Game 48 Location: Covelli Centre — Youngstown, OH | Puck Drop: 7:05pm Game 50

31-15-0-1 24-23-1-1
63pts
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2nd—East Stats: USHL.com 5th—East

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

2 Luke Santilli 45 1 4 5 56 8 1 Gavin Moffatt 38 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jack Willson 17 2 2 4 23 -2 2 Lukas Peterson 49 7 32 39 51 -6
5 Conner de Haro 41 5 9 14 8 2 3 Owen Buesgens 21 2 4 6 2 -1
7 Kazimier Sobieski 24 6 13 19 19 7
4 Brady O'Malley 43 0 1 1 46 0
8 Landan Resendes 47 12 13 25 86 -6
5 Pavel Bocharov 44 0 4 4 115 3
9 Adam Benak 47 14 33 47 28 -4
6 Andrew O'Sullivan 49 6 11 17 33 -3
10 Evan Jardine 47 16 16 32 39 7
7 Niles Benson 49 5 17 22 31 -12
11 Johnny Conlin 31 0 5 5 10 -1
8 David Green 49 2 5 7 19 -1
12 Cal Huston 46 1 6 7 37 17
13 Luke Osburn 40 5 22 27 16 -5 9 Geno Carcone 49 7 32 39 56 -9
14 Carter Murphy 42 3 6 9 8 9 12 Elliot Gulley 24 6 8 14 14 3
16 Justin Kerr 21 5 6 11 59 11 14 Zach Wooten 36 9 7 16 31 -4
17 Jack Hextall 40 8 22 30 22 2 16 Aidan Park 47 26 29 55 14 1
18 Michael Mesic 41 13 21 34 36 10 19 Nick Knutson 47 3 6 9 103 -1
22 Owen Boucher 9 0 1 1 21 0 22 Egor Shilov 26 9 10 19 10 -20
28 Jakub Hes 45 6 7 13 4 15 24 William Samuelsson 49 9 11 20 22 -16
31 Owen Lepak 13 0 0 0 0 0 26 Cole Longacre 49 1 7 8 0 -5
38 Peter Cisar 37 9 21 30 56 9 29 Reece Cordray 44 7 7 14 6 -7
39 Brecken Smith 47 5 8 13 14 -1 30 Leo Henriquez 8 0 0 0 0 0
47 Coleson Hanrahan 45 4 12 16 118 5
34 Will Zellers 39 35 20 55 38 3
56 Ryan Rucinski 34 9 18 27 24 0
71 Mykhailo Danylov 26 7 1 8 27 -3
60 Melvin Strahl 35 0 0 0 0 0
74 Anthony Cardilli 41 3 4 7 36 -7
88 Matti Butkovskiy 8 4 0 4 6 6
93 Cooper Cleaves 25 2 5 7 52 -7
89 Kade Stengrim 36 8 4 12 8 1
94 Vasily Zelenov 41 11 14 25 18 -2
91 Jamison Sluys 48 14 28 42 47 1

No. Goalies Record GAA S% SO No. Goalies Record GAA S% SO

60 Melvin Strahl 25-10-0-0 2.50 0.896 2 1 Gavin Moffatt 20-16-0-0 3.02 0.896 2
31 Owen Lepak 6-5-0-1 3.30 0.853 0 30 Leo Henriquez 2-4-0-1 3.33 0.902 0

Eastern Conference
Friday's Results
1. Dubuque Fighting Saints 32-14-0-2 66 Omaha 2 at USA Hockey NTDP 3
2. Youngstown Phantoms 31-15-0-1 63 Green Bay 1 at Youngstown 3
3. Madison Capitols 29-12-3-1 62 Cedar Rapids 1 at Muskegon 3
4. Muskegon Lumberjacks 27-13-3-4 61 Sioux Falls 3 at Des Moines 4
Dubuque 8 at Chicago 3
5. Green Bay Gamblers 24-23-1-1 50 Lincoln 7 at Fargo 2
6. Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 21-23-1-2 45 USA Hockey NTDP 6 at Madison 2
7. Chicago Steel 15-27-4-1 35 Tri-City 4 at Sioux City 2
8. Team USA 15-26-1-2 33 Saturday's Games
Western Conference Green Bay at Youngstown - 6:05 PM EST
1. x-Lincoln Stars 35-12-1-0 71 Cedar Rapids at Muskegon - 6:10 PM EST
2. Sioux Falls Stampede 30-13-3-1 64 Tri-City at Des Moines - 6:00 PM CST
Omaha at USA Hockey NTDP - 7:00 PM EST
3. Waterloo Black Hawks 24-13-5-4 57 Lincoln at Fargo - 6:05 PM CST
4. Sioux City Musketeers 23-18-3-4 53 Sioux City at Sioux Falls - 6:05 PM CST
5. Fargo Force 24-20-2-2 52 Madison at Waterloo - 6:05 PM CST
6. Tri-City Storm 22-22-2-1 47 Chicago at Dubuque - 7:05 PM CST
7. Des Moines Buccaneers 19-27-3-0 41
Sunday's Games
8. Omaha Lancers 6-35-5-1 18 Tri-City at Des Moines - 5:00 PM CST

