Flyers Loan G Mike McKenna to Phantoms

January 30, 2019 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Lehigh Valley Phantoms News Release

Goaltender Mike McKenna with the Philadelphia Flyers
(Lehigh Valley Phantoms)

McKenna, 35, has played in 11 NHL games this season, including one with the Philadelphia Flyers on January 8, 2019 against the Washington Capitals. McKenna also appeared in 10 games for the Ottawa Senators this season, posting a 1-4-1 record with a 3.96 goals against average and a 0.897 save percentage. He played 6 games for the Belleville Senators as well, going 3-3 with a 2.72 GAA and a 0.914 save percentage.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, McKenna has been very well-traveled during his hockey career. Over his 14-year professional career, McKenna has spent time with seven different NHL teams and played for 12 different AHL cities. McKenna has a 3.60 GAA and 0.890 save percentage in 35 NHL games during his career.

The 6-foot-2 goaltender has backstopped his team to the Calder Cup Finals in each of the last two seasons. He went 14-8 with a 2.41 GAA and .927 save percentage for the Texas Stars in 2018 and had a 13-9 record with a 2.68 GAA and .911 save percentage for the Syracuse Crunch in 2017.

Lehigh Valley returns from the All-Star break on Friday in Bridgeport for a rematch with the Sound Tigers at 7:00pm. They then will travel to Hershey on Saturday for another match-up with the Bears.

Season tickets offering a wide range of benefits as well as 20-Game and 12-Game plans are available by calling the Phantoms at 610-224-GOAL (4625).

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The Phantoms are coming off an incredibly successful fourth campaign in the Lehigh Valley playing at the state-of-the-art PPL Center in which the team claimed the Atlantic Division Championship and finished with the AHL's second-most wins (47) along with the league's second-highest standings points total (104) while advancing to the third round of the Calder Cup Playoffs for just the fourth time in franchise history.

Goaltender Mike McKenna with the Philadelphia Flyers

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