conner de Haro 11 — Johnny Conlin 17 — Jack Hextall 38 — Peter Cisar 88 — Matti Butkovskiy

7 — Kazimier Sobieski 12 — Cal Huston 18 — Michael Mesic 39 — Brecken Smith 89 — Kade Stengrim

8 — Landan Resendes 13 — Luke Osburn 21 — Luca Jarvis 47 — Coleson Hanrahan 91 — Jamison Sluys

22 — Owen Boucher

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