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 2024-2025 Season GREEN BAY FAST FACTS Game #939
9/18 TC* OTW 4-3 Location: Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin (population 17,272)
9/19 @SC* L 1-2 Nickname: Gamblers All-Time Record
9/27 @MAD SOW 3-2 466-374-57-41
Joined USHL: 1994
9/28 @CHI L 2-3
Clark Cup Championships: 4 (1996, 2000, 2010, 2012)
10/4 @CR L 2-4 All-Time Record at Home
Arena: Resch Center (capacity 8,709)
10/5 @CR W 3-2 258-167-23-20
10/18 LIN L 0-3 Coach: Patrick McCadden (1st season, 24-23-2)
10/19 LIN L 2-3 Record: 24-23-1-1 (50pts, 5th Eastern Conference) The Series
10/25 SC W 5-4 Last Season: 34-18-7-3 (78pts, 3rd Eastern Conference) 12/12 YNG 2@GB 5
10/26 SC W 6-1 Famous Alumni: Blake Wheeler, Anders Lee, Jordan Schmaltz, Nick Schmaltz, Brendan Lemieux, Casey Mid- 12/13 YNG 8@GB 3
11/1 @MAD L 1-4 dlestadt, Christian Wolanin, Don Granato (coach), Jon Cooper (coach) 12/14 YNG 5@GB 2
11/2 @MAD L 1-4 2/27 GB 1@YNG 3
11/8 CHI W 7-2 2/28 GB 1@YNG 3
LAST GAME RECAP
11/9 CHI OTW 5-4
3/1 GB@YNG
Ryan Rucinski broke a scoreless tie 2:46 into the third, firing home a beautiful pass from Evan Jardine. Less
11/15 CR W 4-0
than a minute late, Jack Hextall scored a power play goal to give Youngstown a 2-0 lead. Green Bay scored an All-Time vs GB
11/16 CR W 5-3
extra-attacker power play goal at 18:29 to cut the lead in half, but Matti Butkovskiy scored on the empty net 41-32-5-2
11/17 US18 W 2-1
with 1.8 seconds remaining to seal the game for Youngstown. Melvin Strahl stopped 21/22, winning his sixth
11/22 @OMA W 3-1
straight and league-leading 25th victory. All-Time vs GB at Home
11/23 @OMA W 4-2
22-14-2-1
11/27 @US17 W 5-4
11/30 DM W 3-0 NEWS, NOTES, NUMBERS
2023-24 vs GB
12/6 @MUS L 3-4  The Phantoms’ magic number to clinch a spot in the 2025 Clark Cup Playoffs is 6 3-1-2-0
12/7
12/12
@MUS
@GB
L 3-5
L 2-5
 Youngstown is 56-15-6 in the regular season at the Covelli Centre since the start of the 2022-23 season,
Series Streak
earning 76.6% of the available standings points in those games.
12/13 @GB W 8-3 YNG W4
12/14 @GB W 5-2  Jamison Sluys has 30 points (13G-17A) in the 26 games since he was acquired from Omaha...Sluys has as
12/27 MUS L 2-3 many multi-point games as a Phantom (9) as he does games of zero points. He needs 13 points in YNG in Game 47
12/28 MUS SOW 6-5 Youngstown’s final 15 games to hit 100 in his USHL career. 10-4-1-0
1/3
1/4
@DBQ
@DBQ
L 1-4
SOL 3-4
 Since going seven games without allowing a power play goal from Nov. 17-Dec. 7, the Phantoms have YNG on March 1
1/10 @MUS SOW 5-4
allowed at least one power play goal in 21 of their last 24 games and are only killing at 69.3% during that 1-1-1-0
