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This is a list of all-time minor league affiliates for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Philadelphia Phantoms for 13 seasons (1996–97 to 2008–09) and the Hershey Bears for 12 seasons (1984–85 to 1995–96) are the only teams to serve as a Flyers affiliate for more than ten years.
The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then in Glens Falls, New York, as the Adirondack Phantoms from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014.
They have been the primary minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) since their inception. The Phantoms were founded as the Philadelphia Phantoms in 1996 and primarily played their home games at the Spectrum in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania through the 2008–09 season.
Prior to the suspension of operations, the team lost $1.5 million during the 2010–11 ECHL season. [8] The ECHL worked to find a new ownership group for the franchise, with the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers eager to affiliate with franchise and help in cross-promotion. The Flyers, however, were not interested in owning the ECHL franchise. [9]
Slapshot was the first mascot in Flyers' team history before Gritty, although the team did occasionally employ the services of "Phlex", the then-mascot of the team's minor-league affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms (1996–2009), who became the Adirondack Phantoms (2009–2014) and are now re-branded the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, playing in the PPL ...
Minor league affiliate(s) Lehigh Valley Phantoms Reading ... The 2024–25 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 58th season for the National Hockey League ...
The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL [97] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. [98] After an early season coaching change from Craig Berube , who joined the Flyers as an assistant, to Kjell Samuelsson , the Phantoms struggled finishing sixth in their division and missing the playoffs. [ 99 ]
The rivalry has taken on an even further extension; the Flyers had an ECHL affiliate in Trenton, New Jersey — the Trenton Titans, from 1999 — including the 2005 Kelly Cup Championship — to 2006, when the team was sold to the Devils, which flipped the team's affiliation after the 2006–07 ECHL season and nickname to reflect its new ...