Transaction: Steven Swavely Recalled by Phantoms
April 12, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Lehigh Valley Phantoms News Release
Transaction: Steven Swavely Recalled by Phantoms
(Lehigh Valley Phantoms)
Lehigh Valley, PA - The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, proud AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, have recalled from loan forward Steven Swavely from the Reading Royals of the ECHL.
A 25-year-old forward from Reading, Pennsylvania, Swavely is in the midst of his first full professional season and has tallied 18 goals, 21 assists and 39 total points in 40 games with Reading. He's also appeared in 14 games with the Phantoms this season and 29 total AHL outings with Lehigh Valley during which he's compiled three goals and four penalty minutes.
Lehigh Valley continues its push towards the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs tonight when the Phantoms invade Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for a 7:05 p.m. clash with the Penguins. Lehigh Valley will secure a postseason berth with a win or overtime/shootout loss at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
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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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