1/11 @MUS W 4-3
stretch…The Phantoms’ power play is converting at just 13.8% (4/29) in February.
1/12 @MUS L 2-6  Through the first five games of the series, Green Bay has only scored 4 goals at even strength against
1/17 DBQ SOW 5-4 Youngstown. 8 of their 12 goals against the Phantoms this year are on the power play.
1/18 DBQ L 0-4
 63 points through 47 games ties the Phantoms’ team record for most points earned and has been done When He Scores a Goal
1/24 US18 SOW 5-4
only once previously (2014-15)…The 14-15 team won the Anderson Cup with 86 points, this year’s squad
1/25 US18 W 4-2 Santilli 1-0-0-0
1/30 @US17 SOW 6-5
is on an 83 point pace, which would the second-best all-time by Youngstown.
1/31 @US17 W 10-2  Youngstown is 14-2-3 against Green Bay under Coach Ward: 7-0-1 in Youngstown, 5-2-2 in Wisconsin, 2- Willson 1-0-0-0
2/7 @DM W 3-2 0-0 in New York. de Haro 4-1-0-0
2/8 @WAT L 3-5
 Alumnus Artyom Borshyov has signed with the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL Sobieski 4-1-0-0
2/15 @CHI OTW 3-2
2/16 @CHI SOW 3-2  The Boston Bruins have recalled alumnus Georgii Merkulov
Resendes 8-2-0-0
2/21 MUS W 3-1  STREAKS: Jack Hextall—3 (2G-1A); Justin Kerr—3 (1G-2A); Melvin Strahl (Won 6 straight)
2/22 MUS W 5-4 Benák 12-2-0-0
2/27 GB W 3-1 Multi-Point Games
2/28 GB W 3-1
Jardine 10-2-0-1
2PTS 3PTS 4PTS
3/1 GB 6:05PM
Willson 2 0 0 Huston 1-0-0-0
3/5 MAD 6:05PM
3/6 MAD 6:05PM de Haro 1 0 0 Osburn 4-1-0-0
3/7 MAD 7:05PM Sobieski 2 2 0 Murphy 2-0-0-0
3/14 @SF 8:05PM Resendes 2 2 1
3/15 @SF 7:05PM Kerr 5-0-0-0
Benak 13 0 0
3/21 @TC 8:05PM
Jardine 6 2 0 Hextall 7-1-0-0
3/22 @TC 7:05PM
3/28 FAR 7:05PM Huston 1 0 0 Mesic 9-4-0-0
3/29 FAR 6:05PM Osburn 7 2 0
4/4 WAT 7:05PM
Heš 4-2-0-0
Murphy 1 0 0
4/5 CHI 6:05PM Cisar 0-0-0-0
4/6 CHI 4:05PM
Kerr 1 0 0
4/11 @US17 7:00PM Hextall 5 0 0 Smith 5-0-0-0
4/12 US17 6:05PM Mesic 5 2 0 Hanrahan 4-0-0-0
(all times Eastern) Smith 1 0 0
*USHL Fall Classic Rucinski 8-0-0-0
Hanrahan 2 0 0
Rucinski 6 1 0 Butkovskiy 3-1-0-0
Stengrim 5 0 0 Stengrim 7-0-0-0
Sluys 6 2 1 Sluys 7-4-0-1
Multi-Goal Games Phantom Season Highs Goals in 1st Period: 4—11/8 v CHI Most Shots in 2nd Period: 19—2/15 @CHI
2G 3G
Willson 1 0 Goals: 10—1/31 @US17 Goals in 2nd Period: 5—1/31 @US17 Most Shots in 3rd Period: 22—12/7 @MUS
Sobieski 1 0
Assists: 19—1/31 @US17 Goals in 3rd Period: 3—4 times, most recent 2/28 Most Saves: 39—1/10 @MUS
Resendes 1 0 v GB
Jardine 1 1 Penalty Minutes: 52—12/14 @GB
Murphy 1 0 Most Shots: 47—2/15 @CHI
Shots: 47—2/15 @CHI
Rucinski 1 0
Most Shots in 1st Period: 17—twice, most recent
Stengrim 1 0 Power Play Goals: 5—1/31 @US17 1/30 @US17
Sluys 1 0

