The Lehigh Valley Phantoms formally introduced John Snowden as their new head coach.

The Philadelphia Flyers have named John Snowden head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Ian Laperriere has been named an advisor to Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere and president of hockey operations Keith Jones.

Riley Sutter scored twice and the Hershey Bears withstood a third-period comeback attempt to knock off Lehigh Valley, 4-2, in the decisive Game 5 of their Atlantic Division semifinal series on Sunday evening.

In 2005, two players joined the Phantoms, helped to lead them to a Calder Cup championship, and soon became building blocks for the parent Flyers. Now, two decades after Jeff Carter and Mike Richards, there are Jett Luchanko and Alex Bump looking to start down the same path.

Hershey scored three times in the opening 14:15 of the game and held off Lehigh Valley, 6-4, in Game 4 of the teams’ Atlantic Division semifinal series on Friday night in Allentown.

Nikita Grebenkin scored the go-ahead goal with 4:09 left in the second period and Cal Petersen was perfect in relief as Lehigh Valley defeated Hershey, 4-2, in Game 3 on Sunday evening.

Zayde Wisdom scored two shorthanded goals in the third period to lift Lehigh Valley to a 3-1 win over Hershey, tying the teams’ best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal series at a game apiece.

The two-time defending Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears began their 2025 postseason run on Wednesday night with a 3-0 win over Lehigh Valley in Game 1 of their Atlantic Division semifinal series at Giant Center.

Helge Grans scored with 2:00 left in regulation to send the Lehigh Valley Phantoms into the division semifinals with a 3-2 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday night.