The Phantoms take on the Senators Wednesday night in Belleville, Ontario

Game 16 Preview: Lehigh Valley at Belleville

Tony Androckitis

Nov 15, 2017 — 2 min read

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BELLEVILLE - The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (9-4-2) take their road trip to Canada for a pair of games this week, beginning Wednesday night in Belleville against the Senators' newly relocated AHL affiliate.

BY THE NUMBERS

LV: 15 games played, 9-4-0-2 = 20 points 3rd Place Atlantic Division Streak: 0-1-0-0 Last Ten Games: 6-3-0-1

BEL: 15 games played, 7-7-0-1 = 15 points 4th Place North Division Streak: 1-0-0-0 Last Ten Games: 5-4-0-1

Special Teams

Power Play

LV: 11-for-76 = 14.5% (23rd) BEL: 9-for-75 = 12.0% (28th)

Penalty Kill

LV: 51-for-68 = 75.0% (30th) BEL: 59-for-72 = 81.9% (18th)

LEADING SCORERS

LV: Danick Martel (15GP, 14G-5A), Phil Varone (15GP, 3G-12A), Chris Conner (15GP, 4G-9A) and Mike Vecchione (15GP, 2G-11A)

BEL: Ethan Werek (12GP, 5G-4A), Jim O'Brien (15GP, 4G-4A), Francis Perron (13GP, 2G-6A) and Filip Chlapik (14GP, 2G-6A)

EXPECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS

LV: Alex Lyon (5-2-1, 3.08 GAA, .897 SV%, 0 SO) BEL: Andrew Hammond (4-2-1, 2.82 GAA, .912 SV%, 0 SO)

SEASON SERIES

This is the first meeting in franchise history for Lehigh Valley and Belleville. Last season, the Phantoms went 6-0 against the Binghamton Senators - the Ottawa Senators' AHL affiliate that relocated to Belleville for this season.

Season Series Schedule

Wednesday, November 15th: Lehigh Valley at Belleville - 7:00 p.m. ET Saturday, March 31st: Belleville at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS

Roster Notes

Alex Lyon is expected to get the start in net for Lehigh Valley tonight in Belleville. Dustin Tokarski, who missed the team's last game Saturday in Hershey, made the trip and will back up Lyon. With Tokarski back on the active roster, Mark Dekanich was returned to Reading (ECHL).

Mark Alt was called back up to Philadelphia Monday, giving the Flyers an extra healthy defenseman for their road trip to Minnesota. Likewise, the Phantoms called up James De Haas from Reading for their road trip in Canada. De Haas is expected to be Lehigh Valley's seventh defenseman and healthy scratch tonight vs. Belleville.

Head coach Scott Gordon confirmed to Inside AHL Hockey on Saturday night that Sam Morin will indeed return to the Phantoms' lineup Wednesday vs. Belleville. Phil Myers is also believed to be returning to game action in Belleville as well.

Max Lamarche, injured in Saturday night's loss in Hershey, did not make the trip and is out at least this week with an undisclosed injury.

Expected Lines:

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 - Reece Willcox Will O'Neill - Mark Friedman Sam Morin - Phil Myers

Alex Lyon - Dustin Tokarski

Scratches: Anthony Stolarz (knee surgery - out indefinitely), Cole Bardreau (upper body), Max Lamarche (injured) and James De Haas (healthy)