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Record: 31-15-0-1 (63pts, 2nd East) Scoring a PP Goal: 24-6-0-1
Home Record: 17-4-0-0 Not Scoring a PP Goal: 7-9-0-0
Road Record: 14-11-0-1 Allowing a PP Goal: 19-12-0-1
Power Play: 43/179 (24.0%) 7th Not Allowing a PP Goal: 12-3-0-0
Power Play v GB: 4/16 (25.0%) Vs. Teams Above .500: 13-13-0-1
Penalty Kill: 133/173 (76.9%) 9th Vs. Teams At/Below .500: 18-2-0-0
Shorthanded Goals For/Against: 3/6 Score by Periods
Scoring First: 22-4-0-1 1 2 3 OT SO TOT

Leading after 1: 13-2-0-1 YNG 55 51 51 3 7 167

OPP 44 53 40 0 1 138
Tied after 1: 11-6-0-0
Trailing after 1: 7-7-0-0
Leading after 2: 16-0-0-1
Tied after 2: 9-2-0-0
Trailing after 2: 6-13-0-0
Overtime record: 3-0
Shootout record: 7-1
Shutouts For/Against: 2/2
September/October: 5-5-0-0
November: 9-2-0-0
December: 3-4-0-0
No. Players GP G A PTS PM PPG PPA SH GW +/- Shootout Goals
9 Adam Benak 47 14 33 47 28 5 14 0 2 -4 3
January: 7-3-0-1 91 Jamison Sluys (total) 48 14 28 42 47 4 12 0 1 1 0
YNG 26 13 17 30 33 4 8 0 0 0 0
February: 7-1-0-0 18 Michael Mesic 41 13 21 34 36 1 5 0 1 10 0
10 Evan Jardine 47 16 16 32 39 10 6 0 1 7 3
38 Peter Cisar (total) 37 9 21 30 56 2 6 0 1 9 0
YNG 5 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Jack Hextall 40 8 22 30 22 4 10 0 2 2 0
56 Ryan Rucinski 34 9 18 27 24 3 9 1 4 0 2
13 Luke Osburn 40 5 22 27 16 2 11 0 1 -5 3
8 Landan Resendes (total) 47 12 13 25 86 2 5 0 5 -6 1
YNG 38 11 10 21 82 2 3 0 5 0 1
7 Kazimier Sobieski 24 6 13 19 19 4 5 0 1 7 0
79 Kuzma Voronin 33 6 10 16 30 0 0 0 1 7 0
47 Coleson Hanrahan 45 4 12 16 118 0 3 0 1 5 0
19 Michael Burchill 43 9 5 14 12 2 2 0 2 0 1
5 Conner de Haro 41 5 9 14 8 2 3 0 0 2 0
28 Jakub Hes 45 6 7 13 4 0 1 0 0 15 0
39 Brecken Smith 47 5 8 13 14 0 1 1 2 -1 0
89 Kade Stengrim 36 8 4 12 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
16 Justin Kerr 21 5 6 11 59 1 0 1 1 11 0
14 Carter Murphy 42 3 6 9 8 0 1 0 0 9 0
12 Cal Huston 46 1 6 7 37 0 0 0 0 17 0
2 Luke Santilli 45 1 4 5 56 0 0 0 0 8 0
11 Johnny Conlin (total) 31 0 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 -1 0
88 Matti Butkovskiy 8 4 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 0
3 Jack Willson 17 2 2 4 23 1 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Harrison Smith 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Luca Jarvis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Owen Boucher 9 0 1 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 Melvin Strahl 35 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Zachary Roussy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Owen Lepak 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BENCH 47 7 2
TOTALS 47 167 270 430 834 43 83 3 24 88 13

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

60 Melvin Strahl 35 2086 87 7 2 748 2.5 0.896 25 10 0 0
31 Owen Lepak 13 763 42 1 0 244 3.3 0.853 6 5 0 1
Totals 47 2849 137 8 2 992 2.86 0.879 31 15 0 1

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Record: 24-23-1-1 (50pts, 5th East) Scoring a PP Goal: 17-11-1-0
Home Record: 11-13-0-1 Not Scoring a PP Goal: 7-12-0-1
Road Record: 13-10-1-0 Allowing a PP Goal: 11-16-1-1
Power Play: 45/154 (29.4%) 2nd Not Allowing a PP Goal: 13-7-0-0
Power Play v YNG: 8/27 (29.6%) Vs. Teams Above .500: 14-13-1-0
Penalty Kill: 108/145 (74.5%) 12th Vs. Teams At/Below .500: 10-10-0-1
Shorthanded Goals For/Against: 1/10
Scoring First: 16-6-1-1 Score by Periods
Leading after 1: 11-6-0-1 1 2 3 OT SO TOT

Tied after 1: 6-8-0-0 GB 49 54 53 4 1 161

Trailing after 1: 7-9-1-0 OPP 48 54 70 1 1 174

Leading after 2: 19-1-0-1

Tied after 2: 3-10-0-0
Trailing after 2: 2-12-1-0
Overtime record: 4-1
Shootout record: 1-1
Shutouts For/Against: 2/1
September/October: 4-5-1-0
November: 7-4-0-0
December: 3-5-0-0
January: 7-3-0-0
February: 3-6-0-1
No. Players GP G A PTS PM PPG PPA SH GW +/- Shootout Goals
34 Will Zellers 39 35 20 55 38 6 10 0 6 3 2
16 Aidan Park 47 26 29 55 14 14 6 0 4 1 0
9 Geno Carcone 49 7 32 39 56 1 15 0 2 -9 0
2 Lukas Peterson 49 7 32 39 51 0 22 0 3 -6 1
94 Vasily Zelenov 41 11 14 25 18 6 2 0 3 -2 0
7 Niles Benson 49 5 17 22 31 2 5 0 0 -12 0
24 William Samuelsson 49 9 11 20 22 5 5 0 1 -16 0
22 Egor Shilov 26 9 10 19 10 5 7 0 0 -20 1
6 Andrew O'Sullivan 49 6 11 17 33 2 6 0 0 -3 0
14 Zach Wooten (total) 36 9 7 16 31 1 0 0 0 -4 0
GB 23 7 4 11 23 0 0 0 0 -3 0
29 Reece Cordray 44 7 7 14 6 1 0 1 3 -7 0
12 Elliot Gulley 24 6 8 14 14 1 1 0 0 3 0
19 Nick Knutson 47 3 6 9 103 0 0 0 0 -1 0
71 Mykhailo Danylov 26 7 1 8 27 0 0 0 0 -3 0
86 Tanner Bruender 23 2 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Cole Longacre 49 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
74 Anthony Cardilli 41 3 4 7 36 1 0 0 0 -7 0
93 Cooper Cleaves 25 2 5 7 52 1 3 0 0 -7 0
8 David Green 49 2 5 7 19 0 0 0 0 -1 0
33 Lev Katzin 9 2 4 6 44 0 1 0 0 -1 0
3 Owen Buesgens 21 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 1 -1 0
5 Pavel Bocharov 44 0 4 4 115 0 0 0 0 3 0
28 Norwin Panocha 15 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 -5 0
4 Brady O'Malley 43 0 1 1 46 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Leo Henriquez 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Gavin Moffatt 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BENCH 49 1 0
TOTALS 49 162 252 413 786 45 86 1 23 -111 4

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

1 Gavin Moffatt 38 2109 106 7 2 912 3.02 0.896 20 16 0 0
30 Leo Henriquez 8 451 25 1 0 230 3.33 0.902 2 4 0 1
Totals 49 2936 176 9 2 1288 3.57 0.88 24 23 1 1

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 4-0-0-0….Scoring First….1-0-0-0
2-0-0-0….Leading after 1….0-0-0-0
2-1-0-0….Tied after 1….1-2-0-0
0-0-0-0….Trailing after 1….0-2-0-0
3-0-0-0….Leading after 2….1-0-0-0
1-0-0-0….Tied after 2….0-1-0-0
0-1-0-0….Trailing after 2….0-3-0-0
4/16 (25.0%)….Power Play….8/27 (29.6%)
1….Shorthanded Goals….0
Score by Periods
1 2 3 OT SO TOT
GB 3 6 3 0 0 12
YNG 7 7 7 0 0 21
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Cedar Rapids……………………..………......3-1-0-0 Win: February 28, 2025 v Green Bay (3-1)
Chicago…………………………….…...……..4-1-0-0
Des Moines……...…………………….……....2-0-0-0 Home Win: February 28, 2025 v Green Bay (3-1)
Dubuque………………...…………………..…1-2-0-1
Fargo…………………………………………...0-0-0-0 Road Win: February 16, 2025 @ Chicago (2-1 SO)
Green Bay……………......…………………....4-1-0-0
Lincoln…………………...……………………..0-2-0-0 Regulation Win: February 28, 2025 v Green Bay (3-1)
Madison…………………...…...……..………..1-2-0-0
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……………………...……………...0-0-0-0 Loss: February 8, 2025 @ Waterloo (3-5)
Team USA (U17)…...…………………………3-0-0-0
Team USA (U18)...……….…………...……...3-0-0-0 Regulation Loss: February 8, 2025 @ Waterloo (3-5)
Tri-City………………………………….……...1-0-0-0
Waterloo………………...…….…………...…..0-1-0-0 Home Loss: January 18, 2025 v Dubuque (0-4)
Road Loss: February 8, 2025 @ Waterloo (3-5)
Overtime Loss: April 4, 2024 v Green Bay (1-2)

Ryan Ward (2022-present).……..……..102-53-10-6 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: Evan Jardine — January 10, 2025 @ Muskegon
Regular Season Record: 102-53-10-6
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 — November 30, 2024 v Des Moines
Fourth Season (First as AHC)
Alma Mater: Mercyhurst Road Shutout: Aiden Wright — March 16, 2024 @ Sioux City
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 GB: Jacob Fowler — December 1, 2022
Jason Deskins Shutout by GB: Matt Davis — March 5, 2021
Fourth Season
Alma Mater: Miami (OH) Scored 5+: February 22, 2025 v Muskegon (5)
General Manager
Scored 6+: January 31, 2025 v US17 (10)
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
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 Michigan Tech Union Boston Bruins
Fargo……………………………………………….0-2-0-0
Hunter Bischoff Chase Pietila Kyle Chauvette Georgii Merkulov
Green Bay…………………...…………………....3-1-2-0
Lincoln……………………………………………..1-1-0-0 Stiven Sardaryan Coach Ronan Calgary Flames
Madison…………………………...……..………..3-1-2-0 Bemidji State Nick Williams Ryan Lomberg
Muskegon……………………………...……..…...2-4-1-2 Reilly Funk Wisconsin Nashville Predators
Omaha……………………………………………..0-1-0-1 Mattias Sholl Minnesota-Duluth Ryan Botterill Michael Bingham (EM)
Sioux City…………………………...……………..1-1-0-0 Kyle Bettens Adam Pietila New York Islanders
Sioux Falls………………………………………...2-0-0-0 Boston College Matthew Perkins Scott Mayfield
Team USA (U17)…...………….…………………6-0-0-0 Jacob Fowler Yale St. Louis Blues
Team USA (U18)………...……….……………...2-1-0-0
Minnesota State Bayard Hall Nathan Walker
Tri-City……………………..……………………...2-1-0-0
Waterloo………………………...…….…………..1-0-0-1 Boston University Will Hillman Pittsburgh Penguins
Sascha Boumedienne Coach Dennis (Scout)
Shane Lachance Nebraska-Omaha Ryan Shea
Aiden Gallacher Winnipeg Jets
Bowling Green Kyle Connor
Coach Carr New Hampshire Vancouver Canucks
Bloomington/Central Illinois…………….…….23-10-0-1 Jaden Grant Nikolai Jenson Kiefer Sherwood
Cedar Rapids………………………….……….30-32-4-2
Chicago……………………………..…………58-38-11-2
Canisius North Dakota
Des Moines……………………………..………..23-9-4-1
Dubuque…………………..…………………….30-30-4-3 Grant Porter Andrew Strathmann
Fargo…………………………..………………….11-9-1-1 Bennett Zmolek
Green Bay………………………..……………..41-32-5-2 Clarkson
Indiana………………………………..…………17-21-1-0 Trey Taylor Northern Michigan
Lincoln……………….…………………………...13-8-3-4 Coach Contois
Madison…………………..……………………. 26-20-5-1 Connecticut
Muskegon…………………….……………….61-49-5-11 Coach Peruzzi Ohio State
Omaha……………………………..……………11-12-0-1
Matt Cassidy
Sioux City………………………….….………...14-10-1-2
Cornell Nathan Lewis South Carolina
Sioux Falls………………….…….………………9-11-3-1 Cleveland Florida
Tri-City…………………………..………………..9-13-3-2 Tyler Catalano Patrick Kramer
Curtis Hall Craig Needham
Team USA…………………………….………..77-55-6-3 Winter Wallace Penn State Connor Moore
Waterloo………………………………..……….13-15-1-4 Charlie Cerrato Providence Idaho
Defunct member club Denver Toledo
Joey Abate Connor MacEachern
Tory Pitner Princeton Dalton Messina
Michael Callahan
Miles Gunty Tyler Spezia
Riley Duran Indy
Lake Superior State Trevor Kuntar Thomas Farrell
2024-25…………………………………………31-15-0-1 Mike Brown Providence Wichita
2023-24…………………………………………33-19-6-4 Grant Hindman Andrew Centrella Dominick Dockery
Rochester Iowa
2022-23:…………………………………….…..38-19-4-1 Braiden Clark Liam Robertson
Brett Murray Evan Watts (EM)
2021-22:………………………………………...29-23-6-4 Massachusetts Tomas Machu
2020-21:………………………………………...12-30-5-2 Linden Alger Worcester
Utica Jacksonville
2019-20:……………………………….…..……20-22-6-2 Daniel Jencko RPI Matt DeMelis
Jack Malone Julian Kislin
2018-19:……………………………………...…36-21-1-4 Coach Upton John Beaton
2017-18:…………………………………….…..33-20-5-2 Texas Kansas City
2016-17:………………………………………...34-20-5-1 Massachusetts-Lowell Quinnipiac Micahel Karow Cameron Morrison
2015-16:………………………………….…..…31-20-4-5 TJ Schweighardt Andon Cerbone
2014-15:………………………………………...40-14-2-4 Springfield Orlando
Michigan Saint Cloud State Steven Smith (EM) Kris Myllari
2013-14:…………………………………..….…17-37-5-1
Coach Rassey Adam Ingram
2012-13:………………………………………...37-27-0-0
William Whitelaw Wilkes Barre/Scranton Rapid City
2011-12:………………………………………...32-21-3-4 Saint Lawrence Dan Renouf Artyom Borshyov
2010-11:………………………………………...23-30-4-3 Michigan State Dominic Basse
2009-10:………………………………………...20-36-1-3 Tiernan Shoudy Reading
Anderson Cups: 1 (2014-15)
Gianfranco Cassaro
Eastern Conf. Regular Season Titles: 1 (2014-15)
Eastern Conf. Titles: 2 (2018, 2023)
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 Pennsylvania

Adam Benák Kazimier Sobieski Coach Gotkin

Jakub Heš Coach Ward Matt Lipcsak (PxP)

Finland Michigan Amber Martinelli (AT)

Matti Butkovskiy Owen Boucher Rhode Island

Slovakia Evan Jardine Coach Malloy

Peter Cisar Michael Mesic Texas

Sweden Luke Osburn Carter Murphy

Melvin Strahl Brecken Smith Washington

United States Jack Willson Jamison Sluys

Colorado Minnesota

Andrew Rush (EM) Johnny Conlin

Illinois Justin Kerr

Coach Goldberg Kade Stengrim

Jack Hextall North Carolina

Massachusetts Conner de Haro

Coleson Hanrahan Ohio

Coach Gordon Cal Huston

Landan Resendes Ryan Rucinski

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
Justin Kerr Goaltenders Justin Kerr Northern Michigan Wisconsin
Cal Huston Jack Hextall
Landan Resendes Owen Lepak Miami (OH) Peter Cisar Luke Osburn
Landan Resendes
Ryan Rucinski Melvin Strahl Brecken Smith
Jamison Sluys
Jamison Sluys Cal Huston
Melvin Strahl
Brecken Smith
Jack Willson
Kade Stengrim
2006

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 22 — Owen Boucher 47 — Coleson Hanrahan 91 — Jamison Sluys

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