The Phantoms and Sound Tigers meet for the second time this season Wednesday morning in a rare AHL school day edition of their regular season meeting.

Game 14 Preview: Lehigh Valley at Bridgeport

Tony Androckitis

Nov 8, 2017 — 3 min read

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BRIDGEPORT - The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (8-3-2) begin their six-game road trip with a rare Wednesday morning 'School Day Game' in Bridgeport against a Sound Tigers team (6-5-0-0) that has won their last three games.

BY THE NUMBERS

LV: 13 games played, 8-3-0-2 = 18 points 3rd Place Atlantic Division Streak: 0-1-0-0 Last Ten Games: 7-2-0-1

BST: 11 games played, 6-5-0-0 = 12 points 5th Place Atlantic Division Streak: 3-0-0-0 Last Ten Games: 6-4-0-0

Special Teams

Power Play

LV: 9-for-66 = 13.6% (23rd) BST: 7-for-50 = 14.0% (22nd)

Penalty Kill

LV: 46-for-60 = 76.7% (29th) BST: 46-for-54= 85.2% (10th)

LEADING SCORERS

LV: Danick Martel (13GP, 13G-4A), Chris Conner (13GP, 4G-9A), Mike Vecchione (13GP, 2G-10A) and Phil Varone (13GP, 2G-10A)

BST: Tanner Fritz (9GP, 3G-8A), Scott Eansor (11GP, 7G-1A), Steve Bernier (11GP, 6G-1A) and Sebastien Aho (10GP, 5G-2A)

EXPECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS

LV: Alex Lyon (5-2-1, 3.08 GAA, .897 SV%, 0 SO) BST: Kristers Gudlevskis (3-2-0, 2.83 GAA, .894 SV%, 0 SO)

SEASON SERIES

This is the second of eight meetings between the Phantoms and Sound Tigers this season. Lehigh Valley leads the season series 1-0 after a 5-2 win at home back on October 20th. Bridgeport won the season series last year, going 5-2-1 against Lehigh Valley.

Season Series Schedule

Friday, October 20th: Bridgeport - 2 at Lehigh Valley - 5Wednesday, November 8th: Lehigh Valley at Bridgeport - 10:30 a.m. ET Saturday, November 25th: Bridgeport at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET Sunday, December 17th: Lehigh Valley at Bridgeport - 3:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, February 13th: Lehigh Valley at Bridgeport - 7:00 p.m. ET Friday, March 9th: Bridgeport at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, March 10th: Lehigh Valley at Bridgeport - 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, April 13th: Bridgeport at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS

Roster Notes

It'll be interesting to see who gets the start in net Wednesday morning. Dustin Tokarski started Friday and Sunday's games while also coming on in relief of Alex Lyon Saturday night to start the third period. Lyon has looked off so far this season, hopefully not falling into the sophomore slump category early on in the 2017-18 season.

As first reported here Sunday evening, Scott Gordon confirmed after practice Tuesday that Cole Bardreau did in fact have an x-ray on his hand following Sunday's 1st period fight with Toronto's Dmytro Timashov. Gordon said Bardreau will be out for awhile.

Greg Carey, who missed the past two games with what Gordon labeled "a little banged up" was a full participant in Tuesday's practice in Whitehall and is going to be back in the lineup Wednesday morning.

Phil Myers skated in practice Tuesday as well, but he's been ruled out for Wednesday's game against Bridgeport.

Lines from Tuesday's practice

Greg Carey - Phil Varone - Chris Conner (A) Oskar Lindblom - Mikhail Vorobyev - Colin McDonald (C) Danick Martel - Mike Vecchione - Nicolas Aube-Kubel Tyrell Goulbourne - Corban Knight (A) - Radel Fazleev

T.J. Brennan - Max Lamarche Will O'Neill - Reece Willcox Adam Comrie - Mark Friedman

Alex Lyon - Dustin Tokarski

Scratches: Anthony Stolarz (knee surgery - out indefinitely), Sam Morin (injured) Phil Myers (injured), Cole Bardreau (upper body) and James De Haas (healthy)

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Forward Alan Quine was recalled by the New York Islanders this morning and won't be in Bridgeport's lineup today. A break for Lehigh Valley, but Michael Dal Colle is expected back in the lineup

Lines

Ryan Bourque -Tanner Fritz- Steve Bernier (A) Michael Dal Colle - Travis St. Denis - Casey Bailey Scott Eansor - John Stevens - Josh Ho-Sang Ross Johnston - Connor Jones - Ben Holmstrom (C)

Seth Helgeson (A) - Mitch Vande Sompel Devin Toews - Kyle Burroughs Kane Lafranchise - Sebastian Aho

Kristers Gudlevskis - Chris Gibson

Scratches: Patrick Cullity, Parker Wotherspoon, Stephen Gionta (lower body), Josh Holmstrom and Kyle Schempp.