Flyers Sign D Mark Friedman to Entry-Level Contract
March 21, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Lehigh Valley Phantoms News Release
Lehigh Valley, PA - The Philadelphia Flyers, parent club of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, have signed defenseman Mark Friedman to an entry-level contract for the 2017-2018 season. A 5'10", 191-pound blueliner from Toronto, he will report to Lehigh Valley for the remainder of the 2016-17 campaign.
A third-round selection (#86 overall) by the Flyers in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Friedman is coming off a three-year career at Bowling Green State University where he compiled 16 goals, 52 assists and 68 total points to go along with 143 penalty minutes across 121 games with the Falcons. He produced career highs in goals (8), assists (18) and points (26) this season during his junior campaign.
The Phantoms are back in action tonight as they kick off a two-game series at Mile One Centre in St. John's against the IceCaps.
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The Phantoms are coming off their 20th Anniversary Season and are in the midst of their third campaign in the Lehigh Valley playing at the state-of-the-art PPL Center. Established in 1996, the Phantoms spent their first 13 seasons at the Spectrum in Philadelphia before re-locating to Glens Falls, New York in 2009 where the team spent the next five seasons as the Adirondack Phantoms. A new era of Phantoms hockey began in the fall of 2014 when the Lehigh Valley Phantoms began play at the state-of-the-art PPL Center. Through 20 incredibly successful campaigns, the Phantoms have captured two Calder Cup Championships (1998, 2005), two Conference Championships (1998, 2005), two Regular Season Titles (1996-97, 1997-98) and four Division Championships (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04